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Square Enix producers: 'Final' in Final Fantasy doesn't mean 'last' |
Listed in: Interviews, Games Tags: Square Enix
Thirteen Final Fantasies. And then there's the spin-offs, Tactics, and now FFXIII actually has three titles. Squeenix's kinda slack on the whole "Final" thing.But seriously, will there ever be a "Final" Final Fantasy? Or will the series continue on to have games with 3-digit numbers? (Not that that won't be welcome.)
According to Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto, the answer is a "no." There won't be a "Final" Final Fantasy for as long as the fans want 'em. They don't necessarily have to stick to just one game per Final Fantasy generation either, for that matter. Hashimoto explains:
Well, when it comes down to it, it's up to the fans' needs, and we don't feel that there's actually a certain number that we should stop at.
But each Final Fantasy series has a lot of unique characters, and a world, and we receive lots of feedback from fans, saying, 'We want to see more of this character!' or, 'We want to see more of this situation!' So, we take those into account, and try to create new side stories based on that. So we're not necessarily conscious of a certain limit that we have to stop at.
[...] The term 'Final' in the title doesn't mean 'last,' but the teams behind it see it as a term for 'ultimate,' and as long as there are creators that are wanting to make Final Fantasy games, we will probably keep going.
Final Fantasy has been traditionally been made so that on top of moving story, we are also always going for the latest expression in graphics as well. So I don't know if the DS is the ideal place to express the graphical element -- but you never know what's going to happen in the future!
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Via Gamasutra
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As for Final Fantasy. It originally was going to be final but it became the savior of Squaresoft and eventually it's come to where we see all these sequels and a remake of some of the earlier ones for every system imaginable.
-andrew- -kupomogli-
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I liked 10 more then most and 12 was fine. I also enjoyed Revenant Wings (DS version) a lot.
Companies only produce games that make them money. The fact that FF continues to make them money is proof in itself of how wrong you are.
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Then there's Dirge of Cerberus which the gameplay is pretty unique and fun to play in comparison to other FPS games. It was built as a FPS and it did the job pretty well. Even though it wasn't that great of a game, it was playable enough to want to beat the game atleast once.
On the other hand, games like FF10, 11, and 12 are terrible to where you literally have to force yourself to beat them, just to say that you have.
On a final note. I really get tired of all the FF7 ranting of the best RPG ever, when it's really not. This has made it so I'm not that fond of the game. Not a big fan of Sephiroth either, so I won't enjoy any of the posters in which I don't have.
-andrew- -kupomogli-
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