shuyin_ said:
This isn't about what Nomura considers his game to be. If he'd consider Crisis Core to be a main numbered title, would that make it a main FF?
Of course it is what the
developer of the game considers it to be. He talks about Versus as a numbered FF and Square Enix is giving it the backing like it is one. It's in no way the "lesser" game of the two(/three) HD FNC games. Crisis Core was never considered to be a mainline release. It's just a prologue/side-story for FFVII, it isn't even FFVII-2 or anything.
It's the same with Versus, regardless of the fact that Versus is more ambitious game than Crisis Core. In the end, it's still a spinoff, while FF XV will be a main FF game.
I think the relationship between XIII, Versus and even Type-0 isn't that clear cut. They are all pretty much equal, they are all on the level of mainline releases, as far as importance goes. Crisis Core is a spinoff, Dirge of Cerberus is a spinoff, Dissidia is a spinoff. Versus isn't a spinoff. You could've named Type-0 FFXIV and Versus FFXV and they wouldn't really stand out as being lower tier products like Crisis Core and the like are (though, some would likely complain about the lack of turn-based battles).
IIRC, it was after the release, but does it really matter?
Of course it matters. If it was said before they got all the feedback from II, then it doesn't mean Nomura lied before, maybe he just thought they had made a game that all fans would enjoy so there wouldn't be a need for a more complete & polished Final Mix release (as in, they "fixed" whatever problems they had heard fans say the first game has, not guessing that they had perhaps taken these fixes too far).
You mean the contradiction between what he says and what is real isn't reason enough?
I dunno, neither of those cases are the like that I consider good enough to think that
everything Nomura says from now to eternity to be something that needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If he says he's finished directing FFs after Versus and wants to focus on Kingdom Hearts and possible new IPs in the future, I tend to believe that's what he wants to and WILL do. I really don't see Square Enix objecting to this particular decision. It would be a whole different deal if Versus turned out to be a massive success while the rest of his projects were struggling to make profit.
I'm not saying he is a liar. Maybe it's just conjuncture, but he made quite a few statements (like the AC stuff and KH2 final mix +) that were proven to be false.
"Were proven to be false" or something just happened that made him change his mind? Maybe fans didn't like the news that not all of VII's cast would be in AC so they decided to throw them a little treat (and what we got in AC, when it comes to characters other than Cloud & Tifa, WAS a very minimal "treat", clearly just pasted on without much thought)
I guess what aggravates his statements is his certainty... that KH2 interview was along the lines of 'don't expect a final mix this time'. lol, yeah
"Don't expect" isn't really a final "it will never happen", more of a "we aren't planning one right now" one. The statement about Versus being his first & last does sound much more final than "don't expect me to direct another FF after Versus". It's more of a "I'm going to do this and that and those kinds of projects in the future and have no interest in directing another FF in the foreseeable future". Again, of course there is room & time for Nomura to change his mind, but I just personally wouldn't expect him to, at least not in the near future. At least I've gotten the impression that like he likes working on his own projects more and a big-ass numbered FF is just too much pressure to continue working on them for more than one game. He'd rather take a series he's created like Kingdom Hearts to new directions than mess with FF too much. That's why he considers Versus to be a one-off deal. This is the kind of FF he wants to see the light of day and after it he can be satisfied that he left a mark on the FF saga with a FF of his own and then continue building Kingdom Hearts & whatever else he wants to do.
