12/08/2004: "Tetsuya Nomura Interview Highlights"

RPGamer has posted key details from a recent interview with Testuya Nomura, who was the original character designer for FF7 and is currently the director of Advent Children.

Among the details revealed are that Crisis Core, the fourth entry in the Compilation of FFVII, will be a traditional RPG, not an action one as was previously reported. In Before Crisis, new characters are still being added. And as for Dirge of Cerberus, Nomura said that the genre of the game is still unconfirmed, and that some of the characters who appear Advent Children will be present, but the stories of the two won't be completely connected. It has also been revealed that Dirge of Cerberus will "unveil some of the Turks' hidden plans"; what exactly this means, we're not sure...

Nomura also discussed Kingdom Hearts II, which is expected to contain cameos from FFVII characters, much like its predecessor.

Posted by Reeve at 02:08 PM EST