01.25.2007 FINAL FANTASY XIII NOT COMING OUT IN 2007?

Tetsuya Nomura is a character designer for Final Fantasy XIII, and in a recent Famitsu Magazine issue he was interviewed about upcoming Square Enix releases. When asked what we could expect from Square Enix in 2007 he mentioned five titles, but only named four of them:

  • PS2: Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix
  • DS: It's A Wonderful World
  • PSP: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
  • Blu-Ray Disc/Film: Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete (Director's cut of the movie)
So what could that mysterious fifth game be? Probably not Final Fantasy XIII - I would expect that the Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings game for Nintendo DS would come out far earlier than the next full installment in the Final Fantasy series. This could just be an error in Square Enix employee knowledge or a rumor lost in translation through the Web, but it's worth being concerned about if it means we have to wait another year for our FFXIII on PS3.
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01/25/2007 22:29
/cry. Now I guess we'll have to wait til 08 to figure out if that thing in the above pic is a guy or girl... Sexual androgyny for the win!
 
01/25/2007 22:52
DanZuke says
What are you talking about??? It's very clearly a.... umm... well... maybe if I look at it like this... looks like a dude, no wait it's a chick! well... maybe it's...

dammit!
 
01/25/2007 22:55
Meh, I'd still put it in it's brown eye.
 
01/25/2007 22:59
Samuel says
True story, when I was a young newb I saw my friend playing FF7 and thought Cloud was a girl. Characters in Final Fantasy's transition to 3D (since FF7) certainly has been gender ambiguous.
 
01/26/2007 00:50
Samuel says
This is your second most hated face after the FF12 wussy hero? Then you ain't never seen Cait Sith, my friend, it's like a Sling Blade lookin' moogle with a weird cat on his head. I'm pretty sure that's a woman in that picture who's the main character of FF13. I saw a screen shot showing off her doing a special move or something.
 
01/26/2007 00:51
I'm gonna assume it's a girl since that's the much less painful answer. Now, a few things.

Yes, cut her some slack. That blade looks like it means business.

And second, this is going to be a huge blow to Sony if Square can't get its act together. PS3's title list is sorely lacking in the "titles that are not guaranteed smash hits" category. To lose one of their guaranteed hits would really hurt them this year, especially since Microsoft has a year head start on them anyway (even if Bill Gates saying Halo 3 would come out on PS3's launch was a load of crap).
 
01/26/2007 09:41
Ray says
heavenly sword better take up enough of my time to tide this over, but hopefully it will be for the better. as for wussy heros, Tidus takes my no 1 vote
 
01/26/2007 15:14
Seraphius says
She's female. She's in the trailer. Her gunblade rocks some serious face.
 
01/28/2007 20:49
Orcist says
Oh, and the 3D sprites aren't sexually androgynous? Their asexual. Anyway, this possibility doesn't bother me. By that time, the PS3 *might* not be so cost prohibitive, and this game will move some systems. And spreading these big titles out will mean bank for Squeenix. But the PS3 does need something to tide people over until then -- see Nintendo Wii for strategies on effectively generating long-term momentum.
 
05/04/2007 08:44
Deez says
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