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Final Fantasy XIII Information Thread | March 9, 2010 NA/EU

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xenorevlis said:
I hope this console limitation crap gets put aside and they give NA/EU an option to download the Japanese voice / music tracks for a few bucks. Kinda lame having so much storage capacity on one system, but not using it because of "fairness". Since when were either company about being fair to each other? They spend millions on exclusives, heh.

Making it DLC would still keep it "fair"
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Fuck that, that should be included in the game, not some DLC crap.
 
Vect said:
Definitely, 3 months to finish the whole English VA compared to the 1 year it took for the JP VA? Really.
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You do know they started localization way earlier than normal, during the production they would consult with localization team if I remember correctly. I think the original plan was simultaneous worldwide release.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
It's still better though?
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Well, some people think it's better because they'd rather hear the Japanese voice than the English voice. I think both the NA/EU and the Japanese scripts are almost identical.
 
Shadowlink said:
Well, some people think it's better because they'd rather hear the Japanese voice than the English voice. I think both the NA/EU and the Japanese scripts are almost identical.
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Yeah, seems that the translators this time around are sticking to the original as much as possible (mores the pity).
 
Y2Kev said:
My Hands...

My hands are stained with blood. I see little reason to stay them now.
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Pre-orders should include a bonus movie with Vayne singing My Hands in a Karaoke bar(and maybe some other FF villains singing the vocal crap from their respective games).

If they're gonna give us a crappy song they can at least let us benefit from it.
 
Shadowlink said:
Well, some people think it's better because they'd rather hear the Japanese voice than the English voice. I think both the NA/EU and the Japanese scripts are almost identical.
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We were refering to the written dialogue there, not the voice acting which I know is decent.

lorddarkflare said:
Yeah, seems that the translators this time around are sticking to the original as much as possible (mores the pity).
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Sadly. It was bad enough in Dissidia where they had the NA voice actors copy the JP speaking habits of their respective characters(seriously, awkwardly pausing in the middle of sentences? wat?), which completely ignores the fact that good JP VA is not the same as good NA VA.

English Kefka was pure gold though, not surprising since the voice actor is beary(;D) talented.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
We were refering to the written dialogue there, not the voice acting which I know is decent.



Sadly. It was bad enough in Dissidia where they had the NA voice actors copy the JP speaking habits of their respective characters(seriously, awkwardly pausing in the middle of sentences? wat?), which completely ignores the fact that good JP VA is not the same as good NA VA.

English Kefka was pure gold though, not surprising since the voice actor is beary(;D) talented.
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That was terrible and you should be ashamed.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
We were refering to the written dialogue there, not the voice acting which I know is decent.
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I was actually talking about both, but since lorddarkflare says they are trying to stick with the original script, then I guess I shouldn't talk since they are both cheesy.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
You said that before. I'd say it's getting rather.... teddy-ous? :D
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*Powders hand*

*Pimp slaps Fimbulvetr*

*Leaves thread and returns to Dragon Age*

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RaijinFY said:
Alexander has to be the worst summon in the series, FFS, ditch it out.
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*Goes back in time and Pimp slaps RaijinFY instead*
 
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What the fuck. What the fuck. This looks like fucking Banjo Kazooie or Crash Bandicoot or something.
 
Ether_Snake said:
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What the fuck. What the fuck. This looks like fucking Banjo Kazooie or Crash Bandicoot or something.
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Wait, are those little white things around the chocobos.... moogles? :o

lorddarkflare said:
I know it is a bad screen, but Viva Pinata looks better than that.
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I meant the art style.
 
Ether_Snake said:
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What the fuck. What the fuck. This looks like fucking Banjo Kazooie or Crash Bandicoot or something.
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Yeah for some reason I thought someone threw in a screenshot of Super Mario Galaxy or something with the colors and all.
 
The shape of the lights and the part of the roller coaster in the amusement park pic sticking out from the top right side would imply this place is a petting zoo connected to that park.

Sanctum kidnapped the Rare lead art designer and made 'em into a fal'Cie that created the petting zoo. It all makes sense.
 
A Leona Lewis song in a Final Fantasy game, heh, never thought that would happen. With that said, I'm not a fan of "My Hands". :/ I wish they would have chosen another singer, or at least have some songwriter write a better song for her. About the release date, March is a kind of good month. I kind of wish it came out in a month when nothing else was going to get released, but oh well. I just hope I don't get spoiled by anything game related before March. *crosses fingers* The new screenshots also look good, well, that colorful cartoony looking one is kind of strange, though.
 
Well regardless of the cartoony petting zoo.

I really did not expect the game to look this good.

For people who've played the demo, how far ahead are these images from that?
 
Fimbulvetr said:
Well regardless of the cartoony petting zoo.

I really did not expect the game to look this good.

For people who've played the demo, how far ahead are these images from that?
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That petting zoo image isn't all that great looking. Low res textures and polys abound. The game seems to be a mixed bag graphically. The demo was the same way though. The Lightning section was obviously early, but the Snow section looked really good.
 
Ether_Snake said:
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What the fuck. What the fuck. This looks like fucking Banjo Kazooie or Crash Bandicoot or something.
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To be fair, it's an amusement park. I imagine it's supposed to look a little artificial.

I think the other environment images released with that batch look fantastic.
 
Kagari said:
That petting zoo image isn't all that great looking. Low res textures and polys abound. The game seems to be a mixed bag graphically. The demo was the same way though. The Lightning section was obviously early, but the Snow section looked really good.
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To me, the thing that tends to look bad is the foliage.

Their engine seems fine at rendering rocks, metals, or clothing, but as soon as you get some grass or trees in the scene it starts to look a lot worse.
 
Nirolak said:
To me, the thing that tends to look bad is the foliage.

Their engine seems fine at rendering rocks, metals, or clothing, but as soon as you get some grass or trees in the scene it starts to look a lot worse.
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Indeed.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
Plus the plants in Sanles actually look okay.

Maybe SE was just lazy when it came to certain parts? :lol
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Clearly. Maybe they had to rush some stuff to make the winter 2009 release date.
 
lorddarkflare said:
Oh god, the mind spins when attempting to think other ways the game may have been gimped.

Another conversation please.
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It happens. You also have to remember this is the first game on the engine, so later games will most likely have improvements.
 
lorddarkflare said:
Oh god, the mind spins when attempting to think other ways the game may have been gimped.

Another conversation please.
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If Versus XIII is still at the tech demo stage and is actually planned for a release next year, I'm kind of concerned what kind of brutal cutting might go into that too.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
Lightning's miniskirt? :D
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Hmm, i moved on from that. I now hate her top and and pouch.

Nirolak said:
If Versus XIII is still at the tech demo stage and is actually planned for a release next year, I'm kind of concerned what kind of brutal cutting might go into that too.
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Versus is not getting released next year.

Edit: And gunblade. Cannot hate the gunblade enough.
 
Nirolak said:
If Versus XIII is still at the tech demo stage and is actually planned for a release next year, I'm kind of concerned what kind of brutal cutting might go into that too.
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We'll see at E3, or sooner. Likely sooner through magazines.
 
lorddarkflare said:
Versus is not getting released next year.
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they must have quite a few big surprises planned if they were willing to lump DQ9/FF13/KHBBS/DQ6 all into the same fiscal year.
XIV and NieR(:lol) are certainly not gonna balance things out
not even if they add in Agito or 3rdBD or even dissidia2 imo
without versus or dqx, i can't imagine how, maybe dq7 ds?

edit: and ff7r, of course
 
jiggle said:
they must have quite a few big surprises planned if they were willing to lump DQ9/FF13/KHBBS/DQ6 all into the same fiscal year.
XIV and NieR(:lol) are certainly not gonna balance things out
not even if they add in Agito or 3rdBD or even dissidia2 imo
without versus or dqx, i can't imagine how, maybe dq7 ds?
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I honestly hope Versus XIII makes it to at least 12/2010 in Japan.
And that development is further along than we all realize.
 
jiggle said:
they must have quite a few big surprises planned if they were willing to lump DQ9/FF13/KHBBS/DQ6 all into the same fiscal year.
XIV and NieR(:lol) are certainly not gonna balance things out
not even if they add in Agito or 3rdBD or even dissidia2 imo
without versus or dqx, i can't imagine how, maybe dq7 ds?
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Or maybe having an uber expensive game spend so long in development was pissing off their investors and they needed to please them quick.
 
lorddarkflare said:
I hope by 'evolution' you mean weather GPS and/or instant weather control.
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See that thing Vanille is fucking with when Sazh is standing next to her? I think it's the weather control device from
Hope's story in Episode 0.

Do we even need to spoiler Episode 0 stuff Kagari?
 
jiggle said:
they must have quite a few big surprises planned if they were willing to lump DQ9/FF13/KHBBS/DQ6 all into the same fiscal year.
XIV and NieR(:lol) are certainly not gonna balance things out
not even if they add in Agito or 3rdBD or even dissidia2 imo
without versus or dqx, i can't imagine how, maybe dq7 ds?

edit: and ff7r, of course
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Chrono Break. Believe.
 
Kagari said:
I honestly hope Versus XIII makes it to at least 12/2010 in Japan.
And that development is further along than we all realize.
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time for XIII team to return the favor and help them out
 
lorddarkflare said:
Or maybe having an uber expensive game spend so long in development was pissing off their investors and they needed to please them quick.
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Well, they're a public company. They're supposed to show growth every financial year.

I've been thinking they're betting heavily on Eidos, but some people disagree with me on that. Either way, FFvXIII does look fairly likely for next fiscal year due to this.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
See that thing Vanille is fucking with when Sazh is standing next to her? I think it's the weather control device from
Hope's story in Episode 0.

Do we even need to spoiler Episode 0 stuff Kagari?
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Yes. I am saving myself from poor writing by not reading them. Have some consideration man!
 
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