With the inconsistent nature of localisation it's never clear which major releases in Japan will make it to the West, so a much-welcomed Summer announcement was when Square Enix confirmed 3DS title Final Fantasy Explorers for North America and Europe. It'll arrive in January next year (26th in NA and 29th in EU) and will be yet another sizeable 3DS experience due in the early period of the year.

Heavily focused on battling, levelling up and playing co-operatively with others - though you can recruit monsters to help - it's something a little different in the series, and luckily New York Comic Con attendees from today (8th October) to 11th October will be able to go hands on with the title. The posters below will also be given out to players while stock lasts.

Though we weren't blown away by it in our early impressions last year, we're certainly keen to see how this one shapes up next January. If you're heading to New York for the event let us know whether this demo will be on your itinerary.

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Thanks to Chris Ruston for the heads up.