Final Fantasy Type-0

More news coming from the Square Enix conference is the renaming of Final Fantasy Agito XIII to Final Fantasy Type-0. This is a move away from the XIII moniker, if not the Fabula Nova Crystallis series, to allow Square Enix to allow this to be able to branch out into a new series. Type-0 will feature over thirty voice actors and will be released on two UMDs in Summer 2011 in Japan.





Final Fantasy Versus XIII

One of the major attractions of the conference was a trailer of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which doesn't appear to have received a name change. This trailer shows a fair amount of actual gameplay, and will be released in high definition on the game's official website on January 27.

In the meantime, the conference reveals that the main character's name is Prince Noctis, while the apparent female lead is Stella. Noctis' father, the current king, states that he will not give his crown to anybody, intending to be the final king. It's not known how Noctis feels about that statement, though, as the trailer moves on to the gameplay footage. At the end of the trailer is a statement that the game is for the PlayStation 3, hinting at exclusivity. There is still no release date.





Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance

There was also news on the upcoming 3DS release Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Along with giving this game an official title, Square Enix also confirmed that Sora and Riku will star as the main characters and players will be swapping between the two. The development staff is focusing on speedy, action gameplay and 3D elements such as large drops from high places and flying long distances.

FNJ wrote:

I like how I'm the Capcom guy and you're the Square-Enix guy on this forum.

Just how things work out I guess. As for the trailer to Agito, I'm really getting tired of making the main male characters in FF games looking like so much estrogen bait (I mean I may be into guys, but even these bore me). I mean the first few minutes doesn't look so much like a Final Fantasy game as it does some new movie of a J-drama. I'm hoping it's a better FF action RPG than Crystal Chronicles was (bleedin piece of crap).

Type-0 actually looks somewhat interesting and it seems to be giving off a vibe of a revolution (or maybe online play with how many characters were in robes at the end).

Kingdom Hearts. I'm a big fan of the series (and will apparently need to play or read up on Birth by Sleep prior to playing it), but all these spin-offs need to lose the weird ass subtitles. Really? "Dream Drop Distance?!" I hope this isn't a trend with all 3DS sojourns among licensed properties because the system says "Three Ds" (like so many other games like Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword or Advance Wars: Dual Strike).