EZ: Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring © 1998 Square Co., Ltd.
The title means 'ambition', and that's an essential quality in this 3-D multi-level combat game. The story so far: a mysterious weapon has been found in the remains of an old German castle. This weapon, known as EHRGEIZ, is awarded each year to the winner of a tournament set up to establish the greatest fighter in the world. Now a sinister consortium wants to use it for its own nefarious purposes.
The sixteen characters include six from Final Fantasy, with favourites such as Cloud and Sephiroth guesting alongside the game's very own Godhand and Wolf Girl Jo. With play in three Arcade modes and a Quest option for stand-alone RPG gaming, you will fight in 12 different arenas to win the ultimate weapon.
From the superb CG movie opening sequence to the four mini-games, the graphics and the freedom of the fighting action will blow you away. So much more than a fight game, Ehrgeiz blasts down the genre barriers.
Model SLPS-01750
Ehrgeiz was released on December 17, 1998 in Japan.
Re-Editions:
[JP] "EZ: Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring [Model SLPS-91448]" (2002)
Export releases:
[US] "EZ: Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring [Model SLUS-00809]"
[EU] "EZ: Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring [Model SLES-02111]"
Square Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hirohide Sugiura
Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Takechi
Supervisors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Shinji Hashimoto
Character Supervisor: Tetsuya Nomura
Sound Supervisor: Nobuo Uematsu
FF VII Staff: Yoshinori Kitase, Tomohiro Kayama, Shintaro Takai, Kenji Takemoto, Fumi Nakashima
Production Manager: Tomohiro Hagiwara
Production Assistant: Rieko Kikuchi
Localization Specialists: Tchie Tokoro, Ichiro Nonaka
DreamFactory Co., Ltd.
Program Design: Taketoshi Nishimori, Ken Suzuki, Takatoshi Katahata, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroko Ohnishi, Masaya Ishizuka, Katsuyuki Amano, Hanae Karasawa, Masafumi Horiuchi, Yoshiko Higohashi, Yuri Suzuki, Takeshi Sadohara, Joko Sato, Takeshi Ochiai, Yuki Masuda
Motion Design: Satoru Uchida, Takashi Aoyagi, Toshimitsu Shimafuji, Daisuke Ito, Shingo Suzuki, Yasuyuki Sogame
Music & Sound Effects: Takayuki Nakamura, Motoko Hieda
System Administration: Kuma san, Takahiro Hirakawa
Production Management: Kyoko Ishimaru, Kana Inagaki, Miyuki Horikawa
Publicity: Taku Seino
Planning: Yuko Tanaka, Tetsuya Shibutani, Takeshi Inomata
Director & Game Design: Seiichi Ishii