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Final Fantasy XIII: Episode Zero Getting Radio Drama Treatment FFXIII RSS Feed
FFXIII News Date 21 Jul 2010 FFXIII News Category Final Fantasy XIII FFXIII News Author By: Kitmitsu
Episode Zero, Final Fantasy XIII's prologue story, had it's final chapter released last December and successfully filled in the blanks of the games storyline. Today Square Enix has announced that the story will be turned into a Drama CD.

Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero Promise Fabula Nova Dramatica Alpha as it's unfortunately called, will retell the story of the prologue featuring the full original voice cast from the game. The first pressing will also include a script booklet and a limited edition sleeve case. The CD will be available on September 15th in Japan priced at ¥3,000.

Source: Andriasang

Final Fantasy Agito XIII Tabata & Kitase Mini-Interview FFXIII RSS Feed
FFXIII News Date 24 Jun 2010 FFXIII News Category Final Fantasy Agito XIII FFXIII News Author By: Kitmitsu
Dengeki has had the chance to talk to Final Fantasy Agito XIII director Hajime Tabata and producer Yoshinori Kitase about how the third installment in the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation is progressing.

At the moment Tabata is focusing on his other project, The 3rd Birthday but he says the development of Agito is progressing steadily. "I believe it will be an FF that differs from the image fans have." When Dengeki asked what he meant he answered "We're making it into a game where you can feel the true pain and weight as a war story. Because it has some harsh portrayals, Kitase is frequently making checks."

Kitase continues "There are parts where you see a soldier burned and falling over after being struck by fire. Initially, I warned them to not go too far in their expressions, but now I'm telling them to do whatever they want." To justify the long wait, Tabata adds "It's a full spec Final Fantasy that's multiplayer and can be played on the PSP. Please anticipate it greatly."

Source: Andriasang

Full Final Fantasy Versus XIII Famitsu Scans and Interview FFXIII RSS Feed
FFXIII News Date 24 Jun 2010 FFXIII News Category Final Fantasy Versus XIII FFXIII News Author By: Kitmitsu
Thankfully we don't have to rely on those awful quality photos of yesterdays Versus gameplay anymore! Now we have a not so awful quality scan of the entire Famitsu article including the fully translated Nomura interview. Read it in it's entirety below.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Famitsu Interview

Is this a real-time screenshot we’re looking? The image quality is very good.
Yes it’s an image in real-time using the real hardware.We aim to improve the quality you’re seeing now even further. As of now we can’t share more details in full scale right now, so we removed the menus and subscreens where it shows Noctis expression (image projected on the subscreen).

Were the party members also there originally?
Yes, we removed because we haven’t formally announced their weapons and clothes yet.

The exquisiteness and shades are like a photograph taken from real life.
Indeed, we’re using physical calculations to determine the movement of the clouds. By this time it allow us to filter sunlight and others on Versus XIII.

Is the cliff to the wilderness & the Gas Station set in the same location?
Yes in the back of the Store is the cliff to the extended wilderness. You can walk all the way, to everything you see but the mountains.

What’s this giant Enemy on the other screen?
It’s a Military Behemoth and he actually bears a huge sword in his back. As for this pictures, the battle screen were on the screen but we omitted it.

Q: The street of Shinjuku is real.
Yes, it’s our model for this, even the bicycle lanes and crosswalks are decipted. But the sense of distance has been changed a bit since the last time. Right out of the city you encounter the wilderness with electric wires every as it’s this kind of territory for this country.

This region, It is only the Prologue, the early stages, nature is so even there.
Movement around this area is easy because you can use a car. Getting on and off the car can be done anytime, but only not possible to go all the way through it because it leads to a region underwater that has been shown on promotional trailers before.

Monsters appear on the field?
(Laughter)…Yes, there are monsters that appear on the field; Some staff were doing the tests and were surprised by how good looking some are in the evening sun.

Are the battles seamless, what about the world?
It’s basically seamless and we aim to make it even more seamless, but there are loadings between big areas.

Information disclosure, is very restrict as of now.
Development is very advanced along and according to expectations we’re taking steady steps; wait at ease please, information on Versus XIII will come. Moreover, we’re making preparations for a Big announcement.

You can actually see a signboard and things written inside in the screenshot?
The signboard is still temporary even though the inside of the Gas Station is modeled after the Stations in the US in detail. It’s possible to go up there using the stairs.

Do you play in this perspective the whole game?
Yes. The camera basically sits in this position. We decided to priority to the character’s presence and the world; that said we decided to scrap the over the shoulder perspective of the world.

Source: Playstation Informer

Famitsu: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay Shots Released FFXIII RSS Feed
FFXIII News Date 23 Jun 2010 FFXIII News Category Final Fantasy Versus XIII FFXIII News Author By: Kitmitsu
It's taken over 4 years but gameplay screenshots of Final Fantasy Versus XIII have finally been released! The screenshots come from the earlier posted Famitsu article which confirms they're running on Playstation 3 hardware.

In the gameplay you can see Noctis in both urban and desert environments showing off the scale of the world Nomura is building as well as the enemies you'll be facing. You can see the images below.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay

New Final Fantasy Versus XIII Details FFXIII RSS Feed
FFXIII News Date 23 Jun 2010 FFXIII News Category Final Fantasy Versus XIII FFXIII News Author By: Shuyu
The upcoming issue of Weekly Famitsu has some new details on Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Next to Nomura waxing lyrical about the game's graphics, we now know that:
-The world is an open field, and you can go everywhere except for the mountains
-You can destroy objects that you find on the road.
-You'll be able to use a car as promised. You can exit it and move on foot at any time as well.
- Enemies will be visible on the field, and while some enemies are wandering around, others will suddenly appear and surprise you. (This clarifies what the random and visible comment meant, and it also confirms that game will be similar to FFXII in that sense.)

Screenshots in the magazine (yet to surface) are, according to Nomura, running on PS3 hardware, yet they conveniently lack any icons and menus because the game is a monstrous secret.

Meanwhile, GameInformer ran a tidbit about the game going multiplat. We'll see how that develops.

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