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Square Enix has said action spin-off Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still part of the plan, and that the development time should be "comparatively faster" than that for FFXIII.
Character modelling is taking around one-third of the time, for example, producer Yoshinori Kitase told Kotaku at gamescom.
And that's because Versus developers borrowed by FFXIII have gained valuable "knowledge and experience", not to mention that the game-engine and build-tools are up and running and proven.
Kitase mentions no date for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but the chances of seeing the game before 2011 are slim.
Directing FF Versus XIII is Tetsuya Nomura, the man who made characters like Cloud and Sephiroth. He wants his action-orientated game to focus on the darker, uglier and truer side of life. He plans to examine "the humanity of the characters", Nomura told us in 2007.
We know Versus aims to ditch RPG menus in favour of a Kingdom Heart-style action approach, and that Nomura had his team research Western third-person shooters to try and match their tension. Otherwise details are scarce.
Final Fantasy XIII will be released at the end of the year in Japan. A Western release - simultaneous on PS3/360 - will follow in Q2 2010.
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FladgeMangle
25/08/09 @ 09:56
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Because some of us clearly are?
@ Nick185 - I've marked down your post and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool PS3 owner with a massive grudge. |
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retr0gamer
25/08/09 @ 10:30
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I'm not sure I could stomach another Nomura emo fest. I loved kingdom hearts but KH2 was awful when they removed any sort of challenge and it became an exercise in mashing the x button until you finished it.
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SeesThroughAll
25/08/09 @ 10:43
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"Are you excited about Final Fantasy Versus XIII on PlayStation 3?"
Sounds like they ARE mentioning it's an exclusive. Now stop bothering people.
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EvilBob_leeds
25/08/09 @ 11:38
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I loved KH2 too, and while the rank and file grunts you had to kill weren't much of a challenge, some of the bosses, particularly the Tron level boss and the final boss where pretty difficult. Also some of the Gummi ship levels where far from a walkover.
Well looking forward to this!
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donnie080208
25/08/09 @ 14:31
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i dont think theres any doubt that FFXIII versus will be making its way to the xbox360,most probably at the same time as the ps3 version.Square have made it clear they want to persue the western market and the 360 install base by 2011 will be too big to ignore.
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BritishBlue1
25/08/09 @ 21:04
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Why do I get the feeling Donnie & Nick are one and the same person. Their writing style is too similar to be coincidence.
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