Someone translated some interviews done in a recent issue of Famitsu and published them on twitter.

Highlights:

  • The main character is in fact the knight sword to protect Joshua.
  • He calls Joshua his brother in the trailer
  • Joshua has the power to heal wounds with fire. He's nicknamed the Phoenix.
  • Humans cannot survive without the aid of Crystals. Though no detail on if this is literal or figurative.
  • There will be more summons besides the four seen in the trailer.
  • Action battle system where the player can "shift" warp and use summons to augment his attacks.
  • Yoshida mentioned the trailer was done in real time and promises the quality will be better in the final product.
  • He mentioned the team has grown and is currently working towards the game's completion.
  • Director Takai Hiroshi mentioned he got into FF playing the first entry when he was a student. The first FF he worked on was FFV and he's mostly been working on XI and XIV until getting his second biggest break (the interview doesn't mention this, but he was also the director of The Last Remnant) with this entry.
  • He also mentioned it will still be awhile before the game will be in fan hands.


Not a whole lot of new content, but good to see they're a t least talking about the game and not just going to stay coy about it until next year. Man Versus XIII has made me bitter...