US FFXIII version might release in June-May 2010 !!!!

[DarkWan]

There is like 90% or more (high possibility) for the US version to release in summer 2010 between June-May ...by assuming that the JAP version will be out maximum at the very end of this year 2009!!! (December!!)

Put in mind that Kitase has stated previously and also today in london that the gap between the two versions (US & JAP) is always 6 months but he is aiming to reduce the period to be a little bit less than that!!!

Thus, if we add to December 2009 (which consider to be the maximum release date for JAP version) 6 months , the final result will be:

2009 (December JAP) + 6 months (Maximum) = June-May US Version ^______^

So I think it's safe to confirm this as Wada said before the US version will release after April!!!

Isn't that great ?!!!! at least we can try it next summer (2010) and it could be ealier than that if they are trying to finish the JAP version ealier this year ^^!!

As for EU version I don't know but I hope it will come out sooner than we think!!

[Heaven's Cloud]

I just want subs in the japanese version, they could do this very quick if they tried and just hired a shitload of translators.

[Falsate]

I was expecting around Late Spring 2010 since they are not alwasy acurate with their release information. They have a tendency for postponing just like with the initial release of Advent Children NA.

[iv4nsbc]

A year from now, good ... there is time to save money for my new lcd screen, and a ps3...

[stalemate666]

Isn't that great ?!!!! at least we can try it next summer (2010) and it could be ealier than that if they are trying to finish the JAP version ealier this year ^^!!

not really considering most of the other ones took 6 months and that's 7-8 that's slower then normal

[chaosblade77]

That's pretty much in line with speculation based on the information they had previously given us, along with general knowledge from previous FF games. The only reason we have to believe they would delay it until later would be for a release closer to the holidays, or obviously if something goes wrong with the port.

I just skimmed over the article I saw about this since I decided to wait for the full interview, but if I remember right he didn't really given information that would confirm or deny anything. It was all just based off previous localization experience that the timing was usually around 6 months or so for North America and another 6 months for Europe.

Since localization and porting have already started (confirmed now!) it doesn't seem too likely that the wait will be any longer than normal.

[stalemate666]

That's pretty much in line with speculation based on the information they had previously given us, along with general knowledge from previous FF games. The only reason we have to believe they would delay it until later would be for a release closer to the holidays.

I just skimmed over the article I saw about this since I decided to wait for the full interview, but if I remember right he didn't really given information that would confirm or deny anything. It was all just based off previous localization experience that the timing was usually around 6 months or so for North America and another 6 months for Europe.

Since localization and porting has already started (confirmed now!) it doesn't seem too likely that the wait will be any longer than normal.

your forgetting about the 360 port, they aren't going to release the ps3 one first, there going to release them at the same time, so we'll be waiting on the 360 port...

[chaosblade77]

your forgetting about the 360 port, they aren't going to release the ps3 one first, there going to release them at the same time, so we'll be waiting on the 360 port...
You missed the last line: Kitase confirmed that work on the port has already started. He made it sound like all of the groundwork was pretty much done, and that's what is going to take the longest. Unless something goes wrong or their QA process is horribly inefficient, a June release (assuming a late '09 Japanese release) isn't out of the question at all.

[stalemate666]

You missed the last line: Kitase confirmed that work on the port has already started. He made it sound like all of the groundwork was pretty much done, and that's what is going to take the longest. Unless something goes wrong or their QA process is horribly inefficient, a June release (assuming a late '09 Japanese release) isn't out of the question at all.

no it isn't, but it's still slower then normal, when there claiming (or atleast making it sound like) it's going to be faster then normal

[Zeromous99]

I kinda think that myself i would expect it around june personally, i dont think it will go in april /spring more when summer starts i dont know why i think that just do.

[ectorbrixx]

that means final fantasy versus 13 will be out in 2011 in jap and 2012 in EU :(
last interview that i checked about ffvesus 13 they said that they had finish the clothing
its obvious that this assoles are doing all this stuff on purpose

[Kurai Warrior]

I thought they already started localization for the US...why would it take a whole year to do that?
I was expecting a March-April 2010 date anyway.

[Lady~Vengeance]

I thought they already started localization for the US...why would it take a whole year to do that?
I was expecting a March-April 2010 date anyway.

I also assumed a spring '10 release as well, not summer
if they started localization then why would it take over 12 months to ship the game overseas to the US? (may '09 - june '10) S-E already knows the fan base is getting more restless by the minute

[stalemate666]

I also assumed a spring '10 release as well, not summer
if they started localization then why would it take over 12 months to ship the game overseas to the US? (may '09 - june '10) S-E already knows the fan base is getting more restless by the minute

360 port....

[Zezlar]

How can you go from June 2010 to May 2010? I'm so confused. Do you mean Summer 2009 to May 2010? That makes sense, and also please don't use the word "JAP" it is quite offensive to some people. "JP" would be better.

My release date speculation for 13 in NA is still Summer to November 2010, that's usually how FF games get released.

[Lady~Vengeance]

360 port....

To S-E....

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3207/upyourso.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=upyourso.jpg)

nuff said

[Kitmitsu]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3207/upyourso.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=upyourso.jpg)

nuff said

I knew I'd see that image today...

[stalemate666]

How can you go from June 2010 to May 2010? I'm so confused. Do you mean Summer 2009 to May 2010? That makes sense, and also please don't use the word "JAP" it is quite offensive to some people. "JP" would be better.

My release date speculation for 13 is still Summer to November 2010, that's usually how FF games get released.

how would that make more sense it's not releasing anywhere until December 2009, he just got them backwards and grow up, if there offended by jap their racists

[Devegas]

i so wish this would go by faster........... at least the game'll be worth the wait :(

[stalemate666]

i so wish this would go by faster........... at least the game'll be worth the wait :(

hopefully..., square has dropped the ball before

[Zezlar]

how would that make more sense it's not releasing anywhere until December 2009, he just got them backwards and grow up, if there offended by jap their racists

Dude, I was correcting him. Also JAP is a racist word, and it's not nice to say. I was just letting him know, don't get your fuckin panties in a wad.

Also how are you a racist if you are offended by a word? That makes no sense what so ever. And if you can READ, which i'm starting to doubt you can. I said since it will be releasing in Japan around Winter 2009 it should come out in NA in about 4-5 months later.

[Emo Panda]

Don't you mean May-June? i thought May came before June, but i could be wrong... :wtf:

[Astrozombie]

Damn it, you beat me to it Mr Fiber.

Also, anyone who thinks the word JAP is racist is retarded. It's abbreviation just like US or EU.

[doeman]

this topic is almost as stupid and useless as that "release date demo for australia" thread.
(http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7151)

[Astrozombie]

Really? I thought some people were concerned about when the US release date was. A good majority of us being American and all...

[doeman]

i know, but isn't it obvious to expect the usual 6-ish month wait?

[Cagalli]

If they release it in Japan by the end of December, my guess for the rest of the world is around August 2010, so they can get the early "holiday" sales as well.

[Falsate]

A tendency for racism to be recurring in like every FFXIII Thread lol.

[Kitmitsu]

We've had this moronic discussion before. No one here is using the word Jap to discriminate. People call us "Brits" and no one gets offended. Stop being overly sensitive.

[stalemate666]

We've had this moronic discussion before. No one here is using the word Jap to discriminate. People call us "Brits" and no one gets offended. Stop being overly sensitive.

Just wait till we start calling africans afris then we'll get some really really oversensitive ppl annoying us

[safaribob]

Also JAP is a racist word, and it's not nice to say. I was just letting him know, don't get your fuckin panties in a wad.

these shenanigans need to stop, I just want a date a time and a place to go get this game. And really JAP offensive come on, people need to grow up. I think saying the F word in your post Zezlar, is a little more inappropriate than saying JAP. Just a thought, now its not that i condemn swearing its that, swearing can be more offensive to someone than a 'racial' (if thats what you want to call this) word. I dont know how many of you have to deal with racism, but let me break it down, I am 100 percent italian and moved here when it was 3 from Salerno, Italy. When my family and I came to america we lived in New Jersey around a bunch of irish people (for those of you who dont know Irish and Italians hate each other) my older brothers would get in fights everyday after school, the racism I heard there blew my mind ive never been called a dago so many times, to make a long story short, dont talk about racism if you dont know about it and a Jap is nothing more than an abbreviation for jappanesse

[Zezlar]

We've had this moronic discussion before. No one here is using the word Jap to discriminate. People call us "Brits" and no one gets offended. Stop being overly sensitive.

Whatever man, I'm just pointing out that it is a racial slur, because it was used in World War 2. I don't care if people mean it to be racist or not, it's crude. I think it's messed up when people call you guys "Brits" or us "Yankees."

I can be overly sensitive if I want.

[Kitmitsu]

Whatever man, I'm just pointing out that it is a racial slur, because it was used in World War 2. I don't care if people mean it to be racist or not, it's crude. I think it's messed up when people call you guys "Brits" or us "Yankees."

I can be overly sensitive if I want.

World War II wasn't last week. Things change over time. Attempting to be overly PC annoys everyone. Besides, the Japanese are one of the most xenophobic nations I know of.

[Zezlar]

World War II wasn't last week. Things change over time. Attempting to be overly PC annoys everyone.

Things never change and no one ever changes, it's a sad thing about life.

[stalemate666]

Things never change and no one ever changes, it's a sad thing about life.

can we ban this guy yet, saying jap might be racists but typing it isn't, stop being a little bitch a grow a pair... oh wait your japanese (now that was racist)

[Zezlar]

can we ban this guy yet, saying jap might be racists but typing it isn't, stop being a little bitch a grow a pair... oh wait your japanese (now that was racist)

You know what, I'll be the bigger man as always and let it go. It's not worth argueing with you people. Also Stalemate I am not Japanese, but I do have a great deal of respect for the Japanese people.

[stalemate666]

You know what, I'll be the bigger man as always and let it go. It's not worth argueing with you people. Also Stalemate I am not Japanese, but I do have a great deal of respect for the Japanese people.

lol you being the bigger man lol is that a joke okay okay seriously, It's a well know documented genetic characteristic of asians if that's racist blame god not me

[doeman]

*pulls up a chair*

[Kitmitsu]

Things never change and no one ever changes, it's a sad thing about life.

You are not a bigger man by any means. If you believe that's true then you obviously have a stubborn and futile opinion of life.

[Zezlar]

You are not a bigger man by any means. If you believe that's true then you obviously have a stubborn and futile opinion of life.

Believe what you will Kitmitsu, i'm done argueing with you as well.

[Kitmitsu]

Oh please stay and continue. It's fun.

[Astrozombie]

If saying Jap is racist against Japanese people, then saying Euro is racist too.

You Europeans better stop making your money. It's racist!

Saying "Ok" is also very rude. You must always say "Okay", otherwise you're racist against grammar.

Also, Brits call themselves Brits all the time, it's not offensive. Do you live under a big, retarded rock or something?

[Xion]

"Jap" is offensive to the Japanese because of the connotations some immediately attribute to the word. The word is offensive to them for a reason. "Brit" and "Euro" are simple abbreviations. I understand that people here have no problem with the word, but If someone is offended or finds it offensive, the proper course of action isn't to discredit their beliefs or way they choose to carry themselves. Zezlar thinks its offensive to the Japanese race, So do I and I don't use the word myself. That has been established already. There is no need for anyone to step on toes here.

Okay? now lets move on.....what was everyone talking about? OH! FFXIII release date..yes about that.............;)

[Kokayi]

heh...That Snow picture a bit amusing. But far to vulgar for a topic like this. What if a child is present here?

I'm glad that they've already started enlish VAing recording sessions.

[stalemate666]

"Jap" is offensive to the Japanese because of the connotations some immediately attribute to the word. The word is offensive to them for a reason. "Brit" and "Euro" are simple abbreviations. I understand that people here have no problem with the word, but If someone is offended or finds it offensive, the proper course of action isn't to discredit their beliefs or way they choose to carry themselves. Zezlar thinks its offensive to the Japanese race, So do I and I don't use the word myself. That has been established already. There is no need for anyone to step on toes here.

Okay? now lets move on.....what was everyone talking about? OH! FFXIII release date..yes about that.............;)

what are you talking about discrediting beliefs is always the right course of action and yes god is some fat nerdy kid and the universe is his science fair project

[Kokayi]

"Jap" is offensive to the Japanese because of the connotations some immediately attribute to the word. The word is offensive to them for a reason. "Brit" and "Euro" are simple abbreviations. I understand that people here have no problem with the word, but If someone is offended or finds it offensive, the proper course of action isn't to discredit their beliefs or way they choose to carry themselves. Zezlar thinks its offensive to the Japanese race, So do I and I don't use the word myself. That has been established already. There is no need for anyone to step on toes here.

Okay? now lets move on.....what was everyone talking about? OH! FFXIII release date..yes about that.............;)

So time people are just shortening the work Japanese.
I understand and agre with you but pick your battles. They don't want to listen to that here. And we can't make them by bringing it over and over. Less just teach by example.

[Xion]

So time people are just shortening the work Japanese.
I understand and agre with you but pick your battles. They don't want to listen to that here. And we can't make them by bringing it over and over. Less just teach by example.

Oh I know, believe me. Thats why I only made one post about it. Hey people can say w/e they want, I dont care as long as Im not being offended. I was Just pointing out Zez's point of view, and how it wasn't right to slander him for stating his opinion on the matter. But to each their own.

[Hopang]

to get back on track with the TOPIC.... I think the game will be out around june-ish..... but I highly think even if they are beginning the localization process right now and beginning porting to xbox360, it will be eventually delayed because ps3 version will be finished first with the Japanese release.

so during the process of porting from ps3 >> xbox 360, I bet there will be bugs and glitches that will/might take time to fix, hence delaying the release date to late summer/fall.

If you can't wait, import it this year like me, learn japanese along the way, and use online for translation of the game(might be annoying and a pain), but hey if you love the game, how far would you go? and if you find out that teh game will be released early next year when you are still playing ff13, get the US version and start from beginning. I definitely will do that.

[stalemate666]

to get back on track with the TOPIC.... I think the game will be out around june-ish..... but I highly think even if they are beginning the localization process right now and beginning porting to xbox360, it will be eventually delayed because ps3 version will be finished first with the Japanese release.

so during the process of porting from ps3 >> xbox 360, I bet there will be bugs and glitches that will/might take time to fix, hence delaying the release date to late summer/fall.

If you can't wait, import it this year like me, learn japanese along the way, and use online for translation of the game(might be annoying and a pain), but hey if you love the game, how far would you go? and if you find out that teh game will be released early next year when you are still playing ff13, get the US version and start from beginning. I definitely will do that.

Don't most jap games have at least English subs built in now, I remember downloading the demo for heavenly sword early and even the eng subs were available

[Hopang]

Don't most jap games have at least English subs built in now, I remember downloading the demo for heavenly sword early and even the eng subs were available

Only if Japanese games have English sub, I would be importing mad, but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon or will ever!

Oh and Heavenly Sword is not a Japanese game, it was English game to begin with, at least I think it was now that you said it... >.<

[Aurelia]

I like how if it insults GLORIOUS NIPPON, people get their panties up in a bunch, but when it deals with AmeriKKKa or some other western nation, no one gives a crap and tells you to suck it up.

I say suck it up regardless. Srsly Beaner 4 life. <3

[doeman]

to get back on track with the TOPIC.... I think the game will be out around june-ish..... but I highly think even if they are beginning the localization process right now and beginning porting to xbox360, it will be eventually delayed because ps3 version will be finished first with the Japanese release.

so during the process of porting from ps3 >> xbox 360, I bet there will be bugs and glitches that will/might take time to fix, hence delaying the release date to late summer/fall.

If you can't wait, import it this year like me, learn japanese along the way, and use online for translation of the game(might be annoying and a pain), but hey if you love the game, how far would you go? and if you find out that teh game will be released early next year when you are still playing ff13, get the US version and start from beginning. I definitely will do that.
patience???

[chaosblade77]

I like how if it insults GLORIOUS NIPPON, people get their panties up in a bunch, but when it deals with AmeriKKKa or some other western nation, no one gives a crap and tells you to suck it up.

I say suck it up regardless. Srsly Beaner 4 life. <3

Japanophiles on a Final Fantasy forum? Never!

I'll never understand it. Hell, I don't even see what people see (or hear) in Japanese voice acting, I usually find it annoying. When it's not bad, it's still distracting and I'd rather it not be there. Text-only fanboy FTW.

[Fenryr]

I smell a weeaboo in this thread. ARFSFGLARGH.

Regardless, isn't there already a topic that basically covers this already? Or am I going insane.

[Lady~Vengeance]

yeah, for the most part we've all come to similar conclusions on when the game will
grace us with its presence.....sometime next year. :)

[Rideru]

well now that it's established when the game will be released, shall we go back to pointless arguments over the word JAP?

[liljc91091]

Wow I leave for a few months and the fourms go to hell lol. There are so many new people

[Zeta_Stryker]

A year from now, good ... there is time to save money for my new lcd screen, and a ps3...

Same here :).

[Astrozombie]

I'll never understand it. Hell, I don't even see what people see (or hear) in Japanese voice acting, I usually find it annoying. When it's not bad, it's still distracting and I'd rather it not be there. Text-only fanboy FTW.

I agree. So much. They're usually so obnoxious, like a little kid, but with a really low voice to make it sound extra retarded.

[stalemate666]

well now that it's established when the game will be released, shall we go back to pointless arguments over the word JAP?

You can't say JAP or type JAP but you can type jap, if you type JAP it means your not just using it as an abbreviation because you went through the trouble of capitalizing it, but jap is an abbreviation so saying jap bad, typing JAP bad, typing jap fine

[Lady~Vengeance]

^ for the love of......
c'mon people, you can't force people to change, just leave them be
worry about yourself ^_^

[doeman]

Japanophiles on a Final Fantasy forum? Never!

I'll never understand it. Hell, I don't even see what people see (or hear) in Japanese voice acting, I usually find it annoying. When it's not bad, it's still distracting and I'd rather it not be there. Text-only fanboy FTW.
damn, i usually prefer japanese voice acting over english, because most of the time, english voice actors suck donkey dick. especially when they try to dub a japanese game. compared to japan, america is like an elementary school in the world of voice acting. i mean, they live for that shit over there.

that being said, not all of the japanese seiyu's are great, but there are a hell of allot more talented people over there than here. of course, it all comes down to a persons' preference though... =D

oh and about "text-only". meh, today's standards are spoiling me. i soon expect the majority of all games to have voice acting in them. (it's your turn next Zelda franchise!!! (not link, everyone else))

[Hopang]

patience???

I don't know if I can hold it off when it's actually released in Japan. Just knowing that the full game is out... gonna make me get the game cause it won't be out in US for a while..... I blame them for having the same region A for US and Japan.. haha if it didn't work, I would just wait...

[DarkWan]

I don't know if I can hold it off when it's actually released in Japan. Just knowing that the full game is out... gonna make me get the game cause it won't be out in US for a while..... I blame them for having the same region A for US and Japan.. haha if it didn't work, I would just wait...


The games in PS3 are all region free so you can play whatever you want from all regions!!!

damn, i usually prefer japanese voice acting over english, because most of the time, english voice actors suck donkey dick. especially when they try to dub a japanese game. compared to japan, america is like an elementary school in the world of voice acting. i mean, they live for that shit over there.

that being said, not all of the japanese seiyu's are great, but there are a hell of allot more talented people over there than here. of course, it all comes down to a persons' preference though... =D

oh and about "text-only". meh, today's standards are spoiling me. i soon expect the majority of all games to have voice acting in them. (it's your turn next Zelda franchise!!! (not link, everyone else))

I really like the Japanese voice actors they are great and touching really

I love how they act and they trying to be the character itself and you can feel that from just hearing and watching the characters they're portraying

[Wandering Hands]

Oh, for Chrissakes.

For the majority of the audience - and I will not go back on this, regardless of my lack of facts to back it up, fuck you all - it's a non-issue. The only people who really flip a shit about it are the stupid sub-only elitist twats. Said people understand the fact that their Japanese audio only bull is not "pure" about as little as they understand the Japanese language to begin with. AND OH LOOK, YOU'RE FORCED TO READ THE IGNORANT AMERICAN'S SHITTY TRANSLATIONS ANYWAY. People need to shut the fuck up about it, really.

Japanese voice acting is hardly as OMFGWTFAWSUM as people make it out to be, anyway. It's melodramatic at the best of times. Except for Atsuko Tanaka, who sounds like the bee's knees 100% of the time.

If people are really THAT HUNG UP on Japanese voices, they can learn the fucking language and import instead of marching their "lolJapan" bullshit on people who really don't give a shit.

[Whiplash]

Everything sounds better when you can't understand what the fuck they're saying because a. you don't know what words they're emphasising so b. you impart your own emphasis based on the written translation you read so c. you're putting your own interpretation of the subtext to the dialogue so d. it sounds awesome because you did it and e. you can't tell how badly they're messing up the line with the delivery. Also, when you don't speak the language you have no idea how corny or melodramatic they may be acting because that's what most anime acting sounds like and you just think that that's how Japanese people talk.

In short, I agree with Shuyu. Should've just gone with that from the start.

[doeman]

I really like the Japanese voice actors they are great and touching really

I love how they act and they trying to be the character itself and you can feel that from just hearing and watching the characters they're portraying
yup yup, that's how i feel for the most part, but like i said, they're not great all the time. sometimes there will be a really annoying voice to go along with a reaaally annoying character. eg, little girls. their voices are always extremely high pitched and whiny. they complain about the stupidest things and their dialogue doesn't help either. (the last 2 don't have anything to do with the actual voice, but it's not like its adding anything positive to my problem)
what's worst than listening to that in japanese, is listening to it in english. the dubs... god the dubs... they make my ears bleed. there's about 2-3 characters in "tales if the abyss" that i'm not really fond about hearing every time they talk. every time one of them starts to talk, a text bubble appears. i read what's in there as fast as i can so i can skip through most of what they say. its a bit easier on me >_>

but hey! there are a couple of rpgs (that's i've played) that have really good english voice acting! first there's ff12. then..... the rest are ok... =/
yeaaaaa....

[Astrozombie]

Well Square said that the EU release would be within a year, so that means that the US release will definitely... probably be before next May.

[stalemate666]

Oh, for Chrissakes.

For the majority of the audience - and I will not go back on this, regardless of my lack of facts to back it up, fuck you all - it's a non-issue. The only people who really flip a shit about it are the stupid sub-only elitist twats. Said people understand the fact that their Japanese audio only bull is not "pure" about as little as they understand the Japanese language to begin with. AND OH LOOK, YOU'RE FORCED TO READ THE IGNORANT AMERICAN'S SHITTY TRANSLATIONS ANYWAY. People need to shut the fuck up about it, really.

Japanese voice acting is hardly as OMFGWTFAWSUM as people make it out to be, anyway. It's melodramatic at the best of times. Except for Atsuko Tanaka, who sounds like the bee's knees 100% of the time.

If people are really THAT HUNG UP on Japanese voices, they can learn the fucking language and import instead of marching their "lolJapan" bullshit on people who really don't give a shit.


There is sometimes, just sometimes, they rush the dub job and get in bad ppl and then air with that, in those cases it's better to have originals that were done right (I'm not even going to say any languages) with subs opposed to a crap job with the dub, that said if they did there fucking job to begin with it would be a non-issue

[seto]

SE should just make simultaneous releases and have both the Japanese and English or whatever language you want in there so we can stop arguing about release dates and who's voice acting is better.

People are pretty heated in here, I hope I won't get slammed for my opinion...

[Eighty88Eight]

Why would you expect the US version to be released 6 months after the JP release when Kitase has already explicitly stated that they intend to release the EU version within six months of the JP version? I think at worst Yoichi Wada is going to hold the US version until the next fiscal year, and end up releasing it the first week of April.

Since both systems are running the game on the same engine, and with voicework and text translation well underway, and with the JP PS3 version presumably set to be completed in October(due to Blu-ray printing, they'd have to "go gold" by the beginning of October to release it in late December), there is no reason to believe the US version will be released no later than April. Unless the JP version is delayed, of course. DQIX may end up being such a huge hit that they'll delay XIII to the very end of fiscal 2009, citing some bullshit excuse(like a "bug" or "quality issues").

[Moklin]

FFXIII´s cutscenes have a lot of details and facial´s expressions are really incredible and realistic. So, what is the point of setting up the launguage to japanese and focus the eye on subs, and lost litle details that are hapening on the cutscene?

[stalemate666]

Why would you expect the US version to be released 6 months after the JP release when Kitase has already explicitly stated that they intend to release the EU version within six months of the JP version? I think at worst Yoichi Wada is going to hold the US version until the next fiscal year, and end up releasing it the first week of April.

Since both systems are running the game on the same engine, and with voicework and text translation well underway, and with the JP PS3 version presumably set to be completed in October(due to Blu-ray printing, they'd have to "go gold" by the beginning of October to release it in late December), there is no reason to believe the US version will be released no later than April. Unless the JP version is delayed, of course. DQIX may end up being such a huge hit that they'll delay XIII to the very end of fiscal 2009, citing some bullshit excuse(like a "bug" or "quality issues").

If there adamant about releasing both the ps3 and 360 version together it might not be a bs reason, when ever you port (anything to anything) there's bound to be some bugs that need to be worked out and the bugs can make the game unplayable in some cases and need to be worked out, and are sometimes harder then ppl expect to work out, since it was designed for ps3 originally even though there using the same engine there could be some major bugs to work out, but then again it could run relatively fine and just have minor bugs to work out, even the developers don't know yet, which is kinda my point, because just 1 major bug could slow the hole thing down and they can't know of it yet, so they can't confirm a date at all

[nafeasonto]

2010... I can't wait.

[Damien]

FFXIII´s cutscenes have a lot of details and facial´s expressions are really incredible and realistic. So, what is the point of setting up the launguage to japanese and focus the eye on subs, and lost litle details that are hapening on the cutscene?

for americans this makes no sense...but for people from other countries it may...because not everyone is able to understand english talking so they have to read the subtitles anyway...and if those people like the japanese voices more, they could choose 'em...

[Joseph Handibode]

I wonder how people say they prefer japanese version of game with sub-titles over eng version. They always release eng only games. If I remember right, I never saw final fantasy with japanese in it. Unless you got japanese version.
> English Dub all the way for me.

[nafeasonto]

I would prefer Japanese with Eng subs, because honestly a lot of the time the English voice acting is horrible.

[Dream Machine]

If its a film I want the original language with subtitles, purely because dubbing ruins the actors performance and looks like shit.

In games and anime it doesn't matter because the character portrayed on screen to begin with isn't being played by a real person, they could have any voice (within reason obviously). So long as they don't get Chris Tucker to voice Sazh or something then all I care about is a good performance.

[Falsate]

I would prefer Japanese with Eng subs, because honestly a lot of the time the English voice acting is horrible.

How is the English voice acting horrible? It is how they are portrayed to be in the series. :\

What I fail to understand is the difference between listening to the Japanese voices and the English? How can you say it is horrible, what makes it horrible? I feel sometimes anime fans and people into Japan like crazy are a bit picky.

[Aurelia]

So long as they don't get Chris Tucker to voice Sazh or something then all I care about is a good performance.

Chris Tucker would be terrible. They should get Robert Downey Jr. to voice Sazh.

[doeman]

the dood who plays a dood who's disguised as another dood?

[Lady~Vengeance]

Chris Tucker would be terrible. They should get Robert Downey Jr. to voice Sazh.

I would pay big $$ to see that happen.

[Daemon]

Speaking of voice casting,

To those who would have wanted Japanese:

Would you settle for English voices (attempting to) matching the original characterisations / pitch / tone?

(As some people seem to be more concerned about delivery than language)

[doeman]

as long as the voice work is as good as it was in 12, i'm happy. i don't know if the english voices tried to match the japanese in that game though. who cares really!

[cheesepizza]

Their mouths didn't move very much so yea.... but XIII... looks like some good lip syncing...

[rutea7]

i also liked the voices in xii, so if it's a work as well done as that one i'm ok with playing only english. but i hated the work they did in x, it's probably one of the main reasons why i found the characters so annoying.

[doeman]

i don't even need someone to tell me that the english voices in 10 tried to match the ones in japanese. i can tell. (i'm right, right ?_?)

[rutea7]

you are right, it was a sad attempt though

[Astrozombie]

Japanese voice actors suck.

[rutea7]

and thats ur humble opinion

[doeman]

damn, looking at the title of this thread (hoping that it'll be right) made me realize something extremely obvious. i could be playing ff13 in about a year. yea i know, "durr, good job in noticing that retard". it's just that it feels like i've been waiting 5 years for another ff to come out. now it's only 1 year away. a little bit more excited now >=3

[Astrozombie]

Well technically if you're a weeaboo and you love yourself some japanese voice acting, you could be playing it in 7 months.

[Lady~Vengeance]

Well technically if you're a weeaboo and you love yourself some japanese voice acting, you could be playing it in 7 months.

^ I was just about to say that, oh well!

I'm going to wait until the English release, but if the voice acting is that bad then I'm going to import on the double.

[Astrozombie]

Hopefully they'll do better than the voice acting in Advent Children.

That was the worst shit ever.

[Lady~Vengeance]

Hopefully they'll do better than the voice acting in Advent Children.

That was the worst shit ever.

don't remind me, I cringed while watching that movie

Tifa:"Dilly, Dally, Shilly, Shally..."

^now tell me, what the f**k does that mean? :blink:

[Daemon]

don't remind me, I cringed while watching that movie

Tifa:"Dilly, Dally, Shilly, Shally..."

^now tell me, what the f**k does that mean? :blink:

Somewhere, I heard that that was thrown in because the original Japanese dialog had no English equivalent in meaning or lip-syncing, so the producers thought 'what the hell, we have some mouth movement to fill, lets just have her say something random'

[Falsate]

don't remind me, I cringed while watching that movie

Tifa:"Dilly, Dally, Shilly, Shally..."

^now tell me, what the f**k does that mean? :blink:
That was some odd stuff right there. Immediately, I was wondering where that came from..

Also, if it's true they threw it in there because they had to fill up some lip syncing then boo.

[Thunder]

don't remind me, I cringed while watching that movie

Tifa:"Dilly, Dally, Shilly, Shally..."

^now tell me, what the f**k does that mean? :blink:
ZURUZURU ZURUZURU.

[Lady~Vengeance]

ZURUZURU ZURUZURU.

^ I know what that means, but the English take on the original Japanese saying was auto fail.

[Damien]

yeah..a new ACC trailer appeared now with the english voices...and all i can say is, that the japanese voices fit the characters more...if they do a good job with XIII i want the english voices (because they never make a german translation...which is still good, because german voice acting sucks even more)..i like the english language...but if the voices don't fit the characters (once again) i'd prefer the japanese voices...the voices heard in the demo fit so far...

[doeman]

Well technically if you're a weeaboo and you love yourself some japanese voice acting, you could be playing it in 7 months.
i like japanese voice acting, but i'd never order a game from outside of the country if it's going to come here anyway. i'm not *that* obsessed.