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Your chocobo Avatar pet is in the mail

by Xav de Matos on Dec 31st 2009 9:30AM

Last month -- utilizing the spamming power of Twitter -- Microsoft and Square Enix partnered to offer Xbox Live users a free baby chocobo pet for their Avatars if they registered their Gamertags during the social media promotion. After weeks of waiting for the marketing plan to run its course, codes for the tiny companion have been sent to participating users via email. Sadly -- as Major Nelson points out -- those who did not participate in the promotion cannot get the pet, but we anticipate the baby chocobo will find its way onto the Avatar Marketplace at some point.

Reminiscent of the baby chocobo that nests within Final Fantasy XIII hero Sazh Katzroy's gorgeous afro, our baby chocobo only seems to flutter around, refusing to nest within our own Avatar hairdos. We presume that feature will be some kind of pre-order bonus for Final Fantasy XIII when it launches on March 9, 2010.

Tags: Avatar, avatar-marketplace, avatar-pets, avatars, chocobo, final-fantasy-xiii, free, Microsoft, square-enix, Xbox-360, xbox-live

Reader Comments (70)

For useless junk, this is pretty cool useless junk. It really is a bit of an e-penis, isn't it?

Why would Microsoft not want to though?

@SpyderTaco: Is this even available on the Japanese Marketplace? I wouldn't think it would since FFXIII isn't on the 360 in Japan. Unless it came out while I was sleeping.

To me any avatar items is kind of like saying "Hey look at me, I'm cool, hey over here *waves* hello?"

That said, it's free so fuck it.

It's more like e-cock, no?

I wish I knew about this :( damn my not checking the site every day

Damn it!

What a 2 min disc swap pissing you off?

I friggin' love chocobos (they disposed my previous [top] love of chickens), but dammit, tried to use the code and it's a no-go because I haven't created an avatar! Xbox 360 is the last of the modern consoles I'd anticipate getting/using, so this is a bummer...

Probably because no console = no avatar. Similar case with me, Saw "Free Chocobo", created a live account online, and yet hane no XBox yet. I just hope these codes don`t have an expiration date....

Just create a free XBox silver account gamertag at xbox.com and redeem the code. When you eventually get a XBox you can logon with your gamertag and go to your purchased items history and redownload it.

Wow Joystiq, couldn't you have posted something when I could still get a free one? (Although you probably did, so the egg is on my face)

Oh, it was on xbox.joystiq. That explains why I didn't see it and am now bereft of a pet chicken.

Don't feel bad, I'm in the same boat.

Or you could just get it on PS3.

Too bad VS. isn't on 360.

I'm going to name mine.....Jeff Goldblum

It depends on how linear the game is, and whether you've got to keep switching discs.

I'd think your bigger issue is the compression, with lower resolution cutscenes.

When I feel down about multiple discs I just try to remember playing Kings Quest back in the day. Using eleven 5 1/2" floppies that had to be swapped out every 2 screens. Then 4 discs doesn't seem so horrible to me.

Ahhh... Chocobos. I seriously wonder (a) whether Final Fantasy Versus 13 will have chocobos (supposed to be "reality") and (b) whether it is ever going to come out:

http://www.kaycircle.com/index.php?q=What-is-the-Final-Fantasy-Versus-13-release-date

2011 is a long time to wait!!!!!!!

@Awetoebawt

Surprise, surprise a PS3 Fanboy trolling on Joystiq. Who would have thunk it?

Haha I remember doing the same thing for the Quest games and Lucasart games, Samuel. And the number of disks just kept increasing until the CD took over.

I wonder how big FFXIII is? I'm sure it would take a lot of floppy disks!

I wasn't trolling, I was actually helping people out.

I would play VS. on 360 if I could, but do we have vs. on 360?
No.
We don't.
Btw: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/yeah_d5.jpg

I doubt it'll happen, but I'd be more worried about compression artifacts. This is the first game larger than 25GB (it's on a DL Blu-ray) on the 360.

I feel like a need a pet duck to complete the ensemble.

ill be there for uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu like ive been there beforeeeee

@WINterfang

Yes, 9.

Curses... i got my code but cant use it... no you cannot have it.

I already have Spark there.

FFFFFUUUUUUUUU...

I got one. Too bad my 360 crapped out on me. Hope it doesn't die sitting in my queue for a looooooooong time.

You gotta feed it greens to keep it alive, man!

Why are some of you worrying about the multiple disks on the 360?

Haven't any of you ever played the Final Fantasy games on the PS1? Those had multiple disks and as I recall, no one had a problem with that.

Final Fantasy XIII does not run at native 1080p, though. It runs upscaled 720p if your TV is 1080p capable.

No, the game doesn't, but the actual cutscenes are 1080p on the PS3.

No one had a problem with it on the PlayStation because that was the PlayStation. There wasn't anything better than a CD for game storage at the time. Now a days with formats like Blu-ray people expect a bit more, or less, as the case may be.

Tastes like chicken.

No, it's more than 25GB, that's why it's on a dual layer BD. And Square has been pushing for three discs, not four.

hopefully

but the way MS is pushing things with SE I doubt it

Too bad I participated, but it was for americans only! Wish I could get the code too.

but it wasnt. im in the UK and i got my code this morning and downloaded it and it works fine

I can't use it in Portugal... :( WHY!?

PS: I recieved the code and downloaded it....

I got my code last night and downloaded it. It's so adorable! I wish it was a bit bigger though, because it just looks like a flying chick.

That's 'cause it's a chicobo!

Got my chocobo, though I'll be getting the game on PS3.

same here

True but I wonder if you need to swap disks to be able to use the pet. lolz

Looks like a chicken.

Your avatar looks like a chicken.

Got mine, it's stupid..... but free so?

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