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Jubern · Jun 6, 2013

As per the official trailer published right now by Square-Enix Europe.
Also, release date for Japan confirmed to be November 21 2013.

(Thanks to Kagari for digging the various updates)

US boxart:

Japanese boxart can be seen here

Japan-only "Lightning Box" (26 000¥, roughly 200€/$260):

Controller:

Don't think they announced a Lightning pillow cover or anything yet.
What is Toriyama doing, you might wonder.

Blog post:
http://eu.square-enix.com/en/blog/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii-latest-trailer

Direct link to the Western version trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2nZvrFiwM
Direct link to the Japanese version trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9KfTkVvoI4&feature=youtube_gdata

Screens from the official site:

Facebook image dump

Why am I even doing this, I don't want this game. Well kind of. I'm not sure. Help.

Cheesemeister · Jun 6, 2013

Please be excited.

zeopower6 · Jun 6, 2013

Eek, delayed....

Kagari · Jun 6, 2013

lol, that delay.

Flame Lord · Jun 6, 2013

Huh, always thought it was pretty much locked for 2013.

Zoator · Jun 6, 2013

2014? :\

Black Republican · Jun 6, 2013

Kagari said:
lol, that delay.

there was a date?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · Jun 6, 2013

I hate FFXIII and XIII-2.

Yet I still beat both of them.

I will hate this one. But will still beat it.

Will get when it's less than $20 a month after release like I did with FFXIII and XIII-2.

Hypereides · Jun 6, 2013

Woohoo....... *tumbleweed*.....

Kagari · Jun 6, 2013

Black Republican said:
there was a date?

Fall 2013.

confuziz · Jun 6, 2013

lol 2014, bomb incoming.

Mihael Mello Keehl · Jun 6, 2013

Next gen consoles would be out for a few good months then

Jubern · Jun 6, 2013

Black Republican said:
there was a date?

They've been telling us for a while now that it would be out in 2013.

AniHawk · Jun 6, 2013

maybe they found a section of the game that was still valkyrie profile 3 and forgot to change it over.

WrenchNinja · Jun 6, 2013

Will pick up in the bargain bin in March 2014.

Impeccable · Jun 6, 2013

Got to make way for the launch of Versus at PS4 launch.

StuBurns · Jun 6, 2013

The trailer is terrible.

RiverBed · Jun 6, 2013

serious question; how well did the ff13 games do for SE?

Jawmuncher · Jun 6, 2013

Well hopefully Feb 2014 won't be nuts like 2013. Should be fine for that date though.

zeopower6 · Jun 6, 2013

You know what I am... Wing Gundam. Also, I wonder if Hope is gonna get involved somehow due to the prophecy thing in XIII-2...

RiverBed said:
serious question; how well did the ff13 games do for SE?

XIII is one of the highest selling PS3 titles worldwide, I think... And XIII-2 sold more than just about every PS3 game released in Japan excpet a select few since it came out. I think it even outsold Yakuza?

Meciu · Jun 6, 2013

dat EU date.. ;/

Samurai_Heart · Jun 6, 2013

I should have my Bravery Default so I'm okay =D

Edit: Dat Eu release, Toriyama really wants Lightning as your waifu XD

ryuzaki57 · Jun 6, 2013

Does anyone have the Japanese date? Please, I can't control my excitement!

birthbysleep · Jun 6, 2013

Pretty much destroys all hope that Versus would be a Spring 2014 title. Looking more like a Summer 2014 release.

I wonder what is the cause of the delay. They seemed to have been making good progress and the destructoid dude said the game appeared finished to him.

BadWolf · Jun 6, 2013

Looks awesome, can't wait.

Mr. RHC · Jun 6, 2013

Loool, "You gonna try to kill me, HUHUHhUHHH???" Angry Snow is best Snow.

I guess this is good news for XIII fans, looks like a XIII-3, alright.

So the leaks begin? Edit: Nevermind, officially it seems.

Joni · Jun 6, 2013

Too late.

StuBurns · Jun 6, 2013

RiverBed said:
serious question; how well did the ff13 games do for SE?

The first one did pretty well, although the first game was probably very very expensive, so the return can't have been that high, the second one under performed, and was over-shipped by quite a bit.

Eusis · Jun 6, 2013

This looks to be within a month of Dark Souls II.

. . . Prepare to Die?

bigbaldwolf86 · Jun 6, 2013

Kagari said:
lol, that delay.

Is this delay due to KH and FFX HD both coming out late this year? I would assume that pushing it back to Feb is the smart thing so it's not lost among all the other releases they have coming out in the next 6 months.

Samir Sedlar · Jun 6, 2013

Not surprising, as I always say, with the amount of games that is going to be released from now till the end of the year, it is just too damn risky to introduce another game this year, 2014 is a better fit.

Deadly · Jun 6, 2013

At least Snow does look kinda awesome now

HawthorneKitty · Jun 6, 2013

FFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

Westlo · Jun 6, 2013

lol @ snows "you wanna try to kill me, huuuuuuhh"

Kusagari · Jun 6, 2013

Is it in 2013 in Japan?

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Jun 6, 2013

That's fucking late for a current gen game with AAA stature.

Jubern · Jun 6, 2013

birthbysleep said:
Pretty much destroys all hope that Versus would be a Spring 2014 title. Looking more like a Summer 2014 release.

I wonder what is the cause of the delay. They seemed to have been making good progress and the destructoid dude said the game appeared finished to him.

Versus XIII coming out by the end of the year, obviously.

darkistheway · Jun 6, 2013

Hilarious. When you delay a game that is a glorified expansion pack (in terms of assets not necessarily content)...

The optimist in me says the delay is for polish and to make the game right but the pessimist says Square Enix has some huge problems in their development pipeline.

Squire · Jun 6, 2013

Silent delay.

I'm surprised they're this smart. It would've bombed hard this fall. Still might, but at least there's no competition to speak of (yet).

And this will let FFX/X-2 HD breathe, which I'm happy about.

LR itself? Bad graphics, bad frame rate, same-ish gameplay. Story looks absolutely incomprehensible.

If it was hitting in November we'd be past this shit sooner. *sigh*

The Praiseworthy · Jun 6, 2013

What.. seriously?

February 2014!!!

Well....... whatever it takes to improve and polish the game.

Rising_Hei · Jun 6, 2013

It is just me or Snow ftw in this game?

Sadist · Jun 6, 2013

RiverBed said:
serious question; how well did the ff13 games do for SE?

FF XIII: 6.6 million sold
FF XIII-2: 3.1 million sold

As of January 2013

BlazingDarkness · Jun 6, 2013

I like the trailer, pretty nice - we get a glimpse of some more new areas.

Pretty bummed about the release date though.

duckroll · Jun 6, 2013

Game looks bad. Probably Dec 2013 in Japan. Everything looks bad. Rushed, confusing, unappealing. Smh.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Jun 6, 2013

When they said "Future", I didn't expect it to be that far.

RyoonZ · Jun 6, 2013

Looks great. Day 1!

Pooya · Jun 6, 2013

Snow doesn't look bad actually, don't mind it in comparison with what he was before...

Stark · Jun 6, 2013

Why the fuck is it coming out in 2014...

ULTROS! · Jun 6, 2013

Wuh. I was expecting it to be released this year.

Oh well. I hope Tales of Symphonia Chronicles doesn't release at the same time (but I have a feeling it will).

Squire · Jun 6, 2013

Snow looks like an idiot.

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