Kitase: No Final Fantasy on handhelds

You’ll have to do a lot of convincing before Square Enix agrees to bring Final Fantasy to handhelds. Producer Yoshinori Kitase said that right now, the consoles are their best bet, thereby shooting down rumors that they are thinking of making a handheld version.

You’ll have to do a lot of convincing before Square Enix agrees to bring Final Fantasy to handhelds. Producer Yoshinori Kitase said that right now, the consoles are their best bet, thereby shooting down rumors that they are thinking of making a handheld version.

Most probably not.

The rumors of FF on handhelds first broke following their announcement of a Dragon Quest IX for the DS. The port did spectacularly well, having sold a massive four million copies since its December launch.

“In terms of Final Fantasy in general, the teams are really aiming for movie quality graphics and really dramatic storylines,” he said.

“For now, at least, consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 are the best place for this kind of cinematic experience to take place. We don’t feel that it needs to transition necessarily to a handheld platform.”

Final Fantasy XIII is their latest game offering on consoles.

Via [Kotaku]

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