Nomura on Final Fantasy Versus XIII and the future of the Kingdom Hearts series

Tetsuya Nomura discusses the current status of Final Fantasy Versus XIII in addition to the future of the Kingdom Hearts series, including comments about Kingdom Hearts III and first details on another new game in the series that will be revealed at E3.

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i really want a Kindom Hearts On PS3./

[Bereaver]

I dream of the day where the game can look as good as the cinema scenes.

That would be amazing.

[Brewski007]

I dream the day we actually get a decent announcement from nomura and co. I mean here we are, weeks away from E3 and they're doing very little to hype the games we'd love for them to announce. This is looking to me like another fine example of how out of touch they are with the western market.
I really want a KHiii and more info on versus, but judging by what I've read in the article it aint gonna happen.

[NecrumSlavery]

Bereaver,

if vs13 goes multiplat that dream is dead. Cause vs13 is supposed to have such a seemless transition between CGI and ingame visuals so realistic you can't tell the difference. Well that is impossible on 360.

But I personally think the ingame cutscenes and gameplay of God of War 3 where one in the same

[ll_UNDERSCORE_ll]

God of war 3

[YourWrongIAmRight]

This will be a 360 exclusive you will see.

[zeeshan]

I have given up on anything SquarEnix. The next FFX111v will probably land on Xbox360 and so will KH and they'll never make a remake of FFVII. Sorry SE but you have GOT to take tips from Atlus, Sony, Level 5, Bioware etc and come up with some great games!

[beavis4play]

they've diluted the FF series to the point that one of those games (outside of japan) is no longer a big deal and they aren't showing FF13vs at E3?....pathetic.
now they're ruining the KH series in the same way the ruined FF: meaningless non-console releases; inane, gaming-related products; and endless rhetoric on "when" or "if" a KH3 will show on consoles. i enjoyed the first 2 games and it's too bad they didn't follow them up with part 3 way before now -

if i was a stockholder in that company, i'd want change in management because clearly it's needed.

[pkb79]

The 'corridor' level design, the ability to only control one character at a time and the forced upgrading of weapons and armor are all Level 5 trademarks.

[Meryl]

wkc did not have a corridor level like design, it had a huge explorable world you hater^^
anyway on topic, i hope to see ff vs footageat e3 :):)

[Xandet]

If KHIII or any other new KH title is announced for PS3 at E3 this year, I will probably cry. Or my head will explode. Probably both.

Just THINKING about it gives me chills.. before this point, I was really excited (like every year) for E3. But now, I just can't f***ing wait.

[LordMarius]

Came here expecting to read something exciting
Left empty handed....lame

no FFvs13 for E3? Boo!

[soul899er]

I love Nomura-San lol anyway Square Enix? Nothing to see here ppl Square will never change. :/ srry but they just been going downhill

[Troll-without-Bridge]

What Does SE have to do with this article?

Or were you just waiting for an opportunity to get out of your bridge and troll some more.

[beavis4play]

who does normura work for and where do the KH and FF games come from?
i guess you're unable to extrapolate info from reading an article?

[Troll-without-Bridge]

Nah, I criticized the poster above me because he instead of commenting about nomura and the subject of the article, simply bashed square-enix as a company when Square-enix as a company is not mentioned in the article.

What does his opinion that Se is going downhill have to do with Nomura announcing 2 new titles?

Nothing.

[beavis4play]

sorry, dude.

[Myze]

Maybe Nomura only works for Squenix, but what have they done in the past, well, almost decade, that makes it so they don't deserve bashing for almost everything even remotely related to them (and this is more than a little related to them).

[HINDERIZATION]

most of it was pointless...

[KiasuKiasiMan]

In other words new Kingdom Hearts game coming at E3 is confirmed. Hope its not KH Recoded though.

[Shendow]

I hope SE learns that any games they put on 360 are a bad idea, I was told by alot of people to buy the 360 FF13 bundle, all the stores here are overstock with them.

Don't plan on buying a plan system that only has 250GB an FF13 that I can get cheaper some where else. PS3's FF13 bundle in Japan is what I would buy but most likely won't.

Besides Japan is where some of their bigger RPG sells are at and most of them are on PS3.

[zerocool3397]

I think that is just a fanboy statement. Both the PS3 and the Xbox are successful and to allow a game to be on both consoles its to stop the segregation. Over the years SE have gained a lot of fans and those fans have either one or both of the 2 consoles. To make people chose is just unfair. SE has fans all over the world not just in Japan. I agree that Japan loves its traditional RPG's (JRPG's) but lets face it a lot of the rest of the world love them too.

People are so self absorbed about who has the better console, who makes the better games etc. We all like games it shouldn't matter what we play them on. Yes I am a fanboy, a gaming fanboy. If SE make a game for both the xbox and the ps3 I am happy for them to do that, after all, everyone gets to enjoy it then.

[CaptainPunch]

I don't get why Nomura would waste his time on a mobile KH game when he could be focusing on KH3. I hope we at least get a KH 1 & 2 remake for the PS3 with updated visuals and trophies.

[Lelouch Vi Britannia]

"Finally, Nomura discussed Final Fantasy Versus XIII with Game Informer. He told the magazine that development is going smoothly. Nevertheless, he cautioned that both he and Square Enix as a whole are announcing new titles from E3 through the winter and will “take it one step at a time.” Nomura also added that they still “have plans to showcase the title at a certain point.”"

that really fucking shit !
what the mean of step back ??

that Hilarius !!

[Run_bare]

Square really is bad now, the 2 games on PS3 so far is mediocre (Star Ocean and FFXIII), i did not even finish Star Ocean, i got headache after playing it for 3 hours. FFXIII is decent enough, but somehow a little bit dissapointed. I will play Nier to see how good it is, but not expecting much from them anymore.

[Yangus]

Yes!"Square really is bad now"MEDICORE.Only one game its cool:DQIX.I hope,DQX very cool Wii.

[Yangus]

Final Fantasy and Tetsuya Nomura..........mehhh....Final emo Fantasy.

[FiftyFourPointTwo]

Final Fantasy and Yoshinori Kitase + Motumu Toriyama = Linear Corridor Fantasy XIII.

[Ngai]

What worries me is the part "for north americans". First thought is 360 with that sentance.

[ExiesBestFan]

Fuck you Square Enix.

[JohnnyAkiba]

Just want him to say its exclusive , I don't want limitations!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chidori666]

meh..Square enix don't make good games in this gen ,However square soft did in the past.

[criticalkare]

So... no V13 at E3?

[Brklynty1]

Most likely 360 will get a spin off of Kingdom Hearts, theres really no denying that, im not so much of a 360 fan and even i can see it coming. As for Kingdom Hearts 3, thats something theyd have to discuss about exclusitivity or not. KH III is a demanded title from PS and KH fans and most KH fans have a PS3, im pretty sure they dont want another FFXIII fiasco with that, so why not solve it like how Kojima did, he saw 360 fans wanted MGS but instead of limiting himself for the main sequel(MGS4) he gave them a spin off story with Rising. When he says for the North American fans it puzzles me because nobody in KH weighs over 250 lbs in muscle and has a machine gun or a sledehammer, also we saw how many NA fans bought their last project and how one sided it was. Anyways hopefully after FFXIII problem SE can get it done right this time.

[gamerzBEreal17]

OMG E3 CAN U PLEASE FREAKING GET HERE ALREADY!!!!!

[Swiftfox]

No, I don't think we will be seeing Final Fantasy VsXIII at E3. If anything the game will be shown at the Tokyo Game Show. Along with any other major announcments that effects the Japanese community more than the Western market.

SquareEnix has truly gone out of there way to segregate the regions this generation. The horrible thing is they think they know what the west wants more than the west does.

[MadMan00]

I bet SE are gonna announce an ass load of new IP games at E3 they haven't made a New ip since like Infinite Undiscovery which I think was amazing game play and story wise, graphics aren't good but still, I'm old school rpg guy.

Can't wait to see some new jrpg on 360, if they drop a lot jrpgs on ps3 only ( which I don't think they will do I think they will come to both systems just because anything SE makes as new IP isn't as bigas like ff is and really needed for ps3 only ) if it does happen I'll need to get another new Ps3.

[squallheart]

hmm maybe a multi plat announcement but kh 3 will never go multi. Isnt sony and disney close, i thought i read that. If someone could enlighten me on that i would be very grateful.