People have been talking about this for a while now, "what if Final Fantasy Versus XIII is just re-branded as Final Fantasy XV?" And based on what happened recently, those people always had their "I told you so."
Roen, the company who were hired by Square Enix to work on the clothing in Final Fantasy Versus XIII had made a mistake on their website, replacing Versus XIII with Final Fantasy XV instead.
According to the company, this had been on the website since July 2012, but someone only noticed last week, leading to massive hysteria and speculation. However, a quick statement from the company cleared things up.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII, a game which has been in development for over six years, could be cancelled. There is no official news to confirm this yet, but it looks likely.
This is one of those funny things which makes the internet explode, until you realise that it's completely fake. At that point, everyone just looks stupid.
In short, a video was released on YouTube which showcased Final Fantasy Versus XIII footage, but had the Final Fantasy XV logo at the end. It looks very professional and isn't fake - in the sense that the video of the video is real. The footage itself is fake. However, the person who made the video works on a fansite called Final Fantasy Dream and made it as an entry into the "buzzies awards" at his University.
It stated that Versus XIII would be rebranded and that it would now be released on the PS3 and Nintendo Wii U.
Phew, it's certainly been a month where very little has happened from a Final Fantasy perspective. What are Square Enix playing at?
With that in mind, we've started to look a bit more to the future. We've still heard nothing about a Western release for Final Fantasy Type-0, and everything is all quiet on Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
So, with that in mind we want to know your thoughts on the following matter. Do you think Square Enix will announce Final Fantasy XV before Final Fantasy Versus XIII is released?
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is launching in Japan in about a month. Its US release will follow in late January. The fact that Final Fantasy has been topping the sales charts around the world for two decades makes it a rare and hallowed creation in the transitory medium of video gaming. But who's playing it these days? Are today's Final Fantasy fans the ones who started with the original game, or did those guys get tired of the whole thing along the way only to be replaced by youngsters who started playing more recently?
It was clearly only a matter of time before a "leaked list" of Nintendo goodies for this year's E3 would be leaked, and the latest one has a ton of information about Project Cafe.
The most interesting pieces of information though, is that the leaked list claims Final Fantasy XV will be shown on Project Cafe during Nintendo's press conference.
Square Enix have shown their support to Nintendo in a big way in recent years, with the Crystal Chronicles franchise, Dragon Quest IX and Dragon Quest X and of course, Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance.
When Dragon Quest X was announced for the Wii, I wrote an article suggesting that Final Fantasy XIV (if it were the next numbered installment) could follow suit, but that turned out to be an online installment.
Well, I said I got some interesting nuggets from my conversation with Yoshinori Kitase, but I bet you never thought you guys would be hearing anything about Final Fantasy XV, right?
Well, I was speaking to him about how main series titles have slightly longer development cycles now, and he explained why exactly that is.
Reviews and fans reactions for the latest Final Fantasy title have been a mixed bag this time around, with responses being that the game is missing some vital components that make an RPG. Before leaving GDC 2010, Gamasutra managed to catch up with Motomu Toriyama, the director of Final Fantasy XIII, to ask him some questions regarding the Western review scores.
According to some, there are a few major flaws in Final Fantasy XIII, one of those experiences being the lack of unlocked-houses to ransack for items in unsuspecting towns and cities. Something which gamers had experienced in previous Final Fantasy titles. Toriyama's response to that was, due to the intense storyline and that the characters are on the run, having them stop in towns and cities wouldn't make any sense. However Toriyama also stated that because of the HD consoles being a lot more complex, creating towns and cities would have taken far too long, as they already spent so much time creating the Crystal Tools engine for the game.
Will these components seen in past Final Fantasy titles be making a comeback anytime soon? Read the full article to find out more.
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