It looks like we might see some Western-developed Final Fantasy games in future. In a recent interview with Edge, Square Enix's president Yoichi Wada revealed that he is open to the idea of a Final Fantasy game being created in the West, provided it is overseen by their Japanese developers.

If this Western developed Final Fantasy does come into fruition, Wada said that he hoped it would fare similarly to Batman: Arkham Asylum, a Western game that "caters very much to the Japanese taste".

Lets hope the series doesn't go down Silent Hill's road.

When pushed a bit harder he did concede that the seminal JRPG series might make it into Western hands. He continued: "There is always a possibility that Final Fantasy could be produced with the input of our Western developers, overseen by our Japanese developers."

He was also very optimistic about how their new Western acquisitions would fare in the tough Japanese market. He enthused: "Something like Batman: Arkham Asylum, for example, is something that is very like the Japanese taste in games, in fact it caters very much to the Japanese taste. Arkham Asylum is like the best aspects of Metal Gear solid, but evolved."

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