Is Final Fantasy XIII The Last Of Its Kind?
Posted by Chris Lansdell on 01.06.2010
Square Enix president says it might be!
If you're a fan of the Final Fantasy series, then you've probably heard of Yoichi Wada. If you haven't, he's the president of Square Enix. In a recent interview with Edge Online, Wada was quoted as saying that he thinks the time has come to move the series forward. In other words, the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII could be the last traditional JRPG version of the hit franchise!
""...whether we are going to continue to internally create this type of game remains to be seen, because I actually feel that the team that was involved with Final Fantasy XIII should next move on to create and generate some 'next generation' forms of play. I really think that the Final Fantasy team could create something completely different, but at the moment they're strictly catering to the particular audience they have now."
Final Fantasy has an enormous following worldwide. How will they react to such a drastic change to their beloved franchise?
Posted By: The Dutch (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 06:20 PM
"but at the moment they're strictly catering to the particular audience they have now."
What a horrible live to have!
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 06:50 PM
Has to be one more "traditional" FF first, make it like a when worlds collide kind of thing where some of the best characters of the past are all sucked into the same world or something to face a master plot by Sephiroth, Kefka, and Kuja. You can even tie FFX in by having Sin be the one that draws all of the worlds together. That would be a helluva way to go out!!!
Posted By: FF Nut (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 06:56 PM
Do not abandon the rpg format for the core series. That's a terrible idea.
Posted By: Guest#7992 (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 07:08 PM
Cool. All they have to do is get rid of everyone having funny asian hair styles, swords that weigh more then the people holding them, and fighting random monsters every time you take two steps. Then I'm in.
Posted By: Ugh (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 07:17 PM
All the Final Fantasy Characters in one game and in one crew with you picking the leader and having 13 different endings. This should be the final final fantasy.
Posted By: Guest#7767 (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 07:26 PM
Well, they've already diverted from the traditional formula ever since Final Fantasy X. Final Fantasy X-2, while not the abomination everyone overreacts about, was drastically different with its battle system. FF XI was an MMORPG. FF XII was a major transfer from turn-based battling. I haven't played XIII yet, but unless it's a direct reversion back to the style of FF X (which it doesn't seem like) I don't see how this can come as a surprise.
Posted By: Adam B. (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 07:37 PM
didn't they say this about a few of the other final fantasy games?
Posted By: SmokaJoka (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 07:37 PM
The sales of FFXIII alone pretty much guarantee that they have a HUGE audience that will eat up anything they put out. It's all about the Benjamins.......or Yenjamins I guess.
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 08:44 PM
Sounds to me like he plans on taking another swing into the overcrowded MMORPG market. Good luck with that.
Posted By: No (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 08:54 PM
You would think that Tower Defense game Crystal Defenders, the new puzzle rpg on the xbox marketplace, the Tactics series, and the Crystal Chronicles series was enough new territory for them.
Posted By: SmartShooter (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 09:22 PM
Sounds to me like he plans on taking another swing into the overcrowded MMORPG market. Good luck with that.
Posted By: No (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 08:54 PM
FFXIV has already been announced as an MMO, and they're already preparing for the beta. So yeah.
Posted By: Nyte (Guest) on January 06, 2010 at 10:19 PM
like they would stop making final fantasies. the amount of sales they get is stupid. theyr most prob jus saying this so even more ppl buy the game wen it comes out htinking it may be the last one
Posted By: Guest#3570 (Guest) on January 07, 2010 at 04:51 AM
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