Nintendo Direct Confirms Cloud for Smash Bros, Dragon Quest Localization

Posted on Friday 13th November 2015 at 21:20 by Death Penalty

Get turnt, CoN, because the impossible is coming true: Cloud Strife, of Final Fantasy VII fame, will be a playable fighter in the next Super Smash Bros., available on both Wii U and 3DS. The announcement came at the end of yesterday's Nintendo Direct, along with the promise of a "Super Smash Bros. Special Broadcast." The fact that Cloud was announced as an appetizer for this later event seems sufficient reason to get excited about what else -- perhaps even more of the Square Enix persuasion? -- might be in store.

We also learned from the same ~~Squenix~~ Nintendo Direct that two Dragon Quest games, VII and VIII, will finally be getting Western localizations on the 3DS in the second half of 2016. This confirms the rumors we heard last summer; the titles have not previously been released in the West due to concern at Square Enix as to whether they would be able to sell enough copies.

Source: Siliconera, Siliconera

Posted in: Final Fantasy VII

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Rangers51	Comment 1: 2015-11-14 03:48
	Is this the first character to show up in Smash that has zero direct connection to Nintendo? There has never been a Final Fantasy VII connection to any Nintendo platform. So odd.
Pooka	Comment 2: 2015-11-14 19:30
	I wonder if this means more Final Fantasy related goodness on Nintendo's platforms, especially Final Fantasy VII.
Sherick	Comment 3: 2015-11-14 21:58
	Dragon Quest VIII, not previously released in the West? What an unexpected twist.
Glenn Magus Harvey	Comment 4: 2015-11-14 23:37
	Quote (Rangers51 @ 13th November 2015 22:48) Is this the first character to show up in Smash that has zero direct connection to Nintendo? There has never been a Final Fantasy VII connection to any Nintendo platform. So odd. I thought this exact same thing. Well, Nintendo gets the last laugh about this one I guess, given how Square abandoned Nintendo for FF7. But then again, Square gets the last laugh since Nintendo's using optical disc media nowadays...
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