
This meant that the lifespan of the current generation of consoles was starting to pose a problem to us. "We had originally thought about making this announcement last year, but due to assorted reasons that got delayed. We worked together with assorted other divisions to get it announced at this E3."Īs for that shift in platform to the PS4 and Xbox One, "there are several reasons," he explained. Why wait until now to mention that to the public, though? "As for the timing of the announcement," Nomura responded, "given that we were changing platforms as well, wasn't something we could decide on our own discretion. Personally, I came to accept the idea once FF Agito 13's name was changed to Final Fantasy Type-0."Īs Nomura said, the final decision to switch to FF15 was made around two years ago. By that time, a fair amount of time had already passed since the announcement and Versus was a well-known title, so it wasn't a given that this would be 15 it could have still been Versus. "Around one or two years after we announced FF Versus 13," he said, "it was suggested to us to shift to FF15 as part of the company's direction.

Seven years and a month after it was first announced in E3 2006 under the name Final Fantasy Versus 13, Final Fantasy 15 finally had its first "real" debut trailer revealed at the LA Convention Center last week However, as director Tetsuya Nomura revealed to Famitsu magazine in this week's issue, the decision to rename the project got its start a lot earlier than you'd think.
