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TGS '07: Square Enix's Chocobo hullabaloo

By Joe Dodson, GameSpotPosted Sep 22, 2007 6:06 pm PT

Attendees flock to see the latest from popular RPG maker behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

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TOKYO--The Square Enix booth was packed at Tokyo Game Show 2007 with people who came to see Final Fantasy XIII in the enclosed theater. Or perhaps to play Final Fantasy Tactics A2, Star Ocean: The First Departure, Chocobo's Dungeon, Dragon Quest IV, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, or Final Fantasy IV. If they were there--and it seemed like half the population of Japan was--they came for all of the above.

But rather than just jumping into the fray, most probably checked out the large, open theater that ran trailers for every game on display, and some that weren't. You might think this would be a good way to figure out what you wanted to head for first, but the lineup was likely to paralyze attendees with indecision. Final Fantasy Tactics A2? Or Dragon Quest?

Either way, the trailers were worth watching if just for the games you could only see there, like the impressive-looking action role-playing game Last Remnant, the enigmatic Infinite Undiscovery, and Star Ocean 4. Or, if you were up for a line (and you had no reason to be at TGS if you weren't), you could make your way into the closed theater for glimpses of both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

With those viewed, possibly twice or thrice, you could make the rounds of playable kiosks. Our first stop was Final Fantasy Tactics A2, where we fought a battle against killer tomatoes and got ripped off by a purple-haired, female thief. From there we headed to Chocobo's Dungeon, which happened to be the coolest-looking play area in the booth. The area was enclosed and blacklit, with glowing purple puzzle pieces dangling from the ceiling, while gamers explored the game demo along two walls below. The Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates booth was also excellent, featuring guided four-player cooperative battles.

Over it all, a giant inflatable chocobo hovered like a hen over an egg, guiding people to Square's booth with the promise of the RPG play they've come to know and love. There were people of every kind there, but none who seemed disappointed.

49 Comments

  • kos1085

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 10:02 am PT

    I would love to go to this conference.

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Feb 24, 2008 7:38 am PT

    I want my day at their booth! Please bring me there!

  • AoiKita

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 12:50 pm PT

    I hope there is more info on SO4....Id honestly like the SO3 cast back as much as Id like to see new ones....lets jut hope there are no more girls like Sophia this time as a main character.........I hated her so much.

  • WizengamotX

    Posted Nov 5, 2007 1:34 am PT

    I'm hoping for future remakes of 9, 10, 10-2, and 13 and so on... I don't have a PS platform, and I had FF 7 and 8 for PC. Who else is for a 360 FF?

  • Ninjak

    Posted Sep 26, 2007 6:44 am PT

    shocking..just shocking ... SE is making a game for x360. what is the world coming to?

  • Two400

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:51 pm PT

    A FF7 remake would be dumb. You shouldn't mess with an already perfect game. Besides that, I play games for the storyline. What's the point if I know what's going to happen? The random battles? lol

  • agmsd

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 11:00 am PT

    I'm waiting and waiting for FF XIII. come on release it already to end this generation battle.

  • Chaosctf2k

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 8:05 am PT

    Lets just hope Square stays on PlayStation and the devil doesn't make his bribe.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:00 pm PT

    I hope more FFXIII footage makes its way from TGS

  • superox12000

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 3:48 pm PT

    i just want to see some fotage of the XIII games

  • CrushedGroove

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 2:40 pm PT

    Square seems to working like crazy. Hope all these games turn out to be great.

  • dark-liger

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 12:49 pm PT

    cool

  • AnFangs_Endes

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 10:30 am PT

    Mmm, I'll be having a Square-gasm when these all out

  • jonathan_james_

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 8:54 am PT

    listen to ultima_weapon5, he speaks sense.. STAR OCEAN 4 MAN! where the hecks the coverage

  • Pete5506

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 7:56 am PT

    nice

  • staley6565

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 6:16 am PT

    The first FF I played was 1, and the first one I really liked was 4 (disguising itself as 2 on my SNES).

    FFVII is one of the best, notice the 1, because I find 4,6,9,10,and 12 equally as good as 7, with 8 being my personal favorite. Now to many, that statement just disqualified me for anything else I'm about to say, but here goes.

    While a FFVII remake wouldn't make or break the PS3 for me, it'd definitely be something very very cool. I can be a REAL fan, and get excited over one of my favorite games ever get a new coat of paint, and more importantly, an entirely new audience. It's entirely up to SE, but for you to judge other people's dedication to the game and the series, is just elitist and stupid. Oh and mind you they've remade countless FF games, but only a few of them made it to the US.

    We're not hoping SE will butcher the game or change it in any way. When you look at the difference between FF for NES, and FF for PSP, that's the same principle. Make it look, sound, play, and feel better.

    Whether or not it happens, people shouldn't lose sleep over it, but it's getting annoying when people say the game will be ruined without its staple lego character and badass MIDI music.

  • snipergimp

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 6:07 am PT

    If you are a fan from the beginning, you are a fan of FF I through XII and beyond. I remember playing the original FF in my friend's basement when I was really young on NES. I thought the game was so hard, but cool at the same time. FFVII was good, yes, but there are many along the way that also deserve credit.

  • ChaosXeno

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 5:55 am PT

    Gevans1989 man stop with the FFVII remake talk, a real fan will leave it as it is. A real fan would be welcoming new games into the fray. A fake fan is someone who chooses one game out of em all and calls it the best Just because it was prolly the first one they ever played. Listen it was a great game yes worthy of a remake yes, should they make a remake no. The only other game they really remade was 3 which never came stateside, the others aren't really that much of remakes. Leave a classic as it is.

  • Tripwolf

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 5:48 am PT

    SE is so scared to show any details on FF13.. wondering if they are even working on the game or if they just made the demo movie and called it quits for a couple years.

  • gevans1989

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:45 am PT

    final fantasy 13 looks ok, and crisis core should not be made, this is only one final fantasy that should be anounced and thats a remake of final fantasy VII nothing changed but the graphics, comon SE stop making half arsed attepts to intice new fans to ffVII and start pleasing the fans that have been with it since the start!!!!

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