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Square Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy XIII has been given a winter 2009 date in Japan.
That date was pictured at the end of the PS3 FFXIII demo, which is included in the Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - due out tomorrow in Japan and in June in North America.
However, European dates for both Advent Children and Final Fantasy XIII are still to be confirmed, the publisher told us this morning.
The demo, according to a Famitsu preview (read by Gamezine, lasts for over an hour and lets players control characters Snow and Lightning. Perhaps they listen to Earth, Wind and Fire.
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Front Mission is a strategy series in which robots beat each other up. Evolved could be a series reboot, a revamped instalment for XBLA or PSN, or simply one of the many Japanese releases heading West. [Or just a random trademark. - Ed]
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Chrono-Kun
15/04/09 @ 10:11
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Oh, so when you think about it. It isn't much of a huge gap between Japan and Western Territories.
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alimokrane
15/04/09 @ 10:21
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@ZuluHero
but we knew it was coming to Japan in winter 09 AGES ago..... it's not like the information is new. Anyway, nevermind. I just want to play the damn thing already. |
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Grogmonkey
15/04/09 @ 12:46
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I'll take a new 360/PS3 Front Mission, please Square Enix. Was fairly recently re-playing Front Mission 3 on ye olde PSone. That game is still kickass amounts of fun.
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metallicorphan
15/04/09 @ 13:12
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if this game sucks monkey balls then i am kicking off
i would prefer my FFs to have a medieval look to them like number 9..but i suppose this could be like numbers 7 and 8 as we havent got a chance in hell to find out when this game is being released this year here(as in we wont find out this year)...when are we supposed to be getting the Blu-Ray and Demo? |
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retr0gamer
15/04/09 @ 13:29
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Give us Front Mission 5 you fuckers! It's the only decent game you have made in years.
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Well, Square-Enix are saying that they're working closely with their American and European localisation teams earlier in the development process this time around, and hope to have it released here no later than six months after the Japanese release, according to an interview in the latest issue of OPMUK.
Wouldn't that have been a better story to post, EG? :P |
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MisterCraig
15/04/09 @ 14:13
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I'm playing through 8, 9 and 10 again as well as Lost Odyssey on 360 just to fill the void in RPG goodness.
Holy McPoo, you must have an unlimited amount of time available. That must be about 350 hours of gameplay! For those who have seen this game in action: does no one find that, because of the more tradional FF battle system, the fluid animations during a move followed by a static standing-stillness (!) is all a bit strange? It stands out pretty obviously to me. I liked how The Last Remnant kept your players battling regardless of whether they were actually doing a move or not. Would have been nice to see it further developed in XIII. And if its Winter in Jap, the 360 version will not be in this country by until Q1 2011 |
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Hrm. That's what I was afraid of, MisterCraig. It might not be 2011, but we're certainly looking at some time in 2010. Because of localisation and all that...
Plus, is Squeenix looking at holding back the PS3 version for the western world until they're done with the X360 version? Questions, questions! |
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MisterCraig
16/04/09 @ 00:26
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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/userm...
That there is a link to the entire demo. 25 minutes long. Enjoy! |
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CitizenGeek
16/04/09 @ 00:53
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The footage from the demo looks absolutely incredible! This game will be well worth the wait, I think.
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Ashen-Shugar
16/04/09 @ 08:03
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"is Squeenix looking at holding back the PS3 version for the western world until they're done with the X360 version?"
They have said it will be a simultaneous release in the west on both platforms. As the game is mostly assets (as opposed to engine work) and a large amount of that is voice work or dialog it's fair to assume the delay in release is nothing to do with platform specifics, but rather localisation and certification. |
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NegativeZero
16/04/09 @ 10:45
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Well the US PS3 release won't be regioned, so if they try and give us the usual runaround we can just import. I would imagine they'll do the 360 port and the localisation simultaneously though, and the delay for the 360 version should leave them with no excuse not to have a concurrent EU/US release.
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Are we talking final fantasy xiii walkthrough in a calender sense or business sense?
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