by Presto on August 16th, 2008
Today, scans from Famitsu have leaked and they have real-time screenshots from Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It’s not super high quality, but it’s good enough for now. This Famitsu magazine is suppose to release Tuesday, but some Japanese got it early. So, what can we draw from the real-time scenes? We will talk about Final Fantasy XIII first. There’s two screens with what looks like a ruin of a place and Lightning and what appears to be a citizen of Pulse (new character?) is show walking by. Another screen shows a crystalized sea, why it’s crystalized is unknown at this point. There are two other screens in this one scan where Lightning is with Mr. 33cm, and in another scan Lightning is being held up by enemies.
Now, for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. There is a new blond girl shown that has turned around to look at the Prince in one screen. In another screen you can see the Prince in a suit walking up some stairs to meet the blond girl. The quality of the characters is superb just like the characters in Final Fantasy XIII. There’s also an up close screenshot of the Prince, and for him being real-time in the image, he looks superb. Not as good as he looks in the CG scenes, but since that would never happen this generation, this is probably as close as we are going to get. The detail is impressive, and both characters look impressive in real-time.
Last but not lest, Final Fantasy Agito XIII. We would like to say that we are sorry that we currently don’t have a section on the main site dedicated to this game, but it will come this year. So, keep a look out. We don’t have a section currently because we didn’t think it would release in the states because it was only being made on cell phones in Japan. That has all changed, and since it’s coming to the PSP, we will start covering it this year. Now, on to the screens from the scans. In one screen the main character is seen with two other characters. They are all wearing school uniforms. In another screen you can see the main character fighting an enemy, and in a screen right below that one, the main character summons Odin.
I would like to also apologize for not having the scans up right now. They will go into their proper sections sometime today. Once they do, this news post will be updated telling you that the scans are uploaded. For now, though, you can check out the Community Threads below this news post that has the scans. Make sure to stay tuned to Final Fantasy NEXT, as more scans will be released at a later date. We would also like to end this news post with information that was translated from the scans. You can check out that information below.
Scan Information:
Final Fantasy XIII
- The FFXIII demo disc included with FFVIIACC will be a PS3 disc, it’s not on a standard blu-ray movie disc. This is good news for people with Euro PS3s, since it’ll probably mean the demo will work even if the movie is region locked.
- 3 pages worth of FFXIII screens and stuff, about 20 screens. There are realtime screens too apparently.
- The FFXIII demo will be from the opening part of the game, and will be longer than FFVIIAC.
- FFXIII will definitely have a party battle system, where you control each character as they switch turns, like in a normal FF. It will not be like FFXII.
- FFXIII’s story is being written such that every single of the main characters will feel like protagonists, instead of just supporting characters.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
- 4 pages on Versus, about 10 screens all realtime.
- The world in Versus XIII worships a Shinigami and the Shinigami is designed by Amano.
- The cars and clothing seen in the trailers so far will probably change in design for the final game.
- The morale of the team is really high!
- At the top of the building where the prince and the heroine of Versus meet, there is a painting. That painting is the Shinigami that is worshipped in the world, and the painting of it in the game itself, is drawn by Amano.
- The name of the prince and the heroine in Versus will be revealed at TGS.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
- They moved it to the PSP because they couldn’t wait for cellphones to get more advanced.
- The battle will be heavy on action but still sort of turn based. It will use an advanced version of Crisis Core’s high speed ATB system.
- Crisis Core was 1 player, but this time there will be multiple characters in the party.
- Right now it supports Infrastructure multiplayer for up to 3 players.
- Summons are part of the character growth system, and can also be controlled by players after summoning.
- There are 3 realtime screens of Agito XIII from the trailer, including a screen of Odin.
Site Sections: Final Fantasy XIII Scans /
Final Fantasy Versus XIII Scans
Source: NeoGAF
Community Thread: Famitsu XIII Scans/Info / Famitsu Versus Scans/Info /
Famitsu Agito Scans/Info
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