Front Mission Evolved Q&A With Square Enix Director Shinji Hashimoto

There have been a lot of rumors and speculations regarding what sort of features Front Mission Evolved (FME) will be having, and fans have analyzed officially released videos over and over again to look for clues regarding the next installment of the Front Mission series.

The fine folks over at Japanator and its sister site Destructoid wanted these rumors and speculations laid to rest, so they asked Square Enix Director Shinji Hashimoto a few questions regarding the upcoming Front Mission title, including some of the burning questions fans wanted to ask about the game. Some select questions after the jump:

New Front Mission Evolved Screenshots

Awesome new screenshots of the upcoming Front Mission Evolved show the scale of combat between Wanzers and giant enemy units in the game. New screenshots also show on-foot combat in the game, as well as some of the upcoming Wanzers to be featured in the next Front Mission game. Full body character CG works of FME’s protagonists and a gallery of screenshots after the jump:

New Front Mission Evolved Trailer And Game Details Emerge

A brand spankin’ new trailer for the upcoming Front Mission Evolved has been floating around, which give an insight into the story and details have emerged on FME’s multiplayer game mode titled “Domination”. The brief background of the story from Siliconera:

In the future, the world is a changed place. Technology has advanced. Countries have merged into massive geopolitical blocks. But one thing, sadly, remains the same – humanity’s appetite for war. When a terrorist attack destroys one of the U.C.S.’s prized orbital elevators, the military is mobilised to eliminate the threat.

Dylan Ramsey, a young engineer, finds himself quickly caught in a swirl of destruction, conspiracies and crumbling alliances. Experience his story in this high-octane third-person shooter.

Front Mission 5 Final Translation Patch Finished

This is the time English speaking Front Mission fans have been waiting for. After 2 years in development, the Front Mission 5 English Translation Patch is finally finished and its ready to be distributed from Frontmission.info‘s website. At the moment, only the beta 4 patch is out, but stay tuned in the following days as the final patch gets released.

The group also translated the opening intro for Front Mission 5 which should get your appetite running for the game:

[via: Frontmission.info]