Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete for the 2nd June. Retail will be around $38.96. Extras will include featurettes (”Legacy of Final Fantasy VII”, “Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII Original Story Digest”, “Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII Compilation Story Digest”), a Denzel Animated Film, an exclusive sneak peek at Final Fantasy XIII, and trailers.
Note the mention of “an exclusive sneak peak at Final Fantasy XIII”. What could that be? Be sure to pick it up in June to find out.
In the multiple months that FF13US has reported no news, there has been loads. Several details about each game have been revealed, along with numerous screenshots, scans, and videos. I’ll try to cover as much as I can, in as little space as I can, but it won’t be easy. Scans(From Edge Magazine, The Official Playstation Magazine UK, PSW Magazine, Famitsu, V-Jump, Shoen Jump, and Denkei PS3) -
Fina Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII still TBA
Breaking News -
Final Fantasy XIII is now multi-platform. It will be releasing on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America, although it is still a PS3 exclusive in Japan.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII is now in production for the PSP. Originally a mobile phone title, the project completely switched over to the PSP for unknown reasons. The game will have gameplay similar to Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.
Final Fantasy XIII’s gameplay is similar to Final Fantasy XII, but is not as open.
A Final Fantasy XIII demo and a Final Fantasy Versus and Agito XIII trailer will be featured as an added bonus on the Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. This bonus is said to only be on the first initial shipments of the DVD. The DVD is set for an April 16th release in Japan and a June release in North America. No Europen release date has been announced as of yet.
Art from Final Fantasy XIII is featured in Dissidia: Final Fantasy as an unlockable. Dissidia was released December 18, 2008 in Japan and is set for a Summer 2009 release for North America and Europe.
A DVD released by Famitsu on December 13, 2008, titled “Re: Riplai”, features trailers from all three games.
The names of the characters in both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII have been revealed. See our Character pages for them.
And that’s it! Now that we’re all caught up from the past year, we can start providing up to date news, interviews and scans! We will also be updating all of our content pages over the next few days to fit the revealed information. Look forward to brand new information about all three games as the Japanese release inches near!
The latest issue of Famitsu has tons of Final Fantasy XIII-related information and screens revealed to the public. Thanks to duckroll from NeoGAF for posting the information in detail. Below is the information revealed in the leaked magazine (the magazine itself is supposed to be released on Tuesday.. oh well).
General Information
The demo included with Advent Children Complete will be on a PS3 disc, not on standard blue-ray movie disc. So pretty much everyone will be able to play the demo.
There are 3 real-time screens of Final Fantasy Agito XIII from the trailer, including a screen of Odin.
3 pages worth of Final Fantasy XIII information and media, about 20 screenshots, which are apparently real-time.
The Final Fantasy XIII demo will be from the opening part of the game, and will be longer than Advent Children Complete (Read the previous article).
4 pages on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, about 10 screenshots which are all real-time.
Shinigami (designed by Amano) is worshiped in the world of Versus XIII.
The cars and clothing seen in the trailers so far may probably change in design for the Final game.
The morale of the team is really high! (duh!)
There is this really hot chick featured in one of the magazine scans who I think is the heroine of Versus XIII, just take a look at the scans below. :P
Final Fantasy XIII will have a party battle system (say good bye to Rambo-like Lightning seen in the trailer), where you control each character as they switch turns, like in previous Final Fantasy games. The system, however, will be totally different from Final Fantasy XII.
Final Fantasy XIII’s story is being written such that every single of the main characters will feel like protagonists, instead of just supporting characters (say good bye to meaningless character such as Penelo :D).
At the top of the building where the prince and the heroine of Versus meet, there is a painting. That painting is the Shinigami that is worshiped in the world, and the painting of it in the game itself, is drawn by Amano.
The name of the prince and the heroine in Versus will be revealed at TGS.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
The game is moved to the PSP because the developers couldn’t wait for cellphones to get more advanced (Making a big Final Fantasy game for a cellphone is a mistake to begin with IMHO).
The battle will be heavy on action but still sort of turn based. It will use an advanced version of Crisis Core’s high speed ATB system (Crisis Core battle system is a button-mashing crap, so let’s hope the “advanced” version is going to be better).
Crisis Core was a 1 character game, but there will be multiple characters in the party this time.
Right now, the game supports Infrastructure multiplayer for up to 3 players.
Summons are part of the character growth system, and can also be controlled by players after summoning.
The game will support both Ad-hoc and Infrastructure.
Famitsu reports that the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII demo will have length of more than 2 hours. Please note that this number is longer than the bundled Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete movie (101 minutes+). The bundle will be released in March 2009.
Here are some other information revealed in Famitsu (Thanks to Playstation Universe):
Final Fantasy XIII demo will be based from the opening part of the game.
The demo will come on a separate disc rather than on the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Blu-ray.
Mr. 33CM’s (The guy who rides the motorbike) real name is based off of weather as well.
One of the female characters, referred to as ‘Pigtails Girl’ (The cute looking girl in the trailer, you know?), has been through some tough times.
Here are new magazine scans for all 3 Final Fantasy XIII (Agito and Versus XIII included) titles taken from the latest Shonen Jump. Not many information is revealed, by the way, so just enjoy them as they are. :P
For those of you who still care about the game (I still do… kinda) after the multi-platform announcement, here’s the E3 trailer for your viewing pleasure. Not much is new here, it is basically the extended version of various trailers that you have seen before.
Square Enix have now confirmed, on their Tokyo Game Show 2007 website, that the new Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy 13 trailers will be shown in the Closed Mega Theatre, and not at the Open Mega Theatre.
The latest Famitsu’s Most Wanted chart sees Final Fantasy Versus 13 go down in position to Number 15, but Final Fantasy 13 is still holding it’s Number 2 spot on the chart.
This time Final Fantasy 13 was only less than 100 votes away from getting to 1st place.
This Famitsu’s Most Wanted chart is for the dates between the 3rd of August and the 9th of August.
1. Dragon Quest IX NDS (Square Enix) 2. Final Fantasy XIII PS3 (Square Enix) (Votes: 2.149)
3. Biohazard 5 PS3 (Capcom)
4. Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 (Konami)
5. Monster Hunter 3 PS3 (Capcom)
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii (Nintendo)
7. Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
8. Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII PSP (Square Enix)
9. Shirokishi Monogatari PS3 (Sony)
10. Super Mario Galaxy Wii (Nintendo)
11. Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing] Wii (Nintendo)
12. The Last Remnant Wii (Nintendo)
13. Devil May Cry 4 PS3 (Capcom)
14. Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden PS2 (Koei) 15. Final Fantasy Versus XIII PS3 (Square Enix) (Votes: 483)
16. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 (Koei)
17. Final Fantasy IV NDS (Square Enix)
18. Halo 3 Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
19. Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo Tachi no Souzoushi (Metaphorica) PS2 (Banpresto)
20. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS (Level 5)
Square Enix have announced their line-up of titles which they will be showing at this year Tokyo Game Show. It’s expected that all of the three Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy 13 titles will receive a new trailer each.
Playable
Dragon Quest IV (DS)
Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon (Wii)
Final Fantasy IV (DS)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
Crisis Core FFVII (PSP)
Final Fantasy CC: Ring of Fates (DS)
DS Style (DS)
Dragon Quest Mobile (mobile)
Ganmoba Comics (mobile)
Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode (mobile)
Before Crisis Final Fantasy VII (mobile)
Monotone (mobile)
Tobal M (mobile)
Makai Toushi Saga (mobile)
Chocobo de Mobile (mobile)
Video Only
Final Fantasy XI Wings of the Goddess (multi)
Last Remnant (PS3, X360)
Dragon Quest IX (DS) Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, cell)
Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP)
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray)
Kids Corner
Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road (arcade)
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (DS)
Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2 (DS)
The Tokyo Game Show 2007 is to take place in just over 2 weeks time, on the 20th of September.
The latest Famitsu Reader’s Most Wanted list sees Final Fantasy 13 at 2nd place with 2,043 votes. And also Final Fantasy Versus 13 at 14th place with 453 votes.
This Famitsu’s Most Wanted chart is for the dates between the 13th of July and the 19th of July.
1. Dragon Quest IX NDS (Square Enix) 2. Final Fantasy XIII PS3 (Square Enix) Votes: 2.043
3. Biohazard 5 PS3 (Capcom)
4. Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 (Konami)
5. Monster Hunter 3 PS3 (Capcom)
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii (Nintendo)
7. Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
8. Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing] Wii (Nintendo)
9. Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII PSP (Square Enix)
10. Devil May Cry 4 PS3 (Capcom)
11. Final Fantasy IV NDS (Square Enix)
12. Zelda no Densetsu: Phantom Hourglass NDS (Nintendo)
13. Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden PS2 (Koei) 14. Final Fantasy Versus XIII PS3 (Square Enix) Votes: 453
15. Super Mario Galaxy Wii (Nintendo)
16. Halo 3 Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
17. Gran Turismo 5 PS3 (Sony)
18. Ash NDS (Mistwalker)
19. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS (Level 5)
20. Imabi Kisou PS3 (Sega)
