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Square Enix: "No Plans for FFV & VI on DS, Japanese Voices in Dissidia or XIII"

 
IGN recently held a Q&A; session with Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase and Takeshi Arakawa, one in which readers had the opportunity to ask the questions. And through it, we learn a few interesting things, plus that we are unlikely to see Dissidia on another platform, nor are there plans to release FF V and VI on the DS, though Kitase says that the ideas are "attractive" and "interesting," and so he may look into it. One of the more interesting questions is one that will likely affect everyone who plays Final Fantasy: voice language options. Where Dissidia is concerned, Kitase says that such a choice would take up more room than the UMD allows, so that's out. As for Final Fantasy XIII, he says "Obviously, when we talk about XIII it's for PS3 and Xbox – with PS3 being on Blu ray there would be enough memory, but on Xbox probably not. At the moment we're thinking of releasing the voice in English only. Are there many people who would like to play with Japanese voices?" I suppose if there are those of ... (link)

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