E3 - Square Enix Shows Fantasies, Kingdoms, Samurai

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday May 11, 2004 @12:01AM from the finality-fun-and-frolic dept.

Thanks to GamingHorizon for its summary of the pre-E3 Square Enix press conference at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, during which the company mentioned they "are determined to expand their reach across all forms of media, not just limiting themselves to the gaming market", before holding the Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasy concert in the same venue. However, specific game-related material includes details (though not downloads) of a new Final Fantasy XII trailer, alongside new direct-feed screenshots of the title, as well as snapshots of Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII, a mobile phone-only spin-off. Also revealed is information on the previously unannounced Musashi Samurai Legend, a sequel to "the original Brave Fencer Musashi on the PlayStation" featuring "Tetsuya Nomura handling the character design... [and] Studio Gainax creating the animated cutscenes", as well as new details on Disney-licensed sequel Kingdom Hearts 2 and its handheld partner, Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories.

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The Spirits Within part 2? by radimvice · 2004-05-11 04:04 · Score: 0, Flamebait

the company mentioned they "are determined to expand their reach across all forms of media, not just limiting themselves to the gaming market"

You mean sort of like when they attempted to do so three years ago, failed miserably because they found out that their pathetic video game sagas couldn't cut it in a mature entertainment industry, and released a slew of godawful Final Fantasy games to make up for their monumental loss?