Final Fantasy Versus XIII Sees Return Of World Map, Airships

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While Nomura admitted that Versus will still take a bit more time, he let slip a big hint on the final shape of the game: Versus may have airships and a world map.

"The other day," said Nomura, "I saw a test of an airship flying over the world map. I felt that I was seeing a Final Fantasy-like screen for the first time in a long time. However, the fact that things have become realistic made us concerned about what to do about the scale. It's the same scale as past FF games, but even then, it's so wide that you can't make out the first town."

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It's going to be interesting to see how they'll make a realistically scaled world map - but I think it could work out quite well ^^ ... and Yey ! Airships

Anyone glad to see the possible return of the world map ??

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Nomura Discusses Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s World Map

According to the interview, the world map in the upcoming game has changed. Originally, a miniature version of Noctics would have run around the world map. Because it looked a little bit odd, however, Square Enix decided to change it to resemble another Final Fantasy title (Famitsu blocked the number off).

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I wonder if they aimed for a VII-IX worldmap and ditched for a seamless XII, or if they were aiming for a seamless XII and ditched for a VII-IX.

Still, they are missing E3 for a worldmap.
I am amazed.

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re: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Sees Return Of World Map, Airships

In a recent interview on the Japanese Square Enix Members area, Tetsuya Nomura has revealed further information regarding the upcoming Final Fantasy Versus XIII title – currently set to be released exclusively on PlayStation 3.

In a response to a question as to how much of the game is complete, Nomura responds “Things are not connected yet, every part is moving along separately. However, we have gotten airships working over the world map.”

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