Cubed3 were lucky enough to go down to London to do an interview with Hiromichi Tanaka, the Senior Vice President at Square Enix. We’ve got some of the details and a link to the report in full after the jump.

Adam Riley of Cubed3 got the chance to sit down with the legendary Hiromichi Tanaka of Square Enix. Here are some highlights:

When asked about the Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary project and whether Nintendo systems would see anything, considering the series started on the NES, he wryly smiled and said that games will be brought to many platforms as part of the project.

Sadly Tanaka-san does not believe the Wii hardware would be able to cope with Final Fantasy XI, which was sad to hear since the game has already appeared on the far inferior PlayStation 2. When pressed on this matter, it was revealed that the problem lies more with Nintendo’s current online stance – not wanting people to interact online without the aid of Friends Codes. However, the key point to mention is that Square Enix is currently in talks with Nintendo about resolving this point of contention!

With people wondering whether the FFIII engine would be re-used for other DS games, obviously I felt obliged to slide such a question in, which provoked an amusingly frank answer. Hiromichi Tanaka stated that Square Enix has a habit of starting engines from scratch, proving to be inefficient and they are actively looking to amend this, especially as development costs rise as the next generation starts to hit full stride.

Apparently there are a lot more highlights to come from the interview along with a full audio version. So, some interesting tidbits of information so far. There are loads more details still over at Cubed3, so be sure to check them out by clicking here.