Final Fantasy 13 has again appeared in the Famitsu Readers Most Wanted list, for the dates between the 19th of May and the 25th of May. This time the title has gone up two spaces to Number 4.

Also, Final Fantasy Versus 13 is in the top 20 for the first time, at position Number 12.

1. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
2. Persona 3 (PS2, Atlus)
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (PS3, Konami)
4. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
5. Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom)
6. Valkyrie Profile 2 (PS2, Square Enix)
7. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
8. Xenosaga III (PS2, Namco)
9. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
10. Super Robot Taisen : Original Generations (PS2, Banpresto)
11. The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess (GC, Nintendo)
12. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
13. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (NDS, Nintendo)
14. Kamaitachi no Yoru 3 (PS2, Sega)
15. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 13 (PS2, Konami)
16. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (NDS, Capcom)
17. Summon Night 4 (PS2, Banpresto)
18. Devil Kings 2 (PS2, Capcom)
19. The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo)
20. Fûrai no Syren (NDS, Sega)

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The Final Fantasy 13 .com Forum has now been opened! In the forum you can join up and chat with other forum members about Final Fantasy 13 and the rest of the Fabula Nova Crystallis.

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In the latest issue of the Famitsu magazine, Final Fantasy 13 has appeared at Number 6 in the readers Top 20 Most Wanted list. The list was put together between the 12th of May to the 18th of May.

As well as Final Fantasy 13, there is four other Square Enix titles.

1. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
2. Persona 3 (PS2, Atlus)
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (PS3, Konami)
4. Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom)
5. Valkyrie Profile 2 (PS2, Square Enix)
6. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
7. The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess (GC, Nintendo)
8. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
9. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
10. Xenosaga III (PS2, Namco)
11. Super Robot Taisen : Original Generations (PS2, Banpresto)
12. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (NDS, Capcom)
13. Devil Kings 2 (PS2, Capcom)
14. Summon Night 4 (PS2, Banpresto)
15. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (NDS, Nintendo)
16. Final Fantasy IV Advance (GBA, Square Enix)
17. Utaware Rumono (PS2, Aquaplus)
18. Shining Wind (PS2, Sega)
19. Kamaitachi no Yoru 3 (PS2, Sega)
20. The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo)

The full interview from Dengeki Online has now been human translated. Since it has been human translated, further new details have emerged from the interview that didn’t come through well or not at all in the machine translation.

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The Fabula Nova Crystallis series has been featured in the Japanese Dengeki magazine. The article contains two new images, one of Final Fantasy 13 which shows a number of the guards or soldier enemies. The other new image is of Final Fantasy Versus 13, which shows a city full of high rise buildings with a full moon in the night sky. The magazine also contains the interview with the developers from the previous news.

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In a recent interview on Dengeki Online, with developers Masahi Hasimoto, Tetsuya Nomura and Motomu Toriyama, new details were revealed on Fabula Nova Crystallis and Final Fantasy 13.

Summary of the main new details revealed:

Fabula Nova Crystallis:

• Tetsuya Normura originally planned Final Fantasy 13 as a project to run at the same time as Kingdom Hearts 2.
• Final Fantasy Versus 13 was originally the only title planned for the Next generation (PlayStation3).
• The crystal myth is the only thing that connects the titles in Fabula Nova Crystallis. There maybe more similarities but those will not be as strong connections.
• In Final Fantasy Versus 13 the prevailing color is black, where as in many Final Fantasy’s the prevailing color is white.

Final Fantasy 13

• The battle system will be ATB (Active Time Battle) based, although faster than usual. Strategic elements will remain a part of the battle system.
• The battle system will be menu-based, while a fight continues, the player will enter instructions or commands to the characters.
• Fights which were only possible in previous Final Fantasy’s in FMV, and also in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, will now be possible in-game too.

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