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FFXIII Not Due Until Next Year
IGN translated an article discussing a financials meeting recently held by Final Fantasy creator Square/Enix. According to company president Yoichi Wada, don't expect FFXIII until next year. At least. "'It will still take a bit more time. At the very least, [a release] this fiscal year is definitely out of the question.' Japanese is known for being a pretty vague language, but Wada's words were pretty clear. No FFXIII in Japan until some time after March 2008. Let's hope Square Enix starts the translation before development finishes up." The implication there, of course, is that if we follow the trend from FFXII the U.S. may not see the game until Winter 08, or even early 09.
FFVII will always be the last good Final Fantasy in my mind. Even though the cast would change the characters never did, the angsty hero boy, the obnoxious fighter, the cutesy mascot, all there. The outline also got recycled. At some point you will lose access to magic. Your group will get broken up. Somewhere along the way there's a fight you have to lose. No, you didn't beat the last boss, there's someone pulling the strings, and that guy has 15 different forms.
Now I just kinda wish they'd go away.
FFXIII is not exclusive to the PS3 anymore, so you just probably just need to afford an Xbox 360. Link: http://www.ps3center.net/story-394.html