Do you want FFX-3? Or would you prefer Toriyama to be making something else?

[llazy77]

Fire him and bring back Ito please

 

[Sora96]

Fire him and bring back Ito please

Ito hasn't gone anywhere hater. Toriyama is directing his own title and is almost certain to be working on VII Remake regardless how you feel about him. Bahahaha.

 

[Sora96]

Ito is still at the company, but whether he works on anything big again remains a mystery. Without a prominent place in the hierarchy, it seems a bit of a long shot unless management directly mandates production and reshuffles the organization.

As for Toriyama, I'd like to see a completely new game free of expectations.

Some believe he's the head of division 8.

 

[Sora96]

Division 8 is a mobile games unit as the numbering might suggest. Kazuhiko Otsuki and Masanori Ichikawa are on board as producers.

Basically, it's a Kitase/Hashimoto world where the old Square is concerned. Of the five business units that are successors of sorts, four are controlled by their wing. The fifth is the online games unit that's managing FFXIV. That's a clean sweep in terms of power and resource consolidation.

As for Takashi Tokita, he's a manager/senior producer in one of the mobile units (under Takuya Okada), but he hasn't held the top position of a division since PDD7.

Not sure where you're getting that. Pretty sure Tokita is head of division 9.

From my understanding it's like this:

Business Division 1 (1st Production Department No.1)

Head
Yoshinori Kitase

Business Division 2 (1st Production Department No.2)

Head
Hajime Tabata

Business Division 3 (1st Production Department No.3)

Head
Shinji Hashimoto

Business Division 4 (1st Production Department No.4)

Head
Ichiro Hazama

Business Division 5 (Online Department)

Head
Naoki Yoshida

Business Division 6 (Producer Department No.1)

Head
Yu Miyake

Business Division 7 (Producer Department No.2)

Head
Takamasa Shiba

Business Division 8 (Cloud Gaming Department)

Business Division 9 (Mobile Department No.1)

Head
Takashi Tokita

Business Division 10 (Mobile Department No.2)

Head
Takehiro Ando

Business Division 11 (Browser Department No.1)

Head
Yuki Yokoyama

Business Division 12 (Browser Department No.2)

Head
Tomohiro Hasegawa

 

[Sora96]

He has a significant role in the division. There's just another executive taking overarching responsibility.

Pretty sure that site you linked to is wrong. Like for one, the current structure is seriously lacking in info. And from what they have actually listed: Heavenstrike Rivals was division 10, I got a confirmation from the developers. Bravely Archive: D's Report is division 12, Tokita told me himself.

 

[BladeRunner]

That's fine, you're entitled to your opinion. What would you rather then?

I'm not sure really. I know I don't want anything X-related (Toriyama or not) and I don't want him to make the next mainline FF. I guess he could do a FF spin-off unrelated to any main title where he woudn't be hindered by anything and maybe he would redeem himself after the XIIIs (or not).

But I think he may be working on a new Parasite Eve, though I'm not very familiar with the franchise. The Aya Brea tease in the VIIR trailer...

 

[Sora96]

I'm not sure really. I know I don't want anything X-related (Toriyama or not) and I don't want him to make the next mainline FF. I guess he could do a FF spin-off unrelated to any main title where he woudn't be hindered by anything and maybe he would redeem himself after the XIIIs (or not).

But I think he may be working on a new Parasite Eve, though I'm not very familiar with the franchise. The Aya Brea tease in the VIIR trailer...

Don't worry, I'm sure Ito's helming XVI. Plus it would make zero sense to announce XVI this year.

Parasite Eve is possible, he was scenario director on The 3rd Birthday.

 

[Sora96]

Looks like Takehiro Ando quit earlier this year; Kei Hirono now manages BD10.

I have no idea if there was a previous BD8 (the current crew split off from Ando's staff as a result of whatever happened, so you'd think that another team may have held the title before) that has now been shifted and/or renamed, but it's definitely a mobile unit now. Seems that they're managing Heavenstrike Rivals and Emperors Saga. Someone called Tonomitsu is in charge.

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/recruit/fresh/person/m_nishizawa.html
http://gamebiz.jp/?p=144034
http://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2015/session/BP/918.html
https://twitter.com/sgnk_sqex (planner Shingo Nakamoto)

Holy shit. What about Chaos Rings Sigma?

So there's THREE mobile divisions now? Wow.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

I personally don't want Toriyama to be working on anything but putting him on another FFX game or having him work on mobile games is probably the safest thing to do. He hurt FFX with FFX-2(battle system is the only good thing about the game) so my expectations are low for a high quality 3rd entry. As for mobile, nobody really seems to care for a high quality experience which makes him a perfect fit as he can at least introduce some quality to the market, even though that's not saying much.

 

[Sora96]

I personally don't want Toriyama to be working on anything but putting him on another FFX game or having him work on mobile games is probably the safest thing to do. He hurt FFX with FFX-2(battle system is the only good thing about the game) so my expectations are low for a high quality 3rd entry. As for mobile, nobody really seems to care for a high quality experience which makes him a perfect fit as he can at least introduce some quality to the market, even though that's not saying much.

X-2 has 85 on Metacrtic, sold 4 million copies on PS2 before it made its way to Europe & Australia and got a HD remaster.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

X-2 has 85 on Metacrtic,

And a user score of 7.1.

sold 4 million copies on PS2 before it made its way to Europe & Australia

I bet that Europe and Australia number isn't impressive.

and got a HD remaster.

Final Fantasy I was released on NES, MSX2, WonderSwan Color, Playstation, Game Boy Advance PlayStation Portable, iOS, Windows Phone, Android, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network and 3DS. Wasn't just ported but received a remaster too.

Final Fantasy II was released on WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS and Android. Wasn't just ported but received a remaster too.

Final Fantasy III was released on NES, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable, Ouya, Windows Phone and Microsoft Windows. Wasn't just ported but received a remake too.

Final Fantasy IV was released on SNES, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, FOMA 9031 /703i, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows. It wasn't just ported but received BOTH a remaster and remake.

Final Fantasy V was released on Super Famicom, Playstation, Game Boy Advance, iOS and Android. Wasn't just ported but received new visuals.

Final Fantasy VI was released on SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Android and iOS. Wasn't just ported but received new visuals.

Final Fantasy VII was released on PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, iOS and PlayStation 4. Is getting a big remake.

Final Fantasy VIII was released on PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.

Final Fantasy IX was only released on PlayStation. Poor Final Fantasy IX.

Final Fantasy XII was released on PlayStation 2 and is getting a remaster.

Final Fantasy XIII was released on PlayStation 3, XBox 360, Microsoft Windows and iOS and Android.

Am I suppose to be impressed? What's your point?

 

[Sora96]

And a user score of 7.1.



I bet that Europe and Australia number isn't impressive.



Final Fantasy I was released on NES, MSX2, WonderSwan Color, Playstation, Game Boy Advance PlayStation Portable, iOS, Windows Phone, Android, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network and 3DS. Wasn't just ported but received a remaster too.

Final Fantasy II was released on WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS and Android. Wasn't just ported but received a remaster too.

Final Fantasy III was released on NES, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable, Ouya, Windows Phone and Microsoft Windows. Wasn't just ported but received a remake too.

Final Fantasy IV was released on SNES, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, FOMA 9031 /703i, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows. It wasn't just ported but received BOTH a remaster and remake.

Final Fantasy V was released on Super Famicom, Playstation, Game Boy Advance, iOS and Android. Wasn't just ported but received new visuals.

Final Fantasy VI was released on SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Android and iOS. Wasn't just ported but received new visuals.

Final Fantasy VII was released on PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, iOS and PlayStation 4. Is getting a big remake.

Final Fantasy VIII was released on PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.

Final Fantasy IX was only released on PlayStation. Poor Final Fantasy IX.

Final Fantasy XII was released on PlayStation 2 and is getting a remaster.

Final Fantasy XIII was released on PlayStation 3, XBox 360, Microsoft Windows and iOS and Android.

Am I suppose to be impressed? What's your point?

User score means nothing. They gave him the right to direct XIII straight away because X & X-2 were great successes.

Yes, because Tabata even said they can't just remaster something because they want to, even something like Crisis Core.

Also, the guy who directed Dirge of Cerberus has since worked on XIII, XIII-2 and now XV. Now that game did shocking. And Nomura made All the Bravest but it did nothing to affect him.

 

[Kagari]

The real answer is: who cares? Toriyama got to have Final Fantasy for an entire generation. It's time for him to stick to the shadows for a long, long while.

 

[Sora96]

The real answer is: who cares? Toriyama got to have Final Fantasy for an entire generation. It's time for him to stick to the shadows for a long, long while.

Tough luck. He said he's revealing his new project this year. Bahahahahaha.

 

[Kagari]

And when he doesn't?

 

[Sora96]

And when he doesn't?

Means he's working on VII Remake just like he said he wanted to.

I am currently working hard on the next project.
We will be able to announce it in 2015, so please look forward to that!

Confirmed by many translations!

 

[Kagari]

But who cares if he isn't directing it.

 

[Sora96]

But who cares if he isn't directing it.

I do! He created some of the most famous events in FFVII. Eg. cross-dressing Cloud, which is confirmed to return!

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

User score means nothing.

Then by that logic, critic scores mean nothing.

They gave him the right to direct XIII straight away because X & X-2 were great successes.

I don’t care what right they gave him. I still think he’s not a great game designer. Doesn’t change that fact. You’re responding to my personal opinion after all.

Yes, because Tabata even said they can't just remaster something because they want to, even something like Crisis Core.

The point is FFX-2 is not alone on some high pedestal. It’s getting special treatment. Big deal. So are other titles. Join the club.

Also, the guy who directed Dirge of Cerberus has since worked on XIII, XIII-2 and now XV.

Who went from Director to Field Map Director to Planning Director.

And Nomura made All the Bravest but it did nothing to affect him.

Because it's the mobile market. Nomura was basically making shit for dumb flies.

 

[Kagari]

I wouldn't call that an amazing achievement.