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Final Fantasy XIII To Be On Xbox 360

 Square-Enix has announced Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 at Microsoft's E3 press conference. The announcement debuted in the form of a new trailer which initially looked like a Panzer Dragoon game with dragons flying in a trench. A ship lands in the trailer and flying mechanical soldiers drop out. Included in the trailer were massive airships.

Some gameplay was shown and the cinematic graphics are still amazing. The battle system is still hard to comprehend at this point, but it's been said that it will be an ATB system. It's supposedly going to be a blend of the battle system from Final Fantasy X and from Final Fantasy XII.

As far as characters go, a female with a gunblade, and anothe indivual with blonde hair appear to be the only protagonists so far. The entire game is based on the Fabula Nova Crystalis mythology, which will be quite interesting. Here's a quote from Kiatse, the Final Fantasy XIII producer. "In the grand scheme of things, Final Fantasy XIII is probably very different and new from anything you've seen in the series before. But, everybody on the team has played XII and the previous titles and there is an unseen connection there among the series."

Some people were probably worried about their PS3 release date as well though. The games still is coming out on the PS3, and it's being released on the Xbox 360 on the same day. Square-Enix has said that there will be no differences between the games, no extra features, bosses, or anything of the sort. In fact, the USA version is getting any updates from the Japan version, like extra bosses and challenges. Square-Enix has said that they just want to get the games released as soon as possible.

Details on a release date are slim, but it'll be out some time in 2009.
By: Nax05
Published: 07/24/08


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3 Posted Comments:

worried? upset is the word

@ 12:25 pm 07/25/08 by nerdassassin
I've written an article like this, but it is still on review. But of course it's opinionated much like the last one I've written. Anyways the word is upset and not worried when release date comes into question. They said it would be a simultaneous release in North America and Europe on both consoles. My argument on this is that why make it a simultaneous release? The Last Remnant was made a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360 due to some technical problems about the Unreal Engine and PS3. And we all know that the White Engine, as well as the Japanese version of the Final Fantasy XIII is on production for four years now. So if it is to be released earlier in Japan the localization would take faster if it's only for one console. But then, including Xbox in the picture would mean creating a White Engine for the Xbox, and then localization on both consoles, which would mean a lot of time. Furthermore, the release of Final Fantasy XIII Versus will be pushed due to the fact that more manpower is needed for the X360 port. So we, and I think that includes you, should hope for a timed release for the PS3. Just to be fair to both systems, in that regard.
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@ 4:05 pm 08/08/08 by Jon Stall
I have never played FF but always had an interest in doing so.

I saw a trailer Final Fantasy XIII on youtube awhile back and was really impressed by the amazing graphics and it looked really fun. Great article, thanks for the heads-up!
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@ 10:29 am 08/29/08 by Willow Sidhe
I can't wait for this!! I love FF! Thanks for the update.
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