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Square Enix explains Final Fantasy Agito Plus delay

Tabata points to problem within the development environment.

Final Fantasy Agito+, the PS Vita version of the free-to-play smartphone game, was originally planned for launch in Japan on January 15. But it was delayed in October to an unspecified date. In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD director Hajime Tabata explains the reason for the delay.

WeAreLegion4168d ago

"We've heard the fans! After much deliberation, we've decided to release Final Fantasy Agito Plus exclusively for the Super Famicom. Thank you for your patience. Merry Christmas."

NegativeCreep4274168d ago (Edited 4168d ago )

If today was 1993 I would have taken your word for it, but I clicked and read the whole story and nowhere does it say anything about the Super Famicon. So honestly...WHAT...THE...HELL.. .are you smoking right now???

WeAreLegion4168d ago

It was a joke.

Square Enix keeps making ridiculous decisions that make absolutely no sense.

MeteorPanda4167d ago

you..can't be serious NegativeCreep427...

And yeah, that's square in a nutshell.

trenso14167d ago

some people just don't understand a joke a when they see one....

Yui_Suzumiya4168d ago

*cough* ff vii ps4 "remaster" *cough*

Kurisu4168d ago

Agito+ is going to be on Vita.

GokuSolosAll4168d ago

I meant "already" instead of "instead" lol.

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Hajime Tabata talk about the differences between Eastern and Western RPGs

Differences in views on life and death? Differences in values? Hajime Tabata, known for "Final Fantasy ⅩⅤ," and a French creator with a strong respect for Japanese RPGs talk about the differences between Eastern and Western RPGs.

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Final Fantasy 15 Director to Reveal New Game in 2022

Final Fantasy 15's director Hajima Tabata departed Square Enix in 2018 and will announce his own studio's first JRPG in 2022.

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phoenixwing1602d ago (Edited 1602d ago )

Because Tabata is a decent director in my opinion and hopefully it's a console pc game

smashman981602d ago (Edited 1602d ago )

While I didn’t really enjoy XV as much as other ff titles tabata did direct crisis core and type 0 and I loved both of them. I’m interested in seeing what he does with full creative control.

Harkins17211602d ago

He made all the wrong moves with XV. Hopefully he doesnt here

pietro12121602d ago

A lot of those wrong moves though weren’t entirely his fault. A lot of the blame for FFXV coming out the way it did falls on the higher ups making dumb decisions I.e forcing them to make a engine during the development of the game.

DarkZane1602d ago (Edited 1602d ago )

Well, he had to make FFXV from what was left of FFvs13 and that was supposed to be 3 games apparently. There wasn't much he could do.

Harkins17211601d ago

@pietro1212 every first year dlc should have been part of the game. That includes exploring the dark world during chapter 14. Gameplay was a mess. And you felt like you had 90% of end game abilities at the start of the game. The game needed at least another full year of full development. The engine wasn't his fault sure but ever little thing a fan of the game said he took personally and wanted to add it. It didn't need to have online multi-player.

-Foxtrot1601d ago

@pietro1212

Lets be honest, he could have just went with the original vision Tetsuya Nomura had for the game, the plot and assests they had been in development since FF13 Versus was announced.

Instead he came on board and tried to scrap almost everything in the small time frame they had, why would you do this rather than just working out or using what Nomura had left behind.

Just felt he wanted FFXV to be HIS game and not Nomuras when the best course of action for fans was to just finish what was started.

pietro12121601d ago

You're right the both of you. Fox, I didn't know about that part. I didn't know it was his decision to start fresh, it was a bad idea.

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pietro12121602d ago

I actually liked FFXV, so I look forward to what he’s working on next.

H91602d ago

For someone who did his best with FFXV despite it being in development hell for 6 years before he took over, he deserves to be acknowledged as a good leader, taking over from someone who changed his vision once a year, and then actually putting up a decent game is a achievement, add to that how Final Fantasy type 0 and Crisis core are good games as wel, I am looking forward to what he does next

gold_drake1602d ago

definitely, this is what ppl always overlook.

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Final Fantasy XVI's Director is New to the Series & That's Great

Final Fantasy XVI director Hiroshi Takai has a chance to revive the most cherished aspect of Final Fantasy in a way Hajime Tabata never could.

Kaedro2060d ago

No he is not. He worked on FFV, XI, and XIV.

FallenAngel19842060d ago

The author of this article was mainly talking about Takai being new in the sense of not having a directorial role in the series.

“Hiroshi Takai, who's worked on the series before in a smaller capacity. Takai was the first assistant director for the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. He's a relatively rookie director, having only directed the 2008 JRPG The Last Remnant prior to this.“

Kaedro2059d ago

Then the title should not state that he is new to the series. Just that he never was the main director of a FF game.

Viking_mo2060d ago

No he isn't, hes the guy the worked on final fantasy 14 a realm reborn. Hes spoke about taking final fantasy back to its route. He must've been given the opportunity to do so

remixx1162060d ago

I'm pretty sure your thinking of yoshi p who was and still the director of FFXIV, but he is helping with 16.

ibrake4naps2060d ago

Hope it's good. I haven't loved one since part 10

masterfox2060d ago (Edited 2060d ago )

I missed epic melodies from Final Fantasy games, the ones that come to my head are from VII, VIII, IX and X.

Also this one, so effing epic, this only melody makes me want to play this game so badly, fits so perfect to the atmosphere.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I hope this director at least bring one or create a new classic epic melody for XVI, devs are forgetting how important background music is to a game. :(

MeteorPanda2059d ago

you not played ff14? these soundtracks are amazing

Ratty2059d ago (Edited 2059d ago )

Agreed. Some of the best music in the series for sure.

Dark-soul2059d ago

thats very bad, final fantasy starting to look and play like some korean mmo, thats very bad.
Thank god wewill be getting FF7 part 2

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