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6  The World Ends With You Sequel Quite Likely Mon, Aug 9th, 2010, 10:58 pm (EST) BY COLIN Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura has revealed that if time allowed it, he would love to do a sequel to DS hit The World Ends With You. Tetsuya Nomura was the character designer for the 2008 action RPG and admits that a sequel would be a wonderful thing to do; however, he is also currently working on several other projects including Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, The 3rd Birthday, the Kingdom Hearts franchise as well as other unannounced games. More »

4  Final Fantasy Versus XIII Way Down The Pecking Order Mon, Aug 9th, 2010, 8:54 am (EST) BY DARRYL Tetsuya Nomura, one of the biggest creative minds at Square Enix, has revealed that both Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII are still quite far from being released. He revealed on Twitter that "There are a number of unannounced titles. These will come before Agito and Versus. Some have finished voice recording. Announcements will take place in Japan." More »

	4  Final Fantasy Versus and Agito XIII To Focus On Story-Driven Gameplay Mon, Mar 15th, 2010, 6:42 am (EST) BY COLIN With the extreme linearity that recently released Final Fantasy XIII seems be most criticized for, fans of the franchise might be wondering if the other two titles in the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation might suffer from the same fate. More »

0  Nomura Strongly Hints At Kingdom Hearts 3 Sat, Feb 6th, 2010, 1:37 pm (EST) BY DARRYL It seems like ages ago that Kingdom Hearts 2 was released on the PlayStation 2, and since then Square Enix have produced numerous spin-offs like Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. However, they've been completely quiet on the game that fans have been craving - Kingdom Hearts 3. It's understandable really, as they have quite a few other big titles on the go at the moment, but things have started to change a bit recently. Tetsuya Nomura, one of the key figures behind Kingdom Hearts, has been laying down some hints and they've been becoming more blatantly in recent weeks. More »

	8  No Plans For A Final Fantasy VII Remake Sat, Jan 23rd, 2010, 9:28 am (EST) BY COLIN This week's issue of Famitsu magazine has an entire page dedicated to Square-Enix's most popular character, Cloud Strife of Final Fantasy VII. The feature talks about when he was born among other things and showcases the many appearances Cloud has made in other titles like Dissidia. More »

	0  Nier's Kingdom Hearts Similarities A 'Coincidence' Posted on 2009/06/16 BY DARRYL Nier is something of a new venture for Square Enix. Traditionally known for their role-playing games, they've had a few forays into other genres in the past, to mixed success. However, one of the successes was Kingdom Hearts, something of an action adventure / role-playing hybrid. More »

0  Excuse Me, There's Mario In My Kingdom Hearts Posted on 2009/05/21 BY KYLE WYNEN Although the original kick off between Square Enix and Disney happened in an elevator all those years ago, Tetsuya Normura has divulged what significantly influenced the original Kingdom Hearts. As it turns out, Shigeru Miyamoto's mastery is a large part of what inspired the game play of the original Kingdom Hearts. In an interview published today in Japan, when asked what his favourite games are, KH Director Tetsuya Normura also set the record on Kingdom Hearts influence, More »

1  Dissidia Nearing Western Release, Looks Very Solid Posted on 2009/05/06 BY DARRYL Square Enix have tried their hand at fighting games in the past, with Ehrgeiz and Bushido Blade being some of their previous attempts. So when an announcement was made about a new 3D based Final Fantasy fighting game for the Sony PSP called Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the initial reaction was one of pessimism. More »