Japanese publication Famitsu recently interviewed Tetsuya Nomura, who revealed some elegantly sparse details concerning the projects under Square Enix's 1st Production Department wing, including Final Fantasy Versus XIII and the Final Fantasy X HD remake.
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Final Fantasy Versus XIII director and character designer Tetsuya Nomura candidly mentioned the elusive action RPG in an interview conducted by Dengeki PlayStation, saying it'll finally be Versus' turn once Final Fantasy Type-0 is released in Japan.
Nomura and his team have been quite silent regarding the development of the highly anticipated title, revealing bits and bobs of information exclusively to the Japanese media. Only recently did we learn details of Versus entering full production and the technology it employs.
Nomura expressed his excitement over the matter, although he also said he won't feel a sense of completion in regards to Type-0's development until the game is in the hands of players.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not have made an appearance at Tokyo Game Show 2011 this year, but thankfully that doesn't prevent us from receiving any updates. Famitsu recently conducted an interview with director and designer Tetsuya Noruma, who talked a little bit about the game's engine and new lighting system.
Nomura stated that he recently did a walkthrough of the full world map, checking up on the game's dungeons and town side paths. He mentions being impressed about the expansiveness of the whole game.
The main focus of the interview, however, is the use of Visual Works' new Luminous Engine (Visual Works is an internal studio responsible for CGI work done for Square Enix games), an all-purpose toolkit designed for multi-platform development. Nomura explained that the Luminous Engine is quite capable of some very impressive lighting and it fits with the team's aim for a more photorealistic game.
With that said, Versus XIII is only incorporating Luminous' lighting engine. Nomura notes that Versus XIII has its own action oriented engine, which has its strong points, but coupled together with Luminous and you can expect some impressive tech.
Nomura ends the interview by promising fans a "Final Fantasy like you've never seen before." Recently, Square Enix did state that Final Fantasy Versus XIII entered into full production. So hopefully in due time, after the Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Final Fantasy Type-0 releases, we may hear some more news soon.
As mentioned earlier last week, Famitsu have a feature with Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura on Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The last we heard and saw of the game was earlier in the year at Square Enix's 1st Production Department Premiere Event.
In the interview, Nomura talked about a number of things, including the new lighting engine, controllable cut-scenes and a new batch of screenshots. Nomura mentions something about taking inspiration from popular first person shooters in regards to cut-scenes where they do not break the flow of gameplay. Cut-scenes can also be controlled. How? Nomura doesn't say exactly, but you can imagine by taking a page out of the Metal Gear games.
Speaking of cut-scenes, previous Final Fantasies have mixed between pre-rendered and real-time events. These real-time events used models with a higher poly-count compared to the actual in-game models, but with Versus XIII, they have "unified" the models, with the only real difference in quality being the hair. Takeshi Nozue is also on staff to help with the visuals, specifically the lighting.
Nomura also showed Famitsu three new screenshots, which will not be shown to the public, and the editors were pretty amazed by the graphical quality of them, to the point of even doubting that the screenshots were taken in real-time. One screenshot showed off an area which looked like an arcade, the other two screenshots were of Noctis in a city at different times, one at noon and one at night.
Voice acting is also being done with Noctis and his buddies actually recording simultaneously during one session in order to get the effect of a realistic conversation taking place.
Other titbits include a dynamic battle system that will change things up to keep the gameplay fresh – that's as obscure a description as any – and that players will be able to snap photos whenever during the game with Noctis' phone, of which there'll be a real-world counterpart not unlike the Advent Children FOMA that was released alongside the movie.
Nomura wouldn't say when he'll be able to share more information, but apologizes to fans for making them wait so long. The next update is said to be for more substantial.
New scans of Final Fantasy Versus XIII have surfaced from the latest issue of Dengeki. There isn't a lot of new material, but there's plenty of in-game shots and they look mighty good, regardless of the scans' quality.
Famitsu.com also released a set of direct feed screenshots of the game earlier last week, including two gameplay shots and two other CGI screens.
Scans after the jump.
Famitsu have released the first set of direct feed screenshots from the recently unveiled Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer. In it are cutscenes and a couple of interesting gameplay shots.
You can see the mysterious white cloak figure - who's had a wardrobe upgrade since we last saw him - pointing a firearm at Noctis' father. The gameplay shots show Noctis and gang fighting in a forested area and according to Famitsu as translated by Andriasang, Noctis will be accompanied in battle with up to two other party members.
In addition, Famitsu says that there will be plenty of battles that include giant mechs and tanks.
See the screenshots after the jump.
Today is the 27th of January and we all know what that means. Square Enix has officially released the trailers seen at their 1st Production Department Premiere event. Feel free to bask in the glorious direct feed trailers, all in HD, without worrying about Square Enix taking them down in the next three and half seconds.
The trailers for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy Type-0 and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - you can view that trailer over at our sister site, Kingdom Hearts Union - are all up on the official website, as well as Square Enix's YouTube channel.
Each trailer showcases a ton of story segments, cutscenes, in-game events and, most importantly, gameplay.
See the trailers after the jump, go ahead, take that leap of faith.
Rejoice fellow rabid fans, new details regarding Final Fantasy Versus XIII, one of the two very elusive titles of Square Enix's Fabula Nova Crystallis project, has surfaced. The information comes from the latest issue of Dengeki Magazine.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII does not yet have an announced release date. It is still, for the moment, a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
Hit the jump for more details and information!
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