Final Fantasy XIII

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Final Fantasy XIII
Developer:	Square Enix
Publisher:	Square Enix
Release dates:	North America - TBA Europe - TBA Australia - TBA Japan - 2009
Genre:	Console role-playing game
ESRB rating:	Rating Pending (RP)
Platform(s):	Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Media:	Blu-ray Disc, DVD-DL
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Final Fantasy XIII is one of the newest installments in the Final Fantasy series coming to Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 as part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation. The game is directed by Motomu Toriyama, who also directed Final Fantasy X-2.

Plot

Pulse

This is the world in which the story of Final Fantasy XIII takes place. This world is supposedly a dangerous environment in which monsters roam free.

Cocoon

Cocoon is a floating city created by the Crystals to protect the human population from the inhabitants of Pulse. The citizens of Cocoon live in constant fear of being attacked and overthrown by the people living in Pulse. Therefore, the government of Cocoon has set up a law exiling anyone believed to be associated with Pulse from the city.

Crystals

These sentient beings are considered deities among the citizens of Cocoon and Pulse. They have the ability to create life forms and other objects. Cocoon as well as Pulse have at least one Crystal, although it is unknown how many Crystals there are in existence.

fal'Cie and l'Cie

The fal'Cie are supernatural beings who built Cocoon, but their relationship with the crystals is unclear. Just as the fal'Cie have a close relationship with the crystals the l'Cie share a close relationship to summons. The l'Cie are people who were chosen to carry out particular orders from the fal'Cie. These orders are given in the form of visions, which the l'Cie are free to interpreted as they will. It is a given that the Pig-Tailed Girl, Mr.33cm and Lightning are l'Cie with Lightning being chosen as "the enemy of humanity who will bring about the downfall of the world".

Characters

Tetsuya Nomura, the character designer for several of the previous Final Fantasy games, returns for this game.

Lightning

Lightning

The lead character of Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning's appearance is that of a young female adult with reddish blonde hair and some sources suggest that Tetsuya Nomura conceived her as a supposed female version of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. She wields some sort of firearm that doubles as a sword, most likely a variation of the gunblade seen in Final Fantasy VIII and appears to have the ability to control some aspects of gravity. It is said that Lightning (whose name is speculated to be merely a codename and not her real name) is supposedly the chosen one, linked to neither Cocoon or Pulse, who will cause chaos and the ultimate destruction of the entire world.

Unknown blonde-haired man

One screenshot of the game features a blonde-haired man (whose name is currently unknown) riding Shiva in her motorcycle form. According to Tetsuya Nomura this blonde male is to be a cowboy like character, with a funny style of fighting. Few details have been released regarding him except that his shoe size is 33cm, which has lead to the developers nicknaming him "Mr.33cm". Recent scans have shown that he is indeed an ally of Lightnings.

Unknown red-haired female

The latest trailer of Final Fantasy XIII has shed light on another new character, a red-headed female. According to developers she is a citizen of Pulse and her weapon of choice appears to be a bow. She is also seen using a disc to summon Carbuncle.

Gameplay

Battle System

Toshiro Tsuchida, the battle director for Final Fantasy X, returns as the battle director for Final Fantasy XIII. This game uses the Active Time Battle, and like in Final Fantasy XII, the battles will be in real time.

Summons

Summons will make a return in Final Fantasy XIII. From the images and information currently released, summons appear to come in a "disc form", much like a DVD, and are summoned through use of this disc. Summons also seem to be able to take on mechanical forms, as in one image, Shiva is seen taking on the form of a motorcycle being ridden by an unknown blonde-haired man. Other images have shown the return of popular summons such as Ifrit, Siren, and Carbuncle.

Major portions of this page were written by: Supernouva and Cruxis Mana