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History
2000: February 10
On this date, Square Co., Ltd. registered domains for the 12th to 15th games in the series, as follows:
2000; February: http://www.gamefiber.com 2000; February 25: http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2000/022500a.html (by Doug "Stom" Hill, sourced from http://www.gamefiber.com) 2000; February 26; 04:48am (ET): http://www.ffonline.com/news/news79 2000; March 1: http://www.kbench.com/news/?no=3086 2006: May 31
Hyper PlayStation 2's July issue (According to IGN) asked the staff of Final Fantasy Versus XIII why Final Fantasy XIII would not be as a brand new Final Fantasy XIV. Translated by IGN, Tetsuya Nomura answered:
"The concept and thinking behind Versus would not be possible in a standard numbered Final Fantasy title" Yoshinori Kitase quickly assured that Versus is not a side-story, as it has some of what makes a numbered FF game what it is, and added: "With Versus, we are trying out a type of adventure that we couldn't do in the numbered series."  July 2006 issue of Hyper PlayStation 2 REPORTED BY: 2006; May 31: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/710/710761p1.html (by Anoop Gantayat) 2006: December 8
The domains www.ff14.com, www.finalfantasyxiv.com and www.finalfantasy-xiv.com had their registration database updated. Information at this point:
Domain Name: FF14.COM
Namespace: ICANN Unsponsored Generic TLD - http://www.icann.org
TLD Info: See IANA Whois - http://www.iana.org/root-whois/com.htm
Registry: VeriSign, Inc. - http://www.verisign-grs.com
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. - http://www.networksolutions.com
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Name Server[whois+dns with ip] DNS2.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.58.20
Name Server[whois+dns with ip] DNS1.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.48.242
Updated Date: 08-Dec-2006
Creation Date: 10-Feb-2000
Expiration Date: 10-Feb-2008
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant:
Square Enix Co, Ltd.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Maruyama, Eri
emaruyam@square-enix.co.jp
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Phone: +81-3-5333-0958
Fax: +81-3-5333-0959
Domain Name: FINALFANTASYXIV.COM
Namespace: ICANN Unsponsored Generic TLD - http://www.icann.org
TLD Info: See IANA Whois - http://www.iana.org/root-whois/com.htm
Registry: VeriSign, Inc. - http://www.verisign-grs.com
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. - http://www.networksolutions.com
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Name Server[whois+dns with ip] DNS2.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.58.20
Name Server[whois+dns with ip] DNS1.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.48.242
Updated Date: 08-Dec-2006
Creation Date: 10-Feb-2000
Expiration Date: 10-Feb-2008
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant:
Square Enix Co, Ltd.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Maruyama, Eri
emaruyam@square-enix.co.jp
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Phone: +81-3-5333-0958
Fax: +81-3-5333-0959
Domain Name: FINALFANTASY-XIV.COM
Namespace: ICANN Unsponsored Generic TLD - http://www.icann.org
TLD Info: See IANA Whois - http://www.iana.org/root-whois/com.htm
Registry: VeriSign, Inc. - http://www.verisign-grs.com
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. - http://www.networksolutions.com
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Name Server[from whois, whois+dns ip]: DNS2.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.58.20
Name Server[from whois, whois+dns ip]: DNS1.PLAYONLINE.COM 61.195.48.242
Updated Date: 08-Dec-2006
Creation Date: 10-Feb-2000
Expiration Date: 10-Feb-2008
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant:
Square Enix Co, Ltd.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Maruyama, Eri
emaruyam@square-enix.co.jp
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg.
3-22-7 Yoyogi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8544
JP
Phone: +81-3-5333-0958
Fax: +81-3-5333-0959
REPORTED BY: None known 2007: February 2
Totalvideogames.com posted their interview with Hiromichi Tanaka (written by Jon Wilcox); man behind Final Fantasy III and the director of Final Fantasy XI.
 Hiromichi Tanaka at Square Enix' London offices (January 2007; not taken while interviewed) [Creative Commons License, source] After him discussing Square Enix's licensement of Unreal Engine 3 and their decision to use a common engine (announced a week before), TVG ask a question: "So there's a greater chance that a 'Final Fantasy XIV' would be cross-platform?" To which Hiromichi Tanaka answered: "From a technical point of view, yes. That doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to be releasing cross-platform." REPORTED BY: None known 2007: April 21
On this date, the 158th/June issue of Nintendo DREAM was released. It features an interview with Shinji Hashimoto. Although unrelated to Final Fantasy XIV, Hashimoto states that he wants Final Fantasy XIII to last for 10 years. From the translation by IGN on April 23: "Different from something like VII, which we expanded upon afterwards, with Fabula Nova Crystallis FFXIII, we've thought about an expansive world setting from the start. Under the idea of wanting everyone to be sucked into the world for 10 years, we're preparing a number of categories." He likened this approach to films like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.  Less reliable sources offer the quote differently, PlayStation Universe report on April 19: "The story of Final Fantasy XIII lasts 10 years, which is a long period, like in the Star Wars saga or The Lord of the Rings." ...while Forever Fantasy report on April 19: "The entire Fabula Nova Crystallis project will have the same world view and last approx. 10 years, which is a long period, like in the Star Wars saga or The Lord of the Rings." It is unmentioned whether or not this will have an effect on future games, Final Fantasy XIV in mind. I'm guessing it might prolong Final Fantasy XIV's development and release, but with Square Enix now producing games like wildfire, it might not. REPORTED BY: 2007; April 19: http://www.jeux-france.com/news19962.html (by Antoine Morcos) 2007; April 19: http://web.archive.org/web/20070427121810/http://www.psu.com/node/9886 2007; April 23: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/782/782629p1.html (by Anoop Gantayat) |
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