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Final Fantasy XVI Website, No More Heroes Ports, and More!

Nov 022020

November is here! Celebrating All Things Spooky is over and the winners are being contacted, NaNoWriMo has begun and I’m 4600 words into a new novel, and it’s time to catch up on the exciting news we skipped over during October.

One of the most notable ones is the official opening of the Final Fantasy XVI website.

As expected, the website doesn’t provide a huge amount of information, but it does shed more light on the characters and world. The Final Fantasy XVI protagonist has a name now, Clive Rosfield. It also confirmed that he is literally Joshua’s older brother, which fans had been debating about.

(Although we still don’t know for sure if they’re full brothers or half-brothers, since it’s a popular theory that Clive is the duke’s illegitimate son.)

The girl seen briefly in the trailer alongside them has also been officially revealed as Jill Warrick, a ward of the Archduke who was taken from her own country to bring peace between the two nations.

Speaking of which, the website’s world section not only includes the concept art we first looked at almost a year ago now, but it also gives more information about the world of Valisthea, Eikons and the Dominants who can call upon them, and the six realms of Valisthea.

Even from the few details provided about the six different realms, I’m already excited about the potential this world holds for an exciting story.

Moving on from Final Fantasy, remember the possibility of a No More Heroes Switch port? Yep, that happened. No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2 have both been released on the Switch.

If a physical edition isn’t announced soon, I’ll probably pick up the first No More Heroes since I’ve been curious about giving the series a try.

Those are probably the biggest announcements I want to bring up from October, but it’s also worth mentioning that the Crossbell games are getting Switch ports in Asia. Still no English localization, but every time Falcom does anything with Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki, it feels like our chances of seeing an official Crossbell translation get a little better.

That’s all for now. How do you feel about the new Final Fantasy XVI details, the No More Heroes Switch ports, and more Trails games coming to the Switch? Let me know in the comments!

Is a No More Heroes Switch Remaster On the Way?

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Aug 032020

I’ve mentioned a few times now that I’ve been hoping for remasters of No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2 so that I can try the series.

I had been vaguely curious about No More Heroes in the past, but it really caught my attention after I played and enjoyed The Silver Case and its sequel.

Not only did that get me interested in Suda51’s games in general, but Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes ties into the Silver Case games (or the “Kill the Past” series), and I’ve also seen speculation that No More Heroes III will follow up on those plot points as well.

Anyway, since No More Heroes 1 & 2 aren’t the easiest games to find nowadays, I’ve been hoping for a remaster. In 2019, Suda51 said in an interview that he was in talks with Marvelous about No More Heroes remasters for the PS4, after previously mentioning potential remasters for the Switch.

There’s been no news since then, but now it might finally be happening.

As reported by Gematsu, the first No More Heroes has been rated for the Switch in Japan.

Ratings leaks aren’t always a guarantee, but it’s a good sign. And since July’s Nintendo Direct Mini was only the first of a series of Partner Showcases, maybe we can hope for the next one to include No More Heroes remaster news.

Would you play a No More Heroes remaster?