Updates on Snow and Versus’ Names

by hateradio on October 23rd, 2008

FFXIII, Versus XIII

As previously reported, the names for both Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII for certain characters have finally been revealed. In a current scan from Famitsu the former Mr. 33cm gets a last name, as it stands his full name is Snow Villiers. Although it is not certain whether or not this is a “code name” (like Lightning’s is thought to be) it appears that this may for a fact be more than just an alias.

The latest Chinise edition of Famitsu Magazine gives us the Latin alphabet’s spelling for Noctis’ name which is Noctis Lucis Caelum, until now the spelling of his middle and last names were translated from the Japanese Katakana characters; his name, once again, roughly translates to of night, of light, of sky. Although not in the scan, Stella’s name is Stella Nox Fleuret meaning star, darkness, sword. As it stands, it seems that Verus will have strong ties to Latin in relation to names, and FFXIII to weather motifs.

Moreover, from IGN, Nomura talked about the personalities of both the Versus characters, revealing that Stella is a princes from the Fleuret family and that darkness is the meaning behind her country’s name. She is quite extroverted, making most of the contact with Noctis, who is more reserved like previous Final Fantasy heroes although he’s not cold like Cloud, for instance, and is mostly shy. He plays cool and may seem to be on way while talking, but in fact, those that know him know better than that.