With its strong stable of Eidos games like Tomb
Raider, Thief IV,
and
Hitman,
Square Enix’s U.S. line-up relies almost entirely on
western-developed titles; at the moment, Final
Fantasy XIII-2 is the
company’s only Japan-developed title confirmed for U.S. release.
Nothing has changed, exactly, but the existence of a special Tokyo Game
Show break-out room for American press hints at possible candidates for
localization.
Besides FFXIII-2, the American
press room included demo kiosks for
Final
Fantasy Type-0 (formerly Final
Fantasy Agito XIII), Kingdom
Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (a
3DS title that brings Disney’s Hunchback
of Notre Dame and Neku from The World Ends With You into the Kingdom
Hearts universe), 3DS music game Theatrhythm
Final Fantasy, and Army
Corps of Hell (a new Vita game
best described as “heavy metal Pikmin”).
Square representatives were careful to stress that none of these games
besides XIII-2 have been announced for American localization, but the
fact that they were specifically highlighted for U.S. writers suggests
they’re at least under consideration — a heartening sign for Type-0 in
particular, as it’s an excellent-looking title that seemed likely to
fall victim to the stagnant American PSP market.
