Square eyes Balance Board for future RPGs

[Shrygue]

via Computer and Video Games


Square Enix, a huge supporter of the DS platform, has expressed great interest in the Wii Balance Board and the possibilities for balance control being used it "future RPG titles".

Discussing the use of Nintendo's hardware in Square's games, FFXII: Revenant Wings producer Eisuke Yokoyama told IGN: "There are no actual plans to take Final Fantasy into the fitness genre. But that whole system and mechanism of using your weight and balance to control games is something we're interested in incorporating into future RPG titles," he said.

It'll be interesting to see how a Balance Board-controlled Final Fantasy game would work.

[PsychoKiller]

Thought this was pretty interesting news, myself. There's a world of options out there for unique control schemes like the Balance Board, especially for RPGs, where there aren't too many things to control to begin with. It'd be a gimmicky, possibly fun way to play Final Fantasy, if anything... but at least it wouldn't be "Press A to select menu choices!" again.