Final Fantasy XIII Developers Announced
The key developers of all the 3 versions of Final Fantasy 13 have been announced by Square Enix. The full listing can be found below:
Final Fantasy XIII Director: Motomu Toriyama (FF7, FF10, FF10-2) Character designer: Tetsuya Nomura (FF5 - 8, FF10, Advent Children and Kingdom Heart) Art director: Isamu Kamikokuryo (FF10, FF12) Main programmer: Kazumi Kobayashi (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Chrono Cross and FF11) Movie director: Eiji Fujii (The Spirits Within, FF12) Main theme: Nobuo Uematsu, SMILE PLEASE Co., LTD. (FF Series) Composer: Masashi Hamauzu (FF10, Dirge of Cerberys, FF7) Producer: Yoshinori Kitase (FF series)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII Director & Character designer: Tetsuya Nomura (FF5 - 8, FF10, Advent Children and Kingdom Heart) Movie director: Takeshi Nozue (FF9, FF10, Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts) Composer: Yoko Shimomura (Legend of mana, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts) Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
Final Fantasy Agito XIII Director: Hajime Tabata (Before Crisis) Character designer: Tetsuya Nomura (FF5 - 8, FF10, Advent Children and Kingdom Heart) Art director: Yusuke Naora (FF7, FF8, FF10) Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto (Before Crisis) Producer: Kousei Ito (Before Crisis)
Looks like Tetsuya Nomura is involved pretty heavily in all the 3 Final Fantasy XIII projects. Let's hope another female character like Rinoa will appear in one of these games. ^_~;;