Xaldin
10-25-2006, 06:33 PM
Yup just as the title says, well the article is already out actually, and I'll begin translating it ASAP, this time Square-Enix is pulling out no stops, as they have released information on "Advent Children Complete, Before Crisis FF7, Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode, Core Crisis and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix + maybe we'll finally know. I've already begun to translate it.
Source 2CH.net
Scan 1 (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d82ww7.jpg)
Scan 2 (http://img286.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d81cu2.jpg)
The interview team (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=h66862119sinterkz6.jpg)
P.S To the news updater Josh of KHU - Don't steal the translation I do on this one, like I did on the rumor, and don't try it with the scans either, as I noticed you used my exact same imageshack link on KHU. I'm not blaming KHU on this at all, however Josh the blame is pointing more towards you. Since we would credit KHU if they posted news that we could not find on other sites. This is why we're now adding a logo on the top of our scans/picture signs now.
So in short
"Don't steal our translations or updates that you found on our site without crediting us Josh, even if the pictures arn't made from us or scanned from us, and even if you found it on another site please Credit that site instead. I.E That rumored translation could have been double credited."
Speaking of the Rumor! It's also been confrimed by 2ch to be "False" as the person who posted up the information from it, found out it was in a rumored section of the scan, and the rumor is said to be confirmed false in the latest scans! Doesn't mean Nomura won't have something like this planned though
Current Translation summaries
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete
1. There will be english and japanese voice overs in this version
2. New Music has been added.
3. There will be a different Image Cover
4. They are pondering if to keep this Japan Exclusive or not.
5. There is no information about a Limited Edition
Before Crisis
Three new classes, Nunchucks, Knifes, and Bombs and a Weapon [D] Mode has been added.
Crisis Core
There's a good chance this game will be completed by the end of this year!
The Scenario is 100% Complete! All that leads are the battles!
They are slightly concerned about if this will be one disced, or two disced, due to the space taken up.
Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode
Kingdom Hearts
There seems to be a seperate article that the 2CH boards have posted up, though no scan yet, the information is said to be from "Dengeki's article, not Famitsu's"
1. Final Mix + Is one of Nomura's second priorities, however their team is concentrating alot more on the Chain of Memories remake.
2. There is a good chance he'll have a suprise set up for the Jump Festa this year.
3. Chain of Memories, despite it being a seperate game, you it is meant to bring back many memories.
4. Final Mix+ is still undetermined if to hit state-side or not. (Yet again)
5. The new Secret ending, will have a shocker. (GASPORZ)
6. He hopes to bring out a release date soon.
7. Chain of Memroie's gameplay will feature unique parts.
8. Final Mix+ is as he says an "Extended version, and a new game."
9. He is pondering if Xemnas should have the quality he had from Final Mix, or not.
10. There will be scenes where you actually get to see the Organization hood taken off fully, this was not done in the previous game, due to animation trouble.
^ There will hopefully be a scan on this soon, so till then credit to the 2ch board for this.
Edit:
Here's a full translation Vilaeth has done so credits to him for what's done so far.
Advent Children Complete
- How as the fan reaction been to the announcement of the Blu-ray version of FFVII Advent Children (ACC)?
Tetsuya Nomura: It looks like they've taken it better than I thought. It seems that the people who have already seen AC are looking forward to the higher quality, the edited scenes, etc.
- I know there will be more language tracks included in addition to Japanese, but how many are you planning to include?
Nomura: English is a given, but how many we include also affects the sound quality, so we can't really just throw in every one we've got recorded now. If we used uncompressed nonlinear format for example, which gives the highest sound quality, that would limit the number of languages we could include. It depends on how much space we can divide between the audio and the video, and how much we can record while decreasing the compression. Just because we've moved to Blu-ray and have more space doesn't mean you can do anything. Uncompressed video and audio would be ideal, but that would take away anything extra we might want to do like including multiple language tracks. We're considering making allowances for that.
- Will the bonus features from the original AC be included in this version as well?
Nomura: It'd not definite yet, but we're planning to include new special features. As for what they'll be, you'll just have to wait and see. Some people who already own AC will probably buy it, so we're thinking about including something new for their sakes.
- What stage are you at currently with ACC's production?
Nomura: The finer adjustments are complete, and now we're working on the newly replaced bits and the music. With the music, we're not planning on changing the tracks themselves, but working on new arrangements to better fit the scenes. I think even just that will change the impression you get from them.
- How far is ACC to being finished now? And when can we accept to see a release?
Nomura: We're currently going on a policy of working over it whenever we have the time, so I can't give any definite statements about how far it is to being finished. We're doing to do what we can by the date we're aiming for. We showed some new scenes at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but if we can add more stuff like that, then we will. As for the release date, some time from the middle of next year.
- With AC, there was a special edition box set with figures and such included, as well as the limited and normal editions with different packaging. Will the Blu-ray version have variations like that as well?
Nomura: We aren't thinking about some expensive package like with AC. You can't have things that fancy all the time. There have been some people asking for a limited edition, even if it isn't as fancy as the Advent Pieces box set, but we don't really have any plans at the moment.
- Is ACC going to be released in Japan only?
Nomura: We'd like to look at the Blu-ray market in other regions before deciding about any other releases. If Blu-ray continues to expand in North America then we'll probably release it there too, but first we're going to start with Japan.
- Have you rerecorded any of the voices?
Nomura: Yes. Sephiroth had some lines that weren't in AC during the trailer shown at TGS. There aren't an awful lot of them, but we're planning on a couple of changes.
- With AC having received offers from film festivals worldwide, it looks like this will attract attention internationally again.
Nomura: Even now it's already been released, we're still receiving offers for AC. France especially seems to call with offers a lot. I think there were even some requests from China and the Middle East as well.
Crisis Core
- So what's the present development status of Crisis Core?
Nomura: A lot of people are probably wondering what's going on, what with so little information having being released since its announcement, but development is going along nicely. The scenario is already complete, so now we're recording the voices and refining the battle system. We should probably be able to give people a chance to play a demo by the end of the year, I reckon.
- You showed video of the battle and movie scenes at TGS.
Nomura: There hadn't been any news for a long time, so we wanted to sent the message that we're still working on it. The TSG video use the one we showed at E3 this May as a base, so there's still a lot that we can't show. I think we'll be able to show those to everyone by the end of the year as well.
- There's still a lot of aspects of the game system we've not seen yet, but could you tell us what kind of things are in there?
Nomura: I can't really go into detail about it yet, but it has a really original feel to it. The other day I was talking with the other staff about the battles near the ending and it's really taking shape, [kind of makes you do 'oh, I get it.'] The battle system is linked to the story, and we're planning [dramatic] direction that haven't been done before. It's setting up to be pretty surprising, so I'm hoping people will look forward to it.
- Since it's been released on PSP, are you worried about the volume [disk space]?
Nomura: In the middle of development, we can't really predict how much [space] it will take up when it's finished. At the moment I can only really be certain about the scenario, but from that front it's rather long. We've even had a bit of a debate as to whether or not it will all fit onto one UMD. The scenario is really good, and we don't want to cut any of it, so we're working to fit it all in. I'm personally really looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Source 2CH.net
Scan 1 (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d82ww7.jpg)
Scan 2 (http://img286.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d81cu2.jpg)
The interview team (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=h66862119sinterkz6.jpg)
P.S To the news updater Josh of KHU - Don't steal the translation I do on this one, like I did on the rumor, and don't try it with the scans either, as I noticed you used my exact same imageshack link on KHU. I'm not blaming KHU on this at all, however Josh the blame is pointing more towards you. Since we would credit KHU if they posted news that we could not find on other sites. This is why we're now adding a logo on the top of our scans/picture signs now.
So in short
"Don't steal our translations or updates that you found on our site without crediting us Josh, even if the pictures arn't made from us or scanned from us, and even if you found it on another site please Credit that site instead. I.E That rumored translation could have been double credited."
Speaking of the Rumor! It's also been confrimed by 2ch to be "False" as the person who posted up the information from it, found out it was in a rumored section of the scan, and the rumor is said to be confirmed false in the latest scans! Doesn't mean Nomura won't have something like this planned though
Current Translation summaries
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete
1. There will be english and japanese voice overs in this version
2. New Music has been added.
3. There will be a different Image Cover
4. They are pondering if to keep this Japan Exclusive or not.
5. There is no information about a Limited Edition
Before Crisis
Three new classes, Nunchucks, Knifes, and Bombs and a Weapon [D] Mode has been added.
Crisis Core
There's a good chance this game will be completed by the end of this year!
The Scenario is 100% Complete! All that leads are the battles!
They are slightly concerned about if this will be one disced, or two disced, due to the space taken up.
Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode
Kingdom Hearts
There seems to be a seperate article that the 2CH boards have posted up, though no scan yet, the information is said to be from "Dengeki's article, not Famitsu's"
1. Final Mix + Is one of Nomura's second priorities, however their team is concentrating alot more on the Chain of Memories remake.
2. There is a good chance he'll have a suprise set up for the Jump Festa this year.
3. Chain of Memories, despite it being a seperate game, you it is meant to bring back many memories.
4. Final Mix+ is still undetermined if to hit state-side or not. (Yet again)
5. The new Secret ending, will have a shocker. (GASPORZ)
6. He hopes to bring out a release date soon.
7. Chain of Memroie's gameplay will feature unique parts.
8. Final Mix+ is as he says an "Extended version, and a new game."
9. He is pondering if Xemnas should have the quality he had from Final Mix, or not.
10. There will be scenes where you actually get to see the Organization hood taken off fully, this was not done in the previous game, due to animation trouble.
^ There will hopefully be a scan on this soon, so till then credit to the 2ch board for this.
Edit:
Here's a full translation Vilaeth has done so credits to him for what's done so far.
Advent Children Complete
- How as the fan reaction been to the announcement of the Blu-ray version of FFVII Advent Children (ACC)?
Tetsuya Nomura: It looks like they've taken it better than I thought. It seems that the people who have already seen AC are looking forward to the higher quality, the edited scenes, etc.
- I know there will be more language tracks included in addition to Japanese, but how many are you planning to include?
Nomura: English is a given, but how many we include also affects the sound quality, so we can't really just throw in every one we've got recorded now. If we used uncompressed nonlinear format for example, which gives the highest sound quality, that would limit the number of languages we could include. It depends on how much space we can divide between the audio and the video, and how much we can record while decreasing the compression. Just because we've moved to Blu-ray and have more space doesn't mean you can do anything. Uncompressed video and audio would be ideal, but that would take away anything extra we might want to do like including multiple language tracks. We're considering making allowances for that.
- Will the bonus features from the original AC be included in this version as well?
Nomura: It'd not definite yet, but we're planning to include new special features. As for what they'll be, you'll just have to wait and see. Some people who already own AC will probably buy it, so we're thinking about including something new for their sakes.
- What stage are you at currently with ACC's production?
Nomura: The finer adjustments are complete, and now we're working on the newly replaced bits and the music. With the music, we're not planning on changing the tracks themselves, but working on new arrangements to better fit the scenes. I think even just that will change the impression you get from them.
- How far is ACC to being finished now? And when can we accept to see a release?
Nomura: We're currently going on a policy of working over it whenever we have the time, so I can't give any definite statements about how far it is to being finished. We're doing to do what we can by the date we're aiming for. We showed some new scenes at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but if we can add more stuff like that, then we will. As for the release date, some time from the middle of next year.
- With AC, there was a special edition box set with figures and such included, as well as the limited and normal editions with different packaging. Will the Blu-ray version have variations like that as well?
Nomura: We aren't thinking about some expensive package like with AC. You can't have things that fancy all the time. There have been some people asking for a limited edition, even if it isn't as fancy as the Advent Pieces box set, but we don't really have any plans at the moment.
- Is ACC going to be released in Japan only?
Nomura: We'd like to look at the Blu-ray market in other regions before deciding about any other releases. If Blu-ray continues to expand in North America then we'll probably release it there too, but first we're going to start with Japan.
- Have you rerecorded any of the voices?
Nomura: Yes. Sephiroth had some lines that weren't in AC during the trailer shown at TGS. There aren't an awful lot of them, but we're planning on a couple of changes.
- With AC having received offers from film festivals worldwide, it looks like this will attract attention internationally again.
Nomura: Even now it's already been released, we're still receiving offers for AC. France especially seems to call with offers a lot. I think there were even some requests from China and the Middle East as well.
Crisis Core
- So what's the present development status of Crisis Core?
Nomura: A lot of people are probably wondering what's going on, what with so little information having being released since its announcement, but development is going along nicely. The scenario is already complete, so now we're recording the voices and refining the battle system. We should probably be able to give people a chance to play a demo by the end of the year, I reckon.
- You showed video of the battle and movie scenes at TGS.
Nomura: There hadn't been any news for a long time, so we wanted to sent the message that we're still working on it. The TSG video use the one we showed at E3 this May as a base, so there's still a lot that we can't show. I think we'll be able to show those to everyone by the end of the year as well.
- There's still a lot of aspects of the game system we've not seen yet, but could you tell us what kind of things are in there?
Nomura: I can't really go into detail about it yet, but it has a really original feel to it. The other day I was talking with the other staff about the battles near the ending and it's really taking shape, [kind of makes you do 'oh, I get it.'] The battle system is linked to the story, and we're planning [dramatic] direction that haven't been done before. It's setting up to be pretty surprising, so I'm hoping people will look forward to it.
- Since it's been released on PSP, are you worried about the volume [disk space]?
Nomura: In the middle of development, we can't really predict how much [space] it will take up when it's finished. At the moment I can only really be certain about the scenario, but from that front it's rather long. We've even had a bit of a debate as to whether or not it will all fit onto one UMD. The scenario is really good, and we don't want to cut any of it, so we're working to fit it all in. I'm personally really looking forward to seeing the finished product.