"Chaos Rings III Prequel Trilogy" (Vita) and "Chaos Rings III" (iOS/Android) Announced

[Squirrel Emperor]

Square Enix Japan Registered a Trademark for "Prequel Trilogy"

Instead of making sequels to one of their key franchises, Square Enix may be developing a string of prequels. Square Enix Japan registered a trademark for Prequel Trilogy for use with video games in Japan. The question is what series will Square Enix make three prequels for? Final Fantasy VII? Romancing SaGa? Kingdom Hearts? Final Fantasy XIII: Prequel Trilogy?

In coming, "Final Fantasy XIII-0: The Lightning Menace", "Final Fantasy XIII-0-2: Attack of the Lightning Clones" and "Final Fantasy XIII-0-3: Revenge of the Lightning".

(Update 8/4/14)

Looks like "Prequel Trilogy" is "Chaos Rings III Prequel Trilogy" and it's for PSVita.

They also announced Chaos Rings III for iOS/Android.

http://app.famitsu.com/20140804_418965/

 

[yeah_93]

Another Lightning Trilogy confirmed. Nice going, Toriyama.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

I fear it will end up being for something that doesn't need it or something people do not want.

If it's referring to Final Fantasy, I don't think they'll make three prequels for just one of the numbered titles but instead one prequel for three numbered titles instead. FFVII, FFX and FFXIII are all set up to have prequels.

 

[Jenova]

I'm going to reserve my pessimism until the situation demands it. This could just be a simple legal move that ultimately leads to nothing on the consumer side of things for all we know.

 

[Fleur]

When you've already annoyed most of your fanbase over the years, why not go further along the way of George Lucas?

Companies need to stop pre-emptively deciding to make trilogies to anything, especially a "prequel trilogy", which sounds like instant saturation. What happened to the days of gauging, with the base/first game, whether it's any good, and what the general reception is, before investing any further? Why this ubiquitous need to assume you're going to hit gold even before the first of the three games are out?

Especially you, Square-Enix. If there is actually a trilogy of prequels coming, or are at least planned, and if they're not small projects for mobile or anything, you have evidently learnt nothing from last generation.

If this is not a trilogy of three prequel games, but rather, a moniker for an existing trilogy, with a planned succeeding game to follow, I have no idea what this might be. Kingdom Hearts I, II and III (with planned future games?)? That doesn't sound 100% right, as the handheld titles are also important story-wise. FFVII? Will anything be joining with Crisis Core and Before Crisis as a "prequel trilogy" in the lead-up to FFVII itself? Or, if anyone wants to watch the world burn, Lightning Saga to be suddenly renamed the "prequel trilogy" to make way for more FFXIII sequels somehow?

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

You would think so but they ended up making a trilogy many did not ask and care for.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Looks like "Prequel Trilogy" is "Chaos Rings III Prequel Trilogy" and it's for PSVita.

They also announced Chaos Rings III for iOS/Android.

http://app.famitsu.com/20140804_418965/

 

[Joshua]

Media.Vision is on a roll!

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Both Gematsu and Siliconera are saying Vita is only getting a port of the third game. "Chaos Rings III Prequel Trilogy" is basically just "Chaos Rings III."

 

[Azuardo]

Both Gematsu and Siliconera are saying Vita is only getting a port of the third game. "Chaos Rings III Prequel Trilogy" is basically just "Chaos Rings III."

What the hell sort of name is 'Prequel Trilogy' then? Honestly, Square.

 

[Fleur]

There is a very evident change in art direction, and for the worse.
Seconding Azuardo; what is going on with the name?

 

[Stealth]

They should really put it on 3DS. At least it would sell.

 

[Azuardo]

They should really put it on 3DS. At least it would sell.

I dunno man, it's nice for the Vita to get some love now and again.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

I imagine it's not on 3DS for the same reason Final Fantasy Type-0 wasn't ported to the 3DS. Both games don't target Nintendo's demographic.

I haven't played the Chaos games so I don't know. However, Nintendo has always had a demographic issue. Targeting kids and families is why it makes zero sense for 3rd party developers to put games like Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto and Skyrim on a Nintendo platform.

 

[Jenova]

Has anyone played the previous games in this series? If so, are they worth a playthrough?

 

[Stealth]

I dunno man, it's nice for the Vita to get some love now and again.

It should still come to vita.

 

[Azuardo]

It should still come to vita.

You mean 3DS, I assume? We know it's coming to Vita.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Screenshots. www.amiami.com/top/detail/review?scode=GAME-0012061&page=

 

[Azuardo]

Wow, looks lovely. I'm even more annoyed this doesn't have the first two games now.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Chaos Rings III Is About The Journey To A Mythical Blue Planet

Square Enix recently shared a first look at Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy, the PlayStation Vita’s version of Chaos Rings III. The official website also shared a few new details including the game’s story and details on two key characters.

New Paleo is a coastal city located on the floating continent found in the vast skies. It is here, where adventurers from around the world gather for their dreams and desires… in order to get to the far-off heavens, the planet “Marble Blue”.

Treasure, unexplored areas, mystical creatures, and myths, the blue planet has everything adventurers could ask for, making it very well worth risking their lives.
In a small town located far away from the city, lived Nasca, along with his younger sister and livestock. After hearing a mysterious voice which led Nasca to the garden, he meets a beautiful lady.

She tells him: “You must go…. to the mother planet that shines in the heavens—Marble Blue”.

A world that has yet to be discovered, with treasures that can grant any wish. A myth that will be talked about until the end of time. It is here, where the grand journey of a thousand years of thoughts, begins.

Nasca:

Nasca is a 16-year old boy who lives with his sister Patty on the floating island Sierra located in the second satellite called Thea. After finding himself in a mysterious garden, and meeting a beautiful lady, he decides to go to the Marble Blue.

Since he was a young child, it’s been his dream to find the “Paradisos,” a mythical paradise that is considered Marble Blue’s biggest mystery.

Leary:

Leary is a young girl who decides to take the Explorer License exam together with the protagonist. While living in the suburbs of the floating island New Paleo, her father and only blood relative, got taken away by an unknown person. Leary then decides to go to Marble Blue, to seek her father and the criminal who took him away.

Chaos Rings III is slated for release in Japan on October 16, 2014 for PlayStation Vita, iOS, and Android.