Summary
The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real. After years of rumors and speculation,Square EnixrevealedFinal Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of the originalFinal Fantasy Tactics, during Wednesday’s State of Play. However, the small print on the remaster’s collector’s box has tainted the reveal somewhat.
The good news is that if you want to pre-order a copy of The Ivalice Chronicles beforeit launches on June 23, 2025,you can do it right now. However, in typical Square Enix fashion, placing a pre-order all gets a little bit confusing if you want the collector’s box. Notice it’s not called a collector’s edition, and there’s a good, very annoying reason for that.
The collector’s box does not include a copy of the game, similar towhat Square controversially did with its Life Is Strange: Double Exposure collector’s editionlast year. A note on the Ivalice Chronicles web page about the collector’s box reads, “It’s available to buy with the game, which is not packaged inside the box, but will be shipped together.”
Beware The Final Fantasy Tactics Collector’s Box
It Doesn’t Include Everything You’d Expect
If you’re still confused, you’re not the only one. I’ve read that sentence about 50 times between pre-orders going live and writing this article. What I’ve gleaned from the description is that if you want there to be a copy of The Ivalice Chronicles inside your collector’s box, you will need to add either the standard or deluxe edition of the remaster to your cart and check out with both items at the same time.
That means what is alreadya pretty expensive collector’s edition at $200gets significantly more expensive as if you want it to come with the game, and I’m assuming most, if not all, of you do,it’s going to cost an additional $49.99.The collector’s box is exclusive to the Square Enix storeand is currently unavailable. That might mean it has already sold out, and I’d bet quite a lot of money on a significant chunk of those early adopters not knowing they currently don’t have a copy of the game secured.
It’s a shame that Square has once again made all of this so confusing as, lack of game aside, this is a pretty amazing collector’s edition. For $200, you get three different colors of chocobo plushes, a Ramza Beoulve figure, a set of acrylic Zodiac Stones, pop-up art of the outlying church, a special art box, and an art sheet set. If Square had just thrown the game in and priced it at $250, there wouldn’t have been a problem.
