Square talks Final Fantasy Versus XIII
- Posted November 23rd, 2007 at 04:33 EDT by
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In a recent interview with Japan’s Dengeki magazine group, FFXII director Yoshinori Kitase and character designer Tetsuya Nomura discussed the company’s upcoming Final Fantasy XIII as well as some new info on Versus.
When asked about the changes of development styles and concepts from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3, Kitase commented, "thanks to the storage space of Blu-Ray and the inclusion of a hard drive, we're able to deal with load times."
"Regarding the production side of things, because it's a next generation machine, any and all sections require multiple times more work, so it's difficult. With FFVII, we advanced over previous games in all areas, but aiming for the same thing with the PS3 is difficult. For FFXIII, we're looking at what specific areas we should focus on improving."
Nomura, the Director of Versus XIII said, "Compared to the move to the PS2, the move to the PS3 is more difficult. Planning and so-forth haven't changed much as far as work is concerned, but overall, the amount of graphics work has gone up considerably. You can show tiny details, so you have to make put tiny details in your illustrations."
As obvious, the jump from PS2 to PS3 is a difficult one, but something that Square-Enix seems to be handling quite well. But continuing on with Versus XIII, Nomura added, "It seems that the Versus team was, from the start, trying to get the full specifications out of the PS3, and that takes time. Just the other day, during a Versus meeting, a programmer asked, 'Is it okay to program with PS3 exclusivity in mind?’” I asked why, and he said, 'If we port it to other hardware, we have to program with that in mind.' I responded, 'Of course, Versus is PS3 exclusive.'"
It is always good to be assured that one of the biggest PS3 titles still remains a PS3 exclusive and has not jumped ship, like Assassin’s Creed for an example. Getting a bit too comfortable in the conversation regarding Versus XIII, Normura gave away some gameplay details such as an airship and world map.
"The other day," said Nomura, "I saw a test of an airship flying over the world map. I felt that I was seeing a Final Fantasy-like screen for the first time in a long time. However, the fact that things have become realistic made us concerned about what to do about the scale. It's the same scale as past FF games, but even then, it's so wide that you can't make out the first town."
To close it all out, Nomura assured the fans that Versus will indeed be a great product and will possibly serve as great competition to FFXIII.
"We still haven't announced the Versus team, but there are some well-known members in there, so it will become a good product. Also, we're getting advice from the team working on FFXIII, which is being developed first, so we're progressing well."
PlayStation Universe will keep you updated on all the latest regarding Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
Source: IGN
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El Penetrator
- 4:55am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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What's the differnce between FF13 and FF Versus 13?
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Naucious23 |
Naucious- 4:57am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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so far so good. I'm a huge fan of the FF franchise and this game is in my top ten. Square-Enix is such a system seller for the PS3 @ times.
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MatrixSixaxis
- 5:23am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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If you guys can't wait for these games...well, you're gonna have to because, unless you can read/understand Japanese, translation of the games into English will take a while. So, the wait is on...'til early 2009!!!
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Cursed Ninja22 |
Monsta22- 7:07am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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Alwayz hunting FF newz....so u know that I'm lookin for thiz game and 13....not 2 say that I'm prayin that there will be a FF7 remake.....hey a guy can have hopez!!!
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SolsticeZero |
SolsticeZero- 7:10am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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If they ever do make another remake, I think I would rather have a remake of FFVI. It was definitely one of my favorites and I can only imagine it brought back to life in full 3d. Anyways, I can't wait for these games to come out
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Untildeath89 |
willmakenewonesoon- 7:37am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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MatrixSixaxis dude it doesnt take 1 year to produce voices i think besides japanese thst they sre judt going to mskr english version and thats what we will get i dont care about pal release gonna order from the us or w/e it is so i t hink we will have 3 release dates (i hope) jap, us/ca and then pal -
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Clarky_psu |
clarky-132- 9:13am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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Versus is a PS3 exclusive, what about the normal one?
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TylerPwnsYou1986
- 9:43am GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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Please have Nobuo Uematsu in the FF Versus 13 team.
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bnolan56 |
snowy311- 12:46pm GMT - November 23rd, 2007
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Square Enix, make them like the old World Maps like in FF7 and FF9 with airships, chocobos and such! I haven't enjoyed any FF since FF9, ff10 was just idk lame, ffx-2 was lamer, ff12 was boring and i though it had a weak story. I think tehy need to re-put the system of Materia or like FF9's you get a weapon and over time learn the skils the weapon has and you have the skills for ever.
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stopsweatinme
- 12:57am GMT - November 24th, 2007
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This is mos def going to be a 09 release, if they are going to push the machine.
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Dave-The-Rave |
Dave-The-Rave- 9:41am GMT - November 24th, 2007
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@Matrix: I think we all know we'll be waiting past '08 for these games and I also think we all know it'll be WELL worth the wait !!
@sblargh: FFVXIII is going to be more like a more grown up version of Kingdom Hearts (it has already been stated) NOT Devil May Cry (There is barely no RPG elements to that game)
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