Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)

Updates:

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January 11th

Some new news:

British magazine Playstation World Magazine (PSW) has a bit of new info for everyone. There are no new images in the article, so here's guts of new info they wrote about: "Cocoon's government is using crystals with the power to change man's destiny to force those on Pulse to work against their will. In turn, the citizens of Pulse are rebelling. Their force is led by the only confirmed character so far, a feisty woman who goes by the codename of 'Lightning'. Apparently the player won't know if he's (Note: I presume by "he" they are talking about Mr. 33cm) on Lightning's side or not until a certain point in the game. One new feature to help develop the story will be a 'split-screen' of sorts, showing different characters in different locations on screen at the same time."

Final Fantasy XIII/13 ~ FF-XIII.net

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Januray 23rd

Some more information from the same interview with Nomura, and a number of scans:

In fact, I'll just quote the info:

- FF13's theme: determination. - Farushi: Their existence surpasses humans. - Rushi: Those chosen by Farushi to carry out a mission. The pigtail girl is a Rushi. Farushi is not the Crystal. - Mr. 33cm is also a Rushi. - This time summons are in digital form. - A new monster that looks like a cross between a turtle and elephant. - The red thing on Carbuncle's head is a ruby. - Hint on release date: "I wonder when we'll be able to sleep..."

Final Fantasy XIII/13 ~ FF-XIII.net

http://www.ff-xiii.net/images/scans/fam2.jpg

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February 6th

The next issue of Famitsu (the 1,001st, I believe) has an interview with Nomura in it, in which he talks about general things, and XIII and Versus. I'll post the Versus infor. in the Versus thread. Here's what he has to say about XIII:

- Lightning from FF XIII: Has muscular legs, she isn't sweet, strict to herself and to others, and doesn't like whiners. She is quite like a military soldier. - FFXIII scenario writer, Motomu Toriyama wanted her to be more muscular and macho, but Nomura thought people wouldn't be fond of her as a main character if he designed her that way. - Aya (Aya Brea from PE3) is a bid more rounded than Lightning.

Nomura interview with FFXIII and Versus info. - PS3Forums

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The rumours of a demo this year have since been debunked.