Samantha Lienhard

Final Fantasy XVI’s Scenario is Complete

Jul 122021

We have yet to see more from Final Fantasy XVI, but it sounds like development is going quite well.

In a broadcast about Final Fantasy XIV (which I didn’t watch since I don’t want to see spoilers for the later expansions), Yoshida discussed Final Fantasy XVI briefly after Yoko Taro joked that he wants to write its scenario.

According to the translations here, Final Fantasy XVI’s scenario is complete and voice acting has entered the final stages – including the English voice acting.

They want their next reveal to include combat and other features that haven’t been shown yet and want it to be the sort of trailer that makes everyone want to get the game after seeing it.

Apparently they were surprised by the number of people who expected it to be shown at E3, since it wasn’t announced as part of their lineup. It probably won’t be featured at TGS, either (although it sounds like that isn’t completely out of the question). Once everything for the game is set, we’ll get to see it.

While I’m dying to learn more about Final Fantasy XVI, I don’t mind this approach. It’s good to know the scenario is complete, and I’ll be looking forward to that eventual trailer. I hope they’re still able to show it this year.

Some people seem to be taking this as a sign that the game won’t be out for a long time, but the voice acting being in its final stages makes me think the opposite. Maybe the release date isn’t too far off after all.

How do you feel about this approach to Final Fantasy XVI, with the developers waiting for one big reveal instead of a slow release of information? When do you think we’ll see Final Fantasy XVI?

Suda51 Has a Partner Picked for a Flower, Sun, and Rain Remaster

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Jul 092021

Remember back in 2018, when Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture discussed the possibility of remastering both Killer7 and Flower, Sun, and Rain?

In the time since then, Killer7 was remastered for PC, but we have yet to learn anything about the potential Flower, Sun, and Rain remaster.

Well, there was an AMA on Reddit with Suda51 yesterday, and one person asked if a Flower, Sun, and Rain remaster would include an updated story and new scenarios.

Suda 51 responded, “I would like to remaster this one day. I’ve already picked out a partner to do so, so the scenarios would really be up to our collaboration.”

There are a few things we can take from this. First, he still wants to remaster Flower, Sun, and Rain. Second, while it doesn’t sound like it’s happening yet, he actually has a partner picked out for the remaster – which suggests it’s a little bit further along than just a vague thought that maybe it could be remastered someday. Third, the possibility for additional content is there, but nothing has been decided yet.

I’d love to see a Flower, Sun, and Rain remaster, especially since I enjoyed The Silver Case and its sequel. Meanwhile, apparently Suda51 said in 2019 that an extended cut of Killer7 is also a possibility.

(In other news, the Yo-Kai Watch “major game-related announcement” that had me pleased that at least Level-5 would be announcing something? That turned out to be just a release date for the mobile port of the first game. That’s why we aren’t discussing that today, like I half-expected to.)

Anyway, what are your thoughts on the potential for a Flower, Sun, and Rain remaster?

Blue Reflection: Second Light New Trailer and Details

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Jul 072021

The Gust news teased for yesterday turned out to be new details about the upcoming JRPG Blue Reflection Tie, which will be localized under the title Blue Reflection: Second Light.

Second Light sounds like it’s going in a very different direction from the first game, and I’m interested to see what they have planned for the story.

The first Blue Reflection was about a girl named Hinako who gains the power of a Reflector, allowing her to enter a world made up of people’s emotions to help her classmates resolve their personal struggles, while also fighting horrific entities that invade the real world.

Second Light, according to the details translated by Gematsu, is about a girl named Ao who finds herself in an isolated school with two other girls. All three of them have lost their memories.

They take a path that appears one day and find themselves in a new world with the power to fight monsters (gaining the power of Reflectors).

They meet other characters as well, including Hinako from the first game – and all of them have also lost their memories.

It appears that there is a school-building aspect to the game, as you build facilities to expand the school. Social interactions and crafting are also involved, and the trailer shows a glimpse of some of these systems in action.

No clear look at combat yet, but from the screenshots in the Gematsu article, my guess is that it’ll be similar to the first game’s system of turn-based combat with other characters providing support.

Anyway, the idea of the girls being trapped in this other world without their memories is such a different premise from the first game’s approach that I’m really curious about where they’re going for it. The game will be out on October 21 in Japan, with no western release date given yet.

While we wait for news about when Blue Reflection: Second Light will be released in the west, I’ll get back to watching Blue Reflection Ray, which also went in a different direction from both Blue Reflection and Second Light. What do you think about Second Light from what we’ve seen so far?

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