I'm at a press conference all about the future of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and who knows what else. Here we go....
I'm one of about 200 people in a conference room at the Marriott near E3.
They've got banners here for Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3.
But we're starting with Naoki Yoshida, producer of Final Fantasy XIV. A Realm Reborn comes out this August. 27 for PS3 and Windows; 2014 for PS4. We're watching a long trailer that includes airship captain Cid Garlond. Yoshida had wanted us to take note of how good the game looks despite being an MMO. And, yes, it looks like a PS3 game, I'd say.
"We believe that while an MMO RPG, Final Fantasy XIV retains the heart and soul of a Final Fantasy game," Yoshida said. "We can say with confidence that a Realm Reborn is the highest-quality MMORPG you will find on the PlayStation 3." Data from PS3 version can be carried over to the PS4 version.
And that's it for FFXIV.
Time for FFXV. We're seeing the trailer from last night. The trailer had shown a modern setting, what looks like real-time combat.
Here comes Shinji Hashimoto, brand director for Final Fantasy, to tell us more. "I was so excited that I had difficulty falling asleep last night," he tells us. "I'd like to remind you that even for us it's a huge amount of joy that we were finally able to announce Final Fantasy XV. Well, everyone is talking about the next-gen consoles at this year's E3. FFXV is being developed with a tool called Direct X 11. With this tool it's possible to port the title to various hardware. Following yesterday's announcement [for PS4] we would like to announce that we are porting Final Fantasy XV to Xbox One as well."
We're about to see an in-engine trailer.
"This is a fantasy based on reality," the trailer reads. Our black-haired hero is fighting guys on the walls of a skyscraper. Drops down to a plaza and swings a sword that'd make Cloud envious. A blonde friend shows up and shoots an enemy. And then black-hair is running around, kicking and slashing soldiers. This is all in real-time. We're seeing a montage. It looked really fluid and very good. We'll be able to show it to you shortly.
And now we're on to Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster and Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
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