News: Square Enix Localising LostWinds in Japan Page 1

jesusraz 15.11.2008#1

I'd been told by David Braben that it was indeed going to Japan, but I never envisaged Square Enix would be taking control! Smilie That's fantastic news and just goes to show how S-E is trying to bridge the gap between Japanese and Western developers. It's also just signed a deal with Gas Powered Games as well...

It'll be interesting to see how well LostWinds does in Japan, that's for sure!

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JoshSL 15.11.2008#2

Ah Square-Enix, is there anything awesome you can't do? :3

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Azuardo 15.11.2008#3

Great news to hear.

Modplan Man 15.11.2008#4

SuperLink said:
Ah Square-Enix, is there anything awesome you can't do? :3

Stop producing so many Final Fantasy titles every several hours might be nice.

JoshSL 15.11.2008#5

Modplan Man said:
Stop producing so many Final Fantasy titles every several hours might be nice.

Why on earth would I want them to do that? D:

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Stulaw 15.11.2008#6

SuperLink said:
Modplan Man said:
Stop producing so many Final Fantasy titles every several hours might be nice.

Why on earth would I want them to do that? D:

Why on earth would anyone want them to do that.

All they really need to do is release FF I and II on VC and Support the Wii more in general.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Wii-make of FF VI it would be epic.

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Jump_button 15.11.2008#7

well it not alot of text im happy for them it a good game and Square Enix may help

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JoshSL 15.11.2008#8

Stulaw said:
All they really need to do is release FF I and II on VC and Support the Wii more in general.

Don't think we'll see VC re-releases, #1 because of the awkard localisation of FFsI-VI, and #2 because S-E want to focus on pushing remakes. Otherwise yes, not supporting the Wii like they should is their only downside. ;P

I wouldn't mind seeing a Wii-make of FF VI it would be epic.

Please please please. The DS can't do that game justice IMO (And it's too long to be on a PSP ;P)

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D_prOdigy 15.11.2008#9

SuperLink said:
Ah Square-Enix, is there anything awesome you can't do? :3

Everything, lately. But that's for a different discussion.

JoshSL 15.11.2008#10

D_prOdigy said:
Everything, lately. But that's for a different discussion.

I beg to differ. They've sped up localisation considerably and to good quality, they've broadened their game genres quite substantially.

I don't get what you're trying to say?

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D_prOdigy 15.11.2008#11

It's best not to go too much into it in this article, but basically they're guilty of ignoring sales on DS/Wii, treating them with half-baked spinoffs and outsourced efforts whenever they're not porting 99% of their back catalogue. Meanwhile, they continue to moneyhat the 360 with constant AAA RPG after AAA RPG (admitedly, none of them all that good up to now, but its the principle.)

Then there's the case if the imbecile Tetsuya Nomura, who would rather lick clean the PS3 despite the rut its in, rather than see creativity go towards Wii; where the money actually is. (Lots of people will argue that point, but when we see that Dragon Quest Swords - a budget, outsourced game - outsold Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, you get the picture).

So yeah, I'd personally put Square Enix in the Ubisoft/Capcom area. Aren't ports, spinoffs and remakes wonderful?

JoshSL 15.11.2008#12

D_prOdigy said:
It\'s best not to go too much into it in this article, but basically they\'re guilty of ignoring sales on DS/Wii, treating them with half-baked spinoffs and outsourced efforts whenever they\'re not porting 99% of their back catalogue.

DS is clearly S-E\'s favourite console of the generation so far. They may be spinoffs and remakes, but they\'re still excellent. S-E had already announced the 13th mainseries FF game before they started loving the DS, BUT DQIX is a DS exclusive! FFXIV may even end up a DS exclusive at this rate.

Meanwhile, they continue to moneyhat the 360 with constant AAA RPG after AAA RPG (admitedly, none of them all that good up to now, but its the principle.)

S-E are Japanese, so they had no real favour for the 360 until they saw that many of their western fans had a 360 and not a PS3. How can you honestly say S-E\'s treatment of the 360 is annoying to anyone?

Then there\'s the case if the imbecile Tetsuya Nomura, who would rather lick clean the PS3 despite the rut its in, rather than see creativity go towards Wii; where the money actually is. (Lots of people will argue that point, but when we see that Dragon Quest Swords - a budget, outsourced game - outsold Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, you get the picture).

Don\'t blame S-E as a whole for Nomura\'s fanboyness. S-E INSISTED that there be a Kingdom Hearts title on DS despite this, and maybe Nomura will change eventually. Nomura is just a fanboy, he doesn\'t care about the money, but Nomura isn\'t the head of S-E, otherwise I\'m sure he\'d have something to say about all these S-E games on DS.

So yeah, I\'d personally put Square Enix in the Ubisoft/Capcom area. Aren\'t ports, spinoffs and remakes wonderful?

Don\'t throw Capcom and S-E into the same pile as Ubishite, especially not S-E. S-E only have a few big mainseries\', all of which have games in the making.

FFXIII - 360/PS3
DQIX - DS

And where are most of the perfectly good spin offs going? To the DS mostly, is anyone complaining about the amazing FF remakes in 3D for DS? No, bring them on I say. Not to mention Crystal Chronicles, which is perfectly good, and is already the biggest FF spin off series, is a Nintendo exclusive FF series, and also the ONLY console exclusive FF series yet, since KH and Tactics have also been pretty multiconsole.

S-E are awesome and they love the DS (too much?). I am disappointed with their treatment of the Wii, but they\'re not treating it much worse than the PS3.

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I\'ll just say that as a proud owner of both a DS and a 360, I\'m FAR more pleased with how Square is treating the DS.

( Edited 15.11.2008 22:00 by SuperLink )

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[quote][b]D_prOdigy said:[/b]<br/>It's best not to go too much into it in this article, but basically they're guilty of ignoring sales on DS/Wii, treating them with half-baked spinoffs and outsourced efforts whenever they're not porting 99% of their back catalogue.[/quote]
DS is clearly S-E's favourite console of the generation so far. They may be spinoffs and remakes, but they're still excellent. S-E had already announced the 13th mainseries FF game before they started loving the DS, BUT DQIX is a DS exclusive! FFXIV may even end up a DS exclusive at this rate.

[quote]Meanwhile, they continue to moneyhat the 360 with constant AAA RPG after AAA RPG (admitedly, none of them all that good up to now, but its the principle.)[/quote]
S-E are Japanese, so they had no real favour for the 360 until they saw that many of their western fans had a 360 and not a PS3. How can you honestly say S-E's treatment of the 360 is annoying to anyone?

[quote]Then there's the case if the imbecile Tetsuya Nomura, who would rather lick clean the PS3 despite the rut its in, rather than see creativity go towards Wii; where the money actually is. (Lots of people will argue that point, but when we see that Dragon Quest Swords - a budget, outsourced game - outsold Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, you get the picture).[/quote]
Don't blame S-E as a whole for Nomura's fanboyness. S-E INSISTED that there be a Kingdom Hearts title on DS despite this, and maybe Nomura will change eventually. Nomura is just a fanboy, he doesn't care about the money, but Nomura isn't the head of S-E, otherwise I'm sure he'd have something to say about all these S-E games on DS.

[quote]So yeah, I'd personally put Square Enix in the Ubisoft/Capcom area. Aren't ports, spinoffs and remakes wonderful?[/quote]
Don't throw Capcom and S-E into the same pile as Ubishite, especially not S-E. S-E only have a few big mainseries', all of which have games in the making.

FFXIII - 360/PS3
DQIX - DS

And where are most of the perfectly good spin offs going? To the DS mostly, is anyone complaining about the amazing FF remakes in 3D for DS? No, bring them on I say. Not to mention Crystal Chronicles, which is perfectly good, and is already the biggest FF spin off series, is a Nintendo exclusive FF series, and also the ONLY console exclusive FF series yet, since KH and Tactics have also been pretty multiconsole.

S-E are awesome and they love the DS (too much?). I am disappointed with their treatment of the Wii, but they're not treating it much worse than the PS3.

[b]EDIT:[/b]

I'll just say that as a proud owner of both a DS and a 360, I'm FAR more pleased with how Square is treating the DS.<p/>

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Laurelin 17.11.2008#13

Modplan has a point. S-E is a bit disappinting considering Wii (Wii is disappointing when watching the lineup of most companies, but that\'s another story...).

We get some half baken Final Fantasy with Drystal Chronicles. Fortunately they have the breath to built FFCC up and change the not so good aspects of the game for future installments of the series. CC was a great graphics vehicle, delivered mostly great races and had the touch of a cute but a bit more adult touch to it\'s Nintendo-cuteness as Nintendo does (aside from the latest Zelda on Wii). But they always flood DS with great games. I would like to see Wii been flooded with great DS.
We have the fortune, though, that S-E uses Nintendo-platforms to try new games. Honestly, if S-E manages to pull over from DS to Wii and gives us similar games, then we are fortunate.

/edit: Fortunatley they pull off only half-eaten RPGs on 360, as does Mistwalker. I don\'t want 360 to be a RPG-platform. I want Wii to be one. Or PS3. I don\'t want to buy a 360. And the mediocre RPGs there aren\'t worth it.

( Edited 17.11.2008 08:41 by Laurelin )

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