Tag Archives: Yoshinori Kitase

Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 09:20 BST

FFXIII-2: Multiple endings confirmed, inspired by RDR, HD towns “too boring”

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 duo Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have dropped a ton of new info on the game in a new interview, confirming that multiple endings will feature for the first time in the Final Fantasy series.

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Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 07:37 BST

No FFXV for Vita or 3DS, says Kitase

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that Final Fantasy XV won’t primarily be a handheld title.

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Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 07:25 GMT

Final Fantasy Type-0 to feature XP system, is 60 percent done

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Final Fantasy Type-0 has had its battle system detailed just a little bit in an interview with Famitsu, where it’s confirmed that the game will feature an XP system.

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Fri, Jan 28, 2011 | 09:54 GMT

Square: Keep your FFXIII saves for FFXIII-2

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Final Fantasy XIII owners may want to keep hold of their save game file for FFXIII-2, according to producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama.

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Wed, Jan 26, 2011 | 08:22 GMT

Square: FF Type-0 renamed due to “growth”

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PSP RPG Final Fantasy Agito XIII was renamed Final Fantasy Type-0 recently because of the game’s “growth” since being announced four years ago, Square has told Dengeki.

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Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 11:28 GMT

FFXIII-2 will feature darker story, returning characters from FFXIII

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Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama have said in Dengeki Magazine this week that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will feature a much darker story than that seen in FFXIII.

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Mon, Oct 04, 2010 | 10:39 BST

FFXIII’s Toriyama: “I’d like to make a story where Lightning ends up happy”

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FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama has again said he’d like to do a sequel, having said in March that FFXIII-2 could happen if sales of the original allowed.

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Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 10:10 BST

FFXIII DLC plans were scrapped, says Toriyama

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Yes, there was supposed to be DLC. No, it’s not happening any more.

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Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 09:08 BST

Kitase: Final Fantasy development time “hopefully” shorter “next time”

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FF XIII producer, Yoshinori Kitase, has said development time for Final Fantasy “next time around” will “hopefully” be shorter.

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Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 12:59 BST

Square on Versus XIII: “We can’t commit ourselves to 2011″

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Oh dear. Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has refused to commit to even a 2011 Japanese release for Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

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Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 09:35 BST

Kitase confirms winter 2010 Japanese release for 3rd Birthday, 2011 for Europe

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3rd Birthday producer Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed to VG247 the PSP game, the third in the Parasite Eve series, will release in Japan this coming winter, with a 2011 launch to follow for Europe.

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Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 13:39 BST

Parasite Eve 1, 2 PSN releases being looked at, says Kitase and Nomura

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Nostalgia, it’s your lucky day. 3rd Birthday producer Yoshinori Kitase’s told VG247 a PSN release of Parasite Eve 1 and 2 is being looked at.

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Mon, Aug 23, 2010 | 20:15 BST

FFXIII 360 for Japan? No comment, says Kitase

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Everywhere else may have gotten Final Fantasy XIII for 360, but what about Japan, which had the game as a PS3 exclusive?

And what about that Achievements list from the Xbox JP website? What do you say about those, Yoshinori Kitase?

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Mon, May 31, 2010 | 11:33 BST

Kitase: FFVII remake would be “ten times as long” to make compared to original

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If anyone’s still holding their breath on that Final Fantasy VII remake – in which case, you’ve got lungs of steel – it’s best you start breathing a little.

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Sat, Mar 13, 2010 | 13:26 GMT

Kitase, Toriyama would like to do FFXIII-2

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Final Fantasy XIII super-team Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have told WriteAboutGames that if the opportunity showed up, they would like to do a sequel for it, as in FFXIII-2.

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Thu, Mar 11, 2010 | 15:44 GMT

Kitase hints at more games in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series

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Yoshinori Kitase has hinted there could be more on the way from Square Enix as far as the Fabula Nova Crystallis saga goes.

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Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | 12:54 GMT

Square hosting European FFXIII launch party in London tonight

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Just in case you needed it, Square Enix has just sent out a reminder that the European launch event for Final Fantasy XIII takes place tonight at the Oxford Street HMV in London.

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Sat, Feb 20, 2010 | 23:20 GMT

Kitase: Final Fantasy VII to be remade only if takes a year to do so

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Yoshinori Kitase has said that Final Fantasy VII could be remade if it were feasible to do so within a year’s time.

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Thu, Feb 18, 2010 | 12:25 GMT

Square announces London launch event for FFXIII

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Square Enix has announced a special launch event for Final Fantasy XIII when it launches in a couple of weeks.

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Thu, Feb 18, 2010 | 17:38 GMT

The Last Story is a “very-Sakaguchi-san like title”, says Kitase

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The Last Story looks like a Final Fantasy rip-off, right? Not so, according to FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase.

More of a Hironobu Sakaguchi game, innit.

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