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Speaking in the latest issue of UK mag Play, Square Enix corporate executive Shinji Hashimoto has said that the company is working hard on delivering FFXIII in a “fresh” state to international audiences and that he’s excited that localisation for the title won’t be as pronounced as normal for a Final Fantasy game.
“Obviously, we announced the title for both the PS3 and 360, so in that sense we’re very excited to be able to appeal to a new user base ans to fans that are users of both PS3 and 360,” he said.
“Another thing I’m excited about it that it’s traditionally taken about a year for localisation to take place, so the Japanese version can reach audiences around the world. But with this titles we’re focused on decreasing that time gap. That means, right now, we’re not only involved in creating and developing, but also working hard to deliver the title in a fresh state to everyone in the world.”
Cutting down on localisation times has become a priority for Square Enix, with president Yoichi Wada saying the firm was making big strides in the area in the March just gone.
Final Fantasy XIII hits Japan in 2009, with a playable demo being included in the Blu-ray release of movie Advent Children: Complete in March.
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Blerk said:
It’s about time they did something about their localisation times, especially for Europe. The US delays were bad enough, but the PAL releases were up to two years after the original Japanese versions! Preposterous.
patlike said:
I still don’t reckon they’ll get it out in Europe until the end of 2010. I hope I’m wrong.
Aretak said:
I think you’re right. I really don’t see any way that this’ll make it out here before 2010. It’ll probably make late 2009 in the US though, which would be good news for PS3 owners (unless Squeenix decide to be the ones to start region coding on the PS3).
scratchy69 said:
Hopefully i’ll have finished XII by then. I’m only 130 hours in to it.
Blerk said:
What are you doing, man? I was done in about 70 hours.