While Microsoft may have shocked gamers with their Final Fantasy XIII news, Asians won’t be able to get the game on their Xbox 360s, until and unless they import the title, if what game director and writer Motomu Toriyama and Tetsuya Nomura are saying is true.

According to the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation, Nomura was “surprised” at the FFXIII Xbox 360 Asia version news, noting that Microsoft’s comment (“it would be nice if the game came out”) was not to be taken literally. However, Toriyama is more straightforward, plainly stating that “there will absolutely not be an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII for Japan.”

The game is slated hit both PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America and Europe.