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Confirmed: Nomura No Longer Involved with Final Fantasy XIII

GOONL!NE: Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed to Dengeki PlayStation in an interview that he is no longer involved with Final Fantasy XIII.

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TheHater5473d ago

Well this game might suck because of that. Everything this man touch is gold in the gaming world

D R Fz5473d ago

We'll see what happens. Square just has so many problems nowadays.

Sharingan_no_Kakashi5473d ago (Edited 5473d ago )

Then that guy was telling the truth!!! Holy Crap...if he was right about that then he could've been right about Nomura leaving Square Enix soon. That's bad....that's really bad.

Edit: Oh wait nevermind. I misread the title. More tired than i thought.

RememberThe3575473d ago

The development team is probably done with the major design aspects that he was working on. Now he can focus on FFv13, and help them finish that up.

Seems like good prioritizing on his part.

rayjelic5473d ago (Edited 5473d ago )

Actually they called him and his team in to help with this project so now that his part is done, he can go back where he's really needed. Shoot if you ask me they should just scrap the XIII project and continue development on Verses/

SaiyanFury5473d ago

First Sakaguchi and now the possibility of Nomura leaving. I wonder what his reasons are for leaving the FFXIII project. If it has to do at all with S-E's business practises, they'd better look long and hard at how they operate if they hope to keep their best talent.

Greek995473d ago

Omg... my heart stopped beating for a second. I thought he wasn't working FFV13 no more. What a relief....

The Great Melon5473d ago (Edited 5473d ago )

Likewise, I thought he wasn't working on FFVXIII anymore when I read that title. Nearly had an aneurysm there.

JoySticksFTW5472d ago

Nomura certainly wasn't happy when XIII went multi-platform

His heart seems to be all about FFvXIII now

I dunno if FFXIII is gonna be that good... but maybe he's already finished with his input with XIII, so he can focus on vXIII now

gaffyh5472d ago

Best news ever. Now he can get to work on Versus and hopefully that drops in 2010

J@D5472d ago

The characters design are done so well yeah, he's done with FFXIII. Besides its a good thing isn't? Now, he can totally concentrate on Versus for his heart content and our too :)

Tito Jackson5472d ago

He's not the only creative genius out there.

kevnb5472d ago

14 year-old playstation fanboys sure are funny.

Pika-pie5472d ago (Edited 5472d ago )

Oh dear, thats like MGS without Kojima...

Lukily his influences will be present as the game must be quite far on.. Hes done his work so to speak. Should still be a great game

pain777pas5472d ago

In other words "now whoever made this deal with M$ you port the game over I want nothing to do with it" lol. Versus is his only focus now and it looks like a winner.

cherrypie5472d ago

Sakaguchi-san == Final Fantasy. Nomura is irrelevant.

Want to play some epic JRPG? Pick up Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Any fan of JRPG will love them.

RSX5472d ago

'Oh dear, thats like MGS without Kojima'

QFT

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Skyreno5473d ago

Heck yeah im glad he no working FF13 but... i hope he working Hard on FF13Versus and Kingdom heart 3

GUNS N SWORDS5473d ago (Edited 5473d ago )

so there goes ff13 vs, it's now being done by someone else.

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nvm, yeah i read it like twice, it doesn't say what he's doing right now or next though, it's not descriptive.

Sony Rep5473d ago

He was never a central part of XIII's development

Shang-Long5473d ago

I think he did his job already and now can focus on his work

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The 7 Best Final Fantasy Characters: Unveiling the Legends

While FFVII ranks highly, there's more to the series than one game. Here's Chit Hot's picks for the seven best Final Fantasy characters.

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The older it gets, the more I respect Final Fantasy XIII

Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."

Einhander1972150d ago

FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.

I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.

I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.

Nyxus150d ago

I always liked this game, and I agree, a rerelease for current gen would be nice.

Shane Kim149d ago (Edited 149d ago )

Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.

Elda149d ago

Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.

Terry_B148d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125149d ago (Edited 149d ago )

When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.

The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."

The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.

FinalFantasyFanatic148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.

FinalFantasyFanatic148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.

Gamingsince1981148d ago

Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.

-Foxtrot148d ago

It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst

Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat

Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.

Story was pretty awful

I could go on

I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.

Elda148d ago

That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.

-Foxtrot148d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy147d ago

N4G commenters such as yourself aren't the majority. The game was well received.

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gold_drake150d ago (Edited 150d ago )

i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.

i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.

but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.

but i like 13-2 more :)

i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy

Eonjay148d ago

Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.

Snookies12150d ago

XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!

Eonjay148d ago

Totally agree. FF 13 was okay but 13-2 is my favorite FF game ever.

shinoff2183150d ago (Edited 150d ago )

I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.

Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5

KillerB149d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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Interview: Making music with Masashi Hamauzu

Square Enix Blog: "How do you compose iconic songs that help define a legacy? We speak to legendary composer Masashi Hamauzu about his work on Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII, and Final Fantasy VII Remake, and how to make unforgettable music."

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