Square have actually realised that advertising is going to be a requirement this time around, as Crystal Chronicles certainly does sell itself. The Crystal Bearers, however, is looking surprisingly fantastic, and so the more word spreads the better!
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - The Crystal Bearers will be releasing sometime in the fourth quarter of this year in Japan. We'll keep you updated on its English localisation.
A look at Final Fantasy XIII's Odin The Final Fantasy series is often known for its spectacular summon beasts, and FF13 is certainly living up to that mantra.
The following images are high-quality shots of the game's interpretation of Odin in action. Check him out!
Various scenes from the previous trailer are omitted, however the this trailer is a more fully realised representation of the game's cutscenes and storylines. The scene at the end with Lightning punching Snow repeatedly also appears to be new footage.
This trailer was originally featured in the release of Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Complete. It was then replayed on a couple of occasions with subtitles and extra footage at E3, as seen here.
Final Fantasy 13 will be released in the Spring of 2010 in North America, on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
E309: The Final Fantasy XIV team revealed An interesting team of intellectuals have been formed to create the Final Fantasy 14 braintrust, including some familiar names!
The game will be directed by Nobuaki Komoto, who worked on FF9 in a large capacity, and directed FF11. Production will be handled by Hiromichi Tanaka (worked on FF1, 2 and 3, and produced FF11). Akihiko Yoshida will be handling art direction (he was art director on Vagrant Story and FF12). Last, but certainly not least, we can confirm that music will, at this point, be handled by none other than Nobuo Uematsu!
So hey, even if you don't like MMOs, get ready to pre-order that soundtrack!
E309: New Final Fantasy XIII trailer Prior to announcing Final Fantasy 14 this morning, Sony also premiered a trailer for something many, many of you are anticipating!
There's very little left to be said, really. The game is well and truly on its way to completion, and we'll be seeing more and more information as the year continues.
Square also confirmed today that they were unsure as to whether the game would include both the English and Japanese voice tracks. However, they say it is unlikely, as it would take up huge amounts of disc space, and they would like to use a minimal number of Xbox 360 discs when they turn their attention entirely to the port.
Final Fantasy 13 will be available in the Spring of 2010 in North America.
The game's looking rather fun, and gamers relegated to Wiis will most likely get a kick out of it. It is unclear at this point how far the game has come since it was nearly cancelled about a year ago.
The game is currently looking towards a release sometime in 2010.
E309: Final Fantasy XIV Online announced In the early hours of the morning, Sony's press conference came to a resounding conclusion with a rather unique announcement.
Final Fantasy 14 Online was revealed to be Square's newest MMORPG, following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy 11 Online. It is uncertain at this time as to how much longer FF11 support will continue for, but we can only assume that it will be indefinite.
Final Fantasy 14 will be set in the world of 'Eorzea', however it is unclear at this point as to whether this will be related to the Vana'Diel adventures in any way. However we can most certainly conclude that the 'announcement' last week regarding FF11 coming to PlayStation 3 was untrue - "a new FF MMO" would have been more accurate.
You can check out the trailer below.
Final Fantasy 14 Online will be releasing only on PlayStation 3 and PC sometime during 2010. We'll get back to you with more info as we have it.
Source:GameSpot for their live feed, Examiner for their FF14 logo and G4TV's YouTube channel.
Firstly, he notes that a new Final Fantasy 13 video will be shown at this year's E3. Whether this will be a brand new trailer, or just an expanded version of earlier footage is uncertain at this point, but we're leaning towards the first of those options.
Still on the topic of Final Fantasy 13, Nomura mentioned that he is no longer working on the game on a development-basis - he has finished his primary work on designs, and now only needs to return for advertising and 'synchronization' (presumably with the rest of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series).
In regards to Final Fantasy Versus 13, this is Nomura's major project at the moment, and he says that the team are working hard at refining the final version of the battle system and the world map at the moment. He says that each city/town will have a day/night version, and that the world map is so large he can't remember exactly where the first location is.
He compares the world map to the classic Final Fantasy 7 map, and states that although the team developing the game was the exact team responsible for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2, many of the members were responsible for Final Fantasy 7 and 8.
Lastly, he mentioned that Square will be making some significant revelations regarding PSone classics soon available on the PS Store.
We'll get back to you with any further developments!
Final Fantasy XI on the PlayStation 3 Those of you fresh out of school looking for a return trip to Vana'diel, look no further! Final Fantasy 11 is back!
Square have (reportedly) announced that Final Fantasy 11 will be making the trip to Sony's PlayStation 3 sometime in the near future. Whether this will be a direct port or a completely updated and/or overhauled adaptation is unknown at this point, but we'll keep you updated.
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