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Twitter is currently vying with Famitsu as the place to go for Japanese game news. Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino -- they all have Twitter accounts, and they occasionally offer some newsworthy Tweets.
Our latest Twitter update comes from someone who doesn't actually have his own account. Square Enix super producer Tetsuya Nomura was featured earlier today in a Twitter-based interview posted at the the Square Enix Members Twitter. The interview was conduced by Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto based off fan submitted questions.
During the interview, Nomura made one mention of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Asked to list a percentage completion for the game, he said, "Not everything is connected together, so the various areas have different levels of progress. However, you can fly across the world map in an air ship."
It looks like air ships are confirmed for this entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. It looks like there'll definitely be a world map of some form too.
The world map has been a central topic of Versus XIII for some time now. In a February Famitsu interview, Nomura said, "For displaying characters on the world map, we were originally planning on using the method used by FF#, with a small Noctus running about on the screen. But that didn't look too great, so we ended up switching to the method used by FF#." Those "#" figures are meant to be replaced with numbers corresponding with certain FF titles.
At last year's TGS, test footage of the game showed what looked like a fully realized over world similar to Final Fantasy XIII's Pulse world. Of course, it's unclear if this was actually meant to be the game's world map, or even if it will ever make it into the final product.
Aside from this little Versus tease, Nomura would not comment on his many projects, including Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Parasite Eve sequel The 3rd Birthday. One person asked him about the possibility for a Dissidia Final Fantasy sequel, and his response seemed to suggest that a sequel could become a reality.
Nomura also said that he'd like to release two titles within the year. We'll hopefully start getting some details on these games soon. And if those details happen to come through Twitter, we'll be sure and pass along the info to you.
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Please, PLEASE SE! Give back the FF series the free over world airship system back.
Our latest Twitter update comes from someone who doesn't actually have his own account. Square Enix super producer Tetsuya Nomura was featured earlier today in a Twitter-based interview posted at the the Square Enix Members Twitter. The interview was conduced by Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto based off fan submitted questions.
During the interview, Nomura made one mention of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Asked to list a percentage completion for the game, he said, "Not everything is connected together, so the various areas have different levels of progress. However, you can fly across the world map in an air ship."
It looks like air ships are confirmed for this entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. It looks like there'll definitely be a world map of some form too.
The world map has been a central topic of Versus XIII for some time now. In a February Famitsu interview, Nomura said, "For displaying characters on the world map, we were originally planning on using the method used by FF#, with a small Noctus running about on the screen. But that didn't look too great, so we ended up switching to the method used by FF#." Those "#" figures are meant to be replaced with numbers corresponding with certain FF titles.
At last year's TGS, test footage of the game showed what looked like a fully realized over world similar to Final Fantasy XIII's Pulse world. Of course, it's unclear if this was actually meant to be the game's world map, or even if it will ever make it into the final product.
Aside from this little Versus tease, Nomura would not comment on his many projects, including Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Parasite Eve sequel The 3rd Birthday. One person asked him about the possibility for a Dissidia Final Fantasy sequel, and his response seemed to suggest that a sequel could become a reality.
Nomura also said that he'd like to release two titles within the year. We'll hopefully start getting some details on these games soon. And if those details happen to come through Twitter, we'll be sure and pass along the info to you.
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Please, PLEASE SE! Give back the FF series the free over world airship system back.
