I’m sure most of us were expecting the usual plain white European box art like usual. It seems Square Enix has decided jazz it up a bit with a render of Lightning this time though. Although it’s still TBC, it looks like they’re expecting a PEGI rating of 16. Have a look at them below.

Source: VG247

Final Fantasy XIII’s director, Motomu Toriyama, has been interviewed by a Japanese magazine to answer a few last minute questions before release. In the interview, Toriyama discloses how long the main scenario of Final Fantasy XIII should be. He states that for experienced Final Fantasy fans it should take 50 hours to complete the main storyline and about 60 hours for beginners. That’s a good sign for those of us who have been waiting over 3 years to play it. Let’s just hope the story lives up to our expectations.

Thanks to our forum member john tora volta for the translation.

The screenshots from the latest issue of Famitsu have been posted on their website for people to view in high quality. I’m not sure if we’ll see any more Final Fantasy XIII features from Famitsu until their review so treasure these.

Source: Famitsu

The second commercial for Final Fantasy XIII has began running on Japanese TV and you can watch it below. It may not make sense for those of us who don’t speak Japanese but thankfully someone has translated it.

Teacher： “Though it is sudden, I will take a break tomorrow .”
Student： “Why will you take a break?”
Teacher: (I’ve waited for this time for three years)

I know how he feels.

Square-Enix have already begun rolling out the Final Fantasy XIII TV adverts in Japan, and here is the first one. As you’d expect, it’s pretty much a short summary of the most recent trailer. You can watch it below in HD.

If you’re tired of trying to guess what on Earth they’re talking about in yesterdays new Final Fantasy XIII trailer, you’re in luck because a thoughtful Youtube user has subtitled it with the English translations. Several new facts are revealed in the translations such as the newly named Cid Rayne. For the rest, watch the trailer in HD below.

Remember the >Final Fantasy XIII themed Xbox Live item Microsoft promised to Twitter users? Well the message has been “Retweeted” enough for it to be unlocked and it’s about as unexciting as we expected. It turns out it’s a Chocobo that can be used with your Xbox Live Avatar.

If you’re still interested in acquiring the item, you can register on Xbox.com’s Final Fantasy XIII page to unlock it for your avatar.

Xbox.com – Final Fantasy XIII Page

Square Enix began their hundredth countdown a few days ago for what they dubbed the “Final” Final Fantasy XIII trailer. That countdown has just finished and Final Fantasy XIII’s last trailer has been posted on the official site. The trailer includes brand new footage so stop reading this and just go watch it! Visit the official site through the link below and go to the trailer section. For those of you having trouble watching it, we’ll update the post with an alternative link when one becomes available.

Official Japanese Final Fantasy XIII Site

It’s been over three years since we saw the first Final Fantasy XIII trailer at E3 2006 and I bet most of you never thought you’d have to wait this long to see the last one. Square Enix has updated the official site with a countdown for the last Final Fantasy XIII trailer and we have 4 days to wait. We can only assume it’s going to be the launch trailer for the Japanese release less than a month away now. The countdown finishes at 4am GMT this Wednesday (25th November).

Final Fantasy XIII Official Site

We also have a photo thanks to our forum member des of what looks like the launch poster with completely new artwork. You can see it below.

Game Watch have posted a huge amount of new Final Fantasy XIII screenshots including Hope fighting with Alexander and loads of new pictures of the games land and cityscapes.

Source: Game Watch