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Final Fantasy XIII 'Elixir' beverage headed to Japanese inventories this winter

by JC Fletcher on Sep 8th 2009 10:00PM

The release date, price, and reveal of a PS3 bundle for Final Fantasy XIII were big news, sure, but the real megaton out of the Final Fantasy XIII Party was the announcement of a tie-in beverage from Final Fantasy XII Potion partner Suntory.

Like the Dissidia beverage, Final Fantasy XIII "Elixir" will come in 16 collectible cans, each with a different character on it. It will be available sometime this winter, either in single cans (of Lemon or Aloe-flavored Elixir), in packages with collectible figurines, or in a collector's box with all 16 cans. No, we don't know why the logo uses the Star Trek movie font.

You may have noticed the repeated reference to collecting. Anyone who tried the FFXII Potion will tell you that these drinks are for collectors only -- as in, people who aren't going to drink them.

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Tags: final-fantasy, final-fantasy-xiii, final-fantasy-xiii-elixir, Microsoft, potion, suntory, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (48)

Aah! I don't even particularly like Final Fantasy and I still really want that!

It's a trap! o_O

No...THIS is a trap

http://tokio-hotel.ru/wp-content/gallery/bill1/normal_15-bill-kaulitz-tokio-hotel.jpg

Every time I see that dude I throw up a little.

Wow....she's hot! :)

Like most video game tie-in drinks, it probably sucks. It's a trap.

That's actually pretty sick. I guess, if you're only going to collect them there's no point in knowing what's in them.

o.0

It's really all of the development team's urine, their laughing at us.

*spit take* SPPPTTPPTT!!! AHhg..and I knew it was a trap! o_o

Me Square-Enix, me play trick sir. Me go pee-pee in your Elixir

the ffxII potion tast horrible same with those biohazard 5 noodles but something makes me want to try one of these anyway
/shrugs shoulders

It's a good incentive to keep these things as collector items instead of trying to consume them.
I never tried them, but I heard old Potion tasted beyond horrible.

sixteen limited edition cans of a disgusting beverage based on a game that's not even out yet

this is truly western civilization at its finest

cue some smartass to tell me that japan isn't in the west

Eastern Civilization, you mean.

Normally that'd be me, but it's all relative anyway.

Goddamn, right on cue, huh?

That was awesome. ROFL.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/318321305_2f8f2ad175.jpg

We should add Japan as the next state to America. ; )

Do we have to wait minutes during sips?

As long as your ATB is full, you're good.

No, but you can only randomly find it in any place that sells drinks. Even then, it only has a 10% appearance rate. Every other time you get nothing but Mountain Dew.

I'd have to keep it on me in case I ever get, like, hit by a car or something.
(I have a problem hoarding elixirs, you can never have too many, ya know?)

Pssh, Megaelixirs FTW.

Another drink that will sadly never be a part of my drink collection.
:(

While the original potion tasted like shit, the Dissidia drinks were down right awesome. Muscat flavor for the win.

Sending money to my pal in Japan ASAP.

I wish they would release these outside of Japan

go to an anime-con, they're expensive but available

Its not the first time that they made those stupid beverages.

Why wouldn't you drink it? C'mon Aloe flavored? Sounds awesome.

So now they're selling _elixirs_! What's next, Phoenix Downs?

(...I'd probably buy those, though.)

I'm going to get as many of these as I can, and carry them with me everywhere without ever drinking one of them. I'll probably live my entire life, and die without ever having drank one, but at least I had them just in case.

Awesome idea: Buying this should come with a code for a DLC Elixer pack for 16 in game Elixers. That would make buying this outrageous drink a little easier to swallow.

The Dissidia ones flopped - there are still stores around here with stock of them marked down to 100yen a can in hopes they`ll sell before they expire. I don`t find it hard to imagine these going the same way.

The FFXII Potions, those were great. The ones in glass bottles. Besides just being cool and leaving you with something you could actually display (unlike a crappy can) - they actually tasted good.

And they would kill my migraines. I cried a little inside when they all disappeared from stores.

They did fairly well I thought. The only reason they've been marked down to 100 yen is because there are new ones rolling in. At the 7 (or was it lawson's? Can't remember) I went to yesterday there were the 100 yen cans and 200 yen ones side by side.

There's a big tradeoff there, I suppose. You could go for the generic cans that are cheap as hell to produce, allow for a greater number to be sold and still reap a profit by selling for double what ordinary juices go for, the flip side being that greater quantities can lead to huge amounts of unsold stock which could look a little sloppy if they were, say, limited editions. Glass bottles would be slick, allow for higher prices and perhaps have some real collector value -- but an original shape would require some new process, which may not be worth pursuing.

rofl i see STAR TREK FONTS ^^

google for Star Trek Wrath of Khan DVD Cover

No doubts. That is totally Star Trek font.

first thing I saw...

http://www.star-trek-voyager.net/voyfont.htm

For hardcore collectors only, drinking enthusiasts not so much.

i think id get two boxes 1 set to give/drink and the other to collect

I suspect I'll be hearing about how this drink tastes soon on the Giant Bombcast...

My local comic shop usuallly have these drinks but there really expensive...

yay....full HP & MP....prepare to meet your maker mr. tonberry

I laughed at the last paragraph, but it is indeed true, I'll be buying that too, plan for 2 box one for collection and another one to drink, i hope it's gonna be like alcohol, no expiry date and as time goes by taste getting better, can't wait to have them.

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