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‘Orbital’ and ‘Gimme Friction Baby’-Inspired ‘Hue Ball’ Releasing on June 18th

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Last month, I told you about Hue Ball, a fun game based off of Wouter Visser’s Gimme Friction Baby, similar to iOS classic Orbital ($4.99). I also told you that it was planned to release in late May or early June. Sadly, those time frames have passed and yet the general public has not had the ability to play Hue Ball. Even my Testflight build had expired. Was Hue Ball doomed to disappear? Thankfully, no – Hue Ball just needed a bit more work, and now the game is set to release on June 18th.

The colors and interface have gotten a bit of a tweak, with a ‘button’ that appears at the bottom to show you where you can tap to launch a ball. Additionally, Unept, the developer, has tweaked the beginning of the game to make it easier for first-time players. It’s going to be challenging enough, so any little edge helps. This one will be free with an IAP to remove ads, and available June 18th – it’s been approved, and you can actually nab some early promo codes in the forum thread for the game.

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  • 53 Comments

    1. rhljk14

      Holy $&@#. So excited, my favorite rpg of all time!

    2. curtneedsaride

      So excited! Can't wait to get my hands on it.

    3. HungarianUrinalCakes

      Excitement level is peaked!

      1. HungarianUrinalCakes

        Seriously, they've finally figured out how to print money.

        1. MrVariant

          Yeah lol they just had to run out of dragon quest and earlier final fantasy games to remake.

    4. aaroncantsleep

      Oh...dear God.

    5. Based Xatu

      Watch the fans freak out, lol. I've never been into FF, but I know the fans love this one in particular. I'm happy for you guys.

      Kind of off topic: the reaction to the remake was insane, the whole auditorium was in uproar.

    6. curtneedsaride

      Hope people won't ask why there are black borders on the sides if they use the original. It's how the original was made: for a totally different aspect ratio. BUT, maybe they've reworked it somehow to fully fit to our new mobile devices. Can't wait to find out.

    7. sivad

      I'm overcome with emotions currently, happiness, nostalgia, an urgency to evacuate my bowels... All of them

    8. Alexythimia23

      As farooq one said.....DAMN!

    9. Our Hero

      Now I can watch Barret make train analogies on the actual train, this's gonna be awesome!

    10. Marvin

      WOOT

      WOOTER

      WOOT

    11. scottsoapbox

      Sweet!

    12. Xexist

      MAGLOR COME HERE QUICK!

    13. lainsxp

      Whhhaaaaat ??? INSTABUY !! awesome !! goodbye psx emulator for iphone

    14. ayrad

      ABOUT TIME!!!! AMAZING NEWS!!

    15. Mekklesack

      Damn! There's no mention of Final Fantasy Möbius.

      1. Mekklesack

        On the flip side they didn't reveal any new Final Fantasy 15 information or footage either... So there's still a chance for a western release for Final Fantasy Möbius.

        Fingers Crossed!

      2. curtneedsaride

        Or a Western release of Final Fantasy Agito, which I'd still like to try.

    16. Zerol3onheart

      First I lost it when FF7 was announced for the PS4. Now, I get to lose it all over again because I can finally play FF7 at work or on the toilet!!!

      1. Xexist

        Fecal Fantasy 7! Wait thats a whole different game.

    17. HarryWarden

      I'd like to see them update the graphics. The blocky character models were hilarious originally but don't cut it nowadays

      1. Godspoken

        They are gonna update the graphics...in 2020 for the PS5.

        1. IainsTheName

          First...then other platforms after...

    18. luckystrikeguy

      Did they mention a time frame ?

      1. Taeles

        square is usually pretty quiet on time frames, they tend to drop their games on us thursday morning like 3am with no warning right after everyone has complained about a weak wednesday night release heh.

      2. curtneedsaride

        On the screen while they were announcing it, it said "Final Fantasy VII... iOS Summer."

        1. JosephWelke

          Thanks for that. So... any moment, really.

    19. Jon Smith

      Ha! Literally just bought the PC version through the Steam store (it's on moderate sale) and I still have the PS 1 disks from back in the day just no PS 1. Still this will be an insta-buy. Can't wait!

      1. curtneedsaride

        Yeah, I still have the PS1 discs for FFVII and FFIX. I would have bought all of the FF games on Steam if they offered them for Mac. So weird that they'll do iOS but not Mac.

    20. Taeles

      so long as they stick with their final fantasy trend of implementing gamecenter, sign me up. i'll have a nerd gasm and screenshot the gamecenter achievement coming across my ipad saying "Defeated Ruby Weapon!"

      :)

      1. Taeles

        Achievement "Used Knights of the Round four times on Sephiroth"

    21. Seiza616

      Summer....as in this summer?

    22. imuddy

      I would have preferred a touched up version but hey better than the speedbike version.

    23. VirtualBoyFreak

      Yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!!! Oh f&@€€@: yesssssss!!!!!!

    24. JosephWelke

      Take me, Square Enix.

      No, wait, sorry. Take my MONEY, Square Enix. Yeah. That's what I meant. Yeah.

      Wanna make me really REALLY happy? Release it on Android at the same time.

    25. HelperMonkey

      This will be huge.

    26. Agkelos

      Square just COMPLETELY stole the show this E3. So excited for everything they announced!

      1. curtneedsaride

        Seriously! SE blew Nintendo out of the water. Both showcased old IPs, but SE did so with a bang in my opinion. A few of the execs could use a little help with presentation though. ;)

    27. Zaraf

      I don't understand why they don't do a remake of this game with higher resolution polygons and make it look nicer.

      1. curtneedsaride

        They are for the PS4. It probably wouldn't fit or run on mobiles. Remaking it again just for mobiles probably wouldn't bring in enough profit to be worth it.

    28. witedahlia

      Yay yay yay yay yay

    29. cbos0503

      This isn't going to be through the "Dive In" subscription service is it?

    30. tinkie277

      My body is ready.

    31. Apalachicola

      This game is probably my all-time favorite. I think, however, that I will be playing the HD remake on PS4, which I will purchase for the purpose.

    32. Chungston

      Soon stoked!

    33. codemonkey85

      Technically FFVII is not the first Playstation Final Fantasy released for iOS - if you count Tactics.

    34. Von Strubel

      I have played many Final Fantasy games but not this, by far the most famous one! If the port works this will be an instant buy.

    35. Silver Light Storm

      Never really had the chance to play any other final fantasy title besides this one on an emulator and I never managed to beat VII cause of that one boss in the old mansion after I met Vincent. This will be my first final fantasy title bought on mobile and my first one bought completely.