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Wii Virtual Console Wish List

I want all the Zelda and Mario games and possibly metroid.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 25, 2008 in forum: Gaming
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Square-Enix Square Enix renames White Engine

One of Friday's best-attended Game Developers Conference sessions was actually a dry technical recap of how a third-party publisher went about creating a new game engine that it would share among all its internal development teams. While it might seem odd that such a talk would inspire hundreds of people to form a line stretching clear across the Moscone Convention Center's North Hall, it becomes more understandable considering the session's title was "The Technology of Final Fantasy," and the games the engine will be powering include Final Fantasy XIII and Square Enix's mysterious unannounced massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Once the crowd had packed in to the auditorium, Taku Murata, general manager of Square Enix's research and development division, recapped the development decisions behind the publisher's White Engine. He also revealed the engine's new name: Crystal Tools. Speaking through a translator, Murata said that people had been discussing Final Fantasy in retrospective terms of late, and that he wants to change that to make people more excited about the present and future of the franchise.

While Final Fantasy XIII is a PlayStation 3 exclusive, Murata said Crystal Tools has no such affiliation, and is already compatible with the PC and Xbox 360 also. He added that some parts of the engine also support the Wii, but Square Enix isn't really touting it as a Wii engine because it's not fully compatible "yet."

Most of the talk focused on the development decisions behind Crystal Tools, from why Square Enix wanted a single companywide platform in the first place to how long ago Murata realized the benefits of real-time asset previews as an engine feature (that would have been more than a decade ago during development of Final Fantasy Tactics).

Fans who attended the show in the hopes of a glimpse of Final Fantasy XIII and what the engine can do were given the tiniest of concessions, as Murata showed a brief trailer at least partly based on the one shown at last year's Square Enix Party.

Murata also talked about some of the things the team working on Crystal Tools did right and wrong in the first year and a half of development. Getting the first version of the software up and running in just a year was a victory for the publisher, but he said the team realized far too late that they needed a technical writer to provide developers with proper documentation for the engine.

During the audience question and answer portion of the presentation, Murata was asked if the engine could be licensed to outside publishers, similar to what Epic Games has done with its Unreal Engine 3. Murata said it was possible in the future, but it wouldn't be possible right now, partly because the lack of proper documentation regarding the ins and outs of Crystal Tools would make it difficult to support.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6186627.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;4

Let me remind you people, this in no way mean Final Fantasy XIII will be ported, it's still a exclusive as far as I can see.

Thread by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 24, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: Gaming
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Square-Enix Motion Capture?

Ah, heavenly Sword, was it used in Uncharted too? Nathan Drake looks alot like the guy who played him, they should use it but it dosen't bother me if they use it or not, the current engines are fine.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 22, 2008 in forum: Gaming
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Kingdom Hearts 1 room mod!

Mickey had statues of Donald and Goofy in his auditorium? Didn't notice that before.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 16, 2008 in forum: New Releases
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Trapped hearts

Hiroshi waited for the room to clear of smoke and ran back in looking at the Moniters. "There's sure lots of rooms in this place." He then saw a boy and a girl in a classroom cuddling next to each other in room 35.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 14, 2008 in forum: Retirement Home
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Happy Valentines Everyone!!

If your a girl then yeah sure.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 14, 2008 in forum: The Spam Zone
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Happy Valentines Everyone!!

In my school everyone was asking everyone (me included) if they liked someone, of course everyone denied it, btw nice picture.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 14, 2008 in forum: The Spam Zone
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Square-Enix Two new Crisis Core Vids.

Finally Two new vids, and this time they have voice acting.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l8F0BHyf4CY

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vYsKDTW6yqo&feature=related

Thread by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 12, 2008, 1 replies, in forum: Gaming
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Quotes

"IT'S OVER 9000!"- DBZ

*Sneezes* "Oh sorry, I'm allergic to bull sh*t"- I Robot

Great Quotes.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: The Spam Zone
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The "What Song are You Listening to?" Thread V2

Rockstar- Nickelback

Great Song, I like it.

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: The Spam Zone
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2-3 games per system

PS3: Fabula Nova Crystallis, Metal Gear Solid 4, White Knight Story (or chronicles).

Wii: Super Smash Bros Brawl, No more Heroes, Mario Kart Wii

Xbox 360: Not getting one.

(Unless you only mean next gen games)

DS: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Final Fantasy XII: Reverant Wings, The World ends with You

PSP: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

Post by: Alpha Sonix, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming

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