Today marks the one year anniversary of Final Fantasy Type-0‘s release on October 27th, 2011 in Japan. Since then, prospects for localization have dwindled from “obvious” to “eventually” to “maybe” to “unlikely”. While Final Fantasy fans have largely accustomed themselves to localization announcements — Type-0 represents the first game in a very long time where we may go without.
So, what are some of the reasons why Square Enix hasn’t localized Final Fantasy Type-0? While no official comment has been made other than to watch for an announcements, fans have taken it upon themselves to speculate. Reasonable cases can be made out of the fact that the game has a wealth of written and spoken script, and not only would that result in a lengthy localization, but a costly one as well. Others point to the weakness in the handheld market — especially since Type-0 arrives at an uneasy transition between PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
For everyone anticipating Final Fantasy Type-0, it’s left us between a rock and a hard place. What can be done? Running out and buying a bunch of PSP or Vita handhelds is absurd, and so is silently waiting for an announcement a full year from Japanese release. Well, look at it from Square Enix’s point of view: the less they see people talking about the game, the less motivation there is to finally kick localization into gear. What point is there to lose money on a game no one pays attention to anymore?
Obviously those who have been following Final Fantasy Type-0 know what its strengths are; they know what about Type-0 appeals to them. At this point, the solution should be coming clear to you: we need to talk about the game. Not in a passive sense, not in a posting-your-rant-on-a-random-message-board kind of sense — tell Square Enix directly and respectfully why they should localize this game. Tell them why you’re excited and what about the game you want to experience — things they’ll be able to use in making a decision. Do that instead of griping that Square Enix “ain’t what she used to be”. That conversation benefits no one in this situation.
This game was previously known as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, Agito being a Latin verb for “act”.
It’s time to act.
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This game will one day be localized, it’s just a matter of when. It’s looking like it could be years. And it really does seem like it has something to do along the lines of the PSP market is near dead and the game taking timea and good money to localize. Which I guess to SE doesn’t add up atm.
I’m down for the game seeing NA localization, but for the Vita. Noone is gonna go out and buy a PSP just for this game if that’s even possible anymore.
I’d much rather see the development of Versus completed… It’s been 6+ years!
@MrSensei
A localization for Versus is practically guaranteed.
It’s sad to know that a game like this won’t come for us.
I’ve enjoy the jp version and it’s sad there isn’t a NA version. but i still play the psp version even if I’ve already Finished tower of agito at the time. Hope versus come’s out before am 40.
“Hope versus come’s out before am 40.”
I will come later =(
^It will*
I am a huge Final Fantasy fan, I have played every single numbered main series game (1 through 13) and own most spin-offs that they have released. I ordered the Japanese version of Type-0 from PlayAsia.com just so I could have it in my collection. I don’t speak/read Japanese unfortunately, so I can’t play it, but it does look nice in my collection of 40+ FF games. I appreciate your interest in vocalizing localization to Square Enix, but we may have to face the reality that this may be the closest we come to owning Type-0, a basically unplayable, non-translated shrink-wrapped PSP game sitting on the shelf. It’s a shame, because from what I’ve heard, this game rocks.
It really is questionable. Square-Enix itself came out and had this big Fabula Nova Crystallis party back in ’06 just so it can be 7 years later and having released just one of these games in the west? And I can understand taking Versus slow since it’s a never-before-done project, what about this game, there is a lot of mystery. It’s a good idea to make our voices heard so that they know that we want this game and hopefully we can finally be given a straight-up answer about this title.
Well .. Yeah .. http://www.examiner.com/article/localization-update-for-the-north-american-release-of-final-fantasy-type-0 … Utterly ridiculous.
you mean there are people who actually wanted to play this game?
eh … well, here’s hoping you guys manage to convince SE to port it.
It’d be funny if it was release with versus….. I have nearly gave up on this sadly. 13% faith in it.
Going off @ezbeon’s comment, it’d be kinda funny if they combined type-0 and versus into a new game and used a new irrelevant Latin word lol
This game has an epic story. For me, it deserves to be localized. From the first time I watched the trailer, I know it would be a GOOD GAME to play.
Agito was initially the most interesting game for me in FNC series and still is. Square-Enix is a big company, unfortunately this ambitious project got delayed to the point its not financially wise to release outside of Japan anymore, for psp. Vita port is very possible to happen but when? Thats another question because the hardware is so new. I think SE is still thinking over, if its wise to made vita release if the whole console doesn’t sell well. Game industry is a huge business nowadays, unfortunately. Anyway, i havent really paid much attention to this but did Type-0 actually sell that well in Japan?
Hey guys. I hope it is also for ps3 and vita like ffx hd, have a cross buy feature intergrated.
I want remaster (like kh 1.5 hd, ones with updated models) out of this wonder psp game, not upscaled port like some hd games. I would wait it if wa released on Vita to boost sales and 3 month later ps3 version. This deserve to be hd with new content.
This is a prime example on how SE needs to up their relations overseas. American gamers are feeling left out.
But why not just upscale the game for PS3 AND Vita AND PSP across the board? Heck, hike the price a tad for the PS3 one if it’s in nice HD. That way, everybody wins.