Who says she isnt the main...?

[Neal]

Sorry , I searched for this and found nothing. I just wanted to know where it says that Lightning isnt the main.

It wouldnt make sense to have her related the the crystal and destruction of the world ddfdsafsd if she was just a random party member.

[Misschoco]

i cant remember myself. i think nomura mentioned that somewhere cause i do remember something saying the above in a text somewhere.......

[Desi]

I'm the main character.

anyway, the main character page on here links to "For the Reunion (http://www.forthereunion.com/05-31-2006/new-final-fantasy-xiii-info-tidbits)" which brings up Gamaga Magazine.

[Neal]

stfu. >: (

[Wind]

Arent there supposed to be main characters not main characters? Meaning they all share the spotlight at different parts in the story.

[HotLaMon]

Arent there supposed to be main characters not main characters? Meaning they all share the spotline (light?) at different parts in the story.
I think you mean "main character" on the second one. Lol.

[Neal]

Arent there supposed to be main characters not main characters? Meaning they all share the spotline at different parts in the story.
They'd better not do that again. They did that with FFXII and I didnt like it.

[Wind]

Cant believe i put spotline XD (man I didnt realize i was that tired XP). Oh wellz. Techincally theres going to be alot of spotlights in FNC (as a whole not seperate if thats the road its going to take).

[Desi]

They'd better not do that again. They did that with FFXII and I didnt like it.
They also did it with FFV and VI.

[Wind]

They do that in all rpgs. Its just either in another form or not done in great detail.

[shphu]

Yeah, some magazine did say that. But I wouldn't trust it completely. She's a cool character that they put a lot of effort into creating. I personally think that she at least plays an important role in the story and of course appears often in the game.
The main character'd better be as cool and appealing as her.

[Pulse]

Why are we all assuming she isn't the main character? I think it is because we are thinking she is female and the only female character lead player we have had in a final fantasy game is in FFX-2 and VI. So i think it would be excellent to have a female lead in this game. I really do think aswell that lightning is the main character.

Josh

[Desi]

Why are we all assuming she isn't the main character? I think it is because we are thinking she is female and the only female character lead player we have had in a final fantasy game is in FFX-2 and VI.
So now we are all sexist? People are just mentioning what was said in magazines earlier.

[Pulse]

So now we are all sexist? People are just mentioning what was said in magazines earlier.

No. Hence why the word sexist was never used. I am merely trying to say that final fantasy fans would think... OH a female lead? Because of the fact that there have been so few within the series.

Josh

[yukichi]

i hope she is the main char T_T even tho there are lot people saying she isnt..
gaah!! she is sooo cool!!!
i mean...she is sooo cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!

i wanna be like her when i grow up =D

back to reality, she most likely wont take the main role but its said the developers want "to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman."

what does that mean?! O_o important role....our side...leader enemy... D8

[Misschoco]

^possibly means she has a strong presence in the game and could be considered a main character if shes not

[yukichi]

yeah ^^ i hope so...even tho i would prefer her being the only main char~
she has this cold look~ ITS SOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

dammit...it made me remind of Paine tho...i dont like Paine clothes and hairdo T_T and there is nothing to do with LIghtning being the main char ^^" i guess~

[Kätharina]

I don't mind the fact of her being or not being the main character.
It's just the question of whether she is or she isn't.

Oh well im just going to ask questions later.

Would be awesome to chop up bad ass beasts woman style though.
RAWR! ^_^

[balthierxashe]

um...I'm a little confused....in this scan from a magazine, from an interview, the guy being interviewed (games director): Motomu Toriyama SAYS that Lightning is the main character...(on the right column near the top)

http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/image.php?image=media/scans/opmaus/03.jpg

So therefore everyone who said she isn't the main character was wrong. It's really strange, because in PSM it said that she wasn't, but I don't think that the game's director would deliberately lie-I think he probably knows he'd probably get killed for that, lol

So I guess she is the main character after all. I kind of got excited about a new strong female character as the leader and how Lightning would fit in, but I don't mind her being the main character either

[Flint]

It could just be a case of bad translation, maybe Toriyama originally meant to say that Lightning is not the only main character. The trouble with a lot of the interviews with Japanese companies you read in the English language gaming press is that they are taken from the pages of Japanese magazines and websites (Famitsu, Dengeki, etc) and translation mistakes do occur.

However, as people have already pointed out, it does seem that now Toriyama is saying Lightning is the main character after all, which is fine by me - she seems like a great addition to the FF series from what we've seen so far.

Hopefully they'll reveal some new characters or other details about the game at the Square Enix party in May. I don't know about anyone else here, but the information drought is killing me!

[XxFeaRLeSsxX]

I don't mind the fact of her being or not being the main character.
It's just the question of whether she is or she isn't.

Oh well im just going to ask questions later.

Would be awesome to chop up bad ass beasts woman style though.
RAWR! ^_^

lol GIRL POWER! :P

[Misschoco]

It could just be a case of bad translation, maybe Toriyama originally meant to say that Lightning is not the only main character.

some people fail to see that a game,film etc can have a number of main characters

and like you said maybe that was what he meant