Nomura: FF13 on shedule

With repeated recent delays of Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy fans have been beginning to worry that Final Fantasy XIII might slip from its currently planned late 2009 release in Japan.

However, in an interview in this week's Famitsu (dated 25th March) Tetsuya Nomura, the game's director, has stated that the game is still on target for a release "this year."

What he doesn't detail however is if he's referring to the year 2009 or the 2009 Square Enix fiscal (financial) year, which will end in early 2010. While his statement makes a delay seem unlikely, fans shouldn't celebrate just yet.