Progress Report by Nomura
Sorry for the long wait, s'me, Nomura. This weekend I'll be at the E3 in LA. Til
then I've got mountain-loads of designs due. After this, all I have left to take
care of is the voice recording for [KINGDOM HEARTS II], two other titles, and the
promotional video edit for E3. In LA, there'd be some external affairs we have to
take care of but we'll also be getting ready to record the voices for the overseas
edition. Plus, voice casting for both titles aren't over yet so the schedule's still
pretty much unconfirmed.
My schedule from June on will be jam-packed with work on the domestic front so I
hope to finish everything up on this end before I return. Anyway, that aside, here's
the announcement as promised:
[FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN]
Release date has been decided as 9/14 (Thur)!!
Regular release version's probable price is 4,800yen (tax included), *Limited
version's price will be announced later.
*The issue of Weekly Jump that goes on sale 5/16 will publish the latest screenshots.
Official release of further details are still pending so look forward to that.
(Until then, please refrain from enquiring our offices)
Whew, another 4 months to go! And I solemnly promise: no more delays. Graphics
are about 95% fully rendered, so what's left is just the sound.
"WHAT?! We gotta wait FOUR $#@%#& MONTHS MORE?" is what I'm sure you guys are shouting
in your heads right about now, but here's the monthly breakdown on how we'll be
working from here on out. With May being a busy month, we'll be putting in the finishing
touches to the graphics, and concurrently we'll be doing up the sound as well. This
way, we can finish all at once.
Come June, we'll be going at full-speed in syncing sound with graphics. This is
when we put in all the sound effects. As July rolls in, because we'll be putting
together all the raw materials, there will be more fine tuning as well as putting
the staff roll together and lastly, the final stages of editing.
August will be the month of production, rendering of the opening sequence as well
as the official start of promotion. This looks to be really it, guys. Needless to
say, all of us staff are working hard towards the last of the final stages. So to
all of you fans who have been with us through thick and thin all this while; if
you could just wait out these few months with us, really, it's all we can ever ask
for.
Well, this might be a bit abrupt but let us move back to the subject of E3, shall
we? After the E3, we'll finally be allowed to reveal more info and then some, so
this place will probably be littered with lots of revealable spoilers here, there
and everywhere. Also, about the cinema-release, as there are many outside factors
involved, we're still not at the stage where we can announce anything definite as
of yet. Anything that is deemed 'safe' at this stage to be revealed will be done
so by Ohfuji, I would think. Even if what he has to say isn't very much, he'll do
it with as much zest as he could muster, cos well, he's just that kinda guy.
By the way, the TV broke down yesterday so I couldn't watch anything with it...
Then I thought to watch via my cell phone but since it doesn't have video connection,
I couldn't check the graphics...
Well, then what to do...?
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Translation by site translator, vspirit
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