Square Enix has posted the third part of Final Fantasy IV Fan-Powered Questions & Answers on September 19. One of the questions that was answered by Final Fantasy IV’s executive producer & director Takashi Tokita is about a “full-blown remake of Final Fantasy IV”. The answer is quite interesting:
—samcai asks: Do you guys have any more plans to remake FINAL FANTASY IV in the future? A full blown remake of FINAL FANTASY IV for a more powerful console, such as the Sony PlayStation 3, would be epic!
Tokita: We just remade it, so it’s a bit of a stretch… [Laughs] Currently the sequel, FINAL FANTASY IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan [tentative title], is available for mobile phones in Japan. We’ll do our best to make this game available for our overseas audiences as well!
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Square Enix has announced that Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories will be released for the PlayStation 2 in North America this holiday for the retail price of $29.99 USD.
The PlayStation 2 version might be released in Europe, but it is still undecided. It is a shame that Square Enix decided not to bring Final Mix+ along with Chain of Memories.
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Square Enix has revealed it’s line-up for this year’s biggest gaming event in Japan, TGS 2008, which starts on October 9 and lasts until October 12. There’s still no mention of The Crystal Bearers, but at least Dragon Quest IX is in.
Trailer + Playable
- Snoopy DS (Nintendo DS)
- Cid and Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon DS+ (Nintendo DS)
- Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One (Nintendo DS)
- Pingu’s Exciting Carnival (Nintendo DS)
- Chocobo Tales - The Witch, the Girl, and the Five Heroes (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Sony PSP)
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Sony PSP)
- Final Fantasy IV: The After (Mobile)
Trailer Only
- Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)
- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PlayStation 3)
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII (Sony PSP)
- The 3rd Birthday (Sony PSP)
- Final Fantasy XI (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2)
- Song Summoner (iPod)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Blu-Ray)
- Kingdom Hearts: Coded (Mobile)
Playable Only
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road (Arcade)
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Mobile (Mobile)
- Itadaki Street Mobile (Mobile)
Undecided (no mention if a trailer/demo will be shown)
- The Last Remnant (Xbox 360)
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)
- ELLARK (Mobile)
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The most recent issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) featured an article entitled ‘Nomura’s Heroes’ that reviewed numerous games Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura is involved in, including Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep.
358/2 DAYS REVIEW
Platform: Nintendo DS, Release: 2009
“An ambitious multiplayer take on Kingdom Hearts, the oddly named 358/2 Days wasn’t nearly impressive as Birth by Sleep. Square Enix may simply be asking too much of the humble DS hardware, and lack of an analog controller hurts too. Worse, rather than making enemies clever and challenging for four players to take down, the developers simply bumped up their hit points. There’s hope for this one, but it definitely needs work.”
BIRTH BY SLEEP REVIEW
Platform: PSP Release: 2009
“The standout title at the DKΣ3713 event, Birth by Sleep brings the polish and craftsmanship of Final Fantasy VII:Crisis Core to the oddball Square/Disney fusion of Kingdom Hearts. Oddly enough, this side story doesn’t star Sora, Roxas, and the usual gang but rather a trio of unknowns named Terra, Aqua and Ventus. It still plays like the PS2, but the skill system seems to have been derived from Chain of Memories for GBA - which is a good thing.”
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The highly anticipated PSP title Dissidia: Final Fantasy has a release date to its name at last. It will be released on December 18, 2008. Only a few days before Christmas.
On the same day, a bundle pack will be released in Japan with the new PSP-3000. It will cost 25890 yen, wheras the game by itself is 6090 yen.
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Both Motomu Toriyama and Tetsuya Nomura have spoken out regarding Fabula Nova Crystallis to Dengeki Magazine.
The two directors were reluctant to reveal any details of great interest, but they still had some interesting words for us regarding their games.
Firstly, Toriyama reminds us that Final Fantasy 13 will most definitely not be released for Xbox 360 in Japan. This is just a port for the Western markets. They don’t feel it is worth spending the money to release this on an Eastern market, as very few people care about the console in Japan or its surroundings. He also states that Final Fantasy Agito 13 will be the last of the three games to be released.
Nomura however wanted us to know that Final Fantasy Versus 13 will be “more like a traditional Final Fantasy game than FF13, in Versus 13 you travel across mountains, ocean, wandering in dungeons and battle with summon beasts and so on.”
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Square Enix recently announced that Star Ocean: First Departure will be released in Europe this October. The exact date isn’t known yet but it will probably be announced soon.
Star Ocean: First Departure is set for a North American release on October the 21st.
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Square-Enix have stated today that Final Fantasy IV will be released exclusively to the Nintendo DS across PAL territories on September 5, 2008.
The title is the second 3D-remake by DS team Matrix Software. It has reached moderate success in Japan and North America.
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Square Enix has announced that Chrono Trigger will be released for the Nintendo DS in Europe early 2009 (this is actually the first official release of the game in Europe). John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments:
“It gives me great pleasure to see Chrono Trigger being released in Europe and the PAL territories. With its ground breaking story and gameplay, this epic RPG with multiple endings has already won the hearts of many fans and I hope it delights a whole new audience of players into revisiting the Chrono Trigger world time and again.”
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