FFXIII Devs Share Trailer Talk

[Shrygue]

via IGN


The latest issue of Famitsu has nine pages on Kingdom Hearts, two pages on Parasite Eve, and a teeny-tiny column on Final Fantasy XIII. There's a saying about beggars and choosers that seems to apply here.

The magazine got FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama, art director Iasmu Kamikokuryo, Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura and Agito XIII director Hajime Tabata to share some brief commentary on the new trailer set.

On the main FFXIII trailer, Toriyama noted that a new "strange" female character was revealed for the first time, along with a look at a city inside the Cocoon. Commenting specifically on art design, Kamikokuryo noted that balance is difficult because some areas of the game, particularly related to that strange female character, are a bit odd for the Final Fantasy universe.

Nomura addressed the Versus XIII trailer, noting that the staff has at last managed to reach the image they were originally seeking. The trailer has two new characters, but he expects them to undergo some changes in later trailers. He does feel, however, that the main character design is representative of what we'll be seeing when the game shows its true colors next year.

Nomura also spoke about the setting of the new trailer. The city and fields of the trailer are inspired by Italy. In fact, he noted, the words that appear throughout the trailer are in Italian. He pointed out that a few characters in the trailer have a mafia feel about them.

Finally, Tabata discussed the mobile entry in the FFXIII series, Final Fantasy Agito XIII. He described the game as a casual online game. Don't hold your breath for a release any time soon, though, as Tabata admitted that Square Enix is currently waiting for hardware and wireless specifications to be finalized. Previously, Tabata has said that the game will appear on next generation 4G phones.

All the FFXIII games appear to be gearing up for a proper unveiling in 2008. With any luck, and a bit of begging, we'll get a few more details before then.

[JKKDARK]

damn too bad it's not coming to 360

[VexnadFett]

damn, good thing it's not coming to the 360

[Basil Zero]

damn, good thing it's not coming to the 360

If i could rep you, I would of..

I second that btw.:thumbup:

[DPyro]

LoL, why would they port it to that unreliable p.o.s. It's the crappiest piece of engineering ever created. If you thought Microsoft's software was bad. Take a look at their hardware :rofl:

[JKKDARK]

LoL, why would they port it to that unreliable p.o.s. It's the crappiest piece of engineering ever created. If you thought Microsoft's software was bad. Take a look at their hardware :rofl:

And still there are more Xbox 360 users in the world than PS3 users..

[DPyro]

Wow, who would have thought a system that was launched a year ahead and costs less would have more users? Not to mention Microsoft advertises the crap out of their products. They probably spent more money in advertising than they have in R&D to fix their shotty system.

[JKKDARK]

Wow, who would have thought a system that was launched a year ahead and costs less would have more users?

Nintendo Wii did

[DPyro]

Once again, Nintendo Wii is less than half the price of the PS3 and is only successful because of their gimmicky controller.

[JKKDARK]

Once again, Nintendo Wii is less than half the price of the PS3 and is only successful because of their gimmicky controller.

Lame. That's like saying "PS2 was a success because the Dual Shock 2"