Report: Final Fantasy Versus XIII cancelled

[throwmeawaykid]

NO NONONONONONONONONONONONONONON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK NONONO GOD NONOONONONONONONONONONONONONON FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK NONONONONNONONONONONONONONONONONONON 2006!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY SINCE 2006 FOR THIS I GOT XIII AND HATED IT AND WENT "AWWELL AT LEAST VERSUS XIII IS COMING STILL" FUCK!
Okay, (composes self.)
Dear Square Enix.
I have been a loyal fan and customer of yours since before you were called "Square Enix". In the last couple of years however, of late it has become apparent that your works have been becoming more and more terrible; The one thing that constantly reminded me that your companies talent is still intact has been your Final Fantasy Versus XIII project, but since the current news of it being cancelled has come to light I would like to take this opportunity to say that I as of this moment, revoke my Final Fantasy Fanboy status, and I would like you to know that I will probably never buy one of your games ever again until you release Final Fantasy Versus XIII or Final Fantasy XV or whatever its called now.
Your sincerely,
Mister Redgrave.
P.S: The Shin Megami Tensei games are better anyway.

 

[80Maxwell08]

So no one's going to mention this is just a rumor from Kotaku? With a bunch of "unnamed sources" that we just joked about today on this very website?

If this is true then I'm sad if it isn't true then good but I don't know why so many people don't get it's still a rumor.

EDIT: Hey guys you know what this needs? PETITION!
http://www.facebook.com/fabulavxiii

 

[TheFinalFantasyWolf]

If it's true it'll be such a shame, I've been looking forward to this game.

Wait a second.....Wasn't the theme "Somnus" included as DLC for their newest game FF theatrhythm? Wouldn't it be weird to include a song from a dead/dying game? besides 6 years is alot to just flush down the drain.

Besides I wouldn't take Kotaku's word on anything.

 

[bafrali]

Wow sucks to be a fan suppose.

This reminded me of another incident. One involving Capcom. Except it was much more pain in such a small timespan.

Good old days

 

[Epona]

So what the fuck have they been doing all this time?

Making Versus XIII. They simply won't be working on it in the future.

 

[everythingbeeps]

So what the fuck have they been doing all this time?

Making Versus XIII. They simply won't be working on it in the future.

So they've been working on it for five years and NOW they're throwing in the towel? It's gotta be practically done by this point.

 

[shrekfan246]

S-E already rebranded Agito XIII as Type-0. My guess is that most of the Versus assets will be similarly redeveloped if there's any truth to the rumor about the title's cancellation.

Yeah, it got re-branded as Type-0, but it never got a release outside of Japan. Shame, because that one looked pretty interesting too.

OT: If this turns out to be a true rumor, then I'm extremely disappointed in Square Enix. It looked like the first truly unique and interesting thing they've done since The World Ends With You, which is four-five years old now - Otherwise known as an eternity in video-game time.

But then, I wouldn't be surprised by this. It does seem like Square Enix has just been afraid of success lately.

 

[Epona]

So what the fuck have they been doing all this time?

Making Versus XIII. They simply won't be working on it in the future.

So they've been working on it for five years and NOW they're throwing in the towel? It's gotta be practically done by this point.

You would think, maybe they just hit a wall and aren't satisfied with the result so instead of making another year or two worth of changes, they are just moving on.

 

[burningdragoon]

So what the fuck have they been doing all this time?

Projects can get cancelled at any time for a number of reasons. Not just games, but in pretty much any industry.

 

[Luciano Silva]

Seems like a rumor, but if it is cancelled FU** YOU SQUARE!!!!!!!

 

[kyogen]

S-E already rebranded Agito XIII as Type-0. My guess is that most of the Versus assets will be similarly redeveloped if there's any truth to the rumor about the title's cancellation.

Yeah, it got re-branded as Type-0, but it never got a release outside of Japan. Shame, because that one looked pretty interesting too.

That disappointed me, but I'm not surprised that Square was reluctant to pay for the localization of an extremely difficult 2-UMD game for the PSP. I think that they are far more likely to consider a North American release for PS3/360 assets.

I'm finding it very difficult to get upset by this rumor. S-E wants to make announcements in a few weeks. Fine, I'll see what they say then.

 

[shrekfan246]

S-E already rebranded Agito XIII as Type-0. My guess is that most of the Versus assets will be similarly redeveloped if there's any truth to the rumor about the title's cancellation.

Yeah, it got re-branded as Type-0, but it never got a release outside of Japan. Shame, because that one looked pretty interesting too.

That disappointed me, but I'm not surprised that Square was reluctant to pay for the localization of an extremely difficult 2-UMD game for the PSP. I think that they are far more likely to consider a North American release for PS3/360 assets.

I'm finding it very difficult to get upset by this rumor. S-E wants to make announcements in a few weeks. Fine, I'll see what they say then.

Well, I'm not going to jump onto the hatred bandwagon until it's either confirmed or denied, but the rumor alone is enough to make me skeptical because Square Enix has made a lot of poor business decisions over the last few years, and something like this wouldn't surprise me in the least.

If they gut what Versus XIII was shaping out to be to make it into a more "safe" Final Fantasy XV, I'm probably going to be a little annoyed as well because as it stands right now, Versus looks extremely interesting to me and if they completely overhauled it to make it fit into the main series (as in, complete overhaul of the combat system so that it isn't the real-time action-RPG combat they've shown us so far), that would go a long way toward demolishing my hope for the title. If all they do is decide to slap a different name on it... then I'll be fine with it.

 

[xplosive59]

Don't Care, both FFXIII games that have been released so far have been poor, as soon as they start to continue the series with XV I will be happy, but that will most likely be crap as well.

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

Annnnnnd that's it, done, no more Squenix for me, you can dedicate resources to making rhythm games and a tech demo but 6 years and you just can your more interesting projects? Done, bye Square, good luck selling the FFVII PC relaunch when all your fans are pissed at you.

Pft, who do you think you're kidding?

People are going to buy the living shit out of that game because they remain convinced it was the "last good Final Fantasy" (never mind that it, too, shares a lot of the same traits that are prevalent among FF games today).

i dont know why FFVII is considered such an amazing game. i think the nostalgia glasses must be really heavy and hard to take off, i guess. when i played it when it came out, i thought it was kind of... average. nothing special, so when people tell me its "TEH BEST FF EVAR" or "TEH BEST GAEM EVAR", i just kind of take a moment, and tell them about the wonderful, and deceitful effects of nostalgia.

 

[liquidsolid]

Sonnovabitch! Welp! That's it, that was the only and last Square-Enix game I was looking forward to. I'm kinda sad but am more indifferent at this point. I've been waiting for this game for 5 years but the waiting left me kinda jaded with Square-Enix and now I am completely disillusioned. Kingdom Hearts 3 is never going to come out either. Life goes on.

 

[axlryder]

The first final fantasy game I was excited about since FFIX

*sigh* Goddamn Squeenix.

 

[Austin Howe]

This is what happens when you dedicate your resources to tech demos and bad sequels instead of SHIT THAT YOUR FANS WHO PAY YOU MONEY ACTUALLY WANT.