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[Hide] (767.4KB, 1000x700) Reverse Final Fantasy Versus XIII is gonna get rebooted as "Final Fantasy XVII". Not Verum Rex; Final Fantasy Versus XIII. This is the real deal.
The project, with Nomura in full charge, intends to deliver FFV13 as it was always meant to be, but with modern technical capabilities; more precisely, it's aiming to reproduce the state as it was immediately before the previous project was handed over to Tabata. This means:
- 100% seamless and open-world, with original locations, nations and cities ALL accessible and fully explorable (including Insomnia, Tenebrae, the entirety of Niflheim, Solheim, and also others)
- Combat returned to its original KH-like style, with all characters fully playable, and discarded gameplay elements restored (swimming, underwater battles, playable mechs, mech fights, multiplayer elements, etc.)
- All original story fully delivered from start to finish, with all original story elements included (Etro, the star in the sky, the eyes that can see the light of expiring souls, etc...) and all characters fully developed (including Stella) and returned to their original looks and roles; it will be 1 single self-contained game, with no sequels or DLCs planned.
Lore-wise, it will reuse the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, but with completely different terminology, so officially it won't have any connection to FF13 or Type-0.
The project has been in planning since the very moment FF15 released, and started active development in 2020; it was initially intended to be released in 2025 for PS5, but then decided to turn it into a PS6 launch title, which will also give them more time to work on KH4; hence the delay.
Story, script, voices and soundtrack are already 100% done.
According to the current plans, the official announcement should happen somewhen after KH4 releases. They're planning to keep completely silent until that point, and then release the game no more than 6 months afterwards, but those 6 months will be packed with lots of information releases, two very long trailers, and a huge marketing campaign.
It will be Nomura's crowning achievement, and his last work before retirement. Also (unless it does better than any other FF in history), it will also be the truly last mainline Final Fantasy.
Q) Who are you?
A) I can't say but that's not important