Final Fantasy XIII News

During GamesCom Yoshinori Kitase conducted interviews with various members of the press, giving them updates on the status of both versions of Final Fantasy XIII.

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- The Japanese PS3 version is around 90% complete
- The Xbox 360 version is roughly 70% finished, supposedly it is content complete, it just requires debugging.
- “The 360 version and the PS3 version should be pretty much equal, both in terms of content and the visuals as well. Since the hardware is different, there might be some subtle differences if you compare screenshots side by side, but the team’s being very careful about the compression of the data and the visuals, so that it’s exactly the same on both.”
- SE is aiming to ship the Xbox 360 version on 3 discs, but aren't certain on this number
- All the English voice work has been recorded, though not completely implemented yet
- The game was presented to the press, and two brand new characters were shown
- A new girl was revealed, she wears a summer dress, white top, pink mini-skirt and a pink braid, more info on her at TGS next month
- The other new character revealed was Sazh's son, though little more was revealed about him other than that
- Kitase claims the game is 50 hours long without sidequests
- Spring 2010 for Europe too, "as close to North American release as possible"

- SE are now considering DLC, despite previously stating otherwise. However DLC released will not be story related, just new bosses, enemies, weapons, maps, etc.
- Yaag Rosch is not Lightning's rival. Instead Toriyama said he was Lightning's former superior in the military, and his duty is to protect Cocoon. Since Lightning is destined to destroy the world, they are now opposed.
- Serah (from the trailers) was the name of the new girl, she was shown only as artwork.
- During combat you can shift the paradigm of your allies. This basically changes their AI routines, but also appears to have a temporary job change affect. You allies change which weapons they wield, and potentially their clothing changes as well.
- After combat you earn points to spend on character progression. These can be used for any characters, even those who didn't participate in the fight.
- Scoring a better rank in batte earns you TP bonuses, TP points are required to call summons.
- The star ranking you get in battle affects the game's difficulty through AI routines. If you get few stars the game gets easier. If you get more stars, the game gets harder.


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Posted By: BlackBird
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Ah ha, so I can botch a battle and make the game easier. :D

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Posted By: Xavier
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Versus will begin after they finish Ff 13, the game look solid, but 3 disc (i expected at least 4 on 360 like LO).

And i want a Ff 15 already...

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Posted By: Finalfantasykid
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Tetsuya Nomura said that there would be a lack of Versus news for a while(this was said just before e3 I believe). But there will probably be something at TGS.

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So what's going on with Versus? It's been months since we've heard anything...

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