Gamespot Interview with Hajime Tabata

Death Penalty · Nov 02 2012, 10:10 PM

For a long time, Western fans have been left in the dark concerning a localization for Type-0, and the news only seems to get grimmer each time we hear about it. However, a recent interview with none other than Hajime Tabata himself might bring a glimmer of optimism. As "moribund" as the the localization might be, S-E has not given up hope. You can read the entire interview here, but here's the part you're probably most interested in.

Hajime Tabata: "Due to market reasons, we are taking a clean slate in terms of our plans. We feel strongly about bringing this title to the fans in North America and Europe, so if an opportunity arises that can become a conclusive factor, we are prepared to go into consideration right away."

That's less than clear, but it's also far more than many expected. Though the future for Type-0 is nowhere near certain, at least we know that the project hasn't flatlined. Additionally, Tabata speaks in the interview of his work with Crisis Core and S-E and about his feelings on Final Fantasy in general.

Ariana · Nov 02 2012, 10:14 PM

It seems that there's hope for this localisation, yet. I guess it's a good idea to not let those hopes get too high for now, though. Still, I'd really like to see the localisation; the game finally managed to interest me!

Agent Dunham · Nov 03 2012, 02:33 AM

I had a dream last week that Type-0 was being released in December.

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Anyway, I read just recently that Sony's rules for PSN downloads apparently institute a 1.8GB (i.e., the size of a UMD) limit on the size of digital-only titles. I'm not sure if this still applies, the source was quite old, but it's possible that it's more red tape that no one wants to deal with.

Mike · Nov 03 2012, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Dunham

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...Yep, that sounds like me.

Still think it's gonna be a digital-only Vita release if it does happen.

Aurelia · Nov 03 2012, 03:23 AM

Sounds like very small possibilities. Tabata seems like a nice guy, but the big boys of SE aren't. It's like that kid that doesn't mind you sitting next to him at lunch, but his other friends bully him into not letting you.

Death Penalty · Nov 03 2012, 04:02 AM

You think they'd let him do a press interview saying they're seeking other avenues of localization if they had no plans at all to do that?

Agent Dunham · Nov 03 2012, 05:23 AM

It's Square Enix. Of course they would.

Death Penalty · Nov 03 2012, 05:33 AM

Touché. I badly want to say that even they can't be that blindly stupid, but they've done worse before.

majestix1988 · Nov 03 2012, 11:12 AM

i wish they released the demo already...like on japanese edition~

Singularity · Nov 03 2012, 02:59 PM

You can download the Japanese demo and put it on a US PSP, you know. Easy enough to muddle through without understanding the language. I tried doing the same with the full game, but I got to the world map and was lost.

What I did play was amazing though, the opening's incredible.