Hey everyone,

If you remember, a few weeks ago the Japanese gaming magazine, Dengeki interviewed Tetsuya Nomura regarding the upcoming DKΣ3713 Party in Japan. Nomura said that as well as the titles already announced to be at the event, we’d also be seeing “Other big news“.

Over the past few weeks the “Other big news” has been rumoured to be many a thing, whether it be Kingdom Hearts III or a remake of Final Fantasy VII - but we have new information that suggest it’s actually a new Final Fantasy title for the PlayStation 3.

1UP.com’s latest 1UP Yours podcast featured Shane Bettenhausen talking about the possibility of another Square Enix title coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3. After speaking to a Square Enix representative, Shane claims to have got this reply:

“The Final Fantasy XIII on 360 announcement swung the ball towards Microsoft. At Square Enix’s Japan event in 2 weeks, they will swing the ball back towards Sony.”

This doesn’t definitely mean it’s going to be a new Final Fantasy title, but in the wake of Final Fantasy XIII’s Xbox 360 confirmation; it would be wise of Square Enix to do something to please Sony fans. Of course, this could just be a brand new title; such as Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant are - however, we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for a new Final Fantasy game.

Considering that the DKΣ3713 Party is focused around Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XIII - the chances are that it’ll either be a new Kingdom Hearts title or a new Fabula Nova Crystallis title!

Hey everyone,

In a recent interview with the Japanese gaming magazine, Dengeki Tetsuya Nomura admitted that Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s development is at an all time low with the majority of the team working on completing Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete and Final Fantasy XIII; leaving only a few members of Square Enix’s staff working on the game. Tetsuya Nomura also confirmed that there will be playable demos of Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and Sigma Harmonics at the upcoming DKΣ3713 Party that’s set to take place after E3.

This is good news because it actually proves that Square Enix are working on a series that people actually care about, rather than titles such as The Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery. For those interested in reading the interview, you can find it below.

Dengeki: What are the main highlights of the DKΣ3713 event?

NOMURA: We will have playable copies of Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. KHBBS is pretty amazing!

Dengeki: Amazing in what way?

NOMURA: Obviously it’s a part of the Kingdom Hearts series, but it has a fresh, new feel to it. We want gamers to try out the new elements with the playable kiosks we’re preparing.

Dengeki: Will any other playable titles be available?

NOMURA: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will of course be playable, as well as Sigma Harmonics.

Dengeki: What can we expect to see on Final Fantasy Versus XIII?

NOMURA: The graphics and visual team is currently spending absolutely all their time on Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete. The hardware/programming team is helping out with FFXIII, leaving only a small crew actively working on FF Versus XIII. So, it’s not clear what we could show in its current state.

Dengeki: How is the progress on Advent Children Complete coming along?

NOMURA: The changes originally planned for Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete have pretty much been completed, but additional updates and scenario changes are in the works, so…

Dengeki: So there’s a nice amount of material [being added]?

NOMURA: Some parts need to be redone, and I think there will end up being a good amount of [new] material. We’re locking down a release date now. Also, we really want those who’ve seen [Advent Children] once before to be left with new impressions.

Dengeki: Then we can expect announcements regarding Advent Children Complete as well?

NOMURA: : We’ll be announcing the release date along with some other big news, please look forward to it.

Dengeki: On a related note, what might you have in store for Tokyo Game Show in October?

NOMURA: For those who didn’t get tickets in for this event, we’ll be following up on everything at Tokyo Game Show. Please think of this as a ‘Tokyo Game Show Prelude’ event.

Credit goes to Forever Fantasy for translating the Dengeki article which can also be found below.

Hey everyone,

Recently, in the United States, Square Enix trademarked “Pure Dreams.” No one has any idea what it is but Siliconera suggests that it may be a subtitle to a franchise like Kingdom Hearts or a relation to the Chrono series with a title similiar to Radical Dreamers.

We’ll keep you posted with information of course.

Hey everyone,

It’s that time of year again, today marked the beginning of the two day gaming event, E3 in Santa Monica. Unfortunately no new Square Enix trailers have been released on the E3 Expo website yet, that is. This year E3 has also been renamed from Electronic Entertainment Expo to E3 Media Festival.

However thanks to Final Fantasy World we do have a complete list of the Square Enix lineup over the next two days.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - Nintendo DS : 6th November 2007 [NA]
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors - Wii : TBA [NA]
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates - Nintendo DS : Spring 2008 [NA]
Heroes of Mana - Nintendo DS : 14th August 2007 [NA]
Final Fantasy II - Sony PSP : 24th July 2007 [NA]
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions - Sony PSP : 9th October 2007 [NA]
Final Fantasy XI: Wings Of The Goddess - PlayStation 2, Windows PC and Xbox 360 : Winter 2007 [NA]
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - Nintendo DS : 20th November 2007 [NA]
Front Mission - Nintendo DS : 23rd October 2007 [NA]

Out of the above titles the following will have playable demos Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Nintendo DS), Final Fantasy II (PSP), Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Nintendo DS), Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP), Front Mission (Nintendo DS) and Heroes of Mana (Nintendo DS). Unfortunately there’s nothing on Fabula Nova Crystallis, so all of you Final Fantasy XIII hopefuls will have to wait until Tokyo Game Show for another trailer!

Hey Everyone,

According to IGN there’s bad news for all you Xbox 360 fans, for besides Final Fantasy XI, Square has no plans for any future Final Fantasy games on the Xbox 360 console. On a question if the Wii or Xbox 360 will be getting a FF game, Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto had this to say: “For the Wii, we have FF Crystal Chronicles in production. As for FF on the Xbox 360, it’s currently a completely blank page.”

Secondly, in an interview with Square Enix’s Chief Executive Yoichi Wada and FT, Wada states that Square is setting their priorities on handheld systems, such as the Nintendo DS, for they will dominate sales this year. “There is a new breed of gamers in the market – we have to make games for all kinds of people,” said Mr Wada. “In the old days, we could just focus on the PlayStation or the GameBoy, but the environment has changed completely.” This is one of the reason’s Dragon Quest IX will be produced for Nintendo DS only.