By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix has revealed its plans for Jump Festa 2013, which will run from December 22nd through the 23rd in Japan. The company opened its annual Jump Festa teaser site, revealing a selection of titles they will be bringing to the event including titles such as Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX. Other titles confirmed for … Continue reading Square Enix shares Jump Festa 2013 lineup
By: Erren Van Duine The official Lightning Returns Facebook is recapping things once again. To start the week off they’re revisiting some of the game’s battle systems, which were detailed during the Final Fantasy 25th anniversary presentation. “Hello! Today we’re looking back at the battle system. If you remember Yuji Abe’s presentation, he talked about “Customizing Lightning.” This mechanic is completely different from the previous two … Continue reading Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII battle system customization recap
By: Erren Van Duine Tetsuya Nomura has sketched Lightning not once, but twice this year. The first one, on display for Dengeki’s 20th anniversary, depicts Lightning in her XIII attire. The second one was on display yesterday at the Distant Worlds THE CELEBRATION event in London, which included Isamu Kamikokuryou’s Lightning Returns painting. It looks somewhat different than anything she’s appeared in before, so is … Continue reading Tetsuya Nomura sketches Lightning for Final Fantasy’s 25th anniversary
By: Erren Van Duine While nothing substantial, a small update on both Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Lightning Returns has come out of Paris Games Week and its Final Fantasy celebration. FF Dream, who spoke with Square Enix World Technology Director Julien Merceron, was able to catch a few details on some of the company’s upcoming projects. Regarding Lightning Returns, development is coming along swiftly, … Continue reading Brief update on Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Lightning Returns from Paris Games Week
By: Jared Scott In 2008, Square Enix announced to the public a brand new game on the PSP as an addition to the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. This little dandy was none other than Final Fantasy Agito XIII. As always, Western audiences were confident that this lovely title would make its way beyond the borders of Japan. With it being an addition to the mythos … Continue reading Why Have We Still Not Seen Final Fantasy Type-0?
By: Erren Van Duine Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s development is steadily continuing, according to Testuya Nomura.. Full details from our initial report on his interview with Famitsu magazine have surfaced online with the vast majority of the content focusing on Kingdom Hearts HD. Following those words, Nomura broke the silence on his flagship project Final Fantasy Versus XIII. This marks the first time he has … Continue reading Nomura: Development on Final Fantasy Versus XIII is steadily continuing
By: Erren Van Duine This week’s Famitsu follows up with yet another interview with Tetsuya Nomura. In addition to last week’s reveal on Kingdom Hearts HD, the director briefly comments on Final Fantasy X as well as the status of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Speaking with Famitsu, Nomura revealed that the decision to start on Kingdom Hearts HD was done before Final Fantasy X, which … Continue reading Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX was in development before Final Fantasy X HD
By: Erren Van Duine Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be sitting out Tokyo Game Show once again, Producer Shinji Hashimoto as reportedly claimed. UPDATE: Seems a user over at FF-Reunion was able to speak to Hashimoto today regarding the report from earlier. They asked him if it were true that Versus XIII would not be at TGS as per what people were saying online. To … Continue reading Final Fantasy Versus XIII to miss Tokyo Game Show, Producer Shinji Hashimoto reportedly confirms
By: Banaz It has been quite some time since we’ve received some news on Final Fantasy Versus XIII (well, other then Yoichi Wada debunking the cancellation rumours). But today some word on the game managed to came through. Producer Shinji Hashimoto appeared at Ginza SWING in Chuo-ku, Tokyo today to debrief some details on the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Event. He mentioned Final Fantasy Versus … Continue reading Hashimoto: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Is ‘Incredibly Amazing’
By: Erren Van Duine It looks like producer Shinji Hashimoto was out and about today. If you recall, he recently retired from Twitter in order to focus more on game development. Appearing as a special guest at Ginza SWING, and covering all things Final Fantasy 25th anniversary, Hashimoto touched a bit on his own project – Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Though it hasn’t been long … Continue reading Shinji Hashimoto: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is supposed to be incredibly amazing
