Support NeoGAF

[typhonsentra]

Remember all the hate Versus got around here since it was first announced?

 

[zoukka]

Remember all the hate Versus got around here since it was first announced?

Haters have never gone anywhere. They`re just overrun by nomchan-fanatics.

 

[near]

You're right, just read that part. So is it going to be a code-name given to her by the Crystal?

I think it probably is something along those lines, I remember they said that Lightning is just a codename to hide her true identity. Maybe we'll have to discover her true identity ourselves, during the story.

 

[nelsonroyale]

Haters (zoukka) have never gone anywhere. They`re just overrun by nomchan-fanatics.

there?

 

[Epix]

Originating from Joystik so may or may not be true:

Normura Promises 2008 Release:

We know that Final Fantasy games, much like fine wine and Radiohead albums, take some time to come together nicely -- still, it's hard for us to believe that Final Fantasy XIII (in all its shapes and forms) will be dropping by its latest release date of "this year". We've had our hearts broken so many times by delays for hotly anticipated titles that we've sadly come to expect them.

Fear not, says the comforting voice of long time series character designer Tetsuya Nomura, the long wait for the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection will be over soon enough. Not only does he swear by the game's 2008 release date, he teases at a playable demo for FFXIII on the PlayStation Network a while before the game is released, to show off the game's revamped battle system. So don your steepled hat and cuddle tight your cactaur plushie -- your chance to sit down with the unluckiest chapter in Square Enix's seminal RPG franchise could be just around the corner.

http://www.duggmirror.com/playstation/FFXIII_to_be_released_this_year_promises_Square/

 

[WrikaWrek]

I think it probably is something along those lines, I remember they said that Lightning is just a codename to hide her true identity. Maybe we'll have to discover her true identity ourselves, during the story.

Man, Versus main character looks awesome. Lightning too.

But i know lightning's "name", what's the name of the Versus dude? 1st Dude main character, visually, that i like in a FF since FFVIII

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Nomura Promises 2008 Release:

...in Japan


Everyone else will have to wait for the year long translation process.

 

[Kyoufu]

Nomura Promises 2008 Release:

...in Japan


Everyone else will have to wait for the year long translation process.

Where did he say 2008 release date? All we got was a "when we can finally sleep" or something.

 

[Barakov]

Nomura Promises 2008 Release:

...in Japan


Everyone else will have to wait for the year long translation process.

Unless they're planning to import.

Spoiler

Providing it does come out in 2008, of course.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Originating from Joystik so may or may not be true:

http://www.duggmirror.com/playstation/FFXIII_to_be_released_this_year_promises_Square/

Notice that you have to spell the name of that site differently otherwise it becomes censored? There's a reason for that.

 

[iapetus]

Final Fantasy/Doctor Who crossover?

 

[Epix]

Notice that you have to spell the name of that site differently otherwise it becomes censored? There's a reason for that.

Hence the first line of the post.

 

[lips]

< loves doctor who

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Final Fantasy/Doctor Who crossover?

Looks more like Die Hard Alan Rickman.

 

[Lady Bird]

The new issue of Gemaga magazine is coming out on the 30th January in Japan and it has even more details on Final Fantasy XIII and Versus. Nomura is also going to comment in the article too.

Some details on the Versus characters from the article have been revealed early.

The symbols which appear behind the protagonist and girl are supposed to be involved in the battle system as well as the plot of the game.
The relationship between the main character and the girl has something to do with the Shakespeare quote shown in the E3 2006 trailer ("There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.")

Source: http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/

 

[Darji]

wow much more info for FFXIII Versus than XIII. I thought Versus will be released laster....

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Source: http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/

so scans tonight hopefully??

 

[Lady Bird]

so scans tonight hopefully??

Yes.

 

[Zoe]

We STILL haven't gotten the Dengeki scans, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

 

[Dyno]

I think it probably is something along those lines, I remember they said that Lightning is just a codename to hide her true identity. Maybe we'll have to discover her true identity ourselves, during the story.

Cloud's daughter?

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Cloud's daughter?

 

[FoxSpirit]

Cloud's daughter?

Cloud n Tifa sittin' in a tree... :lol

 

[FirewalkR]

Cloud's daughter?

Oh man, this really needs to go the gaf -> internet -> gaf route :lol

 

[Lightning]

so scans tonight hopefully??

It's night and I don't see any scans... [Face_Massive_LetDown]

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Cloud's daughter?

With who? Sephiroth?

Because there is no way in hell that he hooked up with Tifa, especially because he ignored her for FF7 and Advent Children.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Oh man, this really needs to go the gaf -> internet -> gaf route :lol

isn't Nomchan enough for now?

 

[godhandiscen]

I saw a few Nigerians and other Africans in Japan when I traveled there, it's not like Black people are a foreign entity now. I'm sure there are some Persians,Indians, etc spread through out Japan as well.

It's called a Zoo

Spoiler

Sorry, couldn't help myself

Dude wtf?

 

[FirewalkR]

isn't Nomchan enough for now?

Either Nomchan or Lightning are enough for any man

Spoiler

-child

.

 

[nelsonroyale]

where is the gamaga article...?

 

[JCreasy]

where is the gamaga article...?

yeah i've been wondering the same

 

[nelsonroyale]

translations for famitsu ffxiii scans:

http://www.ff-xiii.net/boards/showthread.php?t=4386

 

[nelsonroyale]

26 pages (didnt count) from famitsu ps3:

http://forums.finalfantasy-xiii.net/showthread.php?t=3130

not muc new, but there is more images and some full page images that are pretty cool

 

[Lightning]

Yeah, the more I see Lightning the more awesome she is. I can't wait until this promised info from Square starts flowing through.

 

[Joei]

This game looks all kinds of badass. It makes me want to play 12 again~

 

[PantherLotus]

This game looks all kinds of badass. It makes me want to play 12 again~

Go back to Archades and imagine it in full-HD splendor. HOLY WOW.

 

[disappeared]

I noticed this on ff-xiii.net. Hopefully it isn't true, as I want a female lead.

Lightning - She appears to be the main character of FFXIII (however recent reports describe that she is not the main character)

I want to read these "recent reports" they based this off of, but I'm still a little spooked now. They go on to say that they think the guy with the trenchcoat and gun (Mr. 33cm) could most likely be the lead.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I noticed this on ff-xiii.net. Hopefully it isn't true, as I want a female lead.



I want to read these "recent reports" they based this off of, but I'm still a little spooked now. They go on to say that they think the guy with the trenchcoat and gun (Mr. 33cm) could most likely be the lead.

The only time i've heard any talk that she wasn't the main character was around the time the game was unveiled. Since then it seems like it's been accepted that she in the main character.

 

[Lightning]

I noticed this on ff-xiii.net. Hopefully it isn't true, as I want a female lead.



I want to read these "recent reports" they based this off of, but I'm still a little spooked now. They go on to say that they think the guy with the trenchcoat and gun (Mr. 33cm) could most likely be the lead.

ZOMG. Epic FAIL. I want Lightning.

 

[Kodiak]

Im totally catching what versus is throwing.

Loving the character designs, which is kind of a first for me and nomura.

 

[disappeared]

Maybe this has made its rounds on GAF already, but I stumbled upon this the other day (also posted this in the "geek GAF figure models thread). I can't believe they already have this ready to go. Hopefully it hits shelves soon.

This'd be sitting on my shelf in a fucking heartbeat.

Oh god, her legs crossed like that, sword in hand... I'm in heaven.

 

[brandonh83]

Yeah purchase confirmed.

 

[karasu]

Damn the hater. Nomura is a genius.

 

[Dice]

damnit, this will make me buy a ps3... i really shouldn't be buying more systems...

 

[disappeared]

Damn the hater. Nomura is a genius.

If he can keep crafting characters like Aya Brea, Yuffie, Selphie, Quistis, Rikku, Lulu, and now Lightning, and several of those female characters from Agito, I never want him to stop.

 

[nelsonroyale]

Im not into plastic models...but that is so much cooler than the he-man and thunder cats crap that was going around when I was younger

 

[disappeared]

I'm seriously just going to sit that figure cross-legged exactly like the artwork.

 

[Kodiak]

Honestly I think he didn't have as much freedom for the Final Fantasy's he worked on, so those character designs are much less "his" than in KH1, Advent Children, etc etc. And none of those have been that great. Despite that, I still love everything he directs, I like the emo themes he focuses on

 

[Diablos]

Maybe this has made its rounds on GAF already, but I stumbled upon this the other day (also posted this in the "geek GAF figure models thread). I can't believe they already have this ready to go. Hopefully it hits shelves soon.

This'd be sitting on my shelf in a fucking heartbeat.

Oh god, her legs crossed like that, sword in hand... I'm in heaven.

Cloud always had a feminine side, remember when he had to walk around in a dress? Now that he got a sex change, he can do this all the time!

 

[disappeared]

Cloud always had a feminine side, remember when he had to walk around in a dress? Now that he got a sex change, he can do this all the time!

A femenist joke about an FF male character? UNHEARD OF!

 

[Diablos]

oh come on, SHE LOOKS LIKE CLOUD.

Seriously, Lightning = Cloud, with different hair, tits, and a vagina.

Also,

Looks like Squall came back from the dead, too.