FF13 and FF vs 13

[Malevolent]

Final Fantasy 13 Updates and Info
Final Fantasy XIII Story

* The game will center on Lightning, the female lead.
* The blond male character seen in the TGS trailer has been describe by Nomura as "cowboy-like"... Nomura when on to cryptically say that the relationship between he and Lightning was "not the usual sort".
* The blond character's name will have something to do with weather.
* Cocoon is a floating city sealed in a shell, and Crystals are used in the creations of powerful machines and creatures.
* The world outside of Cocoon is known as Pulse. Pulse is greatly feared by the people of Cocoon.
* The government of Cocoon has begun rounding up people considered "suspicious" and exiling them to Pulse in order to ensure "public safety".
* Lightning is chosed by a Crystal to protect the city... which also sets her against the government of Cocoon, who believe she will cause their downfall and ultimately the downfall of Cocoon.

Final Fantasy XIII Gameplay

* FFXIII will use the Active Time Battle (ATB) system
* There will be little to no delay between the issuing of commands and the characters taking action.
* Summons will have a different role than usual. They will be able to change form (Shiva will turn into a motorcycle for Lightning), and will not be limited to a single element.
* Characters will gain the ability to create certain items from the Crystals.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Story

* Versus will take place in modern setting, but will feature swords and magic.
* The kingdom in which the main character lives is an isolated one.
* The Crystal in the city is the last of its kind.
* Nomura says that the story is not the usual good vs. evil fare. The game will focus on the last battle for the last Crystal, and the outcome of this battle will usher in a new era.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay

* The battle system will be much more action-oriented.
* Characters will have weapons that differ from that of the main character.
* The main character will be able to teleport to where his weapon is thrown.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII

* The mobile phone game is being developed in full 3D.
* The protagonist will have the task of protecting a Crystal.
* Agito may be available near the end of this year, making it the first title in the Fabula Nova Crystallis project to be released.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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My interest in these games just dropped to 0. Its one thing to be derivitive, but its another to be derivative in such an contrived way.

[Murphie]

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We have several years to wait anyway. I'll decide how I feel about it when it is released.

[Malevolent]

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yeah i'd like to see more screen shots and gameplay before any na-saying. So right now its a 5 on my interest scale.

[Jei]

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It's not like the NES days where you can just come out and say "hey we have new jobs!" and will keep the hype up anymore you know.... their method of revealing little things like this is getting really old -.-

And I don't really think using the same title FFXIII for like, 4-5 seperate games is a good strategy...

[Pai Pai Master]

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As usual it'll take some time to actually get the details worth knowing for the game, however after FFXII it's hard to imagine this game can actually be bad.

[Jei]

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It's not FFXII's team working in this game after all.

[Pai Pai Master]

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That is always true, but I honestly see no reason to discount a Final Fantasy game until I've played it, so long as it's produced by Yoshinori Kitase.

In other news, a demo is being prepared for E3 2007.

[Murphie]

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I thought there wasn't going to be an E3 anymore.

edit: NVM, I now see what that meant.

[Malevolent]

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I thought there wasn't going to be an E3 anymore.

edit: NVM, I now see what that meant.

what?

Atleast from news on nintendo and Sony they're not going to E3 becasue its not profitable to put up booths...or something like that...I DON'T UNDERSTAND!! i've never been to a E3 only seen it on Gtech TV...kinda would like to go someday...

[Murphie]

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It will be considerably different from the way it was in past years.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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That is always true, but I honestly see no reason to discount a Final Fantasy game until I've played it, so long as it's produced by Yoshinori Kitase.

In other news, a demo is being prepared for E3 2007.

This will be the second FF to be totally produced without Sakaguchi or Uematsu's involvement. Matsuno's team I can give a benefit of a doubt, they've made many great games from the Tactics Ogre series to Vagrant Story, but Nomura's only directed Kingdom Hearts as far as games go and the game design was hideously flawed both times no matter how good the story was.

But really... Shiva turning into a motorcycle? Fenrir was a motorcycle in FFVII, but it was always a motorcycle.

Really, I'm just sick and tired or Nomura, and after Matsuno's team brought one of the best, its hard to go back to Nomura and the Emo Fantasys.

[Jei]

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I'm not disregarding FF. It's just their advertisement way is just so outdated in my view.

And tbh since FF8 I'm not that attracted by FF's arts anymore. J rock looking hero and Shibuya fasion looking characters, meh, I'm kinda sick of them. I'll still play if the game is fun, but not like they'll have a place in my heart anymore.

FFX-2 Yuna's concert has to be the stupidest scene for the entire FF series.

[Caspian]

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ATB? Which ATB?
VII had what they called ATB, but I would consider XII to be more active than VII. Vagueness ftw.
I really don't get the point of all this, are they trying to generate interest in a game a year before you can play it, with pathetically nonspecific "spoilers"?
I wanna play it, don't get me wrong, but seems pretty random.

[Jei]

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That's exactly what they used to do back in the sNES/NES days.

Look, a new illustration!!!!1111
Why is this character holding a dagger, is he a lolTHF? Buy our next week issue to find out more!!!111