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Tetsuya Nomura’s work on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is complete

By: Erren Van Duine Speaking with Famitsu, Final Fantasy creator Tetsuya Nomura had a brief update to share regarding his role in the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII sequel. Much like the first two games, his involvement is quite minimal. Nomura is handling the main character designs once again which includes Lightning, Hope and now Snow Villiers confirmed for a reappearance. “For Lightning Returns I created … Continue reading Tetsuya Nomura’s work on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is complete

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Toriyama: Lightning Returns will be the most “complete and polished game in the Final Fantasy series”

By: Erren Van Duine Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be the most “complete and polished game in the Final Fantasy series” according to Motomu Toriyama. Citing a recent interview with VG247, the director spoke about all things Final Fantasy 25th anniversary and included a brief bit on his latest project, Lightning Returns. While not due to launch until next year, Toriyama reminds us that … Continue reading Toriyama: Lightning Returns will be the most “complete and polished game in the Final Fantasy series”

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Final Fantasy Type-0′s Hajime Tabata wants to create a PlayStation Vita title

By: Erren Van Duine Crisis Core and 3rd Birthday creator Hajime Tabata has a lot to be proud of these days. Having produced a successful line of portable and mobile titles, the director was lucky enough to receive one of Sony’s yearly PlayStation Awards for outstanding sales performance. Final Fantasy Type-0, which saw its release in Japan last year, was the focus of this achievement. … Continue reading Final Fantasy Type-0′s Hajime Tabata wants to create a PlayStation Vita title

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Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary ultimate box promotional movie

By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix has uploaded a promotional video for their upcoming Japan-exclusive Final Fantasy Ultimate Box collection. Set for launch on December 18th, the Ultimate Box features every single mainline (sans XIV) Final Fantasy game on various PlayStation platforms. Included within are: Final Fantasy (PS1, 1 disc) Final Fantasy II (PS1, 1 disc) Final Fantasy III (PSP, 1 disc) Final Fantasy IV … Continue reading Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary ultimate box promotional movie

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Upcoming contest – Win yourself one of these Final Fantasy 25th anniversary posters

By: Erren Van Duine Hey all. We’ve got a great new giveaway coming to the site here momentarily. Courtesy of Square Enix, we’ll be giving away a load of these specially designed Final Fantasy posters. Created to honor this year’s 25th anniversary of the series, all 14 mainline entries are gathered here using the designs of Yoshitaka Amano. These are indeed the same posters given … Continue reading Upcoming contest – Win yourself one of these Final Fantasy 25th anniversary posters

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Developer Interview

By: Erren Van Duine Previously detailed here, we now have Famitsu’s full Lightning Returns interview in full. The game’s lead development staff including Director Motomu Toriyama, Producer Yoshinori Kitase, Art Director Isamu Kamikokuryou and Game Design Director Yuji Abe have assembled to tell all following last week’s reveal of the finale to Lightning’s saga. Kitase: Including the initial development of novels and FFXIII-2’s DLC, Lightning … Continue reading Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Developer Interview

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is 30% complete

By: Erren Van Duine As promised, Famitsu’s exclusive interview with the Lightning Returns developers has surfaced in this week’s issue. Details are just now coming out, but the game is only 30% complete according to the staff. Lighting Returns will bring the long-promised happy ending for Lightning, and will not include any multi-endings. The game’s project leads specifically stated that this would be the last … Continue reading Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is 30% complete

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Square Enix opens “Lightning Room” -Presentation for New Direction of Lightning Saga- twitter account

By: Erren Van Duine Square Enix has readied an all new Twitter account in anticipation of Friday’s 25th anniversary stage event. With the next entry in the FFXIII series being revealed, the first tweet comes from Producer Yoshinori Kitase. He explains that the account was made for this week’s reveal, which will provide a variety of updates during the presentation and Final Fantasy 25th anniversary … Continue reading Square Enix opens “Lightning Room” -Presentation for New Direction of Lightning Saga- twitter account

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Naoki Yoshida: Regaining the trust of Final Fantasy fans will take a “long time”

By: Erren Van Duine Perhaps the greatest mind over at Square Enix right now is Final Fantasy XIV’s producer/director Naoki Yoshida, and it’s easy to see why. Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, the humble creator took the time to touch upon some sensitive subjects. More specifically, the visible damage done to the Final Fantasy brand itself. “Losing your fans’ trust is very easy thing … Continue reading Naoki Yoshida: Regaining the trust of Final Fantasy fans will take a “long time”

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Shinji Hashimoto: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is supposed to be 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

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