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Nomura: FF13 on shedule

March 25, 2009

With repeated recent delays of Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy fans have been beginning to worry that Final Fantasy XIII might slip from its currently planned late 2009 release in Japan.

Fans and analysts have suggested that Square Enix won't want to release it's two biggest RPG hitters so close to each other and so might choose to delay FF13 so the two don't compete for sales.

However, in an interview in this week's Famitsu (dated 25th March) Tetsuya Nomura, the game's director, has stated that the game is still on target for a release "this year."

What he doesn't detail however is if he's referring to the year 2009 or the 2009 Square Enix fiscal (financial) year, which will end in early 2010. While his statement makes a delay seem unlikely, fans shouldn't celebrate just yet.

We'll bring you more on the content of the Famitsu interview in detail tomorrow.