new information translated from PS3 famitsu scans

[mercy0001]

Source: FF-XIII.net (http://www.ff-xiii.net/index.php?page=article&article=New-Scans--360)

- In the scene where Snow's struggling on the wreckage's rubble, he becomes separated from the rest of the Noras and end up in the area where Lighting and Sazh is
- The Noras will join the battles depending on the situation
- Snow, Gadot, and Lebreau were all orphans and grew up together
- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.
- Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battles
- The symbols that are printed on Maqui's clothing are the Nora logos
- The area where Snow and the Noras reside are near the beach. Nora comes from "norainu," or stray dog in Japanese, but it has another deeper meaning
- The Sanctum doesn't fully control and maintain the entire Cocoon. Some areas are out of their reach, such as the Cocoon-Pulse border area (where the game starts off at) and the Nora's beach area
- There are about 18 Noras in all
- The giant fleet-like thing (as seen on pg. 21 of the scans and in most trailers) is a fal'Cie
- Sazh has the most lines in the game, and they had a highly experienced voice actor who was able to ad-lib voice him

I wanted to add this in my thread with the scans but Cathryn closed it.:lol:
Look here for the scans:
http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6614

[Whiplash]

Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.

Couldn't read past that point for the hate.

[Saki Liu]

- Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battles


Really? Dammit, I was expecting more from her.

[Thunder]

Wasn't this already stated by someone else? (blank pheraphs)

[Neophoton]

Couldn't read past that point for the hate.


Couldn't agree any more. Thank goodness he's just a temporary party member.

[Kätharina]

Isn't this old, and was in the other thread i didn't fucking close? :wtf:
Jesus :aldo:

[Sabin]

We have already read all of this, well I know I have.

[Milyc]

This is news for me. Thanks, mercy.

[BUTTCHEEKIES, OOH]

Well this isn't on the main site so most of it is news to me, thanks OP.

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it."Posse"? Really?

Really?

[rutea7]

- In the scene where Snow's struggling on the wreckage's rubble, he becomes separated from the rest of the Noras and end up in the area where Lighting and Sazh is


now that was predictable, probably where the demo ends

some of this is new. so thank you for the information, i like to know where the inspiration for the characters design come from, even if the design is barely bearable (i have my doubts i spelled that correctly).

POSSE? really? now that just turned him from wakka wanna be to raijin wanna be.

I bet a few of those Nora 18 characters are just orphan kids, i dont expect very cool characters from that bunch

[Mike]

It's interesting that Lightning is the main protagonist, yet Sazh speaks the most in the game.

[Zeta_Stryker]

This' news to me. All I've been receiving from the main site is that lame "tumblers" article. All the while news like this is spreading like a virus in this forum.

[Hae]

Woop news to me too.

[Adam Blade]

Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.

... I am so glad you're no main character.

Thanks for the info.

[mercy0001]

Strange the main page isn't updatet. I hate it that Sazh has the most lines because I don't like the character, but in an other way it proves that the development is further than we thought. I think that we play only in the location from the last trailer in the demo. But like Folklore you could chose which character to play, and they both end when Snow and Lightning meet but from another Camera angel.
Hopefully we'll get a new trailer or new screens about that icy lake area. I really like that place rather than that dark place from the last trailer.

Also there will be a PREMIERE SCREENING from FFACC on the 11th and 12 of April for silver SE members according to FFAC reunion. Maybe they show something about FFXIII then ...

[19-aerith-91]

yip this is news to me to :) thanks for posting it
as for the NBA/hip-hop style, when i read it all i could think was "seriously??" lol

[Oliver]

This was new to me too, thanks.

[Raidori]

Yea, Ive never seen this before either, thanks for re-posting

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.
.....I cant believe this..

[chaosblade77]

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.Failed attempt to cater to the western audience.

- Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battlesButterflies seem to show up a lot, I believe someone mentioned that in a post here. For example, the buttons on Sahz's clothes have butterflies on them.

- There are about 18 Noras in allSo 18 Nora members, will all of them have roles in the game, or just the four plus Snow? With so many of them it seems like you may have temporary party members joining and leaving throughout the game.

- The giant fleet-like thing (as seen on pg. 21 of the scans and in most trailers) is a fal'CieSo this thing?
http://www.rpgonline.com.br/images/galeria/2_20090213_ff13_003.jpg

Interesting, that theory turned out to be true. I wonder if that's the same one that ends up in the ice area, since they look similar. And the big flying thing from the original trailer may be a fal'Cie as well, the designs seem similar.

[7 of Hope]

Finally we know what that thing is! We've had screens of it since the beginning of time, but nobody ever told us what it was!

Thanks 4 the new info!

[Zeta_Stryker]

And with this, seems like we have a series of new team mates joining Lightning. Notably the members of Nora this time. Can't wait to see them in battle XD.

[Torkass]

i like to know where the inspiration for the characters design come from, even if the design is barely bearable.

POSSE? really? now that just turned him from wakka wanna be to raijin wanna be.Sry for my english, coz i'm French...

I wrote something about that some days ago :
- http://www.ffshores.com/News-1088-Edite-D-autres-informations-sur-Final-Fantasy-XIII-et-Nora.html
(the quoted bloc)

What do you think ? ^^

For those who can't understand French, i'll try to explain : there is a French hip-hop group (hint 1) called "Wanted Posse" (hint 2), plus i think it could be a good keyword to Nora, because they acts against the Sanctum (hint 3). Their clothes are similar to the ones Gadot wears (hint 4) and they have orange things on their heads (hint 5), they went to a hip-hop event in japan at the end of 2007 (hint 6), so i think Nao Ikeda was inspired / took some ideas from them to design Gadot.

[elqueff]

^lol, I know that it's just you speculating, though when I saw the pics of "Wanted Posse" I couldn't agree more with you that the design must have been inspired by them. great find=D... though I wonder why ffxiii is going all french lately?

[Torkass]

^lol, I know that it's just you speculating, though when I saw the pics of "Wanted Posse" I couldn't agree more with you that the design must have been inspired by them. great find=D... though I wonder why ffxiii is going all french lately?
Thanks ! :)

You know, Ashelia's design, from Final Fantasy XII, have been inspired by a french girl too. ^^

[rutea7]

Sry for my english, coz i'm French...

I wrote something about that some days ago :
- http://www.ffshores.com/News-1088-Edite-D-autres-informations-sur-Final-Fantasy-XIII-et-Nora.html
(the quoted bloc)

What do you think ? ^^



WOW!!!! :blink: I think you might be right, looks so much like him. nice going showing us this. thnx :D

[JmLopez]

lol that does look a lot like him

[LOL]

So he's a French hip-hop musician wannabe?:wtf:

[Aurelia]

- Snow, Gadot, and Lebreau were all orphans and grew up together

OH DOESN'T THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.

http://yfrog.com/0bawesomelg
http://i40.tinypic.com/34i4e95.gif


- The area where Snow and the Noras reside are near the beach. Nora comes from "norainu," or stray dog in Japanese, but it has another deeper meaning

HURR DEEP.


- Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battles

God dammit, another physically weak bitch.

[LOL]

OH DOESN'T THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?


God dammit, another physically weak bitch.


1. Where could Square have possibly gotten the idea of orphaned friends rebelling against the government? :awesome:

2. What the hell is with every chick in Final Fantasy being the wimpy healer. Next thing you know Lightning will have a whole set of healing powers in exchange for her gunblade awesomeness.

[Shiranui Reborn]

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 104 (1 members and 103 guests) :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

yeah this is news to me as well because it wasnt really posted on the main site
but they tend to not put stuff up sometimes for whatever reason :wtf:

that posse/hip hop shit blinds me with rage as well

[mercy0001]

though I wonder why ffxiii is going all french lately?

They've visited Italy for FF versus's inspiration and a lot of Japanese bands and movies have a French name and Japan is popular in France. (Everyone knows Gackt:))

Je suis épuisé>_<
dors bien
M

[Torkass]

Japan is popular in France. (Everyone knows Gackt:))

haha i agree. ^_^

[rutea7]

oooh has anyone here seen the movie wasabi? thats a funny french movie. i think japanese people speak french much better then they speak english. i've a bunch of jmovies a jdramas involving filming in france and stuff, so the japanese like and promote france a lot too. it goes both ways i think

[Wandering Hands]

Therefore, the entire game should be in French with Emmanuelle Seigner voicing Lightning. Just because that would be some hot shit.

[Fenryr]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2940/uncanny.jpg

Resemblance is uncanny.

[Thunder]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2940/uncanny.jpg

Resemblance is uncanny.
Now its everything clear :aldo:

[Kätharina]

yeah this is news to me as well because it wasnt really posted on the main site
but they tend to not put stuff up sometimes for whatever reason :wtf:

Thats because the 4 people who do new's posts on this site are most likely busy. :wtf:

[Neophoton]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2940/uncanny.jpg

Resemblance is uncanny.

Suddenly it all makes sense.

Also, forgot about the orphans thing: Let's all hope they don't just happen to forget each other.

[mercy0001]

Are you all aware that the latest FFXIII trailer is also downloadable on the XBox 360 shop (or wathever it's called)!
Have you noticed that the triangle button for launching attacks is replaced by another button which reads "Go" O_o I will post a screen later.
1)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5535/dsci0086.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsci0086.jpg)
2) notice the new icon
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7547/dsci0003.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsci0003.jpg)

[BlankChocobo]

Wasn't this already stated by someone else? (blank pheraphs)

This stuff has been around for a while, all except for the orphan stuff, 18 Noras, that Snow runs into Lightning when he gets separated from Nora, and that Sanctum doesn't fully control cocoon. I didn't read the full article carefully but I didn't see any of that, myself.

"Posse"? Really?
Really?

It doth say Posse. I was very sadface myself when I read that.

Thats because the 4 people who do new's posts on this site are most likely busy. :wtf:
Going to China tomorrow. That makes three of you for the rest of the month. Have fun. :aldo:

I'd bother to update the main site with news more often if I cared more. Tons of forum members don't even look at it. The forums are the fun part anyway~ :wub:

[Sundance Kid]

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.
Really SE?

[Shiranui Reborn]

Really SE?

agreed
this is a new low for them

[Sadistic]

Well, this is mostly news to me. I'd comment more but PSP has a low character limit. :aldo:

[Whiplash]

We should be grateful for such small mercies.

[StrangeCat]

orphans? Sounds like Final Fantasy VIII! NBA Hip Hop! WHAHAH that's Great! What the heck was that basket ball players name with the pierced nose and colored hair!? Damn I can't remember! Perfect for FFXIII :P
His gf was in Playboy.
:lol:

[Sundance Kid]

orphans? Sounds like Final Fantasy VIII! NBA Hip Hop! WHAHAH that's Great! What the heck was that basket ball players name with the pierced nose and colored hair!? Damn I can't remember! Perfect for FFXIII :P
His gf was in Playboy.
:lol:
Dennis Rodman
:cookie:

[Cassette Assassin]

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it.

Just when I thought my hate had disappeared, SE comes up with this. Some a orange-haired black guy who thinks he's 'gangsta'. Nice going, Square, nice going.

Everything else seems pretty good, though.

[CloudStrife1992]

Some of this was new to me.

- Gadot's design is based off of NBA and hip hop fashion and his necklace has the word "posse" engraved on it. I hate sports ;)
- Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battles She doesn't look all that much like a healer to me... :(
- The giant fleet-like thing (as seen on pg. 21 of the scans and in most trailers) is a fal'Cie I knew it! :D

[StrangeCat]

Lebreau Her look comes from that chick in FFXII that wears her underwear and braw on the outside of her clothes.
Lebreau obviously has the healing touch !!!!

[Aurelia]

Lebreau Her look comes from that chick in FFXII that wears her underwear and braw on the outside of her clothes.
Lebreau obviously has the healing touch !!!!

The healing touch of syphilis :awesome:

[Zeta_Stryker]

Lebreau has a motif of butterflies. Her swimsuit is a butterfly print and she has a tattoo on her back. She is also the healer in battles She doesn't look all that much like a healer to me... :(Well, that's what it may look like at first glance. But the final product and upcoming trailers may beg to differ. Most (if not all healers) tend to have a staff, wand or spellbook. She may not be any different.

[Whiplash]

"Don't worry Snow, I'll heal you!"
"Ahh Lebreau? That's a machine gun."
"I know what I'm doing, Snow."

[Sadistic]

"Don't worry Snow, I'll heal you!"
"Ahh Lebreau? That's a machine gun."
"I know what I'm doing, Snow."

Well, that makes perfect sense. :awesome: :wtf:

[LOL]

"Don't worry Snow, I'll heal you!"
"Ahh Lebreau? That's a machine gun."
"I know what I'm doing, Snow."

Her gun probably fires magical pink healing bullets.

[Aurelia]

Her gun probably fires magical pink healing bullets.

HMMM...

http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/b/b6/Medic.jpg

[Thunder]

HMMM...

http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/b/b6/Medic.jpg
Sfdgghj fail hotlinking http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq355/lolopoil/opsomszf7.gif

[AeriSha]

errrmmm guys, what does it say in this picture? Anyone knows?
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/shaerith/FFXIII/1237271980961.jpg

From http://ff7ac.hotcafe.to/index.html

[Whiplash]

Which part?

[Sabin]

As lux said in the chatbox:


Next week's famitsu will have a nomura interview.


You'll just have to wait for full scans.

[Aurelia]

Sfdgghj fail hotlinking http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq355/lolopoil/opsomszf7.gif


OH FUCKING SHIT. I CAN'T BELIVE I DID NOT TINYURL THAT SHIT. OH GOD WHAT THE HELL??? *shoots self because she can and because everyone has a gun in Texas, etc*

http://yfrog.com/4ymedicgj