'Final Fantasy Versus XIII' Will Bring Back Airships

"Final Fantasy XIII" sacrificed some of the free roaming that its predecessors enjoyed, but Square Enix will restore a little of that freedom in "Final Fantasy Versus XIII." Asked how far along his game was coming, director Tetsuya Nomura described its status in terms of world maps and airships, which may not say a whole lot in and of themselves, but their existence alone may come as a welcome addition to "Final Fantasy" traditionalists.

"Things are not connected yet, every part is moving along separately," Nomura said in a Twitter interview translated on FinalFantasyVersusXIII.net. "However, we have gotten airships working over the world map."

For those who didn't take to the linear gameplay in "FFXIII," airship functionality could be the perfect cure, but the details out in the wild about "Versus XIII" are pretty scant right now, so it's hard to gage what the Enix folks will be shooting for. The game will form a trilogy with "FFXIII" and the PSP-only "Final Fantasy Agito XIII," though I'm still a little unclear on how they're connected.

I'm all for airships, though, so here's hoping "Versus XIII" delivers.

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