Well there's a kick in the teeth. Those of us waiting for ever-more elusive JRPGs that aren't massively disappointing might have to wait a little longer, as Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has stated that the US and Europe won't be getting Final Fantasy XIII until 2010.
Although the PS3 version is slated for a 2009 release in Japan, Wada is claimed by Reuters as saying that we filthy round eyes won't be getting a sniff of the game. I imagine he'd have put it less racist though.
This game was announced in 2006 and there are only a handful of pictures and trailers to show for it. I was finally getting excited for it, but I'm not sure how long I can keep caring, especially as the JRPG genre has done nothing but irritate and sadden me for the past year.
If I have to deal with one more Infinite Undiscovery between now and FFXIII's release, I'll take a massive sh*t in Wada's hat. This is not a threat.
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8:00 AM on 01.16.2009
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"Final Fantasy XIII"
...whut?
Have you played FFXIII? Didn't think so.
That's at least 9 months to find bad voice actors and translate a game....I bet fans could sub it a lot faster than that for free.
But it probably is.
That being said, if I felt like playing an RPG feautring anreluctant, angsty, eunuch saving the world from twist endings, I'll go play ANY Squeeeeenix game ever.
Seriously, am I the only one who's sick of JRPG main characters?
I've played all 12 because I generally like them. Why would you play all 12 if you didn't?
Same thing happened for FF12. A few fleeting teasers followed by a small demo at least 6 months before the game's release. I'll probably still buy it, but I wouldn't be surprised if more and more fans are giving up the habit because of the company's douchebaggery.
I'm really excited for both the regular and versus, but there are so many things coming out soon to worry about FFXIII now.
I'm not falling for this one.
Look at Square's track record, release in Japan. 4-6 months later, out it comes in the US. There's no way they would have finished localization to release in 09. Square just takes to long, always has and unless they do things smarter, always will. I'm just disappointed there's no US demo. That bummed me out.
And this is to say nothing of FF Versus XIII.
Well, Versus is another team and is (at this point) exclusive to the PS3. So, that might get that one out faster. That's assuming they aren't lying about that as well.
Personally, I think it's just a business move on SE's part.
Damn you Square!
But by 2010 you can have plenty of footage out by then, Square! Let's hop to it!
Of course that could have been because the 360 is a steaming pile of shit. Which means we aren't going to get to play Star Ocean 4 either, just tired of that fucking console.
We may have completely forgotten about FFXIII by the time it finally shows its ugly face.