[Multiplatform] Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread

I sorely hope that the one battle screenshot was real-time, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that it's not. Hey, you've gotta have something to keep you hoping.

I'm pretty surprised that Square's already going out on a limb and shoving out a prequel and a sequel before the game's even come out. I'm not sure what to make of it at the moment, especially since we know nothing at all about the plot.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RYU

harry and watch Final Fantasy VS XIII

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~indexhtml/2c.../615374056.avi

It's actually just FFXIII. And judging from the looks of things, well, holy crap. Some of those things don't even look real-time.

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Originally Posted by Inhert

oh and btw: http://na.square-enix.com/e306/titles/fabula/

Quote:

Not a merely a sequel, but a wholly independent story unfolding in a different world with different characters. This title will appear alongside FINAL FANTASY XIII on the PlayStation 3 system.

...So Final Fantasy Versus XIII is a sequel... But not a direct sequel?

Say what?

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Originally Posted by Hantei

Nice, the thanks for the link RYU. Definitely appears to be real time, also looks like the new heroine has some sort of power to stop time. Unless that was a magic skill from the battle.

I assumed that it was just Stop, y'know?

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Originally Posted by Hantei

I was thinking that too, but doesn't Stop normally affect just a one enemy? Unless it's a new thing they're doing, where magic affects the whole battle field/screen...

It could be a powered-up Stop, like Stopra or Stopga. Who knows?

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Originally Posted by espressivo

wtf, why is there two FFXIII's for the PS3?? is it gonna be like some pokemon thing like red and blue version?? can someone fill me in on this??!

Final Fantasy XIII --> main game
Final Fantasy Versus XIII --> "sequel in spirit" to FFXIII

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by espressivo

okay... wtf, a sequel already and the game hasn't been released yet, I got excited when i saw the screenshots of the girl and the dude with the blue hair, but now i'm kinda disappointed that Square-Enix is making 2 games under the FFXIII name just to make money... They can probably fit both games in one dual layer blu-ray anyway...

The screenshots with the girl are from FFXIII. The screenshots with the guy are from FF Versus XIII.

We don't know anything at all about the content of Agito, FFXIII, or Versus anyways, so I think it's too early to start berating Square for creating Fabula Nova Crystallis. I mean, all we know is that it's about crystals. How exactly are Agito and Versus supposed to tie into FFXIII? Perhaps the answer and the underlying connections between the three games will make things clearer. Until then, we can just sit back and wonder why Square's cashing in on FFXIII so early.

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Originally Posted by Sexninja

All in all Sony press conference sucked.
MGS4,FF13 and 8 days thats all gonna save Sony.

Yeah. Sony's press conference got really boring really fast. I'm still balking at the PS3 price tag.

Originally Posted by RYU

is there trailer for FF vs 13 ??

There was one shown at Square's press conference, but I haven't seen it anywhere.

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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 don't think so. Versus XIII sounds like it's meant to tie in to XIII and yet kinda stand on its own as a legitimate game. Square's page even touts that "harmony is realized in this alternate tale of FINAL FANTASY XIII."

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Originally Posted by Enter User Name

Being that the game is called FF Versus XIII, and it will be created by the Kingdom Hearts team. What if really stands for Final Fantasy Versus Organization 13(from KH2). Stupid Random Thoughts, I know. But that actually makes more sense than Final Fantasy Versus the Number 13.

Taking into account the Latin that's sprinkled throughout this whole project, Square's said that "versus" means "to change direction" in reference to Versus XIII.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Inhert

and gametrailers.com have the full video^^
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2649

Excuse me while my soul is stolen by Square Enix.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Usually anyone with a chair that big=the villain. But we'll see. Awesome scans regardless.

Well, Versus XIII seems to be making him out to be the protagonist. Then again, Versus XIII's connection with XIII isn't clear, so who knows?

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Originally Posted by Hantei

Some new scans, apparently from Famitsu.

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8...dd9a6la0rm.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5...9cac7da3rw.jpg
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/6...328d8ft7wf.jpg

Looks more Chinese in origin to me, unless Famitsu also publishes in China...

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Originally Posted by Minoko

I was just wondering about the versus XIII trailer...is there a copy of it? I was lookin for it for a while..couldn't even find a filmed one..

Not that I've seen. I think they just don't want to publicly release it at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Vash

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think FFvXIII's soundtrack is going to be done by Yoko Shimomura, and hopefully in better quality than the KH2 OST...maybe it was just me who thought the quality of KH2's OST was lacking (the music in and of itself was fantastic, however).

Yeah, Yoko Shimomura will be scoring FFVSXIII. I'm curious to see how her score will turn out.

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