James_xeno Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Final Fantasy XIII Spin-Offs Planned for 10 Years World of FFXIII built for many more games to come. By Philip Kollar, 04/24/2007 Along with the main game, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, and a mobile game sidequest, it looks like Square Enix is planning to stick around in the world of Final Fantasy XIII for a long while yet. According to an article at IGN (with info taken from the same Nintendo Dream interview as our Square Enix Virtual Console story), Square Enix wants "everyone to be sucked into the world [of Final Fantasy XIII] for 10 years." Square Enix's Shinji Hashimoto stated they have designed the world and story of FFXIII, or Fabula Nova Crystallis, to be similar to the approach of Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings -- an epic franchise unto itself. Hashimoto admitted that Square Enix is preparing "a number of categories" (we assume he means genres) for future FFXIII-based games. How many different versions of FFXIII we'll see and how long we'll have to wait for the fourteenth chapter of the series are questions that will likely remain unanswered for a long time yet. Does this mean a 13 or 14 year wait for FFXIV? Link to comment
Siendra Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Wow. Whoever wrote that needs to get back into a high school English classroom. The story of FFXIII spans ten years, not the release schedule of the games. Link to comment
Ceraziefish Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Actually, I could get into that (the story spanning ten years). However, we've already had ten years of FFVII spinoffs... Link to comment
J-Stop Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 This was announced last year along with other FFVII spinoffs. The small bubble chart they showed off was posted somewhere around here. Link to comment
LeadingMan Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Wow. Whoever wrote that needs to get back into a high school English classroom. The story of FFXIII spans ten years, not the release schedule of the games. I've heard quite the opposite. They intend to continue releasing spin offs for 10 years. Much like they're currently doing with FF7. However that does not mean that the next true iteration in the series won't be out for 10 more years. Square is huge. They do side by side development and even outsource. Link to comment
Siendra Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I've heard quite the opposite. They intend to continue releasing spin offs for 10 years. Much like they're currently doing with FF7. However that does not mean that the next true iteration in the series won't be out for 10 more years. Square is huge. They do side by side development and even outsource. I've read the article they;re trying to quote and that's not the impression I got. There's also only three more works to complete Fabula Nova Crystallis. Six things in total. One being a mobile phone title, one pretty much guaranteed to be a DS title, and I'd suspect an OVA. I can't see it taking ten years to finish. Link to comment
J-Stop Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I've read the article they;re trying to quote and that's not the impression I got. There's also only three more works to complete Fabula Nova Crystallis. Six things in total. One being a mobile phone title, one pretty much guaranteed to be a DS title, and I'd suspect an OVA. I can't see it taking ten years to finish. They discussed last year that there will be more spinoffs of FFXIII and FFVII then what was shown at E3 and TGS. Link to comment
Siendra Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 They discussed last year that there will be more spinoffs of FFXIII and FFVII then what was shown at E3 and TGS. Yes, I know that. Toriyama confirmed that the three known parts, and a further three parts would comprise Fabula Nova Crystallis a few weeks ago. I can't see two titles already deep in development, a Cellular title, a DS title (I'm just assuming on this one, but it's pretty unlikely there isn't one), and to unannounced games would be released over the span of ten years. I think you guys are the ones who are confused... Link to comment
J-Stop Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Yes, I know that. Toriyama confirmed that the three known parts, and a further three parts would comprise Fabula Nova Crystallis a few weeks ago. I can't see two titles already deep in development, a Cellular title, a DS title (I'm just assuming on this one, but it's pretty unlikely there isn't one), and to unannounced games would be released over the span of ten years. I think you guys are the ones who are confused... They have plenty of room to announce prequels, sequels, ports, and many spinoffs other then the ones that have been already announced. Supposedly S-E already said last year they intend to spend at least 10 years developing new FFXIII titles. Link to comment
LeadingMan Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Supposedly S-E already said last year they intend to spend at least 10 years developing new FFXIII titles. Which isn't really that many games when you consider they typically have 2-3 year dev cycles. 8 sounds about right. Link to comment
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