Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | 19:55 BST

Nomura: Versus XIII will be at E3 “if we’re quick enough”

Speaking in this week’s Famitsu, Final Fantasy Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura has said that the earliest we’re going to see his game is at E3 next June.

“We’ll gradually unveil it starting next year, at E3 if we’re quick enough,” said Nomura.

He also talked about the development video shown at the Tokyo Game Show on the game.

“That wasn’t development stuff, but a technical demo reel of sorts. We hurriedly put together a video because we wanted people be assured that Versus is also still under development.”

He also confirmed that the gameplay for the game will be similar of that to Kingdom Hearts.

“It will fall close to that category, but we’re aiming for a fusion of new features with the classic FF style. We see level design as the most important part of development here, but it’ll be a while before we can show any of that.”

It’ll release when… well, just before the end of the world. After Final Fantasy XIII anyways, exclusive to PlayStation 3.

Thanks, 1UP.

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14 comments

Enkeixpress
22/10/09, 7:58 pm

Why does that skirt look so sexy..? Hmm. xD

Syrok
22/10/09, 8:03 pm

Maybe you have a skirt fetish.

Hunam
22/10/09, 8:07 pm

This is probably my most wanted Japanese game right now.

Phoenixblight
22/10/09, 8:26 pm

Whats that pic from?

Agreed Hunam. Hopefully they do show something next E3 and not a tech demo but actually gameplay and won’t be in the next 10 years.

Gekidami
22/10/09, 8:28 pm

I’ll go out on a limb and say the pic is from FFVs.XIII :p

Johnny Cullen
22/10/09, 8:29 pm

PB – It came from a very old Famitsu scan, if you know where to look.

Gekidami
22/10/09, 8:31 pm

If you know where to look? But you just said where to look: Famitsu. Has the world gone mad today?! :p

Phoenixblight
22/10/09, 8:46 pm

Oh never saw that scan. Mmm Me like girls in skirts not sure why =-P

Gekidami
22/10/09, 8:48 pm

Because they remind you of men in kilts perhaps?

#10

Phoenixblight
22/10/09, 9:29 pm

mmm Kilts

Wait no I like the womens not hairy men in plaid skirts =-P

#11

Monk
22/10/09, 11:56 pm

so, they well not anything [ I mean Trailers ]
before E3??
that the Question.

#12

tatsujin
23/10/09, 1:32 am

FUCK YEA!

#13

psxman
23/10/09, 1:56 am

Dark and brooding settings? With guns? Women? Business suits and hot business cars?

…With Kingdom Hearts style gameplay?!

I’m… gunna cry

Couldn’t give a toss about FFXIII. Versus is where my money’s going.

#14

Blerk
23/10/09, 8:09 am

I have to agree – Versus definitely looks the more interesting of the two projects. But then again, we know practically nothing about it. Couldn’t we have a bit of a reveal sort of…. nowish?