Final Fantasy Versus XIII was announced over seven years ago at Sony’s E3 press conference in 2006, and since then a lot has changed. To keep up with the ever-changing industry, Square Enix decided to rename the game Final Fantasy XV and bring Tetsuya Nomura’s chronically-delayed RPG to next-gen hardware.
In an interview with Famitsu, Nomura explained the reason behind this major change.
Around one or two years after we announced FF Versus 13, it was suggested to us to shift to FF15 as part of the company’s direction. 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.
Personally, I came to accept the idea once FF Agito 13′s name was changed to Final Fantasy Type-0. As for the timing of the announcement, given that we were changing platforms as well, [the timing] wasn’t something we could decide on our own discretion. We worked together with assorted other divisions to get it announced at this E3.
via Nomura Explains Versus XIII Name Change, Jump To Next-Gen Hardware.
Nomura Explains Versus XIII Name Change, Jump To Next-Gen Hardware
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