Nomura talks Versus XIII tech, character design

In an interview with Famitsu, Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura revealed new information about Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

According to Nomura, many of the rendering and shading tools used in the development of FF Versus XIII were used to polish Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. The film's team wanted to use more advanced techniques and tools than those available when the film was first produced, and Versus XIII's tech met the team's standards. Now this may be a stretch, but it's as if Nomura is hinting that the quality of visuals behind Final Fantasy Versus XIII may come close to replicating certain aspects of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Nomura also stated that Roen, the company behind the character costume designs for Versus XIII, has completed work on the costumes of the main character and his allies. Apparently, recreating the clothing designs in the game was difficult due to the extreme detail required.

Hopefully we'll see more of Versus XIII along with FFXIII and Agito XIII at this year's E3.

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  1. right_l1

    • 5:04am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 1

    good to see this game is coming along nicely

  2. edward_moffet | edd

    • 5:14am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 2

    i actually think im a little more excited for versus than XIII (nomura is my favorite SE dev) but they'll both be great i think

  3. restored_lost | Restored_lost

    • 5:19am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 3

    well nice to know this game is no where near complete lol

  4. Ensei-Shiki | djinni001

    • 5:47am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 4

    yes, yes, yes.... i like, i really like.  Mr.Nomura, you are the friggin' man! you are ranked up there with my main man Mr. H. Kojima

  5. azenchen

    • 6:53am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 5

    neat

  6. Loan | Loan

    • 7:20am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 6

    well versus just got more interesting

  7. vietguy1127

    • 7:42am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 7

    wat is there to be excited about. they're just telling u that the game probably wont be release until 2050

  8. SomaXD | SomaXD

    • 7:50am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 8

    get out troll ^

     

    XIII versus is gonna be amazing

  9. helterXskelter | helterXXskelter

    • 8:20am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 9

    BOSS! I LOVE it when real-world fashion is in the games i play! <3

  10. radgamer420 | mistercrow

    • 9:34am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 10

    I can hardly wait. I hope we get to see it at E3.

  11. DragonWraith

    • 9:39am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 11

    Either E3, or TGS 2009 GAMEPLAY footage would be great!

  12. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 10:36am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 12

    finally some news on a GOOD game.

  13. matilda_bbd

    • 11:06am BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 13

    hope the protagonist aint any gayass emo character.. cool guy so far

    men, anybody.. when is TGS 09? thx

  14. sonny23 | sonny156

    • 1:00pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 14

    You know one thing i really like about Final Fantasy characters and such is that work is put into their hair. Like you can actually just see a hairpiece or even silhouette and you can tell who it could be.

    Unlike all the bald characters from like....Resistance, Crysis, Starwars Force Unleased, inFamous etc. and just any of the characters in games.

    It's just my opinion of course, bald isnt bad, but i do think giving these type of guys hair at times could of made them a bit more unique.

    GO GO Final Fantasy!

  15. Halcyon

    • 1:42pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 15

    Do does this means the tools and tech behind FFXIII Versus is different of FFXIII?

    Or by rendering and shading tools he referes to new techniques inside the Crystal Tools?

    Anyway, game looks great, hope to see something new soon.

  16. Javonne

    • 3:30pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 16

    that's what I'm talkin about, if you gonna have a badass crew like the prince and his team then why not have them dress in real life cloths. and those cloths ain't cheep lol

     

  17. andysw

    • 4:19pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 17

    Ah man, it's going to take even longer for the game to come out.

  18. andysw

    • 4:19pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 18

    Ah man, it's going to take even longer for the game to come out.

  19. ryuken

    • 5:19pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 19

    the clothes in advent children do look amazing, the texture is so good.

  20. DarkRyuCloud | DarkRyuCloud

    • 6:42pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 20

    I cannot wait for this game.

  21. amk111

    • 12:09am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 21

     the japanese game industry is going down. and us fps will dominate. sadly

  22. flaviofernandes | flaviusdigital

    • 12:48am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 22

    this game will rock man im sure of it.

    it have stile and seems to be develop really good

    i hope that this will not be another ff x-2

  23. andrew01

    • 1:07am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 23

    that good

  24. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 3:52am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 24

    This game is gonna rock, Nomura is the RPG King, cant wait for this masterpiece to come out

  25. jinxk

    • 4:23am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 25

    i think they're referring to the cinematics in versus XIII, not the game play visuals. i know we all wish for it, but no in-game visual will look like FFVII:AC yet. especially the hair.

  26. rutea7

    • 1:38pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 26

    i sooo wanna play this game

  27. andysw

    • 7:36pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 27

    At 25,

    The cg cinematics look like advent children graphics anyway.

    So I guess it's safe to assume that nomura's talking about the ingame graphics coming close to advent children's.

  28. MatrixSixaxis

    • 5:45pm BST - May 6th, 2009
    • 28

    Can't wait to have this in 2-4 years time! lol

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