Square Enix has announced a new game in the Final Fantasy XIII series at the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Event, bringing Lightnings story to an end.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is out! With it comes a final trailer which neatly compresses all the good bits of FFXIII-2 into one minute.
The long wait is over. We've finished our review copy and had a great time, so come read our impressions of Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Finally, sample tracks from the last disc of the soundtrack has been released today. It is probably the last batch of sample tracks they’ll be releasing since the soundtrack’s release date is just around the corner (5 days left!). Procede to the official site of the soundtrack and enjoy listening to the latest sample tracks!
Lastly, Square Enix has released a promotion video for the soundtrack, showing some comments made by the main composers, Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Mitsuto Suzuki. Unfortunately the whole video is in Japanese; Nevertheless, if you’re that interested, watch the video provided below!
Famitsu has released its latest issue, and it included the review for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Unlike it’s predecessor XIII and cousin Type-0, XIII-2 recieved the coveted Famitsu 40/40.
This is the third 40/40 this year, the others going to The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The only other Final Fantasy title to receive 40/40 was Final Fantasy XII.
Square Enix has released two brand new videos for Final Fantasy XIII-2; these videos contain information about the Historia Crux, gameplay, and even an interview / promotional description with Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama. I could tell you all about it, but it’d probably be more enjoyable if you just check it out below!
Thanks to Musou for finding the videos!
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is collaborating with two different companies for promotions in Japan.
First up is an interesting one. Xylish, a chewing gum brand, are providing a special promotion using Augmented Reality. Using an App you can get on iOS or Android, scanning the top of the chewing gum wrapper will present you with a 3D model of Lightning standing on it.
Buying Xylish at specific retailers will net you some cards of other characters, which when scanned will show you those characters. You can get to the website for this here.
The other is with Microsoft, and Internet Explorer 9. You can access the website for this here. The website just has some general info about XIII-2, and a minigame where you use a Moogle to catch Tweets (you’ll need a Twitter account to play). You don’t actually need IE9 to access the website, as long as you’re using an up-to-date browser.
Ready or not, Square Enix has released a new Final Fantasy XIII-2 video highlighting the game’s environments.
Thanks to IGN you can watch the video below.
Naturally, Square wants to not only emphasize the environments themselves but also the fact that they are a little bit more involved this time around, showing you the actual maps touting “Multiple Paths to Explore”
Source: IGN
The latest issue of Dengeki Playstation has a interview with XIII-2 Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Motomu Toriyama. The interviewed detailed various aspects about XIII-2.
* The game has been split into ‘Episodes’. Each one takes about 3 hours to complete, and is meant to help people who may be busy.
* The bonuses for the XIII Save Data include Special Decorations for your Pocket Monster collection, and you’ll have a higher chance of winning in the Casino games. There’s also “Something special” at the title screen. He also revealed that, unlike previously assumed, the XIII Save Data does NOT have to be a Cleared Save File.
* Like previously detailed, battles with DLC Monsters will take place in a special Colosseum area. The colosseum will also have a small part in the overall story.
* There will be an area of the world where you can check updates about released DLC.
* Along with the ability to save at any time, the game will also have a Auto-Save feature. It was included because of its popularity in overseas games. However, since its not completely obvious when it happens, the option to do a manual save at any time was included.
* Interestingly, Odin will be available as a recruitable monster. He is a boss monster for one of the game’s episodes, but it wasn’t said if this is where you can recruit it.
* After clearing the game, you’ll return to the opening area. Closing the Historia Crux gate there will unlock a ‘New Game Plus’ experience. This will help access all the items and paths available during the game, and obtaining items from different Live Trigger choices.
* Serah and Noel will start the game with only Commando, Ravager, and Sentinel roles available.
* When Dengeki asked about Sazh’s role in the game (you may recall he appeared in a trailer a few weeks ago), they answered ”Final Fantasy XIII-2 will continue after release, so look forward to later.” This could imply that Sazh will appear in DLC missions. This could mean thats there more than just Monsters and Costumes to look forward too.
Dengeki gave XIII-2 an ‘S’ ranking in their Buyer’s Guide. A normal numbered ranking out of 100 by reviewers will come later.
The official site for XIII-2′s soundtrack has been updated! Head over to the site and scroll down to Disc 3 in the Tracklist section and enjoy the newly revealed sample tracks!
Ten days to go until Final Fantasy XIII-2 releases in Japan! Today a new commercial was released. It shows a few new scenes and there are spoilers, of course. Watch it below!
Thanks to forum member Musou for the heads up!
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Costume A has won and I am dissapointed in all of you. It beat Costume B, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ by a massive difference, 16,927 votes to B’s 10,678.
Square Enix and AKB48 have confirmed that Yuko Oshima will be wearing the Exposure and Defense costume at the Final Fantasy XIII-2 Launch Event. Hope it’s not too cold.
The Exposure and Defense costume will be released over PSN and Xbox LIVE for Free, but the date of the release has not yet been set. We’ll let you know when it’s announced.
Yes folks, you read that right, more new screenshots have been released by Square Enix today, to tease us more, of course. These newly revealed screenshots show more of the new environments, cutscenes, the Live Trigger feature, and a lot more of the new stuff that XIII-2 will introduce us. I’m not gonna make this any longer; just indulge yourself on the new batch of screenshots below!
Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Commercial 1 HD
Final Final Fantasy XIII Trailer (Translated)Final Final Fantasy XIII Japanese TrailerFinal Fantasy XIII Release Date Announcement Video
Japan: December 17th 2009
NA: March 9th 2010
Europe: March 9th 2010 Japan: December 15th 2011 NA: January 31st 2012 Europe: February 3rd 2012 Japan: TBA NA: TBA Europe: TBA Japan: October 13th 2011 NA: TBA Europe: TBA
