With the North American launch of Final Fantasy XIII less than a month behind us (check out our review), we are now starting to get new videos from Square Enix on their franchise series sequel Final Fantasy XIV.  This upcoming title will be the series’ second MMORPG, the first being Final Fantasy XI.

With the closed alpha test under way the following video has been posted on YouTube in a brand new Final Fantasy XIV channel.  We expect this new channel to host a series of video blogs, narrated by Square Enix staff, highlighting some of the working elements of the game in this early stage of testing.

Most preorder and launch day copies of Final Fantasy XIII came with a code that can be used on a Square Enix website to register for beta testing Final Fantasy XIV later this year.

The video is in Japanese however we have ffxivcore.net to thank for the translation.

Riekom: Hi, I’m Square Enix’s Riekom.

Julia: I’m Julia.

Aratam: I’m Aratam.

Riekom: Final Fantasy XIV’s alpha test is just around the corner!

Aratam: Oh, cool.

Riekom: Today we’re bringing you a quick look at Eorzea’s Limsa Lominsa.

Julia and Aratam are impressed.

Riekom: How about this view, huh?

Julia: It’s amazing. What a radiant sea!

Aratam: It definitely has a great, unique feel to it.

Julia: These must be shops.

Aratam: So many great-looking things are lined up. I’m having fun just window-shopping!

Riekom: I’m sure I’ll be spending a LOT of gil here.

Riekom: There’s even fish, and…

All three: Oh! CHOCOBO!

Riekom: There are many different kinds of people working in the city.

Aratam: Aw, she’s crying. I wonder if her boyfriend dumped her?

Riekom: Are you stupid or something? She’s slicing ONIONS.

Aratam: Such realistic movements!

Julia: We can even see the salt he’s putting in.

Riekom: I love cooking, so I feel right at home here.

All three: Oh! HAMBURGER STEAK!

Riekom: We’re also going to show you some character emotes.

Boys: Lalafell

Creepy Mystery Voice: CUUUUUUTE…

Aratam: She’s dancing!

Riekom: The person controlling this Lalafell is a 30 year old guy.

Creepy Mystery Voice (Julia?): D’OH!

Riekom: This is just the first video, so we can’t show you very much. Sorry!

Riekom: From here on out, we’ll be showing you a lot of things from Eorzea through video, so look forward to it!

All three: See you next time!

What do you think?