THEATRHYTHM Final Fantasy Announced for 3DS...

Tabris said:
THE RISE OF THE HANDHELDS (NDS, PSP) KILLED THE JAPANESE GAMING INDUSTRY.

Square Enix will no longer focus development budget on the big console games that made them great in the past so they are no longer making enough money to fund the other high budget risky games.
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BOLD TEXT IN CAPS SHOWS I AM NOT A CRAZY PERSON WITH SEVERE ISSUES
 
ShockingAlberto said:
BOLD TEXT IN CAPS SHOWS I AM NOT A CRAZY PERSON WITH SEVERE ISSUES
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He needs some words underlined & italicized in there. Like this:

THE RISE OF THE HANDHELDS (NDS, PSP) KILLED THE JAPANESE GAMING INDUSTRY.
 
I remember in the past that spin-offs are usually announced after releasing a main game not the other way around, regardless if anything related to FFVI (especially music) is in the game then owning it is a must.
 
Well, I had fun with a puzzle RPG, a rpg-shmup, and The World Ends With You, so why not. I'll give it a chance to try and make it interesting for me.
 
ULTROS! said:
Is this the title Nomura hinted? lol

Square Enix will put the name Final Fantasy in almost any game nowadays.
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Most likely.

It's traditional for Square Enix's major brands to be debuted in Jump with short previews and then get significantly longer previews in Famitsu.
 
Dear Squenix,

what_are_you_doing.jpg
 
They really will slap that name on anything at this point.

I'm irritated at myself for allowing the brand to carry any weight.
 
Am I the only one actually glad this is a rhythm game and not an RPG?

I've grown sick of jRPGs two generations ago, and I'm not burned out on rhythm games at all, in fact the only rhythm games I've played are Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents. So this sounds great!
 
Naked Snake said:
Am I the only one actually glad this is a rythm game and not an RPG?

I've grown sick of jRPGs two generations ago, and I'm not burned out on rythm games at all, in fact the only rythm games I've played are Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents. So this sounds great!
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No, you are not. I have played only rock band 3 and Elite Beat Agents, I will get Rhythm Heaven too, however.

People are acting as if it was a jRPG, it was going to be a good one; get over with it, Final Fantasy died a long time ago, people have been on trance since VS was announced, how long has it been since then?
 
I knew we would have info about next Nomura project first on Jump!
I knew it!
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But I didn't ABSOLUTELY expect this.
This can be awesome,guys.

P.S. Welcome back Tabris,we needed an old-school troll,still living in Easter times.
 
Nekofrog said:
what the fucking fuck is wrong with this fucking company
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What, exactly, is the problem? They branch out from JRPGs and try to make a sligthly different kind of game and that's a BAD thing? Did you say the same thing when Sony announced Patapon?
 
StuBurns said:
They really will slap that name on anything at this point.
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Where is the problem with this?

Final Fantasy from decades became a franchise like Super Mario, it's not anymore a specific saga. If Mario, successfully, can have olympics games, kart games, golf games, tennis games, puzzle games and so on, why can't Final Fantasy?
 
Nirolak said:
We won't get any real information until Famitsu, which should leak tonight or tomorrow night.
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Err,no.
We already had the Famitsu leak yesterday (FF Type 0 info,hints at THIS project,SB3 En for PS3/Wii,etc.etc.).
So,since this week Famitsu hinted about new Nomura project,we will have new info in NEXT week Famitsu...and so,also info at the site will be released during next week.
 
Famassu said:
What, exactly, is the problem? They branch out from JRPGs and try to make a sligthly different kind of game and that's a BAD thing? Did you say the same thing when Sony announced Patapon?
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should i start with how five year olds are naming all their games or how they'll slap final fantasy onto anything to sell it?
 
Gravijah said:
He needs some words underlined & italicized in there. Like this:

THE RISE OF THE HANDHELDS (NDS, PSP) KILLED THE JAPANESE GAMING INDUSTRY.
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MAYBE THAT FLIES ON SOME MESSAGE BOARDS (IGN, FREE REPUBLIC) BUT NOT EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET (INTERNET)
 
Mpl90 said:
Err,no.
We already had the Famitsu leak yesterday (FF Type 0 info,hints at THIS project,SB3 En for PS3/Wii,etc.etc.).
So,since this week Famitsu hinted about new Nomura project,we will have new info in NEXT week Famitsu...and so,also info at the site will be released during next week.
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Right, right, I was thinking that was Dengeki for some reason.
 
Perfo said:
Where is the problem with this?

Final Fantasy from decades became a franchise like Super Mario, it's not anymore a specific saga. If Mario, successfully, can have olympics games, kart games, golf games, tennis games, puzzle games and so on, why can't Final Fantasy?
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Actually, one of the reasons people are critical about their strategy here is because it's actually not been working so well for them.

For example, here are the Japanese sales of their Nintendo DS remakes and spin-offs in chronological order. It's the region where they make the vast majority of their money on handheld releases due to the much higher price points and generally higher sales.

Remakes:
2006-08-24: Final Fantasy III - 1,008,230
2007-12-20: Final Fantasy IV - 622,475

Spin-Offs:
2006-12-14: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales - 139,944
2007-04-26: Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - 524,009
2007-08-23: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate - 389,845
2007-10-25: Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire - 287,871
2009-01-29: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time - 259,705
2009-10-29: Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light - 191,020

They are actually experiencing the effects of brand erosion.

We can even see this on a more case by case basis such as the Tactics series and the mainline games since the PS1 era.

Tactics:
Final Fantasy Tactics: 1,270,806
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: 441,926
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire: 287,871

Mainline:
Final Fantasy VII: 3,277,776
Final Fantasy VIII: 3,501,588
Final Fantasy IX: 2,707,301
Final Fantasy X: 2,323,463
Final Fantasy XII: 2,322,329
Final Fantasy XIII: 1,904,313

My complaint with their brand overuse isn't that I'm personally offended by it, but rather that they're continually eroding their brands, causing them to have less money, which ultimately causes them to make fewer risky games as they're afraid of anything bombing.

They've went from years of profit to large losses, so it's really starting to catch up with them now.
 
Nekofrog said:
should i start with how five year olds are naming all their games or how they'll slap final fantasy onto anything to sell it?
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They are a company, not a charity work. They need to make money and niche games like this would probably not sell all that well. Again, if the FF name brings it some visibility & success and, thus, helps Square Enix still greenlit quirky projects like this in the future, what's the problem?

Seriously, as long as the game is good (and I do hope it is, at least the idea sounds fun), what the fuck else matters?
 
Once, a game with "Final Fantasy" in the name is synonym of "Awesome".

Now, whenever I see a new game "Final Fantasy" that doesn't have a roman numeric after it, I think to myself "Stay away from it".

Except this game, for some weird reason. I am interested.
 
Famassu said:
They are a company, not a charity work. They need to make money and niche games like this would probably not sell all that well. Again, if the FF name brings it some visibility & success and, thus, helps Square Enix still greenlit quirky projects like this in the future, what's the problem?

Seriously, as long as the game is good (and I do hope it is, at least the idea sounds fun), what the **** else matters?
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The point is also, they NEED to slap the name on it, because they are using the music of the games as a fan service afterall. Without the FF music, this game is but an empty shell.
 
Famassu said:
Seriously, as long as the game is good (and I do hope it is, at least the idea sounds fun), what the fuck else matters?
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Agreed. Personally, I couldn't give two shits whether they made nothing but FF, KH, and DQ games for another decade, so long as the games are still fun (which I believe they are).
 
Surely the spinoffs must outnumber the main series at this point, right? I've been a fan of the series all my life but it's amazing how quickly brand fatigue can work. At this point I would be more interested in an announcement that didn't have the Final Fantasy name on it.
 
Christ SE, make some new Japanese IP, or at least work on some games that aren't FF, DQ or KH. As much as I have enjoyed those series in the past, its absolutely boring as hell to see you keep announcing more and more spin offs of those franchises.
 
It's the union of "Theatre" and "Rhythm".
Strangely,in italian it seems,at least...more natural to pronounce the union.
Teatritmo.

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Not so much :lol
 
Square Enix should just rename themselves Edios and let their "European Branch" take over as the parent branch. That way we can just laugh off this bullshit with a "Oh it's just Edios Japan again, no need to pay attention to this shit when Edios proper is giving us the goods".

Edit: As a side note, I now hate amalgamations forever.
 
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