With recent news that Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD on PS3 and PS Vita finally has a Japanese release date , an interesting tidbit has emerged: the game’s producer would “love” to give the same treatment to Final Fantasy XII

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In a conversation with NowGamer , the producer of Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD, Yoshinori Kitase, spoke about why he and his team decided to give the HD treatment to Final Fantasy X, and what the future might hold for HD iterations of classic Final Fantasy games.He said Square chose Final Fantasy X and X-2, as opposed to the more classic Final Fantasy games, because “it is currently possible to play all the titles in the series up to Final Fantasy [IX] on the current hardware generation,” which is not the case for X and its sequel. As such, another game in a similar situation – Final Fantasy XII – would also make sense to put into HD.“We’d love a Vita version of Final Fantasy [XII],” he noted. “I am also hoping that this [Final Fantasy X|X-2] HD remaster will open up some great possibilities in the future.”Final Fantasy X originally launched on PlayStation 2 in 2001; its sequel came to PS2 in 2003. Final Fantasy XII launched late in the PlayStation 2’s lifecycle, releasing in 2006. Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD comes to Japan on December 26th , with Square Enix telling IGN that its western release is still slated for the ambiguous “winter” period, exclusively on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

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