I've been hoping for a Pokémon MMO for years.  PKMN MMO would be just plain awesome on the Wii U.  There's already been a few decent fan-made PKMN MMO-style games, but I think if someone made a really cool one, and it got popular, we might see Game Freak get the incentive to make an official one.  Even just a traditional sprite-based Pokémon would do the trick, I think, though I think a 3D Pokémon MMO would be awesome, too.

Just an update: We're up and running for the summer, and already picking up where we left off with our Operation Moogle animation. Expect awesomeness.

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Hey, guys.

Phew, boy, did I have a heck of a 6 months since I last been here! Didn't mean to be away this long! Anyways, just came here to say that Operation Moogle is still active. I've been very busy with the woes of self-sufficient adulthood (if you don't have to pay rent yet, cherish it), but the Operation is still in effect. (By the way, I got a new apartment since January, as some of you know that I was almost facing homelessness last time I was here due to strange circumstances!) I didn't mean to be gone this long, but one thing lead to another and pretty soon, it's 6 months later!

On my business side of life, I've been working on an important project. This is what caused me to slack a bit here on Operation Moogle, as I've had to take the opportunity I've been given, because it's a temporary and small window of opportunity. So naturally, I had to put it as a high priority and thus having less time spent on Operation Moogle (and even on playing video games in general!). But I think I can get back into some Operation Moogle sometimes during the start of summer. It's still worth the effort. I just merely paused my work on this effort, not ended it.

On the flip side, though, if all goes well this year for me, I'll be soon a topic to talk about concerning the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as an official developer hopefully next year. Let's hope so! It takes quite a good deal to become an approved official developer for Nintendo, so I've got a lot of hard work to do towards it. But my chances are good, thanks to this rare opportunity I've been given, and thanks to Nintendo aiming to keep their dev kits at an affordable costs so that developing for these platforms are attainable for indie developers, so I certainly hope you guys understand why I had to take my little break here.

And I hope you believe me when I say that Operation Moogle is still alive. Especially in light of the success of the very operation that inspired this one, Operation Rainfall. It WORKED! And since Square Enix didn't really give us a time limit here, and these games have been out for many years, and we're looking at the Wii U being the only eighth-generation console available for at least one whole year, we still stand plenty good chance to be heard. So, don't give up on this, enjoy your last months in school (those of you still in school), and hopefully I'll see you guy again this summer!

~Brian L., a.k.a. the son of Macro Man, Macro Man Jr.

P.S. - I got a new computer, by the way. My older computer was another thing that was holding me back last year.

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Sounds good!! I hope that everything will go well for you (in finding a place to live, getting a new computer, and the modelling). Sorry about sounding impatient.

So, are you doing both regular Zidane and trance Zidane or just one of them? I'll help with the page and everything as much as I can. Thanks for everything!

Thanks, dude!  And you didn't sound impatient to me!  I just feel like telling what's been going on with me, to give some idea of how the animation production's going.  And to gladly answer your question: Yep, I'm doing both regular Zidane and trance Zidane--he enters Trance in this animated fight sequence.

By the way, check the Operation Moogle blog site--I've made you an Editor, dude.  It allows you to publish and manage posts and pages to the blog site, as well as being able to manage other users' posts.  Now you can help with the page from behind-the-scenes whenever you want!  There's no editorial pressures or expectations or anything--you just post something you want to post about Operation Moogle or Operation Moogle-related news.

If anyone else is interested in being a contributor to the blog site or Facebook page, just let me know!

Auzzie Wingman made a cool suggestion on the Discussion Thread. Auzzie wondered if maybe we could look into asking Monty Oum (of Haloid and Dead Fantasy fame) if he'd be interested in creating a video for Operation Moogle. That'd be an awesome idea! I'm not sure how likely it is, but if we could contact him, and just ask him, who knows what he might say? Meanwhile, I'm still producing the two montage videos, and I'm working on the Zidane model at the moment (I speak a little more about it on the Discussion Thread). Anyways, just hang on a little while longer, guys--as soon as I can get stable somewhere, I'll be better able to finish these videos!

Hey there!
Anyone heard of Monty Oum. They made the Haloid and Dead Fantasy cinematics.

I was wondering how many people would like to see Monty Oum make an Operation Moogle promotional cinematic, out of curiosity.

Hey, I am all for that idea!  I've sure heard of Monty Oum--I loved those videos!  That would definitely gain some attention, and help put something cool on our YouTube Channel.  If you know how we could contact him, maybe we can ask him and see what happens.  

Anything new? I managed to get 3 more of my friends to like the Facebook page.

Thanks, The One Who Wrote This!  The more, the better.  Nothing much new so far, as I'm still trying to get situated in my living situation at the present moment (tomorrow's my last day left in this apartment, and I still need to find a new place in the region I'm looking to move to).  I'll be staying in a hotel for a few weeks, but I'm still working on developing the videos.  My PC's also giving me some fuss, but I'll be getting a new computer soon (something that'll eat this current one for breakfast)--as soon as I can get a place first, though.  At the moment, I'm working on the Zidane Tribal model.  I don't remember if I mentioned this before already, but there's going to be 8 characters in the short animation:


Firion and Mateus from Final Fantasy II

Lightning and Orphan from Final Fantasy XIII

Zidane and Kuja from Final Fantasy IX

Cloud and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII

The landscape and weapons and stuff are easy to make, so I've been focusing on the characters more, which are a lot more complex.  I'm working with Zidane first because his slightly exaggerated body proportions are easier to do first (the more realistically-proportioned the character, the trickier it is to make it look right).  Anyways, after modeling him, I can work on one more realistically-proportioned base male model, I can just alter into the other male characters, leaving the female model for Lightning last (girls are a bit more trickier to model).  I'm looking forward to modeling their hair!  And then finally, I'll dress them.  They'll have parts of their clothes that move when they move, and are not just painted-on textures.  This animation at the end of montage videos won't be even a minute long, but I'm hoping to sure make it pretty enough to attract more viewers (and thus more petition signatures and supporters).  I can do the stupid thing, but life keeps tapping me on the shoulders about a few other things at the moment.  

But don't worry--since Square Enix hasn't put any time limit on the request or anything, and since it's a compilation of games already made that wouldn't take very long to upscale and compile into a collection, I think of all the "Operations" out there, we're the one not in a rush.  So even as summer draws to a close and daily life will return to normal soon, Operation Moogle will continue as an effort.  I'll post that on the Facebook and Twitter site.

Glad you guys like being new Admins on the Facebook page.

It's really simple to be, really.  Whenever you have an announcement or bit of news to share about Operation Moogle, something to say to encourage people who joined the page, and something that people on the page might like to hear (like news about similar efforts as ours, like Operation Moonfall, Operation Rainfall, and the Mega Man Legends 3 petition), just post them up!

You can now do this without having to go through me or anything like that.  And the invitation is open to anyone else on our Facebook page who'd like to be an Administrator on our Facebook page--and our official blog site, too, for that matter.  

Thanks, zxride64 and TheOneWhoWroteThis, for your good wishes to me in finding a new place soon.  Also, I'm glad you enjoyed your trip and thanks for your feedback on the video, TheOneWhoWroteThis!  Those tracks will definitely help!  You guys are great!

How is the twitter and facebook going?

Yikes, it's been a while, but I just updated them now!  Thanks for asking!

Alright, Blade, I'm cooking up some early test animation videos of the production of those montage videos. I haven't sent them to you only because I figured we'd leave the early test videos separate from the final videos, to keep the Operation Moogle YouTube Channel for the final videos and keep it clean from a bunch of animation tests and stuff. But those videos are progressing in production and we'll be seeing something soon enough for the official YouTube channel.

Okay, guys, I'm back from a busy round of trying to find a new apartment and some other stuff.  Unfortunately, I lost yet another apartment (this is crazy), so I'm taking a break from it and getting back to this.  I've got to find a new place by the end of this month, but I'm letting my sister help me find a place.  I've also got to look for a new car.  It's crazy--I actually have the money available, but can't seem to find jack in the nick of time!  Oh well, something will come up soon, I'm sure.

In the meanwhile, I haven't gotten very much done on the video, but I did get two things done.  I rendered a basic test animation of a power-up special effect, and I'm currently working on more particles system test animation now, which will be the sparkly and glowing magic stuff with some of the characters' attacks (you know the glowing special effects you see with special attacks and whatnot).

Here's a link to it:

special effect test render 01

And also, I just got a new addon for Blender called Bsurfaces which will increase my productivity like threefold (especially with the characters).  I was having a difficult time with retopology of the faces taking too long and being kinda a pain to deal with (for those who are familiar with the modeling process), but this new premium Add-on for Blender is big help.  I'm also working on some schematic drawings for the weapons to base the 3D modeling on.

Anyways, I'm getting back on track with the animation portion of the montage videos.  I think we'll definitely need a flashy video, because though we're still getting votes and visits to the Operation Moogle sites, it's a gradual one.  Seems like every other "Operation" out there gets more notice than ours do--and we're the one effort that was actually specifically asked for by a game company!

Operation Rainfall, Operation Moonfall, and "100,000 Strong for Bringing Back Mega Man Legends 3" have all gotten wide attention, and I think our videos will get us similar attention (if not a little more).  By the way, I personally support those efforts myself (and hope you do, too).

If you've got any ideas for videos, try them out, work on them!  We'll make as many unique videos for our cause as we can!  It doesn't have to be a flashy 3D animation--a simple little montage or skit or something like that can work.  Operation Rainfall are using some funny skits to get more attention--and it's working, with over 14,000 views of their uploaded videos.

I think if we go the extra mile in creating some creative, catchy and inspiring videos for our cause--and emphasize the fact that Square Enix actually asked for this effort, and that enough support for this cause would pretty much make this HD collection a sure thing--I think we can gain similar heavy support like our other "Operation" efforts have gained.

Any kind of support here is welcomed for Operation Moogle, however big or small.  Customized signature images, wallpapers, videos, fan art--they'll be posted on our blog site.  And anything you can do to encourage more signatures in our petitions, votes in our Poll, and even simple Likes to our Facebook fan page and Followings us on Twitter (both of which I'll update in a little while), you're help is never too small.

Anyways, sorry for the absence!  Glad to be back!

Wow man, that looks GREAT! Keep it up!


Also, sorry I can't be of much help other than the Youtube channel, but I been kinda busy lately, so sorry
But, I'm thinking of new ways to promote, but I don't know yet.
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No need to apologize, dude! If anything, I completely understand! And your help with the YouTube channel is a big help! We'll be using that channel as a big part of promoting this cause! Whatever more you add to it would just be bonus, because you've already started a big helping factor for Operation Moogle! You did and are doing a great job!

I've been quite occupied myself besides this endeavor. It's okay--we'll just take our time and ideas will eventually come for the YouTube channel and whatever else, all in gradual time. There's no sense of obligation or urgency here or anything. Take your time and relax. In fact, that's my advice to all of you.

We'll probably have this thing going for a while, and as long as Square Enix is still wanting a voice, we'll keep this open and just develop it gradually, so there's no kind of rush or obligation here. In fact, I've been taking it easy myself this last week. A lot of things in life just come up, but this continues to be something I want to do.

I've got to find a new apartment soon and be completely moved before September, I've got a few projects I need to gain some ground on, and unfortunately, there was a crime committed right outside my apartment building last night (it's on the local news and everything). This makes me want to move out of this place even sooner. It's not really a bad place to live around here, but it's just that I live near Philadelphia, and we get some of the crimes moving from rough city towards out here in rural places. But no worries--I'll be moved to a much better place soon, hopefully (if I can just find a stankin' available apartment first! Hahaha!).

But yeah, guys, just take this Operation Moogle effort with relaxation. There's no timeline, really. We're just trying to gradually gain more people's attentions, and Operation Moogle will likely be here for quite a while. Whatever ideas and efforts you can contribute, do it at your own pace, without busting your brains over it, and without costing time away from other areas in your lives or anything. And be sure to enjoy your summer! Savor the summer!

I thank you guys a lot for what you have and do contribute to this cause! We've got some cool people here (this is probably my favorite forum site), and there's a reason why this thread's gotten over 3,300 views so far (which is almost 5 times as many views as our blog site)--you guys all help keep it interesting! I know that as we gradually build Operation Moogle, we'll get that strong voice that Square Enix wants, and we'll get our Final Fantasy HD collection yet! Keep up the good work...gradually!


{As an update on the animation, I'm modeling the characters, which are the most complex things to develop in the animation. I've got some vegetation in the works. And I'm working on creating a decent enough dust to blow in the wind. I'm taking snapshots along the way.}

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Tutorial videos posted on BlenderNation, reading wiki guides online, a lot of playing around with features, and practice (which is really just more playing around). Once you learn Blender's interface, it's actually one of the fastest 3D modelers out there, both to learn and to use. Actually, one of the things I've been slacking off on is a few videos showing how to use some of Blender's neatest features. People who read my work blog are still waiting for it. I'll get to it, especially since a lot of people lately have been asking me how I use Blender. The secret with Blender is learning its intuitive keyboard shortcuts--makes using Blender a breeze.

Good idea, Blade! I tried to message here a little earlier, but it took me like 15 minutes to find the reply box! It's kinda hard to see! ;P In fact, in light of what I told in the Discussion Thread, this would be the perfect place for tossing ideas for the channel! Having a distinct thread on the YouTube Channel's design will be helpful! And as far as I can see, you're the owner of the Channel, man! The more we spread out the administration behind Operation Moogle, the better we can operate!

Sure, TheOneWhoWroteThis, you can post the links here on the forum or PM them to me--either way's fine!

And just to take bring some more notice to a good idea, if you guys got any ideas for the design of the Operation Moogle YouTube Channel, be sure to leave them at the thread that Blade started dedicated to this topic. You can leave your designs there so that there can be a little something more interesting for the channel. We'll need something to match what I expect to be some neat videos to endorse our cause! We've got to spark the imagination of Final Fantasy fans everywhere, so get the creative juices flowing and throw your creative ideas out there!

By the way, here are a few screenshots of the early concepts for the 3D animation. These are early and will look a lot better once they've been textured, scaled for the characters, shot with cameras, etc.:

This is a concept design for the "Operation Moogle" font in the animation. It's still early, so nothing's final yet. The final design chosen will look better incorporated within the actual scene.

This is what the desert-like landscape looks like in early production. It doesn't look much like a landscape yet, but it will.

Another shot of the landscape. It's basically just a plane that I sculpted with a texture brush, for any of you guys interested in the process.

Here's a camera shot of that landscape. Again, this is an early shot. It'll look even better with textures and proper lighting and blowing dust and trees and everything. Most of all, it'll look epic with the characters in the fight scene, with dynamic camera shots and physical interactions with the landscape and stuff! Check out this Final Fantasy wiki page and you'll see a bit of where I'm aiming with this.


Anyways, it ain't much to look at in this early stage of production, but I hope you guys like it so far. Let me know if you like the font or it there's another style you'd like to see. I tried to match the "Operation Moogle" font on our official signature image. But whatever gets chosen, it'll look a lot better in the final composition. And as always, your feedback is appreciated!

I'll be trying to cover a lot of ground on developing it daily to finish ASAP. I'm charged with zeal to do this. I'll be trying to post something new daily or every other day!

Glad to help!! Just tell me what to do, and I will help as much as I can (except for Twitter and creating videos [though getting supplies I can help with, though])! I can't wait to play this on the Wii U!!

Also, I hope things get better for you. It is pretty rough losing people that you know (and for people who you know to lose people that they know and love).

About the apartment, did they lie to you (if so, then to them) or was it a misunderstanding (if so, then still to them)? Well, apartments in New York are pretty expensive anyways, so maybe you might find someplace that costs less. Stuff in New York is generally expensive anyways. I hope you find a place to live!

Do you need audio for the FF Videos? I do have all of FFV and FFVI's music, so let me know.

One thing though: I wont be available on Friday because I'll be on a trip to Pennsylvania. Also, I posted on my Facebook page (which is on Day 2 of being alive [yes, I am that slow in joining in the social media ]) a thing that tries to get as many people to come as they can. And yes, I am the guy who says "Please put V on there too!! By the way, I'm also known as "The One Who Wrote This"" on post #4 on the Operation Moogle Facebook page (the one about having a remaster of FFVII being #1). I have the Black Knight from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn as my image (no good images of myself). As long as there are good games on the collection (and/or ones I've never played [basically anything above 5 [excluding Renevant wings and some of the spin-offs]) and that it comes onto the Wii U, I'll be fine (though FFV deserves a remake either on the 3ds or the Wii U)!

Anyways, let me know how I can help, and I hopefully will be able to.

Thanks a lot for your fervent support, dude! You and Blade and all of you guys here really carry this thing! Have a good trip to Pennsylvania--maybe I'll bump into you over here! And I'll take whatever clips you'll throw at me.

Just to give you guys an update, I'm working on a little special something to add to the videos. To make these videos even more interesting, I'm adding some custom 3D animation to the end of the videos.

Primarily, I plan to render a small scene at the end of the video compilation that takes some of the characters from the most popular Final Fantasy games, and have them act out a short little melee fight scene against their main bosses of their respective games, and then end in the scene with the protagonists together looking admirably at an Operation Moogle logo, finally ending the compilations with, "Please help make this Final Fantasy HD collection a final reality!" It'd be about 30 to 45 seconds long, give or take.

This will not only get the attention of people to look at our videos and our cause, and hopefully get the imagination going in other people of just what we're looking at with this compilation, but also would undoubtedly get our video some notice on a few 3D sites I'm a regular contributor to. There's some sites just waiting to show people's 3D work, and I can mention word of this work in the videos on my personal blog sites, which gets quite a few repeat visitors a day (checking to see if I updated my stupid blogs--I'm so bad at keeping them!).

Plus, I just REALLY want an excuse to do this! I think it'd add a little more boost to our energy, and perhaps serve as an example of something we could do again. I'd like to hear more ideas for little animations. I think using the original content of the Final Fantasy videos you guys are posting up and mixing a little original content of our own might spice things up a bit. Just a little something to shake the imagination even more about this collection! I'll be posting up a few screen shots at what I'm working on so far in just a little while.

Hey, guys. I'm so sorry I've been out for several days. Life's been in the way. First, I lost an apartment that was reserved in New York, because it wasn't available after all like they claimed it was, so I've been spending time searching for a new place (I may even have to move to Connecticut or New Jersey). Then, my one and only chair completely broke on me (I got rid of my old dinner table chairs because they're being replaced when I move), so I had to wait for a decent seat just so I can sit at the computer again. I haven't felt very good all last week. And now, my best friend's father just passed away from an illness. It's been rough.

But I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm still working on Operation Moogle, and the videos are still in development. I know it's been a while since I've been back, and I've only updated the Facebook and Twitter pages a couple of times. I thank you guys for continuing this effort. I see some of you have signed the other petition I've made available in addition to the one here.

I copied the petition to an ipetition.com site, just to make the petition as convenient as possible to some people. Some are willing to join this forum to sign it, and some aren't, so I've made the petition available in two places (though, I've described this forum's Petition Thread one as the better petition to support, since it best ensures the Wii U gets attention with this compilation).

Anyways, I'll probably be absent a few days to deal with my friend and to try to find a new home (because I have to have a place to move into before September 1, when my current apartment's lease is up). But I'll still be working on the Operation Moogle stuff, too. Just thought I'd let you know what's been up, and that I haven't lost interest or anything. Keep up the good effort!

Well, I hope that it will be successful, as well as our operation!

Elite Beat Agents did a good job (though combat wasn't truly involved: it just changed some of the outcomes).

I don't know if MacroManJr put this up yet in this forum, but the petition is ready (I am just a messenger, not the creator)! Here it is: http://www.ipetition...perationmoogle/

Thanks, Tho One Who Wrote This! You're all over the place, man!

I'm just wondering, but do you think we should start a mail/email campaign like Operation Rainfall is doing? We could send mesages to Square Enix about how much we want the Final Fantasy HD collection. (Sorry if this has already been suggested)

That sounds like a good idea. I mean, after all, this is an entirely different case than with Operation Rainfall's campaign to Nintendo of America. Square Enix asked for us to do this, so why not start an email campaign? We can do that! Let's find some contact email addresses. Good suggestion, Andy!

Not a FFF (Final Fantasy Fan!), but I want people to have what they want, so YAY!

Thanks! Hey, gamers got to stick together, right? (Esp. when game developers start asking for our opinion!) And I see you signed the petition--thanks a bunch, StreetPassWanter!

FF1 PS1 Opening

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FF2 PS1 Opening

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FF4 DS Opening

FF6 PS1 Opening

FFV Special Boss Battle

Great references, TheOneWhoWroteThis! Keep them up, you guys! I should have something to share by Tuesday.

Do want clips from all main title final fantasy games?

Yeah, you can post links (or clips, if you already have them as clips) of all the main Final Fantasy games, and also of those the other "main-series-related" games listed in the Poll. Much of the clips will probably focus on the main series, but we do want to include some of those other mentioned titles as well. One popular choice in the polls is Final Fantasy Tactics, so yeah, we'll give some of those other titles some love, too!

About the legal thing, all I do (And most people do) Is put a disclaimer in caps in the descriptions, it's the first thing that should go in the description, but you can do your idea. It's better I guess. So anyway, I'm thinking about making the channel look more "Pro." I was looking at our channel and I thought having a repeated image it's not so "Cool" xD so yeah. I don't know yet, though, I'm trying to think of a concept for the channel so if anyone would like to help at this, please reply to me and let me know.

There you go--"disclaimer"! Thank you! I was searching for that word all day! Yeah, we'll just put disclaimers with the videos.

And a big thanks to you for your help with the YouTube channel! I'll keep thinking about suggestions for a concept! Hope someone comes up with something!

Sorry about my FF5 fan-ism. It was fun, but challenging at times (especially getting all non-necromancer jobs mastered and beating Omega and Shinryu). I don't know video editing at all, but I can help find videos. I'll have to PM you about certain questions I have about videos. I still need to learn about legality....

Anyways, here is the FF3 opening video (I just found it, so I take no credit in making):

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Should I just post them on the forum from now on or should I just PM them? If the latter, then to whom (or who [not sure about the grammar here])?

You can do either. You can post them here. If you want to PM them to me for editing the montage, you can. Or if you guys want to work together on something, go for it! It doesn't matter.

Since right now, we're just trying to find and collect reference to snag snippets away from for the montage videos (I haven't began any editing yet), posting them here is fine. When we get to some actual editing, then I guess that's when I (and any other contributing member with a video editor) will take the footage and suggestions from you guys about what to include in the videos for editing purposes, and we can take them from this thread. So I guess the best place is probably just right here, as you've been doing. But again, it's totally up to you.

As for the legal thing, for most YouTube videos, we can avoid issues for most videos with some kind of credits at the end of the videos. We're not using the videos for commercial usage, and similar to how DBZ Abridged episodes are able to parody Dragon Ball Z by offering the videos for free viewing purposes and giving due credits, we're good!

On the off-change that we do find someone specifically asking for permission before using their uploaded content, we can do that. I'm sure most of them will be willing to support this effort, especially if they're fans, too.

How can I get one of those "nice signature images" into my signature? I tried copying the image and pasting it into my signature, but it wouldn't show up.

Go back to the Edit Signature page (you reach that by first going to your Profile page, and then hitting the Edit my Profile button at the top right side of your Profile, and then look for Edit Signature on the left side). At the Edit Signature page, go over to the toolbar where you see the options like bold and italics and underline, go over in the line and click on the picture icon (it's two icons over to the right of the smiley face).

You have to reference a picture saved online somewhere, and copy its link address into the "Image URL" prompt. You can just use this Operation Moogle signature image link for now, to test it out.

Enter the link to your signature image there and hit Insert Image. You'll see the link show up in the signature editing box below, placed between two image HTML tags. You can also just type in those two tags around your copied-and-pasted link in the signature editing box. Hit "Save Changes" and when the page is refreshed, you should see it.

You can add, as many images as you want, images up to 600 x 200 pixels. Hope that helps!

I haven't played V so I didn't know about that . Do you know any good scenes from III?

You've actually touched on a point that I've been thinking about myself, something we'll have to keep in mind while producing the montage videos. Since you haven't played Final Fantasy V yet, that's something to consider. We'll want to show key moments, but at the same time, we don't want to give spoilers (at least, not major spoilers for the plot).

I think you guys here have already given some good examples so far. Like, if we showed a scene of Tidus and Yuna getting ready to kiss, it'd make people who played the game say, "Yeah, I remember that moment!" and newcomers say, "Hey, I wonder what that's about?" Similarly, we could show some of the battle scene against Gilgamesh for FFV, but don't show the end result. It's enough to pique people's interest to relive it or to experience it for the first time, all in HD glory.

We'll want to produce strong nostalgia factor for those who have played, and yet not give the biggest parts of the games' plots away to interest those who never played some of these games. It's a tricky balance to strike, but I think we all can do it.

So we'll try to show you bits of Final Fantasy V in the montages, but won't give it away. Similarly, we'll try to include bit of Final Fantasy III, like maybe the opening for the DS version, that'll make you want to play the game in HD!

And also keep in mind which parts of the scenes you want to show, as since these two videos will be montages, we can only show brief moments of the scenes. Again, a bit tricky, but we're awesome!

Good suggestions so far, you guys! Keep them coming!

I'm gonna see if I can get some video game YouTubers to mention Operation Moogle in their videos. I'll update you on progress as it progresses.

Good! That'll help a bunch! Thanks!

Sent a message to NintendoCapriSun, I don't think he will do it, but we can only hope :/

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Just noticed we have about 161 votes on the official site, 13 votes on Wii U forums and 32 likes on facebook and 72 views on our youtube channel!
I think it's something to feel proud of so let's do some math
161+72+31+13= 277!
were getting noticed people!

Yep! We're getting noticed! I think as soon as we can get people on YouTube to mention us and get more people in other forums to notice us (esp. with our nice signature images). Perhaps if I can find a clever enough way to sneak some news of Operation Moogle into my other non-gaming-related forums, like BlenderNation and BlenderArtists.org, we'll gain even more attention!

I'm working on compositing just a few 3D elements into the videos, like maybe a 3D version of our logo, and then editing the videos using Blender's built-in compositor. That should be enough to have BlenderNation do an article on this usage of Blender to get the job done--and get news out to thousands of people about Operation Moogle. Mwahahahahaaa!

Hey, I'd like to be co-administrator if you want. Anyway, can't wait for those videos, I really want to see them. Because they will definitely will be better than the two I uploaded, one of them is opening for FF1, surprisingly that one has like 30 views and I added important links in the description, the other one is just an edited ff vs 13 trailer with effects and a few images for people to download.

Sure, dude, you can be a co-administrator of the Facebook page! If you've already "Liked" the Facebook page, then you can message me here in this forum about which one of the names of supporters is yours, so that I can click the "Make Admin" button next to your name. And then you'll be a co-administrator! This goes for anyone else here who'd like to be a co-admin!

And to everyone, I'm in the process of collecting scenes for the two montage videos. So, hey folks, if you have any favorites, scenes that you'd think would be inspiring for Final Fantasy fans of either the light-tone variety or the darker-tone variety, just tell me or show me! And if you have any little Operation Moogle videos of your own.

I like your videos, by the way, Blade! I esp. like the concept of showing scenes of the classic games and then asking the question, "Wanna play this in HD?" It helps drive home the reality of having a game with both old and new Final Fantasy games on it!

Also, I'm updating the blog site, so anybody with signature images and wallpapers, just send them to me, and I'll post them. And just for fun, I'm thinking about putting a Fan Art page on the blog site, to encourage a little fun and some more interactivity with the site. After blowing the dust off my deviantART account and checking out Final Fantasy fan art, I've seen a LOT of fan art, and I'm thinking that offering a little spot of glory for them might encourage more revisits to and more activity with the site. What do you think about that? Think that's a good idea?

Hey, guys! Thanks for starting those threads on the other sites! Not only are you spreading the word of Operation Moogle more, but you're also getting more people to join this forum as well to do the petition. I've promoted the idea that this forum will be one they'll definitely want to be, as we near closer to Wii U's debut, but also that we're pretty chilled people here (because we are)!

We're growing in numbers with the Facebook page the most, with 24 people who Like the page (in addition to myself). The Twitter page is gradually picking up more Followers, with 11 so far (but one of them being a high-level Square Enix employee!). And so far the Petition has 10 signatures (though we have 12 voters... o_0).

But we should expect more signatures and public support--just give it time. So far, we've gotten 267 views of our Facebook fan page and 360 hits of the blog site, with 58 voters casting votes on site's poll. Not bad for only 3 days work! That's encouraging! We're growing!

So yeah, keep at it! This is to be expected, actually. More "Like button" supporters than petitioners, but still, even the "Likes" help get the word out, and it still shows support for this cause that Square Enix can consider. We'll get those petitions and poll numbers up--ESPECIALLY when we get those videos done to get people inspired for just what we're looking at with such a Final Fantasy HD collection and how much their voice can make this thing real!

And though using a forum for a petition is not the usual route for petitions, I think it's proving to be a very good choice. It's just way easier to use a forum site to host petitions. It's the best free option around. Easy to join and participate, easy to manage, and just a heck of a lot funner a place to host a game-related petition than a "free petition" site. Plus, as I explained to folks on Facebook, this effort help ensures we ALL get this game!

So keep on promoting Operation Moogle, and good work so far! Whether by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the blog site, or this forum site, we'll succeed with time!

Right now, I'm working finalizing some concepts for the videos, and then I'll share them with you guys for your feedback. These videos will be epic...at least, that's the plan!

Also, if anyone wants to be a co-administrator of the Facebook page, just let me know!

Anyways, I'll be back Friday (gotta go somewhere tomorrow), so take care! Thank for helping sending Operation Moogle off to a good start!

I've owned every Nintendo console since the NES, and it's for me hard to have clear favorites. They've all brought me something awesome. But if I had to choose which one stood out as the most defining, I'd have to say N64, by a nose.

It was a bit of a tie for me, between NES, SNES, and N64 as the most defining. But I think N64 had my favorite round of first-party titles, a smidgen more than NES or SNES for me.

With games like Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, F-Zero X, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., Mario Golf, Excitebike 64, Pokémon Snap, 1080° Snowboarding, Paper Mario, Wave Race 64--those first-party games pretty much sealed the deal with Nintendo 64 for me.

And you also had GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Jet Force Gemini, Blast Corps, and Perfect Dark--all from Rare, and all great!

I lost a lot of sleep with N64! I personally think N64 had multiplayer gaming at its finest! I think even though the N64 didn't have as many games as some other consoles, the N64 had my favorite load of first-party Nintendo games than any other system, with SNES a close second.

In fact, I wish the Wii U would see a resurgence of first-party games like we saw with N64. Sure, bring the third-party support, but bring on an onslaught of stellar first-party games, too. If that truly happens, then I'm expecting Wii U to take the crown!

I've created a new subforum for this, and moved both topics into it. The petition/poll thread looks great.


Which blog? MacroManJr's, David's, or mine? There are three great reasons to use Wii U Forums instead: 1) they're a neutral zone between the two Wii U blogs associated with them; 2) having the petition and poll in the form of a thread is neat and tidy; and 3) it's a fabulous way to promote this community, as there's a good chance that some of the people who register to sign the petition will stick around for the Wii U discussions.

Thanks a million for creating a subforum for Operation Moogle! That's really going to help us a lot! And thank you for liking the petition/poll thread!

Also, to what you said about using this forum, those are actually some of the good reasons I listed on the blog site!

Hey Macro, just wondering here, do you have any of the videos ready? Because I just got a Dropbox and wanted to see how it works xD

Nope, not yet. I'm just in concept stage at the moment. Should have something to share in a day or so, though. But if you wanna test out Dropbox, you can place any Operation Moogle signature images there and place the public links to those signatures (in a public Dropbox folder) on your Facebook, Twitter, whatever. Of course, this is just an excuse to use Dropbox (I like such excuses), but it could be a neat way to promote Operation Moogle while you're at it!

Shouldn't this be in the Blog instead of this forum? That way, everyone can sign the petition, not just Wii U members.

Actually, that would be kinda difficult to do. Those free WordPress pages are blog sites, and they operate a little differently behind the scenes than a normal website (which are typically managed from scratch or using WordPress a more by-hand way). Also, integration of a petition with the site is not simple (not for free, anyways).

Yeah, I could've used one of those sites claiming to offer "free petition," but those are kinda a pain. They want a home address from you, our e-mail addresses, a limited signature goal, tons of ads everywhere, blah blah blah. Those "free petition" sites are free to begin with because they collect and reserve your personal info to sell it to email-based advertisers (spammers), as they reserve that right to do so in their terms of agreement.

So yeah, it's just a lot easier than dealing with a forum where you can have as no limit of signatures, you can just leave your name (or alias) as a signature, you can take the poll and then just leave a post with your name (or alias) as a signature, and you can participate with the discussion thread.

All you need is an e-mail address and an name (doesn't even have to be your real name!) to start an profile here, and you're ready for business! Conversely, you can be as creative as you want with your support for Operation Moogle, with forum signature images and suggestions to us.

Though, after I made the petition/poll, I did at least place a copy of the poll there on the blog site. I realized that once you vote for in the poll with the petition, you can't vote again. So if there were any games in the list you forgot, you can cast a vote them here. So there's two places for the poll.

I also put on the site an encouraging word for joining this forum site. I did inform folks that though this is a Wii U forum site and Wii U is our general talk, there is a section here where we do talk about other game consoles, too. And we don't HATE the other consoles (many of us OWN other consoles)--we just love the Wii U a lot, that's all!

And really, a lot of people out there haven't really been following the news about the Wii U too much since E3, so I think when they see some of the things we're talking about with Wii U, that may create an interest in Wii U as well.

By using this forum, we make emphatically clear that we don't want the Wii U to get left out of consideration for this compilation! PS3, Xbox 360, and PC will surely get such the HD collection, so we're not concerned about whether a release would come to them. We want this game on ALL the HD gaming platforms, including the Wii U.

I hope this wasn't too long! But yeah, there are several reasons why I chose on a forum site for this campaign. Plus, Feld0 kindly gave us our own spot here and a shout-out! Can't beat that!

I want to be a part of this petition. I played FF XIII and loved it, now i want to get the other games and this would be the easiest way for me to get the games.

Glad you want to be a part of Operation Moogle! Every bit of Final Fantasy-lovin' fan support helps! And yeah, this would be the easiest way to play other games that some have yet to play!

There are several games on that list that most people outside Japan (or without a handheld like Nintendo DS or Sony PSP) didn't get to play. Some Nintendo gamers just didn't get to play ANY of the more recent titles.

And I was sure to include an enhanced version of Final Fantasy VII as a vote (along with the selection option for the original for the purists among Final Fantasy VII fans), since Square Enix did get our hopes up for a couple years ago for a remake of FFVII, but haven't done so yet.

So yeah, this compilation would satisfy a lot of people as an easy way to play these games--and all in HD glory.

Hey, if you haven't already, be sure you do get your say in the Polls and leave a short message to Square Enix with your reply signature in the Petition. You can find it here.

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I made my own version of the sig with the background I made.

That's the spirit, MLdragoMaster and GunGoomba! Wear those in all the forums you're a part of! I can post those on the Operation Moogle blog site, if you'd like!

Brian Lockett

"Okay, Square Enix, my body is ready for this collection!"

I've pinned the The Operation Moogle Petition Thread and Poll for you MacroManJr for the time being. If Operation Moogle gets its own section on the forumin the future, me or Feld0 will move it there. Even though I'm not an FF fan, I'm interested to see where this petition goes.

Thanks! Appreciate it!

Hey, dude, are you going to send me the videos or something, or maybe you want total access to the Youtube page? Please do let me know so I can be ready
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This is epic, we should use it xD

Yeah, I can send the videos to you when I'm done with something, or we could even share a Dropbox folder (if you're familiar with Dropbox). Any way is fine with me! And that song is definitely a good consideration for the lighter-toned video montage! Boss theme music from a recent popular hit with nostalgic 8-bit flair--that's says "fandom" all day!