Tag: Tetsuya Nomura

RRPG Side-Quests – Final Fantasy VII Remake Job Posting & Progress Update!

Kyle R. Smith

Many of us are wondering just how far along is the Final Fantasy VII Remake in terms of its production? From the listing of this new job posting, it looks like there is more in store for this game as we thought; because Square Enix is looking to boost the game’s quality by a substantial amount. Is this game still slated to be a PlayStation 4 release, or is it intended for its successor? RRPG delves into this topic with much-needed thought because of this concerns surrounding this newly discovered…

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RRPG Side-Quests: Game Development in HD is Much Faster for Square Enix?

Kyle R. Smith

Square Enix’s 2nd Business Division had many deadlines to meet in its production of Final Fantasy XV and its DLC; these deadlines were set to ensure the game, and its supplementary content would release on time. In a recent interview Fumitsu magazine, the developers at Square Enix believes they managed to meet their deadlines due to the improvements when using High Definition. Now, if it is the case then why is the 1st Business Division under Yoshinori Kitase’s leadership experiencing issues on the Final Fantasy VII Remake? Either way, here…

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RRPG’s Side-Quests: Riku’s Look & Figure in Kingdom Hearts III

Kyle R. Smith

It is hard to make out what Riku looks like in Kingdom Hearts III from the trailers thus far. However, the animation model/ design would eventually be revealed by Square Enix in the form of an upcoming new figure series. It is surely an interesting marketing ploy from the company; especially when it is for one of its long-awaited releases from a beloved series! Never the less, join RRPG in this inaugural episode of his new series that is essentially a spiritual successor to RRPG Two-Cents, where viewers will see…

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D23 Tokyo: Kingdom Hearts III Trailer Streamed

Pak Hanu

The official Kingdom Hearts twitter page has updated with the official D23 Tokyo trailer for Kingdom Hearts III.  The latest trailer features another look at the gameplay as well as looking at a preview for the Toy Story & Tangled worlds as well as the first look at the Monsters Inc. world.  No other details are confirmed at this time so stay tuned for updates. Kingdom Hearts III is set for a 2018 release for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.  Check out the latest world announced for KINGDOM HEARTS III – Monsters, Inc.! The trailer shows Sora, Donald, and Goofy’s monster forms, powerful new Keyblade attacks, and the…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Special Edition Unboxing (RRPG Reviews)

Kyle R. Smith

From one world to another, the time for JRPG fanatics to take an adventure through another world within the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise has finally arrived! Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the next game from the creative and royal mind of Tetsuya Takahashi as he continues his streak of creating Nintendo’s own Final Fantasy games done from Monolith Soft. Yet, before taking a dive into the world of Elysium where Titans being over a sea of clouds, check out RRPG unbox the Special Edition! Song in background: Colony 9 (Xenoblade Chronicles) –The…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 8 Final Fantasy XI

Kyle R. Smith

Welcome back to RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective! For this time around in Episode 8, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Square Enix decided to stray away from doing another traditional installment. They wanted to experiment in a new direction for Final Fantasy’s eleventh, mainline entry; being derived as an evolution of MUDs that became popular in older computers during the 70s and 80s, that genre would evolve itself into Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games which Richard Garriott’s own Ultima Online started the movement. After Sony Online Entertainment’s own EverQuest came out, and revolutionized…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 7 Final Fantasy X & X-2

Kyle R. Smith

Welcome back to RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective! Episode 7 takes a dive into the PlayStation 2 by looking at the next entry where it was the first to have a sequel in Final Fantasy X, and X-2. Final Fantasy X ended up as the next game from Yoshinori Kitase, and his team who previously worked on Final Fantasy VII & VIII; it is still remembered as one of the biggest and most ambitious games ever made at the beginning of the sixth generation of gaming. Most games in the series…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 6 Final Fantasy VIII & IX

Kyle R. Smith

Welcome back to RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective! Episode 6 explores two other entries in the PlayStation’s library, Final Fantasy VIII and IX. Now, Final Fantasy VIII was the next game to be envisioned by the team behind Final Fantasy VII, as it went for a game with a more brighter atmosphere that had dark overtones in its overall delivery. While being considered one of the most polarizing entries in the original Playstation’s library like Final Fantasy II on the Famicom, the eighth installment had its own merits; it becomes just…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 5 Final Fantasy VII

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club is proud to present the Final Fantasy Retrospective hosted by me, RRPG; a series I began nearly two years ago on my personal YouTube Channel. In Episode 5, we cover the franchise’s first outing on the Sony PlayStation which became not only a breakout to push past sales for the console, but it became one of the biggest revolutions for the genre of Japanese Role-Playing games. It would be known to the public as Final Fantasy VII. After covering the main game, we will dive straight into Square…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 4 Final Fantasy VI

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club is proud to present the Final Fantasy Retrospective hosted by me, RRPG; a series I began nearly two years ago on my personal YouTube Channel. In Episode 4, we start getting into the pinnacle with how extraordinary the Final Fantasy franchise was bound to become with Final Fantasy VI. Seeing as how the fifth game was retreading ground from what was seen in its predecessors, the next game would fully re-invent itself into what many long-time fans consider to be the best work that Hironobu Sakaguchi and his…

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