Final Fantasy Creator’s Next Game Probably Named Terra Battle, Possibly a Mobile Game

Final Fantasy’s dad Hironobu Sakaguchi is going to unveil his next game on Wednesday during a conference at Japan Expo, and there are good news and (arguably) bad news.

[Snookies12]

Ughhhh! Mobile! You're too good for that Sakaguchi...

[Abriael]

*sighs*

I can't believe I hoped.

[sinjonezp]

Everyone wanted a ff7 remake...thats all we asked for. And what did we get over the last 10 years?.....no comment.

[Concertoine]

Sakaguchi doesn't work for Square Enix, he isn't in the position to make a FF7 remake. He's been making his own RPG's with his own company, Mistwalker.

[BattleN]

Nintendo is said to have 3 more secret exclusive projects in the works, so it would be nice if this guys work was in one of those 3!

[Magicite]

exact my thoughts

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Good job!

[porkChop]

OMG people, stop making stupid mobile games! The amount of sheer talent being wasted today on cheap mobile games is unbelievable.

[-Foxtrot]

What a waste of good talent

The man behind the Final Fantasy series reduced to making games on mobiles.

Mistwalker should get their act together and make a multiplatform (or exclusive if they need funding) RPG franchise which is like the old school Final Fantasy games. Something to shove in Square Enixs face to say "THIS...is how you do a Final Fantasy game"

The turn base combat worked in Lost Odyssey so it's obviously not out dated, it just needs to have a faster peace so we can get in/out of battles quicker.

[porkChop]

If Mistwalker can get back the rights to Lost Odyssey I just want them to go all out and make a sequel, prequel, reboot or whatever. Make it multiplatform to maximize profits, and stick it to Square Enix. That was one of the best JRPGs I've played since the early FF games. One of the only games to ever make me literally shed tears (dem short stories).

[karlowma]

Many an awkward moment between my then-roommate and I, walking in on each other wiping away tears while playing through Lost Odyssey!

Great, and greatly underrated, game.

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah, I honestly don't see why they stuck it on the 360 if they wanted sales. JRPG's and the Xbox just don't mix.

I know he had beef with Sony but that's where his main audience is.

It was the true Final Fantasy 13 game of last gen

They did everything better, everything you would expect to see in a FF game. Even the theme song...Square got crappy manufactured X factor winner Leona Lewis for the theme song, Mistwalker got bloody Sheena Easton to do What You Are, which is beautiful song and fits the style of the game. Leona Lewis song for FF13 was just a new song since for the first time they didn't do a English version of the Japanese song.

Oh and don't forget Jansen, the funniest JRPG character in a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Concertoine]

It's not so much that they don't want to make console/handheld games... like many Japanese developers they are almost forced to the mobiles because of increasingly large development costs on consoles and diminishing returns.

Mistwalker's financial status has been in question for a while, i wouldn't be surprised if their moneymaker is something on a mobile with "from the creator of Final Fantasy" plastered on the cover.

Edit: The reason they were on 360 is because MS funded it as part of their Japanese push. Same with The Last Story on wii i think.

[gantarat]

People in Japan Nowadays buy/play Mobile Game Than Console Game

[RDF]

Not going to happen. With the multiplats I mean. He not a big fan of Sony. Thats why his last games were on the 360 and Wii. I know I read his reasons for not releasing on the PS3. I need to look it up.

[Gore-Content]

Those two exclusive games for xbox didn't pay off so well doesn't it? from final fantasy to mobile, tsk, tsk. You live. You learn.

[karlowma]

Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey were both great games, just didn't sell to the CoD-fanatic X360 audience, unfortunately.

[Concertoine]

I don't want to sound defensive, but it's more the 360's lack of sales in Japan that caused those games to sell poorly. Americans play more than COD, they just don't play JRPG's.

[DiscoKid]

Mobile gaming is huge in Japan. It is not so in the West. So this is great news for Japanese gamers...

[TheGamez100]

Oh how the mobile industry has impacted games...I'll never enjoy mobile games as I do on consoles. Very sad that great talent is wasted on these...

[godofboobees]

Japan loves the mobile market. Can't blame them, its a billion dollar industry

[desertpunk86]

i though is was going to be a porn game starring tera patrick.

[MegaRay]

Kinda of topic but after playing Child of light, I wish SE make a game that play like that game. Heck I wouldnt mind FF VII remade with CoL gameplay (even tho I always wanted FF XV/ KH style gameplay)

[Evoluti0n]

It's a shame, but you can't blame the man for tryin' to get paid. I'd love another LO game, spin-off, etc. The East and West are very different animals.

[RDF]

http://www.1up.com/news/hir...

This is the only thing I can find atm. Funny thing is Marvelious which owns Xseed and released Last Story is run by Ken.... bet he didnt like that.

[Goku781]

Not kool not even funny. Being on Xbox One would have been more acceptable than mobile I think.

[LightDiego]

Damn, i heard great things about The Last Story for Wii, his last game for consoles.
The most recently games by Mistwalker, both are for IOS and Android. :(

[BlackWolf]

And here's a poor soul, hoping for Last Story 2... guess not this time. T.T

[MasterCornholio]

Just give us "gamers" real Final Fantasy games on our systems and we will be happy.

But gods sake man don't give in to the casuals.

[renerak]

I guess his last story really was his last story. Was really hoping that was not his last story and he has another stories for the wii u. I doubt he will come back from mobile, mobile is the platform born to degrade gaming to give to the hands of the afraid. The afraid are the people who r afraid that people will look down on them for proper gaming so they hide behind the mobile, because everyone has a mobile and everyone plays angry birds so its okay. The afraid might oneday bring proper gaming to extinction, so join me brothers and fight, do not be the afraid and own a dedicated gaming handheld for all portable gaming experiences. Let us fight against the cowardly afraid.

[Matt0611]

"Probably... possibly...." - Cited as news.

[bbad]

What a waste of a really good talent. I was waiting for him to announce Lost Odyssy 2 but instead we get this. Its a shame.