FFXIII DLC plans were scrapped, says Toriyama
Yes, there was supposed to be DLC. No, it’s not happening any more. Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has told Famitsu (via 1UP) that DLC was originally planned for the game, but the scheme...
View ArticleFFXIII’s Toriyama: “I’d like to make a story where Lightning ends up happy”
FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama has again said he’d like to do a sequel, having said in March that FFXIII-2 could happen if sales of the original allowed. Toriyama has now said in an interview with a...
View ArticleFFXIII-2 will feature darker story, returning characters from FFXIII
Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama have said in Dengeki Magazine this week that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will feature a much darker story than that seen in FFXIII. The pair insisted...
View ArticleSquare: FF Type-0 renamed due to “growth”
PSP RPG Final Fantasy Agito XIII was renamed Final Fantasy Type-0 recently because of the game’s “growth” since being announced four years ago, Square has told Dengeki. Producer Yoshinori Kitase and...
View ArticleSquare: Keep your FFXIII saves for FFXIII-2
Final Fantasy XIII owners may want to keep hold of their save game file for FFXIII-2, according to producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama. For what specific reasons, the pair didn’t...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy Type-0 to feature XP system, is 60 percent done
Final Fantasy Type-0 has had its battle system detailed just a little bit in an interview with Famitsu, where it’s confirmed that the game will feature an XP system. According to director Hajime...
View ArticleNo FFXV for Vita or 3DS, says Kitase
Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that Final Fantasy XV won’t primarily be a handheld title. Kitase said that fan demand of high-line graphics makes it a no brainer for HD...
View ArticleFFXIII-2: Multiple endings confirmed, inspired by RDR, HD towns “too boring”
Final Fantasy XIII-2 duo Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have dropped a ton of new info on the game in a new interview, confirming that multiple endings will feature for the first time in the...
View ArticleSquare Enix “considering the possibilities of bringing Final Fantasy” to Wii U
Square Enix and FFXIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that the company is “considering the possibilities” in having Final Fantasy come to Wii U. “Three or four years ago we joked around about...
View ArticleQuick quotes: “No actual plans” to remaster Dissidia: Final Fantasy for PS3
When asked by Siliconera at E3 if it would remaster Dissidia for PS3 as part of the PSP Remaster series, Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase said: “We have no actual plans. he concept of...
View ArticleKitase: Square being “very careful” in delivering western FF Type-0
Final Fantasy boss Yoshinori Kitase has casted a bit of an unknown in regards to the release of Final Fantasy Type-0 in the west, saying Square are being “very careful” in how it brings the game...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIII’s fiction “too big” for just one game
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has said the decision to develop a sequel was partly motivated by the depth of the game’s ficitonal universe. After refining the characters and the universe...
View ArticleKitase: FFXIII-2 is a “completely different experience”
Have a look at these new screens for Final Fantasy XIII-2, and judge for yourself if producer Yoshinori Kitase’s claims of it being a “completely different experience” are true. “We made Final Fantasy...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIII-2 leads supply trailer commentary
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2, replete with detail thanks to commentary from Yoshinori Kitase and the game director Motomu Toriyama. The developers discuss new and old...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIII-2 90 percent done, release date reveal at TGS
Square Enix has dropped some new info on Final Fantasy XIII, and is teasing a TGS release date reveal. At a fan event over the weekend, as reported by Andriasang, producer Yoshinori Kitase said the...
View ArticleFF Versus XIII now in full development, says Square
Square Enix dev Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed that Final Fantasy Versus XIII has now entered into full development. At the fan meeting held for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Tokyo over the weekend, Kitase,...
View ArticleFFXIII-2 will get huge amount of DLC, says Kitase
Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has said there’ll be a huge amount of DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Speaking in the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation, Kitase said those who’ll play the...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy producer warns action RPGs can’t be dismissed
Square Enix isn’t going to pretend the popularity of action RPGs will go away if it shuts its eyes and covers it ears. “In the global market we see many players moving away from games that used...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIII “took a little too long” to come out
Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase thinks Square Enix has something to learn from rapid Western development. “[For] the current generation console[s], Final Fantasy XIII was obviously the first...
View ArticleFFXIII’s “conspicuous” platform disparity reduced for FFXIII-2
With Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square Enix hopes new tech has reduced the visual disparity between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 evident in Final Fantasy XIII. “When we made XIII, there were lots of movie...
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