With Final Fantasy XIII finally done and in stores, Square Enix fans are now scouring the internet for the next big project in the Final Fantasy series: The still-PS3-exclusive Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Character designer and director Tetsuya Nomura was interviewed on Twitter, an appropriate venue that forces brevity and a general lack of detail. According to Nomura (as translated by Andriasang), "not everything is connected together" in Versus, "so the various areas have different levels of progress." He did manage to reveal at least two facts about the upcoming game: "You can fly across the world map in an air ship."
Adding both world maps and controllable air ships should help appease Final Fantasy fans disappointed by their absence in XIII. While Versus represents a spin-off for the franchise, it sounds like it may be closer to a traditional FF experience than its counterpart. For hardcore Square Enix fans, that news alone should be enough to restart the long wait to the next Final Fantasy game.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 7:48PM giancarlo123x said
SO MUCH WIN!
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 7:48PM TheSaiyan said
Lack of world map, towns and MP, i'm still thoroughly enjoying FFXIII. I hope this game equally as good, if not better!
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 9:44PM ferret said
I am LOVING FFXIII. I generally hate linear jrgps, but I actually thought they pulled it off well here - and the much criticized 'slow' exposure to the battle system also made sense. It's complicated, but once it reveals itself it's fully amazing, and you're guaranteed to have learned all of its intricacies. Not to mention, you're never forced to grind anywhere in the early chapters; and you can (if you want) once the world opens up but it doesn't seem necessary. I'm currently in the open world chapter, running all sorts of side missions and loving it. The battle system is fantasic; I find myself changing teams based on enemy composition, changing paradigm setups... fantastic game all around.
I heard Verses might have a different battle system; here's hoping it's even better... or at least, half as good... because this one is a masterpiece.
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I heard Verses might have a different battle system; here's hoping it's even better... or at least, half as good... because this one is a masterpiece.
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 7:52PM wocyob said
i knew i would like this one more then ff 13 and i love ff13
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 8:03PM (Unverified) said
i was hoping for this to be on versus and man i cant believe we finally seeing some art!!!
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 8:11PM (Unverified) said
still tho versus is another 2 years more to go project >.<
agio in bewee maybe. psp
agio in bewee maybe. psp
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 8:14PM (Unverified) said
Now that makes me wanna post a comment. Awesome news! I've been missing airships for more than 10 years now!
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 8:58PM Chibilaharl said
i have to say, while not my favorite battle system, i think that ff13's battle system is probably the most exciting when it gets in motion
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 9:06PM dudezi2000 said
But didn't we know already about the World Map? Wasn't there news in February, if I'm not mistaken, that they might not have a playable demo at E3 because the World Map wasn't up to par.
Or am I the only one who remembers this?
Or am I the only one who remembers this?
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 9:29PM danijami23 said
I hope it doesn't cost them 'too much development time' on the project creating the 'same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII', because it could potentially 'take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together'
Posted: Mar 17th 2010 10:34PM (Unverified) said
i'm liking this spinoff already. letsgosquenix
Posted: Mar 18th 2010 12:30AM dotzeno said
They better not make us wait for versus without good reason.
The return of the airship and world maps. Awesome.
The return of the airship and world maps. Awesome.
Posted: Mar 18th 2010 1:31PM CPRxChris said
Maybe this is the "entire game's worth" of stuff they cut from FFXIII.
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