Ten years ago, Square Enix announced an ambitious action RPG spin off entry into the Final Fantasy series. It was called Final Fantasy Versus 13, and everything about it looked incredible- dark, brooding, with exciting gameplay unlike anything the series had known till then.

The project had a troubled life, until finally, in an attempt to revive it and to rebrand it from the toxic Final Fantasy 13 brand, it was renamed Final Fantasy 15– and in the transition from being Versus 13 to 15, it gained a new identity of its own, and in turn lost a lot of what Versus had been.

We have seen a lot of Final Fantasy 15, and there have been some discussions on how much of Versus made it into the game- but there will not be any longer. Speaking to JPGames (translated by NeoGAF), Final Fantasy 15 director Hajime Tabata said, “of course, we wanted to keep as much stuff as possible from the Versus 13 project, but we thought the quality of the game was more important than remaking certain scenes.”

Speaking about whether Square would discuss Versus 13 any more, he also said, “We will talk about Versus 13 in the future if we think it would benefit the fans or us, but there are currently no plans to keep releasing information about this project.”

Final Fantasy 15 is due out on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on November 29.

If a neogaf user has to be believed, Final Fantasy Versus XIII might very well may be making it’s way on next gen consoles i.e. the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720. The user Verendus believes that the game will get a name change over and will be released on next generation consoles. According to him, it simply won’t have Versus XIII in the the title and Square Enix will re-reveal it later this year.

That does not end at that. He claims that both Final Fantasy 15 and Final Fantasy 16 are in development for next generation, with a possibility of  FF 15 being an exclusive.

Come to think of it, it all just adds up. Final Fantasy Versus 13 may just get re-branded to Final Fantasy 15 and will be a PS4 exclusive. In fact a few weeks back we had reported that the game may indeed be undergoing a name change. Of course this is all just speculation and should be taken with a grain of salt.

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It seems that Square Enix will continue to torture Versus XIII fans, as according to producer Shinji Hashimoto they are producing Final Fantasy XIV and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, and will concentrate on Versus after completing that.

“I spoke about a number of things with Mr. Hashimoto today. It looks like Versus won’t be at Tokyo Game Show. They’re first putting all their effort info FFXIV and the Lightning Saga finale,” a fan who met Hashimoto tweeted.

In a next tweet he said, “He said that we’re developing it, so please look forward to next year.”

Square Enix announced Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII today and you can check out whatever information we have on that over here. Last time they released any material for Final Fantasy: Versus XIII was at a special event in January 2011. Will they do the same next year? Stay tuned to find out.

P.S. I know that image is for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII but it’s so apt for this situation.

Noctis ouji!

Final Fantasy Versus 13 is something of a mystery at this stage even though the game was announced 6 years ago.

However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel after all as Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has revealed that they are working on the game and asked fans to remain patient.

He also showed a cool sketch of Noctis drawn by none other than Nomura-sama, character designer for Square Enix.

 “Please wait for his turn!” reads the text on the sketch indicating that Versus XIII will be next and probably will be released soon.

 “I cannot say any more than, ‘We are making Versus!’ Please wait a little longer,” Wada revealed at the event.

So maybe at Tokyo Game Show, then? We will be waiting to see more information on Versus then. The game is still exclusive to the PS3 unless stated otherwise.

Thanks, Kotaku.