It's official -- FInal Fantasy on GameCube (AND GBA!)

[Revival]

Posted by me, at GameCubeXL (http://www.gamecubexl.com/new/dailynews/fullnews.cgi?newsid1015620639,95196,)
No, you are not dreaming, Final Fantasy is BACK on a Nintendo Console -- actually 2 Nintendo consoles -- GBA and Nintendo GameCube! The new came from Nikkei's (Japanese official gaming source) website:

OSAKA (Nikkei)--Nintendo Co. (7974) has agreed to resume procuring the popular "Final Fantasy" video game software for its game consoles from Square Co. (9620) after a five-year hiatus, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Friday.

The big news in this is not only is Square coming back, but the details -- Hiroshi Yamauchi himself is funding Square's return, by virtue of Fund Q, the fund set aside to help spark game development on GameCube.

The deal calls on the Square affiliate to produce software allowing users of two Nintendo consoles -- the GameCube and Game Boy Advance -- to play together by the end of the year.

Go ahead, clean the crap off your pants, then come back.. ;) Yes -- TOGETHER.

So, GameCubers and GBAers alike have something to look foward too playing Final Fantasy on NGC and GBA. Keep in mind that this HAS, I repeat HAS been confirmed officially by NCL.

[Perfect Stu]

Is square giving full-fledged support to Gamecube? Like just like PS2? If so, this is great news for Gamecube owners!

[cubeman420]

YES!!!! Finally :D

[Jason1]

*****s pants*

I really thought the day would come, and here it is! Im so Psyched! and it will be out by the end of the year...that much more awsome!

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by Jason1
*****s pants*

I really thought the day would come, and here it is! Im so Psyched! and it will be out by the end of the year...that much more awsome!

WHAT will be out be the end of the year?

Final Fantasy X?

[Xantar]

This was already posted at PGC. I posted the link to that story in Jin's topic.

But nobody read it. I'm so ignored! :( :baby:

*wonders how long it will take for a GT staff writer to post this on the front page*

[BigJustinW]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu


WHAT will be out be the end of the year?

Final Fantasy X?

That would be Pimp if GCN did get FFX... but FFXI is my guess for the game

[Drunk Hobbit]

I don't like Square...but it does mean GameCube sales will increase...which means more people will want to develop for it...which means more games I like...yay. Hmmm, might try one of the FF games for GBA though.

[magus113]

thats great that GC and GBA are going to get some games.
It's about time that square lightens up a bit on nintendo.
they could probably remake ff7 with better graphics or a single player version of ff11 instead of an online one

[Ridley]

Square's making games for GCN and Hiroshi Yamauchi is actually funding the return?

*checks calendar*

*sees it isn't April 1*

*has a massive heart attack*

All I have to say is thank the big guy in the clouds. Lando Calrissian thank you!

;)

[DeathsHand]

That's awesome... I hope they still support PS2 nice and good though...

Hopefully AGB will get some nice lil' games... imagine a new 2D chrono game... hmm *rubs chin*

Hey I can dream can't I? :p

Although if this came from some kind of magazine, it COULD be an april fools joke since magazines are a month ahead (april comes out in March)...

just like that Sonic in SSB:M was EGM's april fools joke... *cough*

Edit: http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2853838,00.html

Well OK now I believe it a bit more... :D

"but FFXI is my guess for the game"

But FFXI uses PS2's HD thing... NGC doesn't have one... how would they get it to work all nice and good :confused:

Maybe they will bring that "Final Fantasy X International" or whatever to NGC... and Kingdom Hearts (the disney/Square game)...

[Ric]

SHAT Grrr language filter.

I am rather pleased at that, moreso because it means that Squaresoft will be developing for GC and my hope for a compilation game of all the Squaresoft RPG's on SNES draws a step closer and also that other franchises will be available. I personally prefer the FF's of old to the newer versions but hey mabey my opinion will cahnge. Yeah.... Zelda FF Zelda FF Zelda FF Zelda FF.... yeah. Well done Hiroshi Yamauchi, you made them try harder to impress you, hopefully a higher standard of game will be delivered.

[Idiot]

Step 1: SquareSoft diggitaly re-masters Final Fantasy I-VI and creates a double GBA cartridge pack.

Step 2: SquareSoft diggitaly re-masters Final Fantasy I-XI for GameCube in a 3-disk set, with GBA connections, so that you can share save files for Final Fantasy I-VI on GameCube and GBA.

Step 3:Continue to release forthcoming Final Fantasy installments for Nintendo formats, including Final Fantasy X, XI and XII.

Well, that's what I'd like to happen, but it probably won't....:( ,...still, I can dream....

Anyway, if this is true, then the tide has well and truly turned. This represents a hug marketing coup for Nintendo. SEGA was the first to relent, closely followed by Capcom and Namco, and now SquareSoft has joined the fray, well, who knows what may happen, but excpect developers in their hundreds to flock back to Nintendo. Now, Nintendo has four of the worlds top five developers tucked under their belts. (SquareSoft, Rarware, SEGA and Nintendo themselves, the fith being Bungie, which Microsoft blagged.)
On another note, perhaps it might attract back developers who push the GameCube away, because they got their hands bitten with the Nintendo 64, such as Konami. (Metal Gear Solid for the Nintendo GameCube, anyone?)

Also, his may kill off the 'short, but sweet' stratergy that runs around Nintendo at time of writing. With SquareSoft, and the influence that it brings to attract developers back to the Nintendo GameCube, relieving the games drought, Nintendo may have the time it needs to construct it's revelatory videogaming epics. We may yet see a 70 hour, realistic Zelda, and a humongous Mario game, before the Nintendo GameCube goes to the Great Attic of Forgotten Games Consoles in the Sky.....

[Angrist]

Is this confirmed????? Where's the source (not the XL site)???

:D:D

[Idiot]

I've just rememberd Enix, and their Dragon Warrior titles! (Which still outsell Final Fantasy 10 to 1 in Japan, and are rumoured for GC and GBA.) Imagine: Zelda, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior and Pokemon on the same formats. (Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Game Boy Advance.) RPG heaven has opened it's pearly gates to Nintendo it seems...

[Joeiss]

Wow. I couldn't care less about Square... But I know anout 7 people who will purchase a GCN now because of this news! Great news for Nintendo fans!

[D-Man]

Angrist: yes it is confirmed, just check out ign. :D

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by D-Man
Angrist: yes it is confirmed, just check out ign. :D

Yep... it's almost sealed for me... now all I need is to hear it for myself from Nintendo or Square... and not IGN saying that NoA confirmed it ;)

I just hope they don't stop supporting PS2... :unsure:

I also hope they don't release FFX with neat extras... but not enough to make me wanna pay 50 bucks to get it again ;)

Err, if they release FFX on NGC...

[Ginkasa]

YES!!!!


*runs around room in circrcles until I run into a wall and am knocked unconcious*


*Has dreams of Cloud and Mario prancing aorund a nice field of Pikmin flowers in joyous harmony*

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by Link1130


*Has dreams of Cloud and Mario prancing aorund a nice field of Pikmin flowers in joyous harmony* Umm...:unsure:

Cloud is from SOLDIER...he has no feelings, until he meets Aeris. :p

And Xantar, it's pretty hard to post news when the others hardly post. ;)

[Gamer]

Aww, finally, now my buddies with a PS2 who say that their system is better because of FF have nothing to use against me , muahahahha....erm, right, so, yeah this is great news, not like i didnt see it coming... ;) :rolleyes:

[BreakABone]

Well this is great news for Cube owners..

As for me, unless they plan on making a new Mario RPG (even though I believe Intelligent Systems made the better game)

[Ric]

Originally posted by gamer
Aww, finally, now my buddies with a PS2 who say that their system is better because of FF have nothing to use against me , muahahahha....erm, right, so, yeah this is great news, not like i didnt see it coming... ;) :rolleyes:

Yes they have they've got GTA 3. Damn, we need that too.

[Yoda9864]

In the words of Mr. Burns..."Excellent!" I just want an rpg for my GBA. Drowns in his own drool....

[Blix]

This is great news. Altough I'm not a Square fan, I'm happy cause that means that other developers might come back to Nintendo.

[Revival]

This is 100% confirmed, and GameCube XL is a reliable source - I don't post news there often, and when I do, it has to be confirmed, I refuse to post a rumour.

Also, the article is updated, and now includes the Reuters article, which should be even more convincing.

[Gamer]

Originally posted by Ric


Yes they have they've got GTA 3. Damn, we need that too.

GTA 3...damn, yes i forgot about that one...well, hmm we can only hope, i guesse;)

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by BreakABone
(even though I believe Intelligent Systems made the better game) NO WAY!


I liked Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars a million times better. It's one of my favorite games.

[SamosR20]

Posted at IGN (and my site) it says that Final Fantasy Unlimited has been under the works since October for an "unknown system". They think this will be the next installment on GCN and AGB. BTW, ff unlimited is an jap anime.

[Gamer]

Originally posted by SamosR20
Posted at IGN (and my site) it says that Final Fantasy Unlimited has been under the works since October for an "unknown system". They think this will be the next installment on GCN and AGB. BTW, ff unlimited is an jap anime.

Well, maybe but the pic at IGN is just the concept art.

[JoeCool007]

As I shed one tear in delight as such I have though of this day for many a...um.....year.... I go and give my little black cube above my television a hug, as i wisper into it's fan duct, "you are now loved by all, huraah my friend.....huraah.." as i back away and put a giant smile on my face...."It has been a long time comming, tis wonderful" then I went and made some popcorn and watched Wonder Years reruns....Ahem....

The point is that Square is here, i've waited so long, now im happy, nuff said... I love my cube.. Good day

[Blackmane]

Oh my, when I saw the article, I thought I was dreaming. I have considered long and hard to get a PS2 JUST FOR FINAL FANTASY GAMES! Now I dont have to shell out $300 just to play them. I am so happy. Gamecube has now another added bonus to get more gamers buying it.

[Angrist]

First I thought it could be a joke or just a rumour... but it's true! :D

[Koopa]

Originally posted by Blackmane
Oh my, when I saw the article, I thought I was dreaming. I have considered long and hard to get a PS2 JUST FOR FINAL FANTASY GAMES! Now I dont have to shell out $300 just to play them. I am so happy. Gamecube has now another added bonus to get more gamers buying it.

I think this isn't so much of good news for Gamecube as bad news for sony. Now people don't need a Ps2 to get final fantasy! but the key factor here is if square is making exclusives for nintendo or not. If they do, it'll give people (the casual, uneducated gamers) a reason to buy a Gamecube over a Ps2. so lets hope for some original exclusives:D

[Gambit_X]

I thought the deal with Sony and Square was that all FF games released on next-gen consoles had to be released on the PS2, although not restricting other consoles from getting them as well.

But that's just what I thought I heard.

Anyway, yeah, this is awesome news. Now that Square is devving for Cube... Chrono Break anyone?

*everyone starts laughing*

Hey, I can dream, can't I? Look, it's almost as tangible as this burger... now I must gobble it up... :burger:

[Revival]

Yeah, Chrono Break would be awesome too :D

[gekko]

Good, I guess. Will bring people to Gamecube.

I just hope they can make a FF that doesn't suck.

[Revival]

Originally posted by gekko
I just hope they can make a FF that doesn't suck.
Yeah, I do too.

[Ric]

Like I said before I prefer the Final Fantasy's of old, the new ones, going all futuristicy, running across pre rendered screens, not really my cup of tea but hey, they may grow on me.

[fingersman]

That's good news I guess. :unsure:
Woopee :unsure:

[GameKinG]

Just for the doubters, if you still havent heard NOA and NCL have both said its true.

[Xantar]

Originally posted by fingersman
That's good news I guess. :unsure:
Woopee :unsure:

Damnit, Deathshand, I told you to stop hacking into fingersman's account! :mad:

:D

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Ric
Like I said before I prefer the Final Fantasy's of old, the new ones, going all futuristicy, running across pre rendered screens, not really my cup of tea but hey, they may grow on me.

Don't want pre-rendered backgrounds? Then how about checking out FFX or FFXI ;)

Pre-rendered backgrounds were a thing of the PSX gen because PSX couldn't do very good graphics... now FF's will be MOSTLY 3D (there are still some areas in FFX that are pre-rendered... mainly in-door areas where there is only like one area to be in)...

And I prefer the futuristic stuffs... I dunno... The other FF's were too similar to me... a bunch of forests, plains, mountains, and small towns with some castles and stuff...

Whereas with futuristic stuff they can do different stuff... Like FF7 where y'know you get small towns and stuff with some various futuristic stuffs... and then bigger futuristic stuffs... or FF8 where it's even more futuristic with crazy buildings and lots of TV screens and stuff all over the place, and that one reaaaally big futuristic city...

or FFX... where yeah, it's futuristic, but the guys you hang out with follow a religion that bans machina (y'know... machines and junks)... so they're not VERY futuristicness...

Whereas in FF2 it's like "Hey look... castles and small towns and knights".... flash forward to FF3...

"Hey look... towns and castles... and knights and stuff..." ;)

I prefer the new FFs... Especially FF7 and FFX... which I think are tied for the best FF game ever :D

so hah...

[fingersman]

FF 7 was the best to me.....I haven't got a chance to play through FFX yet. But it was looking ok. :D Way too much talking ....or maybe it was because i was on a pay to play system. :(

But whatever the case I hope Square develops the FF online for Gamecube..or whatever...but I also hope they develop a new rpg..that blows everything out of the water, like chrono trigger did back in the days. I mean cool characters instead of that sissy Tidus :p ...sorry Deathshand but I think he's a sissy.:p and a new combat system would be great. etc etc ...oh and hope they can japanesse with sub titles :D, cause I loved when Capcom did that with some of their games.
BTW i bet the company will consist of 30 percent Nintendo employees and 60 percent Square.....and I really hope the game is about that Japanesse anime..cause I love animes. :D

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by fingersman
sorry Deathshand but I think he's a sissy.:p

I never said I didn't think he was... I just say I don't think he's as big of a "problem" as some people think... "Ooo wut is wit his clothes, he es a WUSS. And luk at dat har! Is he gaye or sumting?" :rolleyes:

And I still wanna know if they could even get FFXI to work on gamecube since it uses PS2's Hard Drive... and NGC doesn't have one..... *cough* hmm...

[Ric]

Originally posted by fingersman
BTW i bet the company will consist of 30 percent Nintendo employees and 60 percent Square.....and I really hope the game is about that Japanesse anime..cause I love animes. :D

60% Square + 30% Nintendo = 90%..... who are the other 10% then, monkeys? lol.

DeathsHand like I said, mabey the series will grow on me, and not all pre rendered sounds cool, however, I just prefer the medieval timezone thing as a whole, I dunno, mabey I was a king of england in a past life or something. (if you believe in such things) Swords and sorcery, dragons, castles, they hold a place in my heart , thats why I tend to prefer that kinda RPG.

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by Ric


60% Square + 30% Nintendo = 90%..... who are the other 10% then, monkeys? lol.

DeathsHand like I said, mabey the series will grow on me, and not all pre rendered sounds cool, however, I just prefer the medieval timezone thing as a whole, I dunno, mabey I was a king of england in a past life or something. (if you believe in such things) Swords and sorcery, dragons, castles, they hold a place in my heart , thats why I tend to prefer that kinda RPG. That can get repetitive. Not a good thing, and it can get boring.

[Ric]

Perhaps, but I am not bored of it yet, not by a long chalk.

[SamosR20]

I liked the medieval the best myself, but I think a combination of the two would be cool. Like have castles and swords and stuff, but also like old machinery with gears and stuff, like a kinda tank badguy and stuff.... ya...

[C.H]

Originally posted by BLueFire
That can get repetitive. Not a good thing, and it can get boring.

Well so can futuristic worlds.

Basically it's all down to your own taste, Ric just likes that sort of thing. So i don't think you should be bashing him for it.

[Revival]

BLueFire didn't bash anyone, he just said he didn't think it would be a good idea. He would be bashing if he said, "that totally sucks, all of your opinions suck", but he didn't.. :unsure: ...

[fingersman]

Originally posted by Ric


60% Square + 30% Nintendo = 90%..... who are the other 10% then, monkeys? lol.

.

Ok ok no need to get get specific here.:p;)..the point is we get something for Square. :D

[BreakABone]

Well after playing Final Fantasy X for about 5 hours. My views on the company have somewhat changeed. That game is fub, but still think the main character is a ***...hmm but not a bad game... hopefully a port or the next game in the series using the engine comes to the cube

[C.H]

Originally posted by Shooter
BLueFire didn't bash anyone, he just said he didn't think it would be a good idea. He would be bashing if he said, "that totally sucks, all of your opinions suck", but he didn't.. :unsure: ...

Okay fine, i still disagree with his point tho.

[BigJustinW]

http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=6366

this is as official as it gets...