Quote Originally Posted by Carmilla
Nintendo is getting FF but not the main series. They are getting the 'side story' type game Crystal Chronicles... and you could hradly call that a blockbuster move.

Same with Dragon Quest going to Nintendo. Its another 'side story' type game while i bet you $1 that Dragon Quest IX will go to the PS3.

FF will never ever ever ever go to Microsoft. Japan is FF's largest market and the Japanese hate hate HATE the Xbox.

Just check out these hardware sales stats in Japan from January-April 2006:

1. DS Lite: (996,546)
2. DS: (746,935)
3. PSP: (641,721)
4. PS2: (529,979)
5. GBA SP: (111,858)
6. GBM: (81,058)
7. Gamecube: (44,755)
8. Xbox 360: (41,278)
9. GBA: (2,454)
10. Xbox: (1,373)

The DS outsold the PSP 1,700,000 to 600,000.
And the Gamecube... the friggin GAMECUBE outsold the Xbox 360.
They are getting Final Fantasy 6 which will sell like hot cakes.

and I wasn't talking about Dragon quest.....I was talking about the devlopers who maid dragon quest. They are makeing a game on XBOX 360 as we speak.

I think that the only reason that Final Fantasy is on PS3 and not XBOX 360 is that sony is paying Square soft for exclusive rights the Final Fantasy Series, and if XBOX said we want Final Fantasy and offered Square more money they just might Take the offer, and you can't say that Square wont work with XBOX 360, becuase they kind of already are if you read the article below.

Read the article below for more information on Blue dragon.....The information is out of date but still says what you need to know.

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May 2, 2005 - And just like that, the E3 rush of official Xbox 360 news begins, surprisingly from across the Pacific. The latest issue of Shonen Jump features the first word on Blue Dragon, a Japanese-developed Xbox 360 RPG. This title is one of the two being developed by Mistwalker, a game studio founded by Final Fantasy father Hironobu Sakaguchi.

While the magazine does not show any screenshots of Blue Dragon, it does share a few bits of artwork and character details. Three characters are introduced in the magazine: Jiro, a smart boy who like to plan things in advance, Kurukku, a young lady who has a bit of adult in her, and Shu, a young boy who loves to adventure. The game's storyline is a secret, but it seems to center on Shu, the main character, and his relationship with a blue, fire-breathing dragon, who seems to form his shadow!
The characters featured in Blue Dragon will remind some of Dragon Quest, and with good reason. Confirming recent rumors on the matter, it turns out that the game's character designer is none other than Akira Toriyama. Best known for his work on Dragon Ball and Dragon Quest, Toriyama comments that he's lucky to be working on such a good game as Blue Dragon.

Exciting words from Toriyama, and certainly a good sign for the Xbox 360 in Japan. With Sakaguchi and Toriyama working on the system, the Xbox 360 now has a game being developed by key staff members of Japan's two biggest series, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Also worth noting is that Blue Dragon has been announced in Jump, Japan's most popular comic magazine and the usual launching point for Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Naruto games. We don't recall having ever seen the word "Xbox" in the magazine before.

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Another article about "SONY's" game developers going to XBOX.

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Xbox 360 RPGs in Japan
Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and a new title by tri-Ace.
by IGN Staff
April 5, 2006 - At the Xbox 360 Media Briefing in Tokyo today, role playing games were far from forgotten. Two titles that have been surrounded in buzz are Mistwalker's Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Mistwalker president Hironobu Sakaguchi took the stage today to offer details on the games' progress.


Blue Dragon is still scheduled to ship at the end of 2006, Sakaguchi announced. In fact, Sakaguchi mentioned that following the press conference, he'd have to rush to a recording session for the game's voice overs.
Lost Odyssey is trailing a bit and will come out in 2007. The latter title will debut first via a twenty minute demo released this summer on DVD; it's unclear if the demo will include gameplay, or if it will be pure video.

Short trailers were shown from each game at the event. Sadly, the footage for each game was pure CG and lasted for less than 30 seconds.

Tri-Ace then took the stage to announce they're working on a new game with Microsoft Game Studios. Directed by the makers of Star Ocean, this unnamed title will be heavily focued on real-time elements. According to Tri-Ace, it will be their best title yet. Sadly, no further details were provided.
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