http://ffnext.com/updates Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:56:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new, 7-minute long Final Fantasy XIII trailer has been shown behind closed doors at Jump Festa 2009. The battle system was displayed for the first time and has been described by attendants as "seamless" and "incredibly fast". Though we don't yet know how it works, Square Enix have released ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/12/21/battle-system-jump-festa-2009/ A scan from the most recent Shonen Jump has appeared online which reveals the first official pictures of the Final Fantasy XIII battle system. We see Lightning facing off against the mechanical creature from the first trailer, with a battle menu displayed on the bottom of the screen. Little information ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/12/19/gameplay-pics-and-pigtail-girls-name/ As previously reported, the Re: Final Fantasy DVD would have footage of the Fabula Nova Cristalis series, and this included the trailers shown at Square-Enix's Party DKΣ3713 earlier this year. The trailers for both Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII were featured and are now available on the website. Out ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/12/15/new-dk-3713-trailers/ Although it was released that FFXIII would get a demo in Japan for March of next year, something that has recently surfaced is that Enterbrain (Famitsu publisher) is planning to release a DVD/Magazine bundle under the name of Re: FINAL FANTASY XIII. In the description from Amazon Japan, it is ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/11/23/re-final-fantasy-xiii-dvd/ 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 ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/10/23/updates-on-snow-and-versus-names/ In the current Shonen Jump magazine, Square-Enix has finally revealed the name for the 33cm shoe-wearing male, and just like his comrade Lightning, it relates to weather, and something that comes out of clouds: Snow. So far, we don't know what particular aspects their names have in relation to the ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/10/15/mr-33cms-new-name-and-versus/ This year's Tokyo Game Show contained a bit of information regarding Square-Enix's new games; although there was supposed to be a 45 minute demonstration of FFXIII, that show ended 20 minutes earlier than stated, only showing a few bits of more footage on the previous trailers. The biggest part of ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/10/13/ffxiii-and-versus-xiii-at-tgs-2008/ The Official Playstation Magazine of Australia recently had information pertaining to Final Fantasy XIII. Most of the stuff that was talked about in the magazine were things that we had already knew about from previous news articles and magazines. Despite that, this OPM holds cool things, like talks about how ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/09/24/opm-talks-final-fantasy-xiii/ For all those who were expecting a demo of Final Fantasy XIII to show up at TGS this October, that will not happen. Square Enix has stated that there will not be any demos of any of the Final Fantasy XIII games, just videos. Apparently, they want to keep us ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/09/09/video-only-at-tgs/ 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 ... http://ffnext.com/updates/2008/08/16/famitsu-scans-leaked/