Final Fantasy XI gets third micro expansion, 'A Shantotto Ascension'

by Kyle Horner Sep 27th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Final Fantasy XI, Expansions, News items

Wait, did you guys hear someone cackling? It sounded like a boisterous, "O-hohohohohoho!" Wait... wait, just a second. Oh Shantotto, what won't you do next? Not satisfied with merely acting as the ruler of everyone around her, the Tarutaru known as Shantotto is getting her very own micro-expansion entitled A Shantotto Ascension.

Obviously, the logical story extension of this seemingly possessed professor is an attempt at her very own empire. There's a story focused trailer to check out, but there isn't too much more to know beyond the fact that players will have to take Shantotto down a few pegs. More likely than not, we'll be finding out more about this soon enough. So for now, check out the short -- if not curious -- trailer after the break.

Video Games | Final Fantasy XI: A Shantotto Ascension | TGS 09: Debut Trailer

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Tags: a-shantotto-ascension, expansion, ffxi, final-fantasy, final-fantasy-xi, micro-expansion, shantotto, square-enix, tarutaru

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Vulturion said on 4:25PM 9-27-2009

I don't follow Final Fantasy XI, but isn't this like the 5th or 6th expansion or event in a row now staring midget critters?

Why no promotion for those hulking genderless simian man-things that no-one likes?
Squenix need to start talking those up, with them coming back for the sequel and all.

onetrueping said on 4:28PM 9-27-2009

They were the focus of the base game, actually. One of them was the ultimate villain.

breezer said on 5:02PM 9-27-2009

They aren't expansions by any stretch of the imagination.

They are quest chains. Period. One singular fetch quest chain, with 2 boss fights. And an extremely good reward.

In other words, it's micro transactions in disguise. RMT if you will.

FFXI community has been very, very disappointed with the "mini-expansions". The stories and cutscenes are bad. The quests are painful.

They are clearly SE taking advantage of the FFXI community for profits.

Last week they announced a new silver dog tag thingy that comes with an as of yet unannounced in-game item. Price? $125....

SE are truly the unchallenged douchebags of the MMO development world.

Wjowski said on 9:08PM 9-27-2009

I dunno, the shameless whoring Turbine's currently going through with DDO is a good second-stringer, at least.

onetrueping said on 3:20PM 9-28-2009

I disagree with you on DDO. When you can potentially buy everything in the store without spending a cent and by simply playing the game, I wouldn't call that "shameless whoring." I'd call it a pretty good idea.