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Square-Enix Rechristens White Engine, Plans To Bring It To Wii

Byakko — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:41:18 MST

@Tenchuu: Last Remnant is considered to be a game targeted at a Western audience. I'm just going to assume that Squenix feels the fact they use the Unreal engine in it would somehow, increase their sales of the game.

Byakko

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Krumm — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:30:26 MST

Don´t really care about FFXIII tbh... after FF7 the main FF games just went down hill, all the other games were more interesting.
FF6/FF7 and FFTactics(PS1 version) are the best they ever made.
So, not making a main stream FF on the wii, can only be a good thing :D good news all around.

Krumm

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ajay42 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:28:06 MST

@kNZA: sure, there are great sales outside japan, but whats the point for them business wise to not just release that on Wii or PS3 where it could sell to both audiences? I just don't see any reason for them to release a FFXIII game for 360 exclusively... now some kind of port or multiplatform release... sure.

ajay42

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Benjo — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:37:52 MST

Please, please, please come out with something for the Wii other than Crystal Chronicles. We have all the crappy Zelda rip-offs we need, thank you.

Benjo

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paradigmious — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:05:38 MST

Square doesn't know the meaning of loyalty. What they DO know about is opportunism and good business sense. If it makes sense to go back to Nintendo after a decade or so with Sony, then it makes sense. More money for Square is more money for Final Fantasy games (oh, and more money for Enix too... yeah... more Dragon Quest too....).

What I don't want to see on Wii are second-rate franchises like "Chocobo Does Some Other Stupid Crap" or "Crystal Chronicles". I also don't want to see (mostly half-assed) kiddie games - a lot of Wii owners are usually grownups, even though many users might be housewives or kids.

paradigmious

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jaymac — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:21:39 MST

Would've sounded better if it was Crystal Engine. Hopefully it'll boost the Wii graphics a little bit more, maybe to it's fullest potential.

jaymac

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k4polo — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:51:09 MST

this has nothing to do with FFXIII being multi-platform. The engine is going to be multi so they can create other games on those systems with that engine at least.

k4polo

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kNZA — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:06:35 MST

@ajay42:

Look at the sales of the FF games!

They are at least 50% outside of Japan.

kNZA

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kNZA — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:05:11 MST

@Part-Time-Viking:

Is "xbot" an automatic ban yet Witzbold?

kNZA

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KeithCourage — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:25:27 MST

Har ;P I thought I saw Mike at the Squenix Art conference but it turns out it was a clone when I checked the nametag :(. However I did see him get behind me in line for this one. Too bad it was zzZZZzz.

KeithCourage

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Yin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:11:50 MST

Bushido Blade on the Wii confirmed!
...
Please?

Yin

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Sigma-D — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:50:01 MST

@Gambare: Seen it already. Impressed, but won't happen. Square Enix brought back FFVII (with a potential remake)...Why not the other front-runner for RPGs for SNES?

Sigma-D

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questworld — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:36:33 MST

I hope this means another unannounced S-E game as oppose to possibly delaying Crystal Bearers even more just to switch to this engine (or something like that).

questworld

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wafflize — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:37:44 MST

I really don't care for a CT remake. Chrono Break for PS3, please.

wafflize

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Dakobah — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:41:55 MST

@J-Ham42:
u do know FF was on nintendo before 7 right?

Dakobah

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KirbyMorph — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:01:15 MST

So, the biggest announcemnet concerning FFXIII since it was first announced is that they can't get the engine working on PS3,renamed it and are now developing for PC, Wii and 360 along side the PS3. Call me in 2010 when this game finally launches.

KirbyMorph

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MantisDragon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:55:57 MST

@smitty1123: Would be nice!
@Stormrider: We should all cross our fingers as hard as possible.

Seriously, I could car less about FFXIII. Yup i said it. Having grown up playing the NES and SNES FFs my faith in the FF series seriously died when it moved to PlayStation with FFVII.

If I'm going to buy anything FF anymore it seriously needs to be set in Ivalice. While I played all of the FFs on the PlayStations, after the series shifted to the PS1&2 I never seemed to really enjoy any of them with the exception FFXII and Tactics(including FFTA). Maybe it is the love I have for all things Neo-Victorian/steampunkesque, maybe it is the fact that all of them but XII were just to damn emo! Probably, it was a bit of both!

I did like IX because of the oldschool references and somewhat for the Victorian style but could never bring myself to go through it a second time.

MantisDragon

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KM91 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:13:30 MST

Possible Final Fantasy titles on the Wii? I support it.

KM91

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J-Ham42 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:18:03 MST

@Lackshmana:
Thanks, I wasn't really sure. I still can't see the main FF games on anything but PS3 though. Weirder things have happened before.

J-Ham42

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Soldrak — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:09:53 MST

@UltimateIdiot: Because not everyone is rich and probably have to choose between getting another console for $600 or repaying the week's mortgage. Just a thought.

Soldrak

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UltimateIdiot — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:50:07 MST

FFXIII is still a ps3 exclusive

[ps3.ign.com]

the second to last paragraph, at the end of the trailer, it still say For PS3 only.

I still don't understand why people with 360 can't get a ps3 if they really want the game.

UltimateIdiot

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Sinfjotle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:45:42 MST

@smitty1123: Topic over. Do it Square. Now.

Sinfjotle

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ectogamut — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:39:15 MST

This news is actually pretty encouraging. This might be a purely superficial observation, but could this "Crystal" engine be related to Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers project (which may or may not have been cancelled)? A lot of people criticised the game on Gamecube for not being a "real" FF game, due to its lack of story and voiced dialog. I, for one, liked the battle system a lot more than any of the turn-based PS2 games. If they're investing more resources into this project (I'd say a revamped multi-platform engine constitutes more resources) then I'll bet this new FF:CC game will have the same great battle system as before, but maybe an actual story and voice acting will show up this time. Fingers crossed.

ectogamut

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Lackshmana — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:14:08 MST

@J-Ham42:

I would check again, since the merger Sony's stock was cut in half. And Final Fantasy is already out and in development for all systems anyway. PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS, 360...all have FF.

Lackshmana

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SG79 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:01:05 MST

I thought this was common knowledge (the fact that it's not a PS3 specific engine). It also works with UE3, so think of it as additional "tools" that works with the middleware engine.

SG79

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carbonelli — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:39:09 MST

'showing off a fancy new logo that extends the Final Fantasy brand even further.'

I think the Final Fantasy already had enoough extension... Good times when you had to wait 2-3 years to have one (good)FF game. The serie is losing it's id each game. or maybe it's lost already since Hironobu Sakaguchi left...

Anyway, chocobos+airship=$

carbonelli

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muu — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:23:46 MST

Square's probably DYING to do a remake of Crono trigger... just that they're making enough cash for now with remakes of old FF series.

At the pace they're going at, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see SoM and CT remakes in the near future (assuming they got all parties involved to give them the green light), or whenever they start running out of money for this newfangled multi-platform engine of theirs.

muu

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Fyren — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:58:01 MST

@tme2nsb: Squenix follows the money. I miss the old Squaresoft days.

I mean, Squenix did hit some major cylinders with the KOH series, but I consider most other releases failures on par with Squaresoft.

SMRPG2= Paper Mario franchise :/

Fyren

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Gambare — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:57:53 MST

@tme2nsb:

://kotaku.com/359070/chrono-resurrection-+-what-could-have-been

Gambare

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limitt — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:56:41 MST

probably for dragon quest

limitt

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Venyce — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:56:40 MST

Look people let's not get to excited about FFXIII. I mean forget it going multi-platform. By the time it comes out on PS3 I'll be out of college! (I'm a softmore)

Venyce

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Voteforme2020 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:53:25 MST

@Hansel: They actually left Nintendo because Sony was pushing CDs, which were better. Than go to what system allows them to make the prettiest cutscenes.

Voteforme2020

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tme2nsb — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:47:42 MST

I love the SMRPG2 idea.
Give us WART as our enemy this time.

Crono Trigger Remake? I like. How about a re-tooling of Crono Cross too? PLEASE?!

tme2nsb

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Ultrasinc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:46:10 MST

Lol, so much Sony Exclusive patriotism... THAT is what we call fanboying.

Now that they have the chance, wonder how many next gen remixes there gonna pump out :P

Ultrasinc

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Hansel — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:41:05 MST

Square-Enix goes where the money is, happened before, will happen again.

Hansel

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weasl — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:30:18 MST

Makes me wonder if Last Remenant got switched over to the new Crystal Engine.

Considering past issues with early Unreal builds it wouldn't suprise me.

weasl

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Irenicus-the one and only — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:26:49 MST

I do think FF13 will be multiplat, but whatever. Nice to see Wii getting some love :)

Irenicus-the one and only

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Gambare — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:22:23 MST

@anime10121:

they draw a WORST panorama when the PS3 came out to the market, in fact they said the PS3 was an instant fail, but look at them now in this year, there is no way to predict nothing now.

Gambare

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Gambare — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:18:46 MST

mm... they said some time ago that the white engine was a multiplattaform engine but it's focused to the PS3 development, as sour this could sound, they are working in a 360 title but it's not FFXIII, and of course, konami just laugh at the claims of MGS4 being ported to the 360.

Gambare

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Fyren — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:09:39 MST

They are testing the waters. Seriously Squenix and Konami, lets have a port.

I am not talking Infinite Discovery, a la FFXII:Remake, this game was made just to please the xbox crowd. Looks and sounds like an half-assed game. I hope this can be proven wrong like the recent LO.

Multi-Platform it up, serious revenue for you guys and mass crowd pleaser.

Fyren

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Saint Anima — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:06:40 MST

Tokyo Game Show, here we come!

That's what this all means. -_-

Saint Anima

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JerrD74: RIP George Carlin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:04:34 MST

@Ehardergardens:
[www.gametrailers.com]
I think this is the only thing I've ever seen SE release on their work. Sadly, it's not the engine...Still cool all the same.

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

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SrslyGuise — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:55 MST

@And after this our exile: You're right. Soon we will enter into the "Cold War" of this console generation. Prepare for MAD.

SrslyGuise

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ManjiKengo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:32 MST

Crystal Bearers is still being released on the wii. How come everyone forgot about it?

ManjiKengo

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Jopan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:57:41 MST

@11redder: Exaclty The first dug them out then they were able to make the other following the same stragtegy and you blow it out of the water saying im short minded about the way i phrased they started out ff if i am correct. Never did i say the previous games did not make thier name but The PS1 series did make the light shine brighter and it ever did on the NES SNES system.

Jopan

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Sugarbloodsuckers — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:55:30 MST

Ps3 is doomed! Or not.

I think it'd be pretty dumb of them not release something on the Wii. I don't think it will be a Final Fantasy though.

Sugarbloodsuckers

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Antiterra — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:53:54 MST

I notice that there are way more comments predicting and mocking fanboyish reactions from Wii/360 owners than actual fanboyish reactions.

Remember: pre-emptive bashing is just another form of what you guys are bashing (and possibly an even dumber one, too).

On topic: I hope Squeenix will use this cross-plat engine to develop fully-fledged, original and distinctive games for all systems. In other words, I hope the (expected) easier development process won't make them lazy...!

Antiterra

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mikomichan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:50:15 MST

So all SE is confirming is nothing. Maybe they'll go multi platform for game releases, but historically they don't do multi platform releases of a single game. Maybe it's a good sign. I would love a rehash of Crystal Chronicles, but on a platform where there'll be MORE people I can play with.

mikomichan

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ManjiKengo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:48:10 MST

@Elemence: It's from tri-ace. square is publishing it.

ManjiKengo

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Sigma-D — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:46:11 MST

Chrono Trigger remake for Wii, please.

Sigma-D

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Tenchuu — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:45:25 MST

If they had this multiplatform engine, why did they even bother to license the Unreal 3.0 engine?

Tenchuu

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:32 MST

@Sailorcancer: In the same way that Crysis has "low" settings.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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Elemence — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:37:53 MST

I do like the Sony fanboys jumped in from the start to talk sh*t about the Xboys...they seem more fanboyish than anyone else.

Anyway back to what I was gonna say, why do some tards think SE will not make games for the 360? Has no one heard of Infinite Undiscovery? Hate to break it to ya but that's a SE JRPG coming to the 360 as well.

Elemence

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Ehardergardens — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:36:53 MST

Anyone have some good link action of this engine in motion? Decent res video or real screenshots of inengine real time stuff?
I haven't really found anything. I'm not a big FF fan so I could be missing some obvious locations.

Ehardergardens

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11redder — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:31:02 MST

@Jopan: @Jopan:
Look at the sales of FF 1 through 6, Chrono Trigger, Mana, Romancing Saga, Front Mission and countless others and then think about how myopic it is to claim FFVII established square as a company.
Both square and enix enjoyed massive sales and universal critical acclaim long before the PSX even entered it's gestation period. In fact many still believe the halycon days of 16-bit Japanese rpgs have never been equalled, given Squares ever increasing tendancy towards hackneyed melodrama delivered via fmv.

11redder

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Spiffyness — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:29:43 MST

@smitty1123: YES

Spiffyness

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Monsieur Fap★Fap! — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:27:32 MST

"Murata also confirmed that a version is being readied for the Wii, which is still very early, but we don't expect it to kick out visuals on par with the PS3."

Crono Trigger.
Wii.

Follow that up with:
Super Mario RPG 2
Wii.

DO IT, SQUARE!

Monsieur Fap★Fap!

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Fluffy22 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:25:57 MST

@Spartan1308: I was saying that Wii and 360 have wii and 360 games released/announced
Wasnt saying what engine they were using ;)

Fluffy22

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SolidOni_ds — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:23:39 MST

@Scrapple:
My thoughts exactly, I dont plan on seeing these games for years. MGS4 and GOW2 please

SolidOni_ds

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Ken Hikari — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:22:59 MST

I love the names they come up with. What's next? Black Engine? Blue Engine?

Ken Hikari

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maverickuw — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:22:39 MST

Don't you also remember, Squenix also said that FFXIII will be probably the last main game in the series for 10 years... They're designing a big enough world that they are gonna tell multiple stories in the same world (kinda like how tactics/FFXII came together in many ways).

So what does this mean? No, probably no 13 for Wii, maybe for 360 (won't hold my breath), but considering that Square has already confirmed a FFXIII game for the nintendo DS, I think it's along similar lines, that it will be games in the FFXIII world, though not the main game. Side stories like what we're seeing with FFVII now.

maverickuw

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Byakko — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:22:37 MST

This during the year that is suppose to be belonging to the PS3? I'm wondering if Squenix is being a little hasty on the choice of going multi-platform to this extent...

Then again, imagining the R&D cost of simply creating the White Engine, I can see how they feel they can't bank on earnings from the PS3 market alone to justify its creation or to simple make profits, not counting in the costs of other parts of development for the games themselves.

The only thing I don't get is the the part about the Wii. Really? The same engine on all three consoles? I mean, I can imagine them figuring a new engine from the ground-up to maximize the Wii's capabilities, or hell, just use a modified one from the PS2 era; but they can effectively depower it to fit on the Wii?

Of course, it could just be brilliantly rendering a Wii Chocobo Racing Game, or something, so it wouldn't exactly be 'taxing'.

Byakko

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SrslyGuise — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:22:27 MST

I suspect the mainstream Final Fantasy brand will always follow the console with the highest disk and/or hard drive capacity. SE is in love with its CGI. It would be a tough compromise for them to suddenly downgrade the quality and abundance of FMV's in order to cater to an audience that values gameplay over artistry--which is nearly the antithesis of the Final Fantasy paradigm.

SrslyGuise

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Sailorcancer — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:18:55 MST

The white engine ROCKS! But I can't see it being all that powerful or useful on the Wii.

It uses 4 of the 6 SPEs that are available to games running on the Cell processor, to achieve near-pre-rendered CGI quality in realtime. I don't see how the Wii could handle it.

Sailorcancer

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ludwigk — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:18:24 MST

@BlackDove: Engines by themselves can run on just about anything. We have X360 games these days built on engines that were originally for the SNES. You can slap Havok on top to handle physics and Renderware for 3D, and additional engines to handle sound and AI, etc. etc. but the game engine itself can be something years old. Of course, I don't even know what sort of engine they're building.

ludwigk

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11redder — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:17:04 MST

Nintendo & Square have been fostering a very nice relationship ever since Iwata took control at Nintendo. For evidence of this look at the ample support provided to the ds. They've already confirmed or released Dragon Quest Swords, 2 Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo's Dungeon for the Wii, so the inevitable increased future support for Nintendo will merely be building on the work of the past several years.

11redder

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J-Ham42 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:15:26 MST

@zztopp:
I wouldn't say Sony's performance is below average, just below the Wii, which i'm really not even sure is a fair comparison. Also, I don't think Square would do much with FF on another system seeing that Sony owns quite a chunk of their stock last time I checked.

J-Ham42

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Jopan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:15:16 MST

@11redder: I think it was the PS1 that really made Square shine with FFVII. Yes i know the reason square named Final Fantasy Final Fantasy. Im partial to agree and disagree that nintendo made them successful. The game did the work not the system. But FFVII really made them successful the first ff just dug them out of the whoole they dug with all the other games they were trying to make.

Jopan

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Vecha — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:11:14 MST

@y2kenjination:

I would say the fanboys are the ones who want exclusives.

Vecha

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phextin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:09:56 MST

Makes sense. Squinex is just protecting assets by diversifying their investments. It's not smart to place all your golden eggs in one basket specially now, when it's hard to tell who will float and who will sink. Not even Nostradamus can predict what the industry will be like in 5 years, but it's sure as hell fun to play the guessing game! Anyway; good for you Square, good for you Enix, now make me a cloud-slime sandwich and call it "Squinex".

phextin

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Spartan1308™ — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:08:54 MST

@Fluffy22: Not sure about Dragon Quest but Last Remnant is being made w/UE3 so that wouldn't be a reason to make their engine work on 360.

Spartan1308™

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zztopp — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:06:52 MST

Very telling. SquareEnix is apparently not comfortable with PS3's continuing below average performance in Japan.

zztopp

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JerrD74: RIP George Carlin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:05:57 MST

We're all missing the greater point of this "hey, nintendo is going to get to use Crystal Tools" announcement. More of a reconciliation maybe? Are they finally coming to terms? Are we finally going to be able to see Chrono Trigger on VC? Can I think up any more outrageous questions?

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

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BassForever — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:03:51 MST

Nice to see SE possibly giving some version of FFXIII to the Wii and 360.

BassForever

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Drakron — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:03:49 MST

@Part-Time-Viking:

Not really, you already have two Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles games for the Wii in development.

Everyone with brain knows that Square goes were the money is,if I was a Sonytard I would be more concerned about FF XIV being a exclusive to a Sony console.

Drakron

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11redder — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:02:49 MST

FFXIII on Wii - No.
SquareEnix taking a more nintendo-centric approach to it's upcoming releases - most definetly.
Dragon Quest IX is coming to ds, X will most likely follow for wii, given the past tendancy to release on the most popular platform.
PS3 is being trounced by Wii in Japan, it only makes sense that Square-Enix would wish to position themselves to take advantage of this.
For any sony-zealots that find this to be unspeakable heresy travel back to 1996 and say hello to the ninty-fanboys in the same sorry state of denial, swearing Square would never betray them (and bear in mind Square owed it's very existence to the success of FF on NES, not to mention the subsequent releases of countless iterations of a variety of hugely successful franchises exclusively on Nintendo branded hardware up until 1996)

11redder

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doubtful — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:01:56 MST

It is pretty obvious what they are planning to do: re-release Final Fantasy 1-6 on the Wii with 'updated' graphics and cut scenes. They'll even change a few names to make it seem fresh and new.

doubtful

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Detha — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:59:49 MST

>=)

You already know what I'm thinking.

I already know what you all are thinking in your silent denial.

Detha

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Fluffy22 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:59:41 MST

@anime10121: You do the engine has been multiplatform the whole time and they have just changed the name?

And this is in no way confirming that FFXIII or FFvXIII is going to any other console :/

But i like ur positive outlook :(

Fluffy22

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KrsJin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:58:43 MST

@Kyle81:
I agree lol. Only surprise is the renaming of it haha.

KrsJin

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mrantimatter — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:58:40 MST

Sounds like a cost-savings issue. If all platforms are running off the same engine, then the company can use a single set of tools for development across all platforms. No need to create multiple things for multiple engines.

Also easier on the team management, as you could then move people between teams for different platforms without having to retrain them.

mrantimatter

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Jopan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:58:14 MST

Just speculation and i have a very big imagination. All they said it was desinged to use in all systems.FF13 is still an exclusive for the ps3 i think. I think the tools will be used for a dragon warrior titles on the 360 and as for the wii in the crystal chronicles game due out sometime soon with the launch of the ff series coming out on Nintendo's wii-ware along side with the wii's ff game. Or maybe it's just for a new mmorpg they are planning to run on all systems again as they did with ffxi.

Jopan

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symphony_of_the_night — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:57:37 MST

@Nexus6: that's true, i forget that detail... well more reason to bring it to pc :P

symphony_of_the_night

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TheIrishNinja — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:54:54 MST

@Kyle81: seriously, if they put that much into it, id imagine/like to see it put to use on other platforms as well.

TheIrishNinja

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Exia — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53:42 MST

@manjikengo: Actually. It could be. One for DS, one for Wii, AND if there's six then that means one for 360. The DS is a money printing machine not to be ignored.

Exia

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Nexus6 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:51:53 MST

Last Remnant last I heard was using the Unreal Engine 3.

Nexus6

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rlh445 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:50:41 MST

@anime10121: Your wall-of-text ninjitsu is masterful. Sheesh!

rlh445

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TomSkylark — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:49:04 MST

@cowondinosaur: I think they've already confirmed a new CC, even beyond the Wiiware one, maybe? Am I confused? Maybe?

In other happy news, at least this means some sort of RPG's for wii. It's hurting for 'em, and Dragon Quest Swords was just salt on the wound, really. Thank God for the new Tales of Symphonia.

TomSkylark

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anime10121 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:48:43 MST

Dont mean no harm (Ps fanboy thru and thru)but im really starting to doubt the success of the PS3 in the coming years regardless of analysts predictions. It seems as though more and more Japanese companies are jumping unboard the 360. Dont know why considerin the hardware kicks rocks (mad face). But with this and the fact that Tales of Vesperia is going 360 and now the fact that the White Engine(Crystal tools)if only part of it is coming to Wii really brings suspicion to people givin up on the Ps3. I'm a major jrpg gamer (love games with actuall stories), had a 360 it RROD'd and i sold it cause i hate that I spent 400 on a console that stayed working for 3 frekin' months (before people start sayin that i dnt take care of my stuff I've never in the 20yrs of my life had anything break down on me in less than 6 years havin it, what can i say im a clean freak!) Alls i gots to say is if we dnt get some real JRPG's soon (Folklore dnt count) i may have to switch back over to wii which has about 4 or 360 which has at least 5:(

anime10121

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rlh445 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:48:41 MST

Wii coming to FFXIII confirmed! Oops..got that backwards. You get the idea.

I keed. But it's nice to see Squeenix branch out. Obviously it's not for the money, but for the fans. Damn..got that one backwards too.

rlh445

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MasterOfPastures — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:46:39 MST

-Captain, money hats spotted on radar!
-Activate the troll torpedoes! Hurry!!
-LOOK OUT, SHOVELWARE!!! GET -kkkzzzzz.............

MasterOfPastures

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cowondinosaur — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:46:36 MST

@Fluffy22: No actually the way it's worded makes me think of a new Crystal Chronicles for the Wii, not multi-platform FFXIII.

cowondinosaur

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ManjiKengo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:45:29 MST

@ajay42:

I'd assume it'd be the way I mentioned. As of right now there is a cellphone game, Agito. So there are 3 more fabula nova crystalis games to find out about.

[www.neogaf.com]

ManjiKengo

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y2kenjination — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:45:02 MST

@Scrapple: Yawn war games...although both look sweet. :O

y2kenjination

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DARTH_TIGRIS — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:44:07 MST

Not mentioning any TITLES, but its good to see S-E moving toward a more multiplatform approach. Looking at how Activision, EA and Capcom especially are raking in the money from it, it would make bad business sense to not see the value of it.

Now if they could only actually RELEASE a high profile game again ...

DARTH_TIGRIS

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symphony_of_the_night — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:42:48 MST

I want Last Remnant on pc...... and all the other games too XD but that's the first to be relesed so...

symphony_of_the_night

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ajay42 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:45 MST

@manjikengo: I meant the two already going to PS3 (FFXIII and FFXIII versus) the remaining three might breakdown the way you suggest, I'm just not sure about exclusive 360 support for even one game from a Japanese market focused company.

ajay42

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Moonshadow101 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:18 MST

Oh, you clever PS3 fans with your preemptive comments. You assume people actually give a shit!

Moonshadow101

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Sinharvest — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:11 MST

OMGZ FFXIII ON 360/WII CONFIRMED!

ALL RITE!

i know not funneh

Sinharvest

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Chopper_Mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:39:42 MST

Final Fantasy VIII Remake for Wii confirmed? (yep it's VIII, not VII)
Final Fantasy XIII for 360 confirmed?

xDDDDDDDDD

Actually I like the support that S-E is giving to Nintendo... even with engines! That means better games :P

Chopper_Mike

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Stormrider — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:38:18 MST

Current-gen Ogre Battle, please.

Stormrider

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:38:12 MST

@giovonti: Chocobo's Dungeon 2, FFCC:Simcity, and the real FFCC game eye you suspiciously.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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axia777 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:38:10 MST

@Scapple

Gears 2 = 360

MGS4 = PS3

I hope you have both..:)

axia777

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NeverSage — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:37:38 MST

Bah, White Engine is a better name. Or maybe they were worried people would take it to have racist overtones.

NeverSage

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DigitalHero — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:37:01 MST

Can't wait until Witzbold considers "OMG CONFIRMED ON PLATFORM XXX" as ban material. =P

DigitalHero

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ManjiKengo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:47 MST

@ajay42:

One of them is going to 360, one the wii, one one cellphones. two for ps3?

ManjiKengo

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axia777 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:45 MST

SE making Wii games should be kool. I wonder how their designers will push the use of the Wiimote? Will it be innovative or just another boring shoe-in of it as a side note to the game?

axia777

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Scrapple — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:29 MST

Yawn, JRPG games...
bring on Gears 2 and MGS4

Scrapple

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TomSkylark — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:23 MST

Continuing the tradition of awkwardly named Japanese RPG engines, battle systems, subtitles, and general everything.

TomSkylark

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smitty1123 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:04 MST

New Act Raiser please.

smitty1123

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Fluffy22 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:35:48 MST

@giovonti: the last remnant or dragon quest swords not count as 360 and wii games?

Fluffy22

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ManjiKengo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:35:14 MST

@Sparx:

OMGZ FFXIII ON 360/WII CONFIRMED!

ManjiKengo

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ajay42 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:34:56 MST

There are FIVE FFXIII games planned if I'm not mistaken. I think the two announced ones will remain PS3 exclusive. I think at least one of the others will go on Wii exclusive. I doubt 360 support from a company whose primary profits are going to come from the Japanese market.

ajay42

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giovonti — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:34:20 MST

well in the very least it probably means SOME square game will be made for xbox and wii

giovonti

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Fluffy22 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:27 MST

Square-enix do this on purpose - they knew when they said things like that people would automatically assume its coming to other consoles.

Until the next "behind closed doors" FMV trailer that says ps3 only

Tbh i think people would rather hear a release date of FFXIII than about the engine! :D

Fluffy22

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RadicalAns — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:21 MST

OMGZ FFXIII ON 360/WII CONFIRMED!

RadicalAns

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Sparx — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:31:41 MST

Oh great here we go. Hopefully some people will think a little more about the engine being used for "other" games rather than "OMGZ FFXIII ON 360/WII CONFIRMED!"

You know those kinds of comments are coming...

Sparx

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Kyle81 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:31:29 MST

White engine is being used for other games than FFXIII, this shouldn't be a surprise.

Kyle81

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Old-school Sonic fanboy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:30:30 MST

@Xaltmas: Now, not no x_x

Old-school Sonic fanboy

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Fluffy22 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:30:21 MST

the way its worded makes it sound like FFXIII is coming to Wii and xbox :o

Fluffy22

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Old-school Sonic fanboy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:58 MST

lyk omgzz!1 FFXIII for Xbox! yay

Yeah, no. First MGS4, no all the fanboys will be going on about this.

Old-school Sonic fanboy

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Sauce — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:37 MST

It's time for everyone favorite rumor to come back!

Honestly though, a third party developer having a multi-platform development engine is a good thing and can only lead to fedoras made with money. Just like Capcom.

Sauce