[Multiplatform] Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread

Those are nice screenshots. I'm a little surprised that three games have already been announced relating to this one. At least the titles for VII were revealed one at a time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RYU

I think battle will be like FFX-2

I assume that the battles will be more action-oriented, but I wouldn't want to see anything similar to the battle system from FFX-2. But at this point, it's still too early to say for sure.

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Originally Posted by JazzFlight

The thing about the FF13 Versus...

Has anyone thought that it's perhaps a Final Fantasy ALL-STARS kind of game? Like Smash Brothers or Kingdom Hearts? I just know that Square knows that they'd sell millions if they did that.

I've always been curious about Square making a game like that. When Kingdom Hearts came out, I decided that maybe that was as far as they were willing to go.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Spatula

FFXII people? Where Muck?

Speaking of Gunblade, I have NEVER seen Squall use his gun part of his Gunblade. Just slicing.
I must be missing something.

The trigger portion of the gunblade was only really used during normal battles by pressing R1, if I recall correctly.

Otherwise, it wasn't in any cutscenes.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

While the name of the character is almost always in Japanese, its typical for the larger games to mix Kanji & English/Engrish into the game to add flavor. Compare FFVII, where several signs were clearly English (Goblin's Bar, STORE, Honeybee Inn) while lots of other text was in japanese writing.

Actually another example is in the trailer itself. Clearly the game is japanese made, but lo and behold, they have english in there (LIGHTNING).

I think part of the reason why I'm still skeptical about the name "Lightning" is because I just dislike it in general. I was hoping for something a bit more original, even if the overall appearances of characters I've seen so far are typical of Nomura.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Inhert

why not Rayne? after cloud, squall, sora(sky), I think Rayne will fit her XD (you know as rain >.>)

There was also a Raine from FFVIII. The "water" names also included Squall and Laguna.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Jagged

Nice big Update from IGN:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/708/708994p1.html

So Agito does take place in a school. I suspected that from that scan.

It's also interesting to hear about the crystals playing a role in the two other titles.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Motsy

The woman in the trailer is probably not the main character however the developers want to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman. (NOOOO~! This BETTER not mean another Gackt'd "male" lead, Square!)

It's interesting that she might not be the main focus. I'm a bit disappointed by that, but at least she does appear to be a strong female character, and someone who seems to differ from Yuna in terms of strength.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Spatula

I don't ever recall a FFX posable toy line from Kotobukiya, but I could be wrong. Also the Highwind airship has been out for sometime now, a year I think.

The Tidus figure from that line had joints in the arms, I believe. But I don't think Yuna had many poses.

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Originally Posted by Dark Nation

I wanna get the Highwind.

Also, as far as I know, the Airship from FFX was the Fahrenheit (sp?), since the ship from X-2 was the Celcius, so I don't know where they got Continental Circus from.

Can anyone find proof of which name it is?

I didn't catch the name of the FFX airship myself, but I think you may be right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_airships

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