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Key staff members leave Square Enix, including Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s system menu director By Erren Van Duine on April 22, 2012 at 1:21 AM

Some key staff members have departed Square Enix as of last year, according to a recent post on 2ch.

The list of staff includes:

Ryuji Ikeda – Dissidia Final Fantasy main programmer
Shouta Shimoda – Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy planning director (RPG elements)/Dissidia FF (AI tuning)
Takeshi Arakawa – Kingdom Hearts texture director/Dissidia FF supervising director/Final Fantasy Versus XIII graphic director (system menu)

What does this mean? Perhaps not too much if we’re only finding out about it now. Takeshi Awakawa was in charge of the system menus for FF Versus XIII, so hopefully not too much was impacted when he left the company. Either way, it’s sad to see these staff members go.

There hasn’t and likely won’t be any official statement from Square Enix on the matter.

Posted in Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
  • Nick_DESU

    finally some FFVXIII news, yet nothing about e3 demos >:(

  • runnydiarrhea.bichigusomaru

    w-wh-what? D’:

  • http://twitter.com/AubertAlexander Alexander Aubert

    that’s it SE is DEAD

  • alucard

    Final Fantasy versus XIII do think they will release it at all ,I mean no release date no news & it has been almost 7 years if they gonna release the game it most be divinely good or Square Enix enjoy the wrath of the fans

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000679613706 Hidir Cloud

    dead?SE still had lot off new talented staff

  • T_T Schiffer

    They needed some new guys anyways…honestly, I don’t really care about Versus XIII, as long as the main FF games are a-okay.

  • Dothacker223

    I think the main FF games are not okay . FF 13 and FF 13-2 is awfull

  • Nameless

    I hope you realise that staff leaving that worked on the Dissidia games, Kingdom Hearts and Versus XIII probably wouldn’t change the Main games at all.

  • whattahw

    Many people would disagree with you, dothhacker223.

  • T_T Schiffer

    I realize that…that’s why the “as long” is in there. I’m pretty sure they won’t be affected very much.

  • Lolversus

    Versus is even worse than Duke Nukem Forever — it actually won’t ever come out.

    Assuming by some miracle it DOES, at this pace it won’t even be on the shelf before PS4 and the new Xbox launch. Not even kidding. Might as well keep tweaking the game at a slower pace and release it for next-gen consoles in 2104.

  • Raging

    And I disagree with ya.

  • Big_Old_fan

    you count me too… this person “T_T” is even a joke… you say you just get satisfied with these “okays” tittles… so you will never encourage yourself to see something better… this is why companies can “succeed” by only giving random efforts to their projects. Masses keep buying and “apreaciating” things by never rising they’re expectations on the products… maybe just as they neither do on they’re own lives… i really dislike that… you know nothing about this saga… go defend twilight or another popular shit… but don’t try on this… i just don’t stand to see it… one of my beloved sagas being loved by ppl like you in they’re worst times… ridiculous…

  • T_T Schiffer

    That’s laughable. I’m quite the devoted FF fan, and really dislike Twilight and such nonsense. I never said I was “satisified” with the main titles. Rather, I think as the main titles of the Final Fantasy series, not including others such as Versus XIII, Type-0, XIII-2, and (going back a little) X-2. I’m not saying that “spin-offs” or as I like to call them, side-series games like V13 or T-0 can’t be as good as the main titles, but I do want the main titles to BE the best FF games that I know and love.
    I can tell you don’t really understand what we were talking about, but whatever.
    You say I know nothing about this saga, yet you also know nothing about me. You’ll have to take me for my word when I say I am a true Final Fantasy fan.
    If your “beloved saga” is so precious, than why can’t new people come into the FF world of epic fantasy and have different opinions about games? I feel like a broken record trying to tell people our views on why the “new” generation of FF fans likes the “new” FF games.
    Point blank: I like new FF games just as much as the old ones, and I will continue to play them as much as I did the old ones. Many people would agree with me, but I’m sure many negative people would just as easily disagree with my opinions. But that’s fine. We all have different tastes. Does that really mean you have to strike out at people for loving the same saga you do? I don’t think so.

  • T_T Schiffer

    “A-okay” means I hope that they are not affected, even if a little bit. Just to clear things up, since certain people don’t seem to understand. Meaning… “As long as the main FF titles are unaffected…”

  • Plinio Henrique Balsalobre dos

    MAN, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU FOUGHT SO MUCH FOR… MAN LET’S FACE IT, THE SERIES WERE WAY CHANGED AFTER THE RITIREMENT OF THE MASTER HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI, THE OTHER GUYS FORGOT ABOUT THE CLASSIC FINAL FANTASY, I CAN SAY FOR SURE, NOTHING AS GOOD AS FF6, FF7 , FF9 WAS RELEASED SINCE THE PLAYSTATION…
    AND THAT IS THE SADIEST OF ALL TRUTHS, AT LEAST KINGDOM HEARTS IS MAKING ME FEEL BETTER^^ HOPE THEY MAINTAIN SORA UNTOUCHED LOL

  • Plinio Henrique Balsalobre dos

    YES NEW TALENTED STAFF DOING SHIT HEHEHEHE

  • Plinio Henrique Balsalobre dos

    I WISH HIRONOBU COULD BE BACK AGAIN

  • T_T Schiffer

    I “fought” for it because I love the games. I don’t really see anything wrong with that. Yes, Kingdom Hearts is an awesome series, too.

  • T_T Schiffer

    I’m sure this is a stupid question, but do you know your comment is all in caps?