pedrocasilva Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Maybe with all of the 3rd party stuff not selling that well in Japan they have decided to shift it to say the DS? I mean its not as if we had any solid gameplay footage from when they changed it, it was just a clip here and there with some FMVs. Or was it all FMV? I cant remember now.Third party stuff sells, as long as you know what you're doing and appealing to the right people. This said... Square-Enix is the one company who doesn't have that problem, regardless of the console. Yet they still support PSP with above the mark investment on both FF7:Crisis Core and now Kingdom Hearts; my point being... Money should not be the issue for Square, specially when thrying to break through a console who is leading in sales. (just like they did with DS, actually) I really hope this isnt the case thoough as the Wii does need a good JRPG. Hell this next gen so far has had nothing apart from Blue Dragon that has satisfied my RPG needs. At least the DS, VC ( im not counting that as the Wii ) and GBA have gave me my fix.Too early for Wii, but seems like it has a good amount of RPG's coming, lets hope it consolidates that position. On PSone RPG's and game sales only broke through with FF7, despite the system already leading in hardware sales, it was actually considered a more casual system because every cross platform game released in Japan would sell more on Saturn despite the smaller userbase. Really similar right? We just need the right games to break through, IMO.
Jamba Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Can't believe that this seems to have disappeared. Damn shame cos I really liked the trailer. Was looking forward to such a good 3rd party offering.
Tellyn Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 This is confusing. They released the original CC game on the GameCube which didn't sell a lot of third-party games to start with, but it surely would have sold more on the Wii. I hope it hasn't been cancelled since it sounded almost complete just before the Wii launch...
DCK Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 It was confirmed to be in develoment by IGN some weeks ago, but they think it's a 2009 title (and it was supposed to be Wii launch).
Shino Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Yeah, they completely changed the style last time we saw it, so its a bit far away. Damn 1up for its rumour bitching.
gaggle64 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I certainly hope this is still on it's way, it's one of the big titles I've been looking forward to for the last year and a half.
Jamba Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Yeah, they completely changed the style last time we saw it, so its a bit far away. Damn 1up for its rumour bitching. They changed the style? Ahhh now I'm confused cos I don't remember this... have you got any comparison pics?
Shino Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 They changed the style? Ahhh now I'm confused cos I don't remember this... have you got any comparison pics? Well, it went from this to this.
James McGeachie Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 well at the time of the first video I think that's all they had, a pre-rendered teaser video with some rough ideas for the game
pedrocasilva Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 well at the time of the first video I think that's all they had, a pre-rendered teaser video with some rough ideas for the gameThey had "on-spec in-game ready" material though: Lots of polygons and even crap ground textures in there; strange, considering with rendering software you could just enable NURBS (of course, even if this wasn't, probably the part with the airships would be pre-rendered). But it wouldn't be that normal to do a pre-rendered video like this (not with assets like that); specially considering it's Square-Enix we're talking about; if... this was all FMV it would be stuck in Chrono Cross era. (last Square game I've seen with Polygons showing up in the FMV's)
DCK Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Yeah, the work they had made Nintendo say it had a Q4 2006 release (near Wii launch), so obviously it was something substantial. I'd say this huge delay will make a better game though.
Jamba Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Ah ok... completely forgot about the first video. It was so long ago! Y'see, considering the amount of actual game material in the latest movie, I would have thought that completion wouldn't have been a difficult task. What could have gone so wrong?
ShadowV7 Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 The tailer showing the new look was fantastic though and it really got me hyped. Just want some sort of news though.
Guest Maase Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 No news yet? :'( Maybe on the next E3 we will see something? :S
flameboy Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 could see something at GDC...although I highly doubt it... Actually a quick look at the GDC site shows they aren't even attending..so thats a nah then.
ghost_zero Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Is there any news regarding a release date for this game?
ShadowV7 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Release date? Hell no The game has vanished, no details or anything. All we've had is 2 trailers, 1 at E3 before Wii's launch, then another a while back showing all the changes. I really want this, trailer looked epic.
david.dakota Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 It would seem daft that after both Nintendo and Square investing in GDS solely to get the FF name back on Nintendo platforms, they'd not bother releasing further games.
Zelda_Rulez Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 I don't think it has been cancelled but it has been a looooong time since we last heard something about this.
ShadowV7 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 There was an interview somepoint in this year and S-E were talking about a game and this got mentioned slightly. Would be a waste if they just cancelled it.
pedrocasilva Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 ^ Is this it? For the last CC game, you emphasized connectivity between the GBA and the GC. Now you have the Wii and the DS. Will there be any sort of connectivity between the two systems? Kamiyama: There are no plans for direct connection between the Wii Crystal Bearers and the DS Ring of Fates at this time. Since Crystal Bearers is still under development, we can’t share too much about it yet. They’re entirely separate games, nothing is shared between them, although they share a similar worldview. We think that people who play Ring of Fates will find certain things to smile at when they play through Crystal Bearers, however. Source: http://games.kikizo.com/news/200803/046_p1.asp (published in March 17, 2008)
Tellyn Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Square-Enix are idiots. Almost two years on from the Wii launch (when Square originally announced it for launch in America) and they clearly didn't have any intentions of releasing this or Dragon Quest (only just come out) at launch. Don't announce a date if you can't even make it two years later.
ShadowV7 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Yea that was it Pedro. Just wish we had some news about it. In fairness though FF:CC has had a revamp, though you are right about DQS though. Took sometime for a release.
ghost_zero Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Do you think there will be any news regarding this game on the E3 after all Square Enix USA should be there (according to the list I saw about 3 days ago)...
M-PG71C Posted May 23, 2008 Posted May 23, 2008 It'll probably show up at E3 in some form, but this IS SE afterall. They are the kind of company that can tell gamers to go screw off since they are not done with development and no matter when they release it, it'll sell well. Especially if it is a FF, DQ, or KH title. They'll do what they want when they want and when a company can do that, it means they have considerable power in any one industry. But with that said, they won't cancel this. This is a FF title, the name alone ensures it'll sell a 1+ million regardless if it sucks or not.
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