FFXI Sequel Officially Denied
New MMORPG title is an original property, Square Enix reiterates.
by Anoop Gantayat
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July 18, 2006 - Japan's Nikkei Net news service ran a story yesterday containing what appeared to be the first confirmation of a sequel to Final Fantasy XI. According to the site, Square Enix is developing a true sequel to FFXI to be released on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Vista formats.

Square Enix responded to the Nikkei Net article today, denying the development of an FFXI sequel altogether. Instead, the company restated what it has been saying all along since E3 2005 -- that the next-generation massively multiplayer online RPG footage presented at the show is from a completely different and original title. "Details and compatible systems will be revealed as soon as possible," read the company's denunciation.

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lol Ket and Mikey back to back posts. Yeah omg we aren't making a sequel but an entirely new game. Big difference there lol.. just won't be Vanadiel. Not sure if it will be a FF game either. Looks like one though.

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So basically here is how I see it.


Its not going to be FFXI-2. I do however see it being FFXIV or something like that. Its going to be another FF online game. There was probably some sort of communication issue, but it looks pretty clear that FF is involved with the new MMO. It just wont be with Tarus, Galka and so on.

Personally I wouldnt mind seeing an expansion that upgrades the engine from Xbox\ps2\winxp to xbox360\PS3\WinVista.

It wouldnt be good enough to get me to sign up again, but it would be enough to get me to buy the game and play someones character to see what everything looks like. I did that with DAoC lol.

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I wish they'd just drop the PS2 already. Oh well. I don't see the point in a different MMO if it's just going to be close to this one but with better graphics.

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Except Mikey was 12 minutes late, made a complte mess of his post, and didn't get the press release directly from SE. :P

sigh i messed it up lol

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I don't wanna leave my Galka behind!

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your galka looks tuff mm

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Personally I think it looks like he's got leotards (I'm sure I'm mispelling that) on

How can you possibly have another SE MMO without this:


that's just too gahdamn cute to leave behind


or this!


EAR BUMPS!

The next SE MMO will be galka, taru, and mithra only, and everyone will have a koenig cuirass and a funny helmet.

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Deadlegend is right! No Tawus... No Kotex!

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I lol'd irl

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