Final Fantasy Versus XIII promoted to full-fledged FFXV? And dropping Xbox 360 in favour of Wii U?

Wii U and PS3 only... IF it's all real

Words: Justin Towell on May 31, 2012

If this video is real, it's spoiled one of Square-Enix's megaton announcements for E3. Some not-so-secret filming at a pre-E3 briefing appears to show previously-announced Final Fantasy Versus XIII has now become Final Fantasy XV. A full, numbered sequel. But that's not the only (potential) megaton it's dropping: It's only coming out on PS3 and Wii U in 2012 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the series. No Xbox 360.

What can we take from this? The game has been in development for some seven years already, having been announced at E3 2006 and is being produced by Square-Enix's 1st Production Department. We're looking at a AAA entry in the series, so perhaps it makes sense that it becomes a fully-numbered sequel - especially considering Square-Enix had complained about the cost of making full-scale entries for this generation of consoles. Why go through all that again from scratch when a title of this caliber is waiting in the wings?

But that also has large implications for the series. The game was a spin-off for a reason - it's an action-RPG, which isn't quite in keeping with the traditionally turn-based gameplay that Final Fantasy is known for.

Whether it all turns out to be real or not still hinges on next week's press conferences. But seeing as we've heard nothing about this change before now, it's either a pretty convincing fake, or one of the biggest leaked megatons of recent years. But for now, we'll have to add it to our E3 rumours page.

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micashinramiami777 - October 12, 2012 6:57 a.m.

got the ff13 and ff13x2 on the xbox 360 so it would be nice to have ff versus on it too...completed my advent children doll collection and shiva from ff13 still waiting for ff versus noctis doll so i dont really mind if its not on xbox as long as i they release a doll for it=^;^=
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gtaivac_ - May 31, 2012 5:57 p.m.

Calm down people, Unicorn Montage; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47AgSIMuE-0
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taokaka - May 31, 2012 3:53 p.m.

But at the rate this game is going we'll probably see XVI before XV.
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Clovin64 - May 31, 2012 3:11 p.m.

I was never massively interested in Versus, but it does make a lot of sense just to promote it to FFXV. Its been in development for so damn long. Still keeping my fingers crossed for Kingdom Hearts 3 at E3.
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LordGremlin - May 31, 2012 12:56 p.m.

Versus was never going to be on 360. It was supposed to be PS3-only, unlike XIII. But now it's going to Wii U as well. Misleading news.
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MetroidPrimeRib - May 31, 2012 12:56 p.m.

Fuck off with Final Fantasy and keep making one shots like Lost Odyssey and The World Ends With You everyone likes those better
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 2 p.m.

...Dude, Lost Odyssey wasn't even made by Square >_>
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MetroidPrimeRib - May 31, 2012 5:52 p.m.

It was made by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created Final Fantasy. But you're right.
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 6:12 p.m.

Yeah, and Sakaguchi also made Blue Dragon, which was balls.
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MetroidPrimeRib - May 31, 2012 6:35 p.m.

That game was awesome
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 6:52 p.m.

It really wasn't. Sure, it stuck with traditional RPG elements, but the story was formulaic and generic, the characters were forgettable, and it wasn't really that much fun.
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meg127 - May 31, 2012 12:31 p.m.

Eh....it looks fake to me, but we'll see. Making Versus XIII FFXV instead would make sense, though. I remember Square Enix saying XIII will be the last traditional Final Fantasy game after all.
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FirLocke - May 31, 2012 12:14 p.m.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Totally buying it for the Wii U though. Especially if it's got extra features for the controller.
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 12:02 p.m.

Um... GR? Seriously, you're falling for this? I could bet that this video is a fake. The footage from the game is all things that already had appeared in previous trailers. And It wouldn't be that hard to create logos that looked like What Square usually puts. Not to mention the fact that the "conference" room looks more like a classroom, and the people there look more like students, than press or business type people. Seriously, this a fake, I can guarantee it. And I'm honestly surprised, more people have not caught up on it yet.
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IceBlueKirby - May 31, 2012 11:28 a.m.

Whether or not Versus XIII is now XV or not, I just hope the part about it coming out in 2012 is true. I've been looking forward to it for a while now, specifically because it's an action-RPG, not to mention the gameplay looks similar to Kingdom Hearts II. Also, the realistic(ish) setting should provide a nice breath of fresh air for RPGs in general.
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rballa2 - May 31, 2012 5:43 p.m.

Agreed
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lazer59882 - May 31, 2012 10:54 a.m.

the last great FF came out on SNES, and it was called FFVI. PERIOD. there is no dispute. the last two were shit. but good, maybe now FF will be done for once and for all after no one at all buys it.
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 noon

Um... GR? Seriously, you're falling for this? I could bet that this video is a fake. The footage from the game is all things that already had appeared in previous trailers. And It wouldn't be that hard to create logos that looked like What Square usually puts. Not to mention the fact that the "conference" room looks more like a classroom, and the people there look more like students, than press or business type people. Seriously, this a fake, I can guarantee it. And I'm honestly surprised, more people have not caught up on it yet.
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BladedFalcon - May 31, 2012 12:02 p.m.

Blah, sorry, not meant to be a reply for this. Mods can feel free to delete this and the post above, as it's a repeat. My apologies.
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ABACADA6494 - May 31, 2012 10:40 a.m.

Sounds good to me. I enjoyed FF XIII - 2 and am hoping this is legit. My guess for no Xbox was that it didn't sell nearly anything on the 360. The 360 is not the place for a Final Fantasy game. It doesn't have the right demographic in it's user base for Final Fantasy to be a big seller
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