In a recent interview with the Japanese publication Dorimag, Yasumi Matsuno - producer of Vagrant Story, the Ogre Battle series and currently breathing life into Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - has revealed that elements introduced in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance will be also be used in his next project, Final Fantasy XII. He suggests that players who wish to get a feel for what direction they'll be taking for the 12th installment would do well to try out Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (as if you weren't going to play it anyways).

In related news, Jun Akiyama (Vagrant Story, Kingdom Hearts) will serve as production designer and the talented Akihiko Yoshida (Zeliard, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story) will serve as 3D map designer for Final Fantasy XII, which Square plans to ship for the PlayStation 2 sometime in 2003.

Source: XenGamers