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By Blitzballer 4 days ago
A plethora of news has been revealed regarding the future actions of Square Enix over the past few weeks or so, with the unveiling of new games and other details regarding the company.
Here, in a compact form for your reading pleasure, are the major announcements:
Final Fantasy XIV was revealed at E3 this year and the fact that it will be online has cause something of a stir. It seems to be a follow up to Final Fantasy XI, but Square Enix are saying, that although it may use many of the ra... |
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By Blitzballer 4 days ago
Tetsuya Nomura has been speaking a little more on the ideas that surrounded the creation of Kingdom Hearts and, revealed in his pitch to Disney, that Sora and his Kingdom Key weapon was originally something different.
Nomura commented on the reaction he got when he thought that a chainsaw would be a good idea for a weapon:
“The first weapon I showed Disney was a chainsaw,”
“Everyone got this scrunched-up look on their face and nobody said a word in the entire room. Dead silence. ... |
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By Blitzballer 46 days ago
More information translated on the Famitsu interview with Tetsuya Nomura, on which he comments about a wide range of aspects regarding various Square Enix games.
According to Nomura:
The company are set to announce something for the Game Archives (PSOne Classics)
Nomura said he is no longer developing Final Fantasy XIII but is responsible for the advertising, designs and synchronization.
He is also working on Agito and Versus XIII
Agito has gone into a different direction than the... |
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By Blitzballer 48 days ago
Rumours are gathering regarding various companies that will be present at E3 this year, and while Square Enix wont be holding a conference and have scaled back their presence, three new titles are set to be unveiled at the event.
The website Gameplayer reveal that their sources have told them what the games are, but are under a strict gag order not to say until Square Enix themselves reveal them.
They do say however that:
"fans of two of their biggest series will be extremely happy... |
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By Blitzballer 52 days ago
It is common knowledge that a chance meeting in an elevator between Square Enix and Disney people where the beginnings of an idea for a game came about, but Tetsuya Nomura also has commented on another aspect that influenced the creation of Kingdom Hearts.
In an interview conducted in Japan, which touched upon his favourite games and other such things, Nomura stated:
."..Super Mario 64 had a big influence on me. We used many of the fundamental elements in Kingdom Hearts. As for the pu... |
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By Blitzballer 52 days ago
E3 2009 is shaping up to be quite promising this year but it seems that some companies have altered their arrangements for the event due to Swine Flu.
Capcom, Koei and now Square Enix have confirmed a scale down. The company talked to Gamesindustry.biz and had the website had this to say:
"Square Enix has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it is only sending a limited number of Japanese staff to E3 in Los Angeles next month, following continued concerns over swine flu.
The publish... |
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By Blitzballer 52 days ago
Square Enix have released their worldwide sales figures for the fiscal year, which ended on March 31st.
Looking at the figures, and the picture, you can see how well their games did across the regions and it seems that remakes bear the brunt of the figures.
The Dragon Quest V remake is the best seller, which came out on the DS, with Dissidia: Final Fantasy the second best- although an original property it contains a plethora of figures from many Final Fantasy installments.
Crisis Core ... |
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By Blitzballer 65 days ago
Takahiro Sakurai is the voice actor for Cloud Strife in the Japanese versions of Kingdom Hearts, Crisis Core and Advent Children among other projects.
In celebration of the re-release of the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, Sakurai gave an interview on what being the seiyuu for Cloud entails, the process of voice acting and his love for Final Fantasy VII.
A forum member, named Defade, at The Lifestream.net website, has graciously translated the interview- parts of which you can read below... |
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By Blitzballer 65 days ago
Takeshi Arakawa and Yoshinori Kitase were in the Uk promoting Dissidia: Final Fantasy and IGN submitted to them questions provided by their readers.
Kitase and Arakawa answered a wide range of questions from characteristics that define Final Fantasy, the PSP game Dissidia, a possible continuation of the FFVII compilation, and whether Japanese voice options for FFXIII will be available.
Here are some key quotes from the pair, check the full article at the source.
[Characteristics of Fin... |
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By Blitzballer 69 days ago
In an interview with the magazine Edge, an executive producer for Final Fantasy XIII has made some comments regarding the more mature gamer that may follow Square Enix.
To sum it up in a nutshell, the company believe that older gamers will outgrow the various franchises that they offer and move on due to the fact that Square Enix wont be changing the style of the games in order to keep the older fanbase:
Is Square Enix interested in changing the tone or theme or style its output to meet th... |
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