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FF XIII Timeframe Set, FF XIV Confirmed
Square Enix announced at E3 that Final Fantasy XIII is planned for release this winter in Japan, and spring 2010 for North America. A new trailer was released as well. A separate announcement brought details about Final Fantasy XIV Online, an MMORPG due out in 2010 for Windows and the PS3. A teaser website was launched, with a trailer and some information about the developers working on the project. "Final Fantasy XIV Online is being developed with a simultaneous worldwide release in mind. The game will be initially released in English, Japanese, French, and German. The game will be produced by Hiromichi Tanaka (Final Fantasy I, II, III, and XI) and Nobuaki Komoto (Final Fantasy IX and XI) will serve as director. Longtime Final Fantasy fans will be happy to hear the Nobu Uematsu will return to provide the score."
Joel Veitch said it all.
Oh no. A random encounter.
Meta will eat itself
You need to catch up to Mario, Square-Enix. Here is a recommended list of titles that you should make if you are trying to cash in on your IP:
Dr. Final Fantasy
Final Teaching Fantasy Typing
Sephiroth Paint
Cid's Time Machine
Aeris is Missing!
Super Final Fantasy Kart
Kefka Tennis
Then, in a few more titles, release "Final Fantasy 64", which will be a remix of your classic styling on a brand new system. You'll undo much of the damage that you did to your brand on the above crap. You can then go on to make a 4 player Final Fantasy versus fighting game, a never-ending stream of Final Fantasy "party" style games,
In addition to the musical score, Final Fantasy games have traditionally included a rendition of it built right in; so there's no need to haul out your keyboard just to play the game.
If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.
No, no! At least let's wait for Final Fantasy XXX. heh.
Invaders must die
"Hitler was working under orders from Scaran High Command in an attempt to destabilize the planet and distract the opposing PeaceKeeper forces in the sector"(wikipedia)
And anyone who has played Chrono Cross knows it isn't.
Holy shit! Enough cheese with your trailer?
Square really needs to back off trying to make movies.
It's far too easy for the Japanese to create superheros who seem over-pretty and lacking in charisma. The old, "You Lack Honor! Your Brother hates you because he is too proud to accept your love. My Fight-Magic is Stronger! Huraugh!" characteristic is so bloody boring and predictable and, frankly, lower-functioning that I have a hard time taking Japan seriously half the time.
Still, I get it. Any society is going to have a hefty dose of Retarded Ape dominating its pop culture. In the West, we are simply so surrounded by our own brand of Retarded Ape that it has blended into the background.
But honestly, if you threw into any Square story an average American individualist, it would pretty much only be the language barrier preventing him from becoming their leader within about half a day. --All based on the sheer inability to embarrass him into servitude. And on his ability to embarrass into servitude any dope so emotionally stunted that he hates his brother because he is too proud to accept his love. --That and sustain eye-contact with somebody who can see instantly the tangle of social awkwardness and fear of embarrassment scarcely hidden a half millimeter beneath the surface of your studiously maintained socially sanctioned "cool" fashion sense.
But don't worry. Having a big robot or super-power will make your friends stop beating you up and taking your lunch money. When they see that you have a super-power, then they will like you!
Newsflash: Stop Daydreaming, Fuck the System and Get Real Friends.
Nice graphics though.
-FL