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Nicht böse sein, wenn's schon gepostet wurde! Ich habe zwei Seiten zurück geblättert und nix gesehen.
Nicht böse sein, wenn's schon gepostet wurde! Ich habe zwei Seiten zurück geblättert und nix gesehen.
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Weitere Details zu Final Fantasy XII
21.11.03 - PS2IGN hat in einem Gespräch mit den Entwicklern neue Details zum Rollenspiel Final Fantasy XII von Square Enix veröffentlicht, das im Sommer 2004 in Japan erscheinen wird.
Die Fragen wurden von Akihiko Yoshida (Character Designer), Hideo Minaba (Art Director) und Isamu Kamikokuryou (Background Director) beantwortet. Die interessantesten Aussagen in der Zusammenfassung:
- Die Kamera ähnelt Final Fantasy XI. Man soll sich frei umschauen können, die Perspektive zeigt eine Von-Hinten-Ansicht.
- Der Held Vaan sah zu Beginn nicht so unmännlich, sondern schroffer [wilder] und brutal aus. Als man das Szenario entwarf und die Zielgruppe des Spiels berücksichtigte, kam man zum jetzigen Design.
Vaan war zuvor sogar noch unmännlicher: Erst als Kohei Takeda ihm seine Synchronstimme lieh und man via Motion Capturing seine Bewegungen aufnahm, wurde Vaan tatkräftiger, aufgeweckter und positiver.
- Luftschiffe werden eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen und mehr im Vordergrund stehen als in anderen Final Fantasy-Episoden.
- Character Designer Akihiko Yoshida denkt nicht, dass seine Entwürfe dem Stil von Tetsuya Nomura (Kingdom Hearts) ähneln. Als er mit dem Design anfing, sah besonders der erste Entwurf von Vaan nicht nach Nomuras Stil aus.
Möglicherweise ähnelt sich das Aussehen aufgrund der Farben, die Yoshida für die Charaktere verwendet hat.
- Der Schauplatz von Final Fantasy XII ist Ivalice aus Final Fantasy Tactic Advance. Doch ob es dasselbe Ivalice wie in FFTA ist, weiss nur der Director. Laut Art Director Hideo Minaba handelt es sich aber um eine andere Version von Ivalice, die sich von dem Handheld-Strategiespiel unterscheidet.
- Mehrere Entwickler hatten zuvor schon mit der Ivalice-Welt zu tun. Sie alle lieben diese Welt und versuchen sie in FFXII in einer anderen Art und Weise darzustellen.
- Was sich im Vergleich zu den Vorgängern am meisten in FFXII geändert hat, darf Minaba noch nicht verraten. Allerdings sei das RPG beim spielen erfrischend und würde ein neues Gefühl verbreiten. Man würde auch auf positive Weise geschockt werden.
- Die menschliche Rasse wird die Hauptrolle übernehmen, doch die nicht-menschlichen Charaktere werden ebenfalls eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen.
Unterschiedliche Rassen und soziale Klassen [Schichten] sollten für das Vorankommen der FFXII-Geschichte vorhanden sein.
- Minaba ist ein großer Star Wars-Fan. Doch Filme wie 'Episode 2' haben ihn nicht während der Entwicklung beeinflusst oder inspiriert. Ansonsten wäre es kein Final Fantasy geworden.
- Man besuchte die Türkei, um sich von der Landschaft für das Spiel-Design inspirieren zu lassen: Das Team versucht etwas Originalgetreues mit einer Phantasie-Welt zu verschmelzen. Man versucht, etwas aus der Realität zu nehmen und darauf aufbauend etwas Eigenes zu schaffen.
Ebenso war man in Indien und New Work: Es soll möglichst viele verschiedene Orte in FFXII geben.
- Online-Elemente sind nicht vorhanden.
- Man hat während der Entwicklung nicht den Geschmack westlicher Spieler berücksichtigt. FFXII wird sowohl für japanische als auch westliche Spieler gemacht.
- Das Römische Imperium hat die Designer beeinflusst, gerade im Hinlick auf die Schlachten. Das Szenario und der Hintergrund des Spiels sei demnach auch Krieg.
- Es gibt mehrere Richter im Spiel. Der Richter im Logo von FFXII hat auch einen Namen, der aber noch nicht verraten werden darf.
- Zur Größe der Party wird nur gesagt, dass man auf den Bildern drei Helden sieht. Erst Jahresende will man etwas mehr dazu sagen. Deshalb bleibt unklar, ob man im Kampf auch unterstützende Charaktere einwechseln kann.
- Es ist möglich, dass man alle drei Charaktere gleichzeitig auf der Weltkarte sieht.
- Folgende Spiele haben die Entwickler in punkto Art Direction beeindruckt:
Minaba: Genpei Toumaden Kannoni (PC Engine, Namco, aka 'Samurai Ghost'
Yoshida: Metal Gear Solid 2 (Konami)
Kamikokuryou: Die gesamte Front Mission-Serie
- Die Drei kommunizieren nicht mit Hironobu Sakaguchi, der auf der Präsentation zu sehen war. Doch Yasumi Matsuno (Produzent) hat Respekt vor ihm, weil er der Vater der Serie ist. Sollte man die Richtung der Serie ändern, würde Matsuno das mit Hironobu Sakaguchi diskutieren.
- Auf der Broschüre von FFXII sind alle Erscheinungsdaten sämtlicher Final Fantasy-Spiele verzeichnet. Die Termine von Final Fantasy Tactics und Final Fantasy Tactics Advance sind hingegen im Hintergrund in einem leichten Grauton versteckt. Auf die Frage, ob man hiermit andeuten will, die Welten von Tactics und Final Fantasy zu verschmelzen, wird nicht geantwortet.
- Da es einen Helden und eine Heldin gibt, wird es auch eine Art der Beziehung geben. Doch sie wird nicht so offensichtich und ernsthaft sein im Hinlick auf Liebe wie in früheren Spielen.
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21.11.03 - PS2IGN hat in einem Gespräch mit den Entwicklern neue Details zum Rollenspiel Final Fantasy XII von Square Enix veröffentlicht, das im Sommer 2004 in Japan erscheinen wird.
Die Fragen wurden von Akihiko Yoshida (Character Designer), Hideo Minaba (Art Director) und Isamu Kamikokuryou (Background Director) beantwortet. Die interessantesten Aussagen in der Zusammenfassung:
- Die Kamera ähnelt Final Fantasy XI. Man soll sich frei umschauen können, die Perspektive zeigt eine Von-Hinten-Ansicht.
- Der Held Vaan sah zu Beginn nicht so unmännlich, sondern schroffer [wilder] und brutal aus. Als man das Szenario entwarf und die Zielgruppe des Spiels berücksichtigte, kam man zum jetzigen Design.
Vaan war zuvor sogar noch unmännlicher: Erst als Kohei Takeda ihm seine Synchronstimme lieh und man via Motion Capturing seine Bewegungen aufnahm, wurde Vaan tatkräftiger, aufgeweckter und positiver.
- Luftschiffe werden eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen und mehr im Vordergrund stehen als in anderen Final Fantasy-Episoden.
- Character Designer Akihiko Yoshida denkt nicht, dass seine Entwürfe dem Stil von Tetsuya Nomura (Kingdom Hearts) ähneln. Als er mit dem Design anfing, sah besonders der erste Entwurf von Vaan nicht nach Nomuras Stil aus.
Möglicherweise ähnelt sich das Aussehen aufgrund der Farben, die Yoshida für die Charaktere verwendet hat.
- Der Schauplatz von Final Fantasy XII ist Ivalice aus Final Fantasy Tactic Advance. Doch ob es dasselbe Ivalice wie in FFTA ist, weiss nur der Director. Laut Art Director Hideo Minaba handelt es sich aber um eine andere Version von Ivalice, die sich von dem Handheld-Strategiespiel unterscheidet.
- Mehrere Entwickler hatten zuvor schon mit der Ivalice-Welt zu tun. Sie alle lieben diese Welt und versuchen sie in FFXII in einer anderen Art und Weise darzustellen.
- Was sich im Vergleich zu den Vorgängern am meisten in FFXII geändert hat, darf Minaba noch nicht verraten. Allerdings sei das RPG beim spielen erfrischend und würde ein neues Gefühl verbreiten. Man würde auch auf positive Weise geschockt werden.
- Die menschliche Rasse wird die Hauptrolle übernehmen, doch die nicht-menschlichen Charaktere werden ebenfalls eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen.
Unterschiedliche Rassen und soziale Klassen [Schichten] sollten für das Vorankommen der FFXII-Geschichte vorhanden sein.
- Minaba ist ein großer Star Wars-Fan. Doch Filme wie 'Episode 2' haben ihn nicht während der Entwicklung beeinflusst oder inspiriert. Ansonsten wäre es kein Final Fantasy geworden.
- Man besuchte die Türkei, um sich von der Landschaft für das Spiel-Design inspirieren zu lassen: Das Team versucht etwas Originalgetreues mit einer Phantasie-Welt zu verschmelzen. Man versucht, etwas aus der Realität zu nehmen und darauf aufbauend etwas Eigenes zu schaffen.
Ebenso war man in Indien und New Work: Es soll möglichst viele verschiedene Orte in FFXII geben.
- Online-Elemente sind nicht vorhanden.
- Man hat während der Entwicklung nicht den Geschmack westlicher Spieler berücksichtigt. FFXII wird sowohl für japanische als auch westliche Spieler gemacht.
- Das Römische Imperium hat die Designer beeinflusst, gerade im Hinlick auf die Schlachten. Das Szenario und der Hintergrund des Spiels sei demnach auch Krieg.
- Es gibt mehrere Richter im Spiel. Der Richter im Logo von FFXII hat auch einen Namen, der aber noch nicht verraten werden darf.
- Zur Größe der Party wird nur gesagt, dass man auf den Bildern drei Helden sieht. Erst Jahresende will man etwas mehr dazu sagen. Deshalb bleibt unklar, ob man im Kampf auch unterstützende Charaktere einwechseln kann.
- Es ist möglich, dass man alle drei Charaktere gleichzeitig auf der Weltkarte sieht.
- Folgende Spiele haben die Entwickler in punkto Art Direction beeindruckt:
Minaba: Genpei Toumaden Kannoni (PC Engine, Namco, aka 'Samurai Ghost'
Yoshida: Metal Gear Solid 2 (Konami)
Kamikokuryou: Die gesamte Front Mission-Serie
- Die Drei kommunizieren nicht mit Hironobu Sakaguchi, der auf der Präsentation zu sehen war. Doch Yasumi Matsuno (Produzent) hat Respekt vor ihm, weil er der Vater der Serie ist. Sollte man die Richtung der Serie ändern, würde Matsuno das mit Hironobu Sakaguchi diskutieren.
- Auf der Broschüre von FFXII sind alle Erscheinungsdaten sämtlicher Final Fantasy-Spiele verzeichnet. Die Termine von Final Fantasy Tactics und Final Fantasy Tactics Advance sind hingegen im Hintergrund in einem leichten Grauton versteckt. Auf die Frage, ob man hiermit andeuten will, die Welten von Tactics und Final Fantasy zu verschmelzen, wird nicht geantwortet.
- Da es einen Helden und eine Heldin gibt, wird es auch eine Art der Beziehung geben. Doch sie wird nicht so offensichtich und ernsthaft sein im Hinlick auf Liebe wie in früheren Spielen.
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Über 9 Minuten langes Video von der Final Fantasy XII-Präsentation
HitPops veröffentlicht ein neues Video der Final Fantasy XII-Präsentation, die am 19.11.03 von Square Enix in Tokio stattfand.
http://www.hitpops.jp/ga-cha/whatsnew/asx/10024183.asx
Quelle: gamefront
HitPops veröffentlicht ein neues Video der Final Fantasy XII-Präsentation, die am 19.11.03 von Square Enix in Tokio stattfand.
http://www.hitpops.jp/ga-cha/whatsnew/asx/10024183.asx
Quelle: gamefront
- Square Enix announced they will be showing a playable demo of Dragon Quest V for PS2 at the Jump Festival, which will take place in Japan on December 20 - 21. In addition, new footage of Final Fantasy XII will be showing in the Jump Festival as well.
Hoffentlich zeigen sie endlich mal was zum Kampfsystem, was man im Trailer sah hat mich ziemlich neugierig gemacht.
Ausserdem will ich wieder ne dicke Worldmap.
Hoffentlich zeigen sie endlich mal was zum Kampfsystem, was man im Trailer sah hat mich ziemlich neugierig gemacht.
Ausserdem will ich wieder ne dicke Worldmap.
Mordred
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Ja ,ne Worldmap wär schon klasse. Die hab ich bei Teil 10 echt vermisst . Aber die Details weiter oben klingen recht interessant .
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Interview von IGN
November 20, 2003 - A day after a press briefing which brought to the world the first true flood of details on Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix made the unprecedented and bold move of giving access to the game's development core to a bunch of shabbily dressed and notably smelly members of the foreign press. The following is a transcript of a Q&A session with FFXII character designer Akihiko Yoshida, art director Hideo Minaba and background director Isamu Kamikokuryou. Not present (but referred to numerous times, so remember his name) was the game's producer and director Yasumi Matsuno.
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Q: Can you tell us how the Final Fantasy XII camera system works?
Minaba: The camera system is fully 360 degrees and closer to FFXI in that you can see from the first person and third person. We aren't just working on backgrounds, but we're also creating things like the ceiling. You'll be able to view the ceiling as well.
[ NOTE: we think by saying "first person," Minaba is referring to being able to look around at the world rather than moving around in first person. This would be in line with comments from yesterday. Whatever the case, having an FFXI-like behind-the-character perspective is a change for the series.]
Q: Can you comment on some of the equipment from the game and your possible role in designing it?
Minaba: I was not in charge of the design of any of the equipment - swords and shields, etc. That intertwines with the battle system so I can't say much, but there will be a lot of equipment.
Q: There seems to be a trend of FF games towards younger looking, more effeminate male leads. Did you ever consider making a more rugged looking hero?
Lot's of laughter as the super translater person tries to figure out how to describe Vaan as "effeminate."
Yoshida: In the early stages of development the hero character was more rugged -- big and tough. As we started shaping up the scenario and taking into consideration the target demographic, the character became what you see today. There were other ideas tossed around.
Until motion capture and voice actor Kohei Takeda was cast for Vaan, the main character was actually a little more effeminate. With him playing the role, the character became more active, upbeat, bright and positive. The character would have been even more effeminate had Takeda not been cast.
Not manly enough for you?
Q: Compared to other FF games, there seem to be more emphasis on airships. Will airships be an integral part of gameplay in FF12?
Minaba: In a sense, yes, airships will have a more prominent role, whether it be just a stage for an event, or just used as a means of transportation.
Who's in charge of mechanical design (airships, vehicles, etc.)?
Minaba: Me. Plus some other staff.
Q: For Mr. Yoshida, there's been some comments that the characters in the game are similar to the style of Tetsuya Nomura (famous Square Enix character designer who heads up the Kingdom Hearts project). What do you feel about this assessment?
Yoshida: You're very direct for a journalist.
[everyone laughs]
Yoshida: I didn't have anything in mind about Nomura's style or anything Nomura related when starting out FFXII. I actually begin with designing Vaan, the main character. I don't hink my first rough version of Vaan looks anything like Nomura's style.
If I were to say one thing though, the perceived similarity to Nomura's style may be because of the colors that I ended up using on the characters. In FF games until now, the design of the characters and the feel and design of the world were connected. The two were very much together because the colors were consistent between the characters and the world. In this game, the colors really stand out. It's probably the different kinds of colors that I've never really used that's adding the Nomura flavor to my work. Pink is a new color for me, for instance.
Q: Is the Ivalice of FFXII the same Ivalice as that of Tactics?
Minaba: If you ask me what the world of Ivalis in FFXII is, it's something that's only in the director's mind, so it's hard to say what it's going to be or how different it's going to be. But I would say that it's another version of the world you've seen previously. We'd like to show a different version of Ivalice.
FXII may take place in the same world as Tactics
but the world isn't necessarily meant to look the same.
To the staff, many of whom worked on the previous Ivalice worlds, what does the world of Ivalice feel like, what does it mean and what feeling are you trying to bring to the game?
Minaba: Yes, a lot of our staff has worked on the previous Ivalice world, so in that sense the feeling we get from the world is that we get to portray the world in a different way. It's a world that we all love that we can present in a different game and in a different way.
Q: A lot of people talk about change. What has changed the most in FFXII?
Minaba: I've been asked not to reveal details on the changes. All I can say is that once you play it, the game will give a fresh, new feeling, but also at the same time shock you in a good way. From the trailer that you saw yesterday, I hope you saw that the controls and gameplay are quite different. I'll leave it to your assumption as to how that's going to tie in with the meaning of change in the game.
Q: It seems that non-human characters take a big role in this game. Can you comment on the importance of race in this game?
Minaba: The human races will have the primary role, but the non human races will play a big part in the game as well.
You might have heard Matsuno say that he and myself are big history fanatics. I don't think we can talk about history or present anything about history without talking about races and the social classes. Races and social classes are things that should exist for the Final Fantasy XII story to progress as it does.
Q: It was said yesterday that some of the influences for the art style and environment were Mediteranian in nature. Many in the audience also saw some possible influence from Episode 2 of Star Wars. Can you comment on some of various influences for the game?
Minaba: I am a big fan of star Wars -- I will admit that. But, if we say Star Wars is our influence and create our game, you won't end up with an FF game nor will you end up with FF12. I'll just say that I'm a fan. I wouldn't say that was necessarily an influence though.
See some Star Wars influences?
Kamikokuryou: These days, user demands and expectations for our games are very high. It's true that we still have do things such as, for instance, going to Turkey as we did for this project. The reason we went there is so we can see what's really out there. But if we just took that and made the game we wouldn't be able to satisfy everyone. So, we're still keeping true to creating something that's original and a fantasy world while referring to something that exits. We try to take something out of what exists and create our own original work.
Q: Are there any other influences outside of Turkey?
Kamikokuryou: Outside of Turkey, Matsuno mentioned the entire Mediterranian region yesterday. Outside of that, maybe a little bit of India. Also parts of New York, actually -- the art deco areas and the regions of New York. You'll see, hopefully sooner than later, that throughout the game, we're trying to maximize the variation from each location of the game. We're trying to maximize what you see in each of the regions and create a sense of variety.
I think that in FFX there was one very strong world and one very whole world. But in FFXII you'll see more a variety of influences that I've had in creating some of the areas.
Q: Considering Matsuno's heritage, will there be any strategy-style gameplay outside of the standard RPG strategy?
Minaba (laughs): I'll leave it up to your assumption. It's too early to tell.
It's obviously too early too comment on the gameplay -- if there'll be any war strategy elements coming into gameplay, for instance. The setting of FFXII is a place where a lot of races, beliefs and countries meet, though. Of course there are battles and wars. In terms of gameplay, though, it's too early to say.
Q: FFXI is an Online-exclusive game, different from other titles in the series. Will there be any Online component for FFXII?
Minaba: FXII will be an Offline game. Matsuno has been involved with Play Online before and has mentioned that he'd like to have an Online project, but in this game there will be no Online elements.
Q: FFX had lots of Japanese influence. FFXII has lots of Western influences Are you keeping the western audience in mind as you design the game? Do you think western audiences will receive the game differently from who they received FFX and FFX-2 as a result of the art style?
Minaba: I think everyone might have a different opinion.
Kamikokuryou: The american/western audience wasn't in my mind when I started designing.
Square Super PR Person: That's not a good enough answer...
[everyone laughs]
Kamikokuryou: When designing, I look and refer to tons materials, references and drawings -- anything I can absorb. What I feel is going to be good and is going to work out is different for each project that I've worked on. If I feel it's going to be right, it comes natural to me that I should go with it.
With FFX, I worked on background design, so there may be an overlap with my personal desire to make FFXII different from my previous work.
Besides the countries or regions mentioned earlier, I do have a lot of other ideas. For example, this bottle that's on the desk. I'll just stare at it for a long time and in pops an idea. I'll look at water running in the sink and there may be an airship idea or an idea for a building. One method of designing is to look at reference materials, visit countries -- that is to say, to look at things that exist. But just putting this into writing or drawing with my own hands obviously isn't original -- not my idea. There are times when doing something completely different and I'll come up with an idea for a building or a structure and so-forth.
Minaba: There wasn't anything in particular that I had in mind for the overseas audience. The game is built both for the domestic and overseas audiences. However, I personally think that some of the Arabic culture, even the stuff that we see in the news, reference materials, or even in the world of music, are a popular underground thing in European hot spots. I wanted to bring that out and show people that there's this world that you might have never seen or felt. I spoke to Matsuno and he agreed that that's something that while not necessarily "undiscovered," is something that should be shown in one way or another. There is a lot of influence from this area behind this game.
Yoshida: I think that many members of our team are huge fans of non Japanese games. What you see in Vagrant Story is a product that results from our putting as many non-Japanese influences as possible into a game. We didn't want to take the same strategy with FFXII. I hope that with FFXII you won't see our having worked so hard to put in foreign elements. I hope you'll something that is a couple of steps back from Vagrant Story in how influenced it is by foreign concepts.
I'm curious about what you saw yesterday. Is it natural too you? Does it look like we were forcing something?
[ Final Fantasy expert, who shall remain namelss, comments that the game looks more Japanese than Matsuno's previous games ]
Square Rep: That's what we wanted.
Q: Parts of the trailer featured dark battles. Are there any historical eras or war periods that have influenced the design?
Minaba: Probably the Roman Empire - maybe a little past. A lot of our staff has had influence in that area.
Q: Is it fair to say that war is a prominent theme in this game?
Minaba: The setting of the game -- yes, it is war. There's obviously a story, but the setting is war.
It may have Chocobos, but it's still pretty dark.
Q: Can you comment a bit on the Judge character He makes the logo very big.
Minaba: I thought the logo was big too.
Square Super PR Rep (to members of the press): It may be hard for you to use the logo as an image in your publication.
FF Expert: It may be hard to fit it on the box.
Minaba: It probably won't fit on the spine. However, by making the logo bigger we may get more exposure in game magazines.
[Laughter]
Minaba: The judge plays a key role in the game.
Q: Does he have a name?
Minaba: Yes.
Q: Is there more than just one judge, or is there just one?
Minaba: Not one. But we can't say more than that.
Q: Are the Judges the forces behind the Empire, or are they servants of the Empire?
Minaba: He is called the judge, so...
Q: How many people will be in your party? Will it be a standard three-party system?
Minaba: As you can see from some of the assets yesterday, there are three members of the party. Anything beyond that is up to your imagination at this point. We'll be revealing more info on FFXII before the end of the year in Japan.
Q: How about support characters that can be switched into battle? How many of these can we expect?
Minaba: To be continued...
Team FFXII isn't ready just yet to field
questions on the game's battle system.
Q: How does Vaan compare to previous FF protagonists?
Minaba: Well, the person who's creating the characters is different -- that's one difference. I don't think he can be compared to any of the FF characters.
Q: Can you see all three characters on the world map at the same time?
Minaba: Yes, it's possible.
Q: What games have impressed you in this generation in terms of art direction?
Minaba: It's an old Japanese game -- you may not know it. Genpei Toumaden Kannoni (Namco PC Engine game from 80s, also known as Samurai Ghost).
Yoshida: Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm really looking forward to part three.
Kamikokuryou: The entire Front Mission series -- even though it's our own game.
Q: We noticed that Hironobu Sakaguchi was at the presentation yesterday. Will Mr. Sakaguchi have more of an influence on this FF or other FF games, or was his presence just out of respect for Mr. Matsuno?
Minaba: We may not have any communication with Mr. Sakaguchi, but Mr. Matsuno, as the game's director, has respect for him since he is the father of the series. If changing the direction of the series, Mr. Matsuno will probably discuss the issue with Mr. Sakaguchi.
Q: (from special Final Fantasy Expert who will still remain nameless): If you look closely at one of the pamphlets from yesterday, the pamphlet that has the release dates for of all the Final Fantasy games written in it, you can see the release dates for Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance hidden in the background in a light shade of gray.
[ Pauses dramatically ]
Does this mean that the team feels that they are mixing the Tactics world view with the main FF world view?
Minaba: What the!? Oh wow, it is there, isn't it!
Actually, as you hold on to the pamphlet, the numbers become darker and darker.
[Laughter]
Q: Will there be a romance in this game?
Minaba: Obviously, there's a hero and a heroine, so there has to be some kind of relationship. However, the relationship may not be as obvious or serious in terms of love as in previous games.
Q: So it may be just like "Let's just be friends."
Staff laughs.
Yoshida: It may not be just love between the two -- it may be other love.
We'd like to thank Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Minaba and Mr. Kamikokuryou as well as all the fine folks at Square Enix Japan and America for their time during the Q&A session. Be sure and check out all our information on Final Fantasy XII for the full scoop on next year's biggest RPG.
November 20, 2003 - A day after a press briefing which brought to the world the first true flood of details on Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix made the unprecedented and bold move of giving access to the game's development core to a bunch of shabbily dressed and notably smelly members of the foreign press. The following is a transcript of a Q&A session with FFXII character designer Akihiko Yoshida, art director Hideo Minaba and background director Isamu Kamikokuryou. Not present (but referred to numerous times, so remember his name) was the game's producer and director Yasumi Matsuno.
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Q: Can you tell us how the Final Fantasy XII camera system works?
Minaba: The camera system is fully 360 degrees and closer to FFXI in that you can see from the first person and third person. We aren't just working on backgrounds, but we're also creating things like the ceiling. You'll be able to view the ceiling as well.
[ NOTE: we think by saying "first person," Minaba is referring to being able to look around at the world rather than moving around in first person. This would be in line with comments from yesterday. Whatever the case, having an FFXI-like behind-the-character perspective is a change for the series.]
Q: Can you comment on some of the equipment from the game and your possible role in designing it?
Minaba: I was not in charge of the design of any of the equipment - swords and shields, etc. That intertwines with the battle system so I can't say much, but there will be a lot of equipment.
Q: There seems to be a trend of FF games towards younger looking, more effeminate male leads. Did you ever consider making a more rugged looking hero?
Lot's of laughter as the super translater person tries to figure out how to describe Vaan as "effeminate."
Yoshida: In the early stages of development the hero character was more rugged -- big and tough. As we started shaping up the scenario and taking into consideration the target demographic, the character became what you see today. There were other ideas tossed around.
Until motion capture and voice actor Kohei Takeda was cast for Vaan, the main character was actually a little more effeminate. With him playing the role, the character became more active, upbeat, bright and positive. The character would have been even more effeminate had Takeda not been cast.
Not manly enough for you?
Q: Compared to other FF games, there seem to be more emphasis on airships. Will airships be an integral part of gameplay in FF12?
Minaba: In a sense, yes, airships will have a more prominent role, whether it be just a stage for an event, or just used as a means of transportation.
Who's in charge of mechanical design (airships, vehicles, etc.)?
Minaba: Me. Plus some other staff.
Q: For Mr. Yoshida, there's been some comments that the characters in the game are similar to the style of Tetsuya Nomura (famous Square Enix character designer who heads up the Kingdom Hearts project). What do you feel about this assessment?
Yoshida: You're very direct for a journalist.
[everyone laughs]
Yoshida: I didn't have anything in mind about Nomura's style or anything Nomura related when starting out FFXII. I actually begin with designing Vaan, the main character. I don't hink my first rough version of Vaan looks anything like Nomura's style.
If I were to say one thing though, the perceived similarity to Nomura's style may be because of the colors that I ended up using on the characters. In FF games until now, the design of the characters and the feel and design of the world were connected. The two were very much together because the colors were consistent between the characters and the world. In this game, the colors really stand out. It's probably the different kinds of colors that I've never really used that's adding the Nomura flavor to my work. Pink is a new color for me, for instance.
Q: Is the Ivalice of FFXII the same Ivalice as that of Tactics?
Minaba: If you ask me what the world of Ivalis in FFXII is, it's something that's only in the director's mind, so it's hard to say what it's going to be or how different it's going to be. But I would say that it's another version of the world you've seen previously. We'd like to show a different version of Ivalice.
FXII may take place in the same world as Tactics
but the world isn't necessarily meant to look the same.
To the staff, many of whom worked on the previous Ivalice worlds, what does the world of Ivalice feel like, what does it mean and what feeling are you trying to bring to the game?
Minaba: Yes, a lot of our staff has worked on the previous Ivalice world, so in that sense the feeling we get from the world is that we get to portray the world in a different way. It's a world that we all love that we can present in a different game and in a different way.
Q: A lot of people talk about change. What has changed the most in FFXII?
Minaba: I've been asked not to reveal details on the changes. All I can say is that once you play it, the game will give a fresh, new feeling, but also at the same time shock you in a good way. From the trailer that you saw yesterday, I hope you saw that the controls and gameplay are quite different. I'll leave it to your assumption as to how that's going to tie in with the meaning of change in the game.
Q: It seems that non-human characters take a big role in this game. Can you comment on the importance of race in this game?
Minaba: The human races will have the primary role, but the non human races will play a big part in the game as well.
You might have heard Matsuno say that he and myself are big history fanatics. I don't think we can talk about history or present anything about history without talking about races and the social classes. Races and social classes are things that should exist for the Final Fantasy XII story to progress as it does.
Q: It was said yesterday that some of the influences for the art style and environment were Mediteranian in nature. Many in the audience also saw some possible influence from Episode 2 of Star Wars. Can you comment on some of various influences for the game?
Minaba: I am a big fan of star Wars -- I will admit that. But, if we say Star Wars is our influence and create our game, you won't end up with an FF game nor will you end up with FF12. I'll just say that I'm a fan. I wouldn't say that was necessarily an influence though.
See some Star Wars influences?
Kamikokuryou: These days, user demands and expectations for our games are very high. It's true that we still have do things such as, for instance, going to Turkey as we did for this project. The reason we went there is so we can see what's really out there. But if we just took that and made the game we wouldn't be able to satisfy everyone. So, we're still keeping true to creating something that's original and a fantasy world while referring to something that exits. We try to take something out of what exists and create our own original work.
Q: Are there any other influences outside of Turkey?
Kamikokuryou: Outside of Turkey, Matsuno mentioned the entire Mediterranian region yesterday. Outside of that, maybe a little bit of India. Also parts of New York, actually -- the art deco areas and the regions of New York. You'll see, hopefully sooner than later, that throughout the game, we're trying to maximize the variation from each location of the game. We're trying to maximize what you see in each of the regions and create a sense of variety.
I think that in FFX there was one very strong world and one very whole world. But in FFXII you'll see more a variety of influences that I've had in creating some of the areas.
Q: Considering Matsuno's heritage, will there be any strategy-style gameplay outside of the standard RPG strategy?
Minaba (laughs): I'll leave it up to your assumption. It's too early to tell.
It's obviously too early too comment on the gameplay -- if there'll be any war strategy elements coming into gameplay, for instance. The setting of FFXII is a place where a lot of races, beliefs and countries meet, though. Of course there are battles and wars. In terms of gameplay, though, it's too early to say.
Q: FFXI is an Online-exclusive game, different from other titles in the series. Will there be any Online component for FFXII?
Minaba: FXII will be an Offline game. Matsuno has been involved with Play Online before and has mentioned that he'd like to have an Online project, but in this game there will be no Online elements.
Q: FFX had lots of Japanese influence. FFXII has lots of Western influences Are you keeping the western audience in mind as you design the game? Do you think western audiences will receive the game differently from who they received FFX and FFX-2 as a result of the art style?
Minaba: I think everyone might have a different opinion.
Kamikokuryou: The american/western audience wasn't in my mind when I started designing.
Square Super PR Person: That's not a good enough answer...
[everyone laughs]
Kamikokuryou: When designing, I look and refer to tons materials, references and drawings -- anything I can absorb. What I feel is going to be good and is going to work out is different for each project that I've worked on. If I feel it's going to be right, it comes natural to me that I should go with it.
With FFX, I worked on background design, so there may be an overlap with my personal desire to make FFXII different from my previous work.
Besides the countries or regions mentioned earlier, I do have a lot of other ideas. For example, this bottle that's on the desk. I'll just stare at it for a long time and in pops an idea. I'll look at water running in the sink and there may be an airship idea or an idea for a building. One method of designing is to look at reference materials, visit countries -- that is to say, to look at things that exist. But just putting this into writing or drawing with my own hands obviously isn't original -- not my idea. There are times when doing something completely different and I'll come up with an idea for a building or a structure and so-forth.
Minaba: There wasn't anything in particular that I had in mind for the overseas audience. The game is built both for the domestic and overseas audiences. However, I personally think that some of the Arabic culture, even the stuff that we see in the news, reference materials, or even in the world of music, are a popular underground thing in European hot spots. I wanted to bring that out and show people that there's this world that you might have never seen or felt. I spoke to Matsuno and he agreed that that's something that while not necessarily "undiscovered," is something that should be shown in one way or another. There is a lot of influence from this area behind this game.
Yoshida: I think that many members of our team are huge fans of non Japanese games. What you see in Vagrant Story is a product that results from our putting as many non-Japanese influences as possible into a game. We didn't want to take the same strategy with FFXII. I hope that with FFXII you won't see our having worked so hard to put in foreign elements. I hope you'll something that is a couple of steps back from Vagrant Story in how influenced it is by foreign concepts.
I'm curious about what you saw yesterday. Is it natural too you? Does it look like we were forcing something?
[ Final Fantasy expert, who shall remain namelss, comments that the game looks more Japanese than Matsuno's previous games ]
Square Rep: That's what we wanted.
Q: Parts of the trailer featured dark battles. Are there any historical eras or war periods that have influenced the design?
Minaba: Probably the Roman Empire - maybe a little past. A lot of our staff has had influence in that area.
Q: Is it fair to say that war is a prominent theme in this game?
Minaba: The setting of the game -- yes, it is war. There's obviously a story, but the setting is war.
It may have Chocobos, but it's still pretty dark.
Q: Can you comment a bit on the Judge character He makes the logo very big.
Minaba: I thought the logo was big too.
Square Super PR Rep (to members of the press): It may be hard for you to use the logo as an image in your publication.
FF Expert: It may be hard to fit it on the box.
Minaba: It probably won't fit on the spine. However, by making the logo bigger we may get more exposure in game magazines.
[Laughter]
Minaba: The judge plays a key role in the game.
Q: Does he have a name?
Minaba: Yes.
Q: Is there more than just one judge, or is there just one?
Minaba: Not one. But we can't say more than that.
Q: Are the Judges the forces behind the Empire, or are they servants of the Empire?
Minaba: He is called the judge, so...
Q: How many people will be in your party? Will it be a standard three-party system?
Minaba: As you can see from some of the assets yesterday, there are three members of the party. Anything beyond that is up to your imagination at this point. We'll be revealing more info on FFXII before the end of the year in Japan.
Q: How about support characters that can be switched into battle? How many of these can we expect?
Minaba: To be continued...
Team FFXII isn't ready just yet to field
questions on the game's battle system.
Q: How does Vaan compare to previous FF protagonists?
Minaba: Well, the person who's creating the characters is different -- that's one difference. I don't think he can be compared to any of the FF characters.
Q: Can you see all three characters on the world map at the same time?
Minaba: Yes, it's possible.
Q: What games have impressed you in this generation in terms of art direction?
Minaba: It's an old Japanese game -- you may not know it. Genpei Toumaden Kannoni (Namco PC Engine game from 80s, also known as Samurai Ghost).
Yoshida: Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm really looking forward to part three.
Kamikokuryou: The entire Front Mission series -- even though it's our own game.
Q: We noticed that Hironobu Sakaguchi was at the presentation yesterday. Will Mr. Sakaguchi have more of an influence on this FF or other FF games, or was his presence just out of respect for Mr. Matsuno?
Minaba: We may not have any communication with Mr. Sakaguchi, but Mr. Matsuno, as the game's director, has respect for him since he is the father of the series. If changing the direction of the series, Mr. Matsuno will probably discuss the issue with Mr. Sakaguchi.
Q: (from special Final Fantasy Expert who will still remain nameless): If you look closely at one of the pamphlets from yesterday, the pamphlet that has the release dates for of all the Final Fantasy games written in it, you can see the release dates for Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance hidden in the background in a light shade of gray.
[ Pauses dramatically ]
Does this mean that the team feels that they are mixing the Tactics world view with the main FF world view?
Minaba: What the!? Oh wow, it is there, isn't it!
Actually, as you hold on to the pamphlet, the numbers become darker and darker.
[Laughter]
Q: Will there be a romance in this game?
Minaba: Obviously, there's a hero and a heroine, so there has to be some kind of relationship. However, the relationship may not be as obvious or serious in terms of love as in previous games.
Q: So it may be just like "Let's just be friends."
Staff laughs.
Yoshida: It may not be just love between the two -- it may be other love.
We'd like to thank Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Minaba and Mr. Kamikokuryou as well as all the fine folks at Square Enix Japan and America for their time during the Q&A session. Be sure and check out all our information on Final Fantasy XII for the full scoop on next year's biggest RPG.
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Square Enix überarbeitet Final Fantasy XII-Homepage
Square Enix hat die offizielle Homepage zu Final Fantasy XII überarbeitet: Es gibt eine neue Hintergrundmusik und einige neue Bilder, die in unserer Screenshot-Rubrik zu finden sind.
http://www.ff12.com/
Quelle: gamefront
Square Enix hat die offizielle Homepage zu Final Fantasy XII überarbeitet: Es gibt eine neue Hintergrundmusik und einige neue Bilder, die in unserer Screenshot-Rubrik zu finden sind.
http://www.ff12.com/
Quelle: gamefront
Sonic schrieb:
Das Aussehen der Stadt gleicht SW?, man kanns auch übertreiben...
Es gibt vielleicht ein paar Gemeinsamkeiten aber das es jetzt direkt SW nachempfunden ist würde ich nicht behaupten.
Mir gefällt dass was ich bisher gesehen und gehört habe richtig gut, erinnert mich etwas an die besonders guten FF-Teile wie Tactics o. VIII vorallem bin ich auf die Umsetzung des neuen Kampfsystems gespannt.
Sobald man sich das Bild der Stadt ansieht und dieses mit den Städten aus den ersten zwei SW Filmen ( nicht die alten ) vergleicht, dann fällt einem auf, dass Square nun entweder versucht, die westlichen Spieler stärker anzusprechen oder ein "Sci-Fi FF" herstellen will.
Sonic schrieb:
Fantasy und Science Fiction sind verschiedene Genre, die sich aber in gewissen Punkten überschneiden können. Das sich Square bei den Städten, Festungen gern am alten Europa orientiert ist auch nicht neu zB. Lindblum bzw. Alexandria o. Treno in FFIX o. die Festung in FFVI. Diesmal haben sie sich in der Türkei inspirieren lassen und eine Stadt soll auch etwas an New York angelehnt sein. Im Interview sagt ein Entwickler sie suchen sich Dinge die schon existieren aber verpassen diesen dann ihren ganz eigenen Stil, solange man nicht schlecht und Ideenlos kopiert finde ich das in Ordung.
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Final Fantasy XII: neues Bildmaterial
Auf der offiziellen Website zu Final Fantasy XII hat Square Enix neues Bildmaterial zum kommenden PS2-Rollenspiel veröffentlicht. Dieses besteht sowohl aus vorgerenderten als auch in Echtzeit berechneten Zwischensequenzen sowie In-Game-Grafik. Finden könnt ihr die acht neuen Bilder wie immer auch in unserer Galerie.
Quelle: 4players
Auf der offiziellen Website zu Final Fantasy XII hat Square Enix neues Bildmaterial zum kommenden PS2-Rollenspiel veröffentlicht. Dieses besteht sowohl aus vorgerenderten als auch in Echtzeit berechneten Zwischensequenzen sowie In-Game-Grafik. Finden könnt ihr die acht neuen Bilder wie immer auch in unserer Galerie.
Quelle: 4players
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