Final Fantasy XIII Announced At E3

Thought it's not terribly surprising, it's nice to hear. Final Fantasy XIII has been announced for the PlayStation 3. It actually sounds like there will be three separate titles: A traditional RPG, a mobile game, and a 'versus' title. From the article: "FINAL FANTASY XIII. They pulled a serious bait-and-switch on us. Sword-and-gun-wielding heroine who looks like Yuna, flipping her way around a high-tech, futuristic world ... Motomu Toriyama will direct the game. And apparently FFXIII isn't the only game coming out of this universe--there's a, uh, mobile game too. Oh. It's Final Fantasy Agito XIII ... Final Fantasy Versus XIII?" Additional announcements include a new Crystal Chronicles and Dragon Quest for the Wii, and a Final Fantasy VII universe title for the PSP.

RPG Support for Wii

[A Brand of Fire]

While I didn't really care much for Crystal Chronicles, the news of a Dragon Quest title intended for the Wii is awesome; not just because the DQ series has been good, but also because this means that some good RPGs will be available for Nintendo's new platform. Quite looking forward to that, actually--more so than yet another Final Fantasy title of any kind for any platform.

Final Fantasy just hasn't been the same since Sakaguchi-san left Square. And Nobuo Uematsu, for that matter, but I'm glad to see they're still working together.

Re:My first reaction

[Shadowruni]

It's called Final Fantasy becuase the original creator, Square designer Hironobu Sakaguchi, had planned to retire after making the game (also because Square was on some REALLY thin ice finacially). However as we all know this isn't how it turned out.

Re:Where's the Plot!

[2nd Post!]

If you want plot and storyline, try some of Square's other offerings. Having less brand weight, Square will take corresponding more risks in terms of emotional development. For example, I was quite impressed with:
Threads of Fate
Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Kingdom Hearts Series

Re:Where's the Plot!

[TooMuchEspressoGuy]

I hate to break it to you, but no FF game since VI has even had any sort of interesting story. It's all the same "great evil rising up to destroy generic fantasy and/or steampunk world that a reluctant hero has to stop" crap. The difference is that, in VI, the world actually *was* destroyed, and you had to pick up the pieces. (I could also go on for a while about how Kefka was the best FF villain in the series' history, but I digress.)

In fact, the only FF game after VI that sticks out in my mind is X-2 for the way that it turned the series on its head (relatively free-form gameplay, story that doesn't take after that of the "baseline" FF's, more upbeat "feel"). Too bad it's maligned by sexually-insecure fanbois who can't bear anything that looks even remotely girly.