do you think venum rex is gonna be more popular than ff15 ?
Being completely honest, I do not know.
As a fan of the franchise in general, I followed the work of Nomura with Final Fantasy Versus XIII very closely for just over 6 years. I absorbed like a sponge all the information I could (interviews, reviews in magazines and others).
I fell in love with each of the trailers of the game to the point that, if I see one to this day, I think: “where the hell was all this?!”.
In fact, with the commotion of the secret ending of KH3 and Verum Rex, you can notice without looking too much that the old trailers of Versus XIII are being filled with comments from fans and users about the fact. It `s hilarious.
Let’s just recap a little:
Since Nomura was removed from Versus XIII in 2012 (leaving Tabata as director and renaming the game as FFXV) he did not re-draw anything related to FFXV. That until November of 2017 when he drew Noctis for Dissidia NT. 5 years passed.
Redesigned Riku to look like Noctis.
He chose Ray Chase (the actor who gives his voice to Noctis) to be the Master of Masters.
He named an entire original world in KH3 “Scala ad Caelum”.
He gave Sora the movements planned for Noctis in Versus XIII.
He made public his disdain to the DLC and claimed that he made COMPLETE games.
He did not put any Final Fantasy character (sacrificing with this the appearance of characters dear to him, such as Cloud, Squall, Tifa, Lightning, etc.), but instead made a kind of tribute to Versus XIII through Verum Rex.
The Verum Rex girl is undeniably a tribute to Stella.
Verum Rex, by the way, means in Latin “True King” and the protagonist is called Yozora (Noctis Caelum in Latin, it’s hilarious the obviousness of this, my God).
Halfway through the secret ending of KH3 it is impossible to listen to the background melody and Yozora’s pensive attitude… and not remember Insomnia, Somnus and Prince Noctis of Versus XIII.
Is this being mean? His Magnum Opus artistic and creative(Final Fantasy Versus XIII) was murdered by Square Enix executives mercilessly.
I watch the Verum Rex commercial and then the secret ending of KH3 and I can only think (as an artist) how frustrating it must be to not finish something you loved so much.
I know that Final Fantasy XV is not a bad game (do not blame Tabata either, he did what he could in a too short time range), but it’s definitely not what Nomura dreamed it would be.
I still want to know what Nomura wanted to convey with the lyrics of Somnus (and why the hell I never saw it in FFXV). I still want to see the Noctis he imagined for his game.
We could expect some of that in Verum Rex, maybe, but honestly, I do not know if it’s enough (both for him and the fans).
There is an undeniable conclusion to all this: Nomura REALLY wished to do Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
Verum Rex is a kind of tribute (and protest) to Versus XIII.
Nomura wants FF Versus XIII, fans want FF Versus XIII. Everyone knows it (Square Enix included) … that’s why there is so much consternation and excitement around the subject.
Tetsuya Nomura is like the diva drama queen of the Square Enix and honestly … I love him for that. C:
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