Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers

Also known as: FF Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers [UK]

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May 20, 2008

"We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix" - Kotaku

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Kotaku writes:

Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada (above, left) is worried. Western game companies are doing really well! Meaning that competition is getting harder. Yet, Wada hopes to capitalise on the Western market, aiming to increase the ratio of overseas sales from its current 50 percent to 80 percent in the next three years. According to the exec:

"We face competition not only from Japanese videogame companies but from game companies worldwide. We also see some new players from outside the videogame industry coming in... Economies of scale and breadth of scope is getting important. It may be a business alliance or it may be us taking a stake in others, but we need to go beyond traditional Square Enix."

That business alliance sounds nice and all. But, how about stop calling everything Final Fantasy? Or make things other than RPGs? Or if you are going to make RPGs, why not make the games people have been asking for for the past decade?
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Mar 7, 2008

The Crystal Bearers has not been cancelled says Mitsuru Kamiyama

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Ring of Fates director Mitsuru Kamiyama has posted on the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles news blog and confirmed that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is not cancelled. Here's his exact quote:

"Development for both Ring of Fates and THE CRYSTAL BEARERS are proceeding smoothly!!"
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Feb 22, 2008

GDC08: Square Enix no-comments FFCC Crystal Bearers

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Joystiq reports that following the presentation about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, an attendee asked the speakers, producer Toshiro Tsuchida and lead programmer Fumiaki Shiraishi, the question that most Wii Final Fantasy fans have had on their minds: does the new Wii Ware project mean the end of the retail Crystal Chronicles game, The Crystal Bearers?

The Square Enix staffers demurred in response to this question, saying only that we should "wait for a press release" to tell us about that situation. Does that mean that The Crystal Bearers is definitely canceled for real? No, just that those two developers wisely didn't want to reveal Square Enix's internal plans. Still, it's not terribly encouraging, given rumors of its shaky status
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Oct 10, 2007

Crystal Chronicles Pricing Set

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Following today's announcement of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for Nintendo's Wii Ware download service, Square Enix has opened up an official webpage for the game, fully titled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Chiisa na Ousama to Yakusoku no Kuni (Little King and the Promised Country).

Also revealed at the page is release information for the game. Crystal Chronicles will be available for download at a cost of 1,500 Wii Points. It will be available, in Japan, simultaneously with the start of the Wii Ware service, which is expected in March 2008.
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May 14, 2007

Square Enix Talks Exclusive Final Fantasy Game

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is one of the most anticipated Wii games at the moment and Square Enix has now gone on record about the RPG. Speaking with GamesRadar at the Square Enix Party 2007 a couple of days ago, Executive Producer Akitoshi Kawazu and Director Toshiyuki Itahana spoke openly about the Wii game, plus the DS version 'Ring of Fates' was talked about by Director Mitsuru Kamiyama.
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May 10, 2007

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and more

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We had the opportunity to visit Square Enix's offices in Tokyo today to get a glimpse of several new games for the first time. We've already posted coverage of new next-generation RPG The Last Remnant and news about the future of the Star Ocean series. But here we bring you the rest of the slate of new titles, including the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series and the future of the FF's most popular mascot, the Chocobo. The presentation began with this statement from Yoichi Wada, president ... » Read More

May 8, 2006

Pre-E3 06: Square Enix Nintendo Blow-out

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Square Enix announced today that they're planning to help give the Nintendo Wii a little boost for its launch with the wildly physical Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Imagine using the Wii controller as the hilt of a genuine sword with every slash perfectly mirrored on the screen in a first-person format. We only got the slightest of glimpses at a mock-up of the game in action, but the promise of a more immersive experience than the Sony EyeToy has all the hairs ... » Read More

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