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Similarities Between Kingdom Hearts 3 ReMind and Final Fantasy Versus XIII

With the ending of ReMind and the Secret Episode, a fusion of Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on the way in some form.

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Immagaiden1554d ago

Funny how at first Nomura said he and Business Division 2 wouldn’t start serious work on KH3 until they were finished with FFvXIII(now FFXV). Now that KH3 is finally out he can’t stop thinking about FFvXIII.

I’m glad he was taken off the project. The development cycle for FFvXIII was a mess and after 2012’s DDD, Nomura would’ve had to prioritize KH3 and let Tabata take the reins. This meant we got FFXV, KH3 and FFVIIR sooner than Nomura’s original plan

xxitalia12xx1554d ago

Don't forget that Square Enix was going through internal changes during the time FFv13 was announced and didn't concluded until almost 2012. By then Nomura's team was constantly taking out of original development to working on the 13 trilogy and completely messed up his plans.

I just hope his original vision for FF7R stayed put instead of changing everything.

Immagaiden1553d ago

I understand why FFvXIII had a tumultuous development, but the fact is that it did happen. Such a long development cycle for such a major meant it’d eventually be rebranded into a mainline title.

Btw it was only the first game that Business Division 2 helped develop, not the entire FFXIII trilogy. tri-Ace were the ones who helped out with FFXIII-2 and LR: FFXIII.

No sense in fixating on what could’ve been since every major project has preproduction ideas that don’t make it into the final build. Difference with FFvXIII is that it was revealed earlier than it should’ve been. FFVIIR isn’t comparable since there’s no reason it would’ve been drastically changed from whatever Nomura originally envisioned.

Mr_Luke1554d ago

A rumor appeared, millions of articles started spreading. At this point i wonder: "is it really going to happen?"

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Here Are The Games Leaving PS Plus Extra & Premium In May 2024

Here are the games that will be leaving the Extra and Premium tiers of the PS Plus subscription service in the month of May, 2024.

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gold_drake23d ago

crazy, glad i own the ones i wanted to revisit and play

ChasterMies22d ago

Absolver Downfall
Abzu
Adrift
Ashen
Elex
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X | X-2
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
How To Survive 2
I Am Dead
Jotun
Last Stop
Minit
Moster Jam Steel Titans 2
My Friend Pedro
Observation
Sundered Eldritch Edition
The Artful Escape
The Messenger
This Is The Police
This Is The Police 2
World of Final Fantasy

Asterphoenix22d ago

Glad that I absolutely can't stand subscription services.

Petebloodyonion22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

I don't recall Sony forcing you to subscribe like nobody forced you to go to Blockbuster to rent games instead of buying them.

SonyStyled22d ago

Pay-per-view was almost cheaper than the cost of gas and rental fee from Blockbuster. Blockbuster doesn’t exist today. Are you being sarcastic?

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Final Fantasy XV Review – A Royal Road Trip

Gary Green said: With my fondness for (most) Final Fantasy games and my side goal of finishing off games in my collection with loose ends, a return to Final Fantasy XV seemed inevitable. It also serves as my third Final Fantasy platinum trophy after VII and VIII, a reasonable substitute since Final Fantasy IX is nigh on impossible to master.

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Final Fantasy 15 director reveals why he left Square Enix, and announces he's working on 2 new JRPGs

Final Fantasy 15's director has revealed why he left Square Enix back in 2018.

Hajime Tabata famously resigned from Square Enix two years after Final Fantasy 15 shipped in 2016. In a special livestream at the time, Tabata announced his decision to resign from the company, cancelling three of four new story-focused DLC episodes for Final Fantasy 15 in the process.

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Knightofelemia154d ago

FF15 is like FF13 its subjective people either like it or hate it.

raWfodog154d ago

I liked it. I haven’t played the royale edition yet but I’ll get around to it one day.

gold_drake154d ago

no no, 15 wasnt trash.

15 had a tremendous difficult development.

FinalFantasyFanatic153d ago

I really believe 13 was better put together and more complete than 15 ever was.

EternalTitan154d ago

Found the pathetic troll.
How is your jobless life going?
Dot worry, you will never get a job or a girlfriend haha!

Hofstaderman155d ago

Man inherited a train wreck and was expected to release this game in under two years after it spent a better part of a decade in development hell. At one point there was even plans to make FFXIII Versus a musical. He did what he could.

TheColbertinator154d ago

I didn't care much for XV and I always wanted the original vision of Versus XIII but I think the dev team did what they could to salvage the project

Inverno154d ago

And yet people still blame him for the game turning out the way it did, rather than SE for the horrible mismanagement of 13 and Namura for being overly ambitious.

Dwarrior154d ago

Whatever the behind-the-scenes went on over the many years, at the end of the day it was a radical change in direction that I could not go along with. Also why I never bought 16.

gold_drake154d ago

this is also why Sakaguchi (spelling) left.