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* [[Development Hell]]/[[Vaporware]]: Pushing six years in development and counting. It was announced practically the day after ''[[ |
* [[Development Hell]]/[[Vaporware]]: Pushing six years in development and counting. It was announced practically the day after ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' back in 2006, and took three years just to be ''teased'' to the public at E3. To put this in perspective, in the time it's taken from the initial announcement to the public release of gameplay footage, ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has been released worldwide; ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' has been announced, released, and '''[http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=ae8d667b53355d8ea364fafa44d5253e4362e17f apologized for]'''; ''[[Artifact Title|Final Fantasy Agito XIII]]'' (aka ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'') has been announced, renamed, released, and already given a sequel; and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' has been developed, announced, and released as well. [[Word of God]] says ''Versus'' is going to be the last game released in the ''XIII'' series. It got to a point by early 2011 that a conference had to be arranged to prove that the game, amongst other high-profile Square Enix games, was ''still in development''. |
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: |
* [[Fan Nickname]]: |
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** Noctis was commonly named "Storm" before his official name was revealed, thanks in part to [[Mondegreen|Mondegreens]] from the aforementioned "Somnus" and also because naming main characters [[Final Fantasy VI|after]] [[Final Fantasy VII|meteorological]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|or]] [[Final Fantasy X|geographical]] [[Final Fantasy XIII|phenomena]] is a recurring theme of the ''FF'' series. |
** Noctis was commonly named "Storm" before his official name was revealed, thanks in part to [[Mondegreen|Mondegreens]] from the aforementioned "Somnus" and also because naming main characters [[Final Fantasy VI|after]] [[Final Fantasy VII|meteorological]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|or]] [[Final Fantasy X|geographical]] [[Final Fantasy XIII|phenomena]] is a recurring theme of the ''FF'' series. |
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** His buddies also got the not-always-flattering nicknames of "[[Bishonen|Blond Faggot-kun]]," "[[Testosterone Poisoning|Manly Bearded Dude]]," and "[[No More Heroes|Glasses Touchdown]]." |
** His buddies also got the not-always-flattering nicknames of "[[Bishonen|Blond Faggot-kun]]," "[[Testosterone Poisoning|Manly Bearded Dude]]," and "[[No More Heroes|Glasses Touchdown]]." |
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** They also got nicknames according to their traits; [[Shotguns Are Just Better|Shotgun]], [[Megane|Glasses]] and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Scar]]. |
** They also got nicknames according to their traits; [[Shotguns Are Just Better|Shotgun]], [[Megane|Glasses]] and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Scar]]. |
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** King Caelum has been nicknamed [[Die Hard |
** King Caelum has been nicknamed [[Die Hard|Hans Gruber]]. |
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* [[Flame War]]: Aside from the fact that [[Broken Base|it's]] [[Fan Dumb|an]] ''[[Unpleasable Fanbase|FF]]'' [[Hate Dumb|game]], the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... ''interesting'' discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites. |
* [[Flame War]]: Aside from the fact that [[Broken Base|it's]] [[Fan Dumb|an]] ''[[Unpleasable Fanbase|FF]]'' [[Hate Dumb|game]], the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... ''interesting'' discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites. |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Square Enix|They gave]] ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]]'' a shotgun. [[Oh Crap]]. |
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Square Enix|They gave]] ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]]'' a shotgun. [[Oh Crap]]. |
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: The lead character is at an event and meets [[Final Fantasy VIII|the heroine in a white dress]]... Hmm... |
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The lead character is at an event and meets [[Final Fantasy VIII|the heroine in a white dress]]... Hmm... |
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* [[Names to Know In Anime]]: |
* [[Names to Know In Anime]]: |
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** [[Mamoru Miyano]] ([[Death Note |
** [[Mamoru Miyano]] ([[Death Note|Light Yagami]], [[Kingdom Hearts|Riku]]) as Ignis. |
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** [[Tatsuhisa Suzuki]] ([[Pokémon ( |
** [[Tatsuhisa Suzuki]] ([[Pokémon (anime)|Jun/Barry]], [[Dancougar Nova|Sakuya Kamon]]) as Noctis himself. |
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** [[Tetsuya Kakihara]] ([[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]], [[Blaz Blue|Jin Kisaragi]]) as Prompto. |
** [[Tetsuya Kakihara]] ([[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]], [[Blaz Blue|Jin Kisaragi]]) as Prompto. |
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** [[Hiroki Yasumoto]] ([[Bleach |
** [[Hiroki Yasumoto]] ([[Bleach|Chad]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Germany]]) as Gladiolus. |
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Revision as of 21:36, 8 April 2014
- Development Hell/Vaporware: Pushing six years in development and counting. It was announced practically the day after Final Fantasy XIII back in 2006, and took three years just to be teased to the public at E3. To put this in perspective, in the time it's taken from the initial announcement to the public release of gameplay footage, Final Fantasy XIII has been released worldwide; Final Fantasy XIV has been announced, released, and apologized for; Final Fantasy Agito XIII (aka Final Fantasy Type-0) has been announced, renamed, released, and already given a sequel; and Final Fantasy XIII-2 has been developed, announced, and released as well. Word of God says Versus is going to be the last game released in the XIII series. It got to a point by early 2011 that a conference had to be arranged to prove that the game, amongst other high-profile Square Enix games, was still in development.
- Fan Nickname:
- Noctis was commonly named "Storm" before his official name was revealed, thanks in part to Mondegreens from the aforementioned "Somnus" and also because naming main characters after meteorological or geographical phenomena is a recurring theme of the FF series.
- His buddies also got the not-always-flattering nicknames of "Blond Faggot-kun," "Manly Bearded Dude," and "Glasses Touchdown."
- They also got nicknames according to their traits; Shotgun, Glasses and Scar.
- King Caelum has been nicknamed Hans Gruber.
- Flame War: Aside from the fact that it's an FF game, the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... interesting discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites.
- Hey, It's That Voice!: They gave Simon a shotgun. Oh Crap.
- Mythology Gag: The lead character is at an event and meets the heroine in a white dress... Hmm...
- Names to Know In Anime:
- Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami, Riku) as Ignis.
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Jun/Barry, Sakuya Kamon) as Noctis himself.
- Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon, Jin Kisaragi) as Prompto.
- Hiroki Yasumoto (Chad, Germany) as Gladiolus.