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Square Would Consider Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy If There's A Demand

Posted on Wednesday, February 6 @ 11:13:53 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Despite the fact that Final Fantasy XIII and its direct sequel aren't favorites among the JRPG faithful, it appears that Square Enix is considering a compilation, should fans want such a thing.

When asked by VG247 about such a possibility, FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama replied: “We are currently devoting all of our efforts to Lightning Returns. Although we would certainly like to give it some consideration – if there were a big enough demand from the fans.”

Would any of you be interested in such a trilogy? I'd have to pass, as trying to get through FFXIII by itself was hard enough.


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  • phlogiston
    phlogiston

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 11:30 am
    I probably would not buy it, but I could still see myself borrowing it from a friend (if I could still consider a person who buys something like that a "friend"), because, in the end, I'm still a glutton for punishment, and playing bad games (or games that I imagine are bad) just makes the good ones so much better. After a hundred hours of FFXIII as the only gaming I did back when I beat that, the relative shortness of Vectorman was, legitimately, the most fun I'd ever had with that game, and it's easily in my top three games in the entire 90s.

    In short, I'm actually stupid enough to want a bad game.
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 11:43 am
    "Square Would Consider Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy If There's A Demand"

    There's not.
  • phlogiston
    phlogiston

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
    They'd consider anything "if there was demand," wouldn't they? So long as it was enough demand to get them money, anyway.
  • TheBigRedPyramid
    TheBigRedPyramid

    Joined: Dec 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 1:02 pm
    If that was true we would have a FFVII remake by now, and possibly a FF6 remake as well....... FFVersus XIII would actually come out as well and we would also have........ You get my point.
  • phlogiston
    phlogiston

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 1:10 pm
    Okay, slight correction: "anything so long as it required a relative minimum of effort."
  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay

    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
    I don't understand why they are wasting their time on this game. I got through XIII and enjoyed most of it, but XIII-2 got so repetitive while I found the story lacking any real interest.
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
    Whoever sits at the round table of decision making over at Square needs to be removed and replaced with a bunch of logical thinkers. Spock it up a little!
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
    How well did the FF13 series do in Japan?
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
    XIII-2 didn't meet sales expectations. XIII sold great, of course, because people buying it expected, you know, a Final Fantasy-caliber game. XIII-2 sold like, a little under a third of what the original FFXIII did, iirc.
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 5:19 pm
    Hmm, makes me wonder if Square is basing the entire FF13 franchise off what Japanese gamers think.
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 5:31 pm
    How do you mean? I'm not sure if I follow; do you mean saleswise or opinion of the games?

    I think if they were going by opinions, they'd likely make the new FF's more like the old ones. According to a recent survey, Final Fantasy 5 is the most common favorite among adult males, and I think it was either 7 or 9 that ranked tops for adult females. Whatever it was, it definitely wasn't anything past 10.

    But if you mean sales, I think the huge drop in sales from XIII to XIII-2 would send them a red flag. The question is, do they care about that flag?
    It seems to me like they're trying to copy more Western games, actually.
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 12:54 pm
    How about stop making the same damn game over and over again and reboot the series with a fresh start? No? That makes sense? Well excuse me!
  • EpicPeon
    EpicPeon

    Joined: Apr 2009
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
    I enjoyed XIII for it's characters/visual/sound and loved XIII-2 as it had most everything that the first one didn't. XIII-2 surprised the hell out of me and after many hours with the game I can safely say it's up there among the most impactful stories i've played in gaming. I guess you have to give a ****, some people wrote it off before even trying it.

    I don't however believe in the third, Lightening Returns they should have stopped at XIII-2 for many reasons, for one most people are sick of XIII and won't stop hating SE until it goes away. But mainly because the overall outcome of the story is entirely predictable and even a rabid fanboy as myself can see thier time and money would be spent better elsewhere. SE's new direction isn't appreciated by alot of the old school JRPG fans and thats fine, but where this pointless third game came out they could have been working on something more traditional and please everyone. We can have both, right? Or maybe not, we need another f*cking kingdom hearts remake instead.

    XIII is not worth making a trilogy, the series draws enough aggro as it is. Stop rehashing **** and work on something traditional at the same time as the story driven direction. It can be done.
  • nine_ball
    nine_ball

    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
    Re-release games that no one liked in the first place? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
    On that note, I doubt there's a whole lot of interest for "Lightning Returns" either.

    Let's just see something new and original (or at least something new) that isn't terrible, Squeenix. At the rate they've been going, the last thing anyone wants is an awful remake or sequel to an older FF game.

    Unless I'm the only person that felt the myriad of FF7 related media that Squeenix crapped out over the years was just a shameless grab for easy money.
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 2:34 pm
    After forcing myself to finish the first game, I refuse to go anywhere near the rest of them. Even if they were free I wouldn't play them.
  • drathbone
    drathbone

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
    Give me and HD game of FF9 or before and I'll empty my bank account for them.
  • SolidSevchinko78
    SolidSevchinko78

    Joined: Jun 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 6:05 pm
    I would have thought Square would have learned by now....
  • Doc_Holliday
    Doc_Holliday

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 7:04 pm
    Square Enix has fallen so far from grace...
  • BRostigraben
    BRostigraben

    Joined: Jul 2012
    Posted: Feb 6th, 2013 at 7:21 pm
    Interest level: nonexistent. Still waiting for FF X HD.

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