Posted May 08, 2006 at 03:15PM by Rushan S. Listed in: News, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
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The Square Enix Pre-E3 Press Conference just ended and a flurry of information has come in. There have been titles shown for the DS, GBA, PSP, PS2, Wii, and PS3. That's right. Wii and PS3.

The conference started out by showing the titles we'd heard of already. Trailers for Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Rocket Slime, Dawn of Mana, and the mobile games. After a small speech by Square-Enix President Yoichi Wada, the other games started coming out.

The first up was Final Fantasy XII, already released in Japan. The release date for the game was announced, October in North America, before a flurry of mobile game announcements. Dirge of Cerebus: Lost Episodes is coming out for mobile systems. Obviously Square Enix is going right into the mobile market.

Now the PS2 stuff. A very long trailer for Final Fantasy XII was shown. Fully English. The new voice actors are wonderful - you aren't going to be seeing a Resident Evil type cheesefest here. No laughing scene either. Even more trailers were shown after that for games like Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth. All the trailers should be hitting the world wide web in a matter of minutes.

A trailer of the fully 3D mobile game Dirge of Cerebus: Lost Episodes is shown before a trailer for Final Fantasy III. As they say, "the only Final Fantasy never to reach Western shores." After that? Final Fantasy V and VI trailers for the GBA.

The World of Mana series was the next to be shown off with a trailer for both Children of Mana and Dawn of Mana. Children of Mana has already been released in Japan, but Dawn of Mana which takes 10 years before it has not.

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime is announced before Shinji Hashimoto talks about the success of the FFVII line of games. He then announces that Dirge of Cerebus would be out in North America on August 22nd before showing trailers of FFVII stuff we've seen already.

Now, for our PSP fanbase, the first FFVII Crisis Core footage is shown. Loads of Sephiroth and Zack footage. No gameplay is shown, only cutscenes in real time. It'll be up to download ASAP.

The last three game announcements are the biggest announcements of the show. First up is huge. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors is coming out for the Wii. Not only that, it'll be a launch title! No actual footage is shown. You will be able to use your controller as a sword. This is the first Dragon Quest title on a Nintendo home console in over a decade. This alone assures that the Wii will succeed in Japan.

Next up is Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. One for Wii, another for DS. The game looks absolutely amazing. Might have been CG, but if it's real time it's absolutely breathtaking. Definitely up to Square Enix standards. It's being codenamed Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. The DS version is named Ring of Fates at the moment. The video showed four players simultaneously. Both games are WiFi compatible.

They've saved another biggie for last. Rounding out the next-gen trio is Final Fantasy XIII. Not just Final Fantasy XIII. Three titles sharing that name. Final Fantasy XIII for PS3. Final Fantasy Versus XIII for PS3. Final Fantasy Agito XIII for Mobile.

A heroine is shown in the trailer for FFXIII with a sword and gun going through a futuristic world. The director will be Motomu Toriyama. FFXIII Versus, an action-focused game, will be directed by the people who made Kingdom Hearts and FFVII: Advent Children. FFXIII Agito will feature adhoc multiplayer.


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   by 1st (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » g

1st post

   by 2nd (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » yea!!!!!!

^ lucky S.O.B yea Crisis core is still in production!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   by cory1492 - 2006-05-08
 » Go SQUARE!

You gotta milk that FF logo to death! (even though I still have yet to see a FF 3d version that lives up to my expectations from the old top down view styles)

   by 1st (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » u tried

Look in the 2nd latist news comments im 2nd

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » FFXIII will suck

call me sexest if you want but having a girl as the main character is lame they made the mistake of making FFX-2 like that and looks like XIII will also suck.

   by Rushan S. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-05-08
 » Re: FFXIII will suck

FFVI featured a female protagonist and is hailed as the greatest FF title ever by many fans. This can still work.

   by mumblyjoe (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » Crisis Core

Does anybody know where the footage can be downloaded?

   by majorcrabs (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » sorry man

hey over all its ff7 for the best by majory of ff fans

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   by POST SOME VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

PLEASE POST SOME VIDEO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!


   by GHenrik (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » WOWOWOWOW

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FF!!!

SQUARE ENIX go for it

   by Penis (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » Final Fantasy SUX

GEt a life you fools , Final Fantasy and anime ***** sux serious testicle !

   by Strangler (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » re

is there a way to make a mobile emulator or play those mobile game son the psp somehow?

   by hdf (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » sweet

where the hell are the pics

   by LeGioN (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » To #8

FF VII hailed as best ever?? That is only because majority of you have only played Final Fantasy VII and above while playing nothing before it... perfect example of this would be poster #5.

FF VI is leaps and bounds ahead of FF VII... FF VII's story/character designs, etc.. were almost exact copies of FF VI... if most of you fanboys would take the time to play these older games you might learn something.

Female characters DO work... Terra was just amazing... Celes as well.

Even though it will never happen.. I wish people would do some research before posting such ridiculous nonsense.

Oh well :(

   by TheProfessor (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » First of the PS3 announcements that will Steal E3

This one game "Final Fantasy XIII" will sell millions os PS3s. BTW I predicted this title would be announced on various previous post.

Good for the wii they will get a push on sales with that gragon quest announcement. I personally prefer FF due to them having more mature story lines and characters but I'm sure the Japanese will buy anything that has Dragon Quest on it. Maybe MS should have bought the rights to it.



   by Eric (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » yay Nintendo Wii!

I can't wait for FF: CC and Dragon Quest! I never got a chance to play Dragon Quest for the N64, but I heard that it was a great game! :)

Oh, and what's up with the 2nd to last paragraph? He keeps repeating himself and says that FFXIII is for PS3, then he says that it's not for the PS3...

???

:)

   by do know me? (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » to poster 13

i played every FF game and just because i dont like a game means i couldnt have played it? Anyway female lead characters BLOW plain and simple it is unrealistic, they should make a game about cleaning a house or baking then the lead can be a female. So go in the corner and play with your barbie and keep quiet

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   by dado (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » ff is going down the drain

reinstate square soft enix suck they are ruining finfal fantasy and i dont like it beena life long fan i have only recently been able to legally play em though......

   by dado (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » lol

mind you i cant wait for ff:7 on the ps3

   by TheProfessor (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » Explanations! read

FF XIII - original game for PS3
FF Versus XIII - Sequel for PS3.
FF Agito XIII - Another Sequel for Mobile.

BTW FF fans rate FF in the following order
FF7
FF3
FF10

I am sure FF12 and 13 might knock of of those guys out of its place (at least FF10).



   by LeGioN (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » To Poster #17

Hmm.. my Barbies? I'm a guy and also, keep your sexist comments to yourself. Females are only meant to cook and clean? What are you? 13? 14? Grow up, because you obviously have much to learn.. also I am tired of arguing to you about something so stupid.

Either way.. once again... grow up.

Later a$$ bag.

   by TheProfessor (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » FF3 = FF6 sorry

However as another poster mentioned one of the reasons why FF7 beats out FF6 is because many more have played 7.

Square has been an amazing company that produces quality games. When it comes to their FF titles they put everything possible in it. So no it is not going down the drain. FF# are never sequels.

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » nice

calling me to grow upo then call me an a$$ bag. anyway i should put some facts up since you are into so much research

Final Fantasy VI 2.55(Japan)
0.64(America)
0.23(others)
3.42(Total)

FFVII - Final Fantasy VII 3.93(Japan)
3.09(America)
2.70(others)
9.72(Total)

http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/worldtotals.php

now i am no mathematician but looks like 7 did better everywhere. You are right people should do research before making an as of themselves. BTW are you saying guys cant play with barbies? that seems sexest to me.

   by wow.. (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » wow kid

7 was further promoted~3d~ and snes was beging to die then for the playstation and n64-

kids dont know anything these days.

i also rank ff7 4th in my list.
its
ff9
ff6
ff10
ff7

   by LeGioN (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » LOL

You fail to grasp the fact that majority of the people who even played Final Fantasy started with Final Fantasy VII... which would be the reason for it outselling the SNES classic FF VI, you would also know that creating mass amounts of CD's is much easier and faster than producing cartridges, which would be the main reason for the higher sales.

Rating a games quality on sales is a horrible way to go... because this would mean that any game that sells more than FF VI is better??? Odd... cause last I checked Dragon Quest VII sold many copies in the US and Japan.. but the game wasn't even that great.

My facts don't come from 13 year old gamers or some stupid statistic such as what you just pulled up. It comes from me and many other gamers who were actually around for the times of Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Seiken Densetsu III and Tales of Phantasia (SNES version).

Read a little more about FF VI and FF VII... you would be suprised to see how many ideas from FF VI were incorporated into FF VII... from Kefka/Sephiroth being created by evil corporations/Empires and eventually becoming "unstable" and wanting to destroy everything so they could become some sort of a "God" if you will.

Midgar is very similar to Vector... too many reasons... but yes, they are there.

Like I said... Sephiroth is a rip off of Kefka.

Terra knows nothing about herself and searches to find out. )Being an Epser)
Cloud knows nothing about himself and searches to find out. (Believes himself to be a "Soldier" or Zack)

The list goes on and on... look it up...

Final Fantasy VII will always be a fan favorite, but in the end... it is nothing more than a cheap rip off of a game that was and always will be superior to it... Final Fantasy VI.

   by mac (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » WOW!!!

post 25 damn!!! u just owned two people at the same time ( hailing) and you had some *****in good facts that i didn't even know...way to go!!!

   by that one guy (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » ps3 or psp?

one is for psp i believe. i missed the meeting :(

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   by unregistered (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » damn, FF 12 hasnt even come out for the US

& FF 13 is already annouced.....damn Japan! >_

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » ??

how do know how old i am? and i cant believe you are catching feelings over this 6 blows. Eat it, now go cry into your pillow like a good little girl. I thought you were done arguing and left four posts and hour ago? lonely a bit?

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-05-08
 » ??

how do know how old i am? and i cant believe you are catching feelings over this 6 blows. Eat it, now go cry into your pillow like a good little girl. I thought you were done arguing and left four posts and hour ago? lonely a bit? It also looks like you have a fan so now you are not only my hero your his too. Good job.



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