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Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII Logo
Developer(s)Square Enix
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Designer(s)Yoshinori Kitase (game producer)
Motomu Toriyama (game director)
Kazushige Nojima (scenario writer)
Tetsuya Nomura (character designer)
Yoshitaka Amano (title logo designer)
Nobuo Uematsu (theme song composer)
Masashi Hamauzu (music composer)
SeriesFinal Fantasy series
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII
EngineWhite Engine
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
ReleaseTBA
Genre(s)Console role-playing game
Mode(s)Single-player

Final Fantasy XIII (ファイナルファンタジーXIII, Fainaru Fantajī Sātīn) is an upcoming console role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 3 as a part of the Final Fantasy video game series. First appearing at E³ 2006, the game features a futuristic, high-tech world, and a storyline focusing on "those who resist the world".[1]

Final Fantasy XIII is the flagship game in the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII collection. The game takes place in the same universe as the other games, although they are not directly related to each other.[2] Final Fantasy X-2 and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings director Motomu Toriyama returns as the director of the game.[3]

Gameplay

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Combat in Final Fantasy XIII

Battle system

The concept for Final Fantasy XIII's battle system is to maintain the strategic nature of command -based battles, while also including the excitement and speed found in fast-paced battles. This system stemmed from a desire to create battles of the type found in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, while adding multiple player characters to the battle. Like Final Fantasy XII, the battles will be in real time, without any random battles.[4]

Active Time Battle makes a return in Final Fantasy XIII but works completely different to how it did in the previous games that used it. In keeping with command-based battles, players input commands by selection through a reel on the bottom-left hand side of the screen. Each command has an ATB cost, which reduces the total ATB bar. Selected commands are placed on a row of upcoming moves, above the bar. As characters fight, each command is used in turn, with the current command in use turning yellow. Commands can be chained together for certain effects. The environment also plays a role in battle; for instance, Lightning has been seen sending a soldier into a light, electrocuting him and multiplying the damage.

A map is seen in the upper left hand corner of the battle screen, with blue dots representing allies and red dots signifying enemies. The dots emitting circles are the characters currently affected by the fighting.

The upper right-hand corner of the battle screen shows a circular-shaped gauge, representing the Overclock mode. When full, Overclocking allows the player to induce a slow-motion effect, almost pausing time for everything other than the player. Once Overclock is activated, a rapidly decreasing number appears inside the circular gauge, signifying the duration of the Overclock status. This system may replace the traditional Limit Break system found in previous Final Fantasy games.[5]

Final Fantasy X battle director Toshiro Tsuchida will return as the battle system director for the game. He has the intent of giving individual enemies their own personalities and background stories.[6] He also replied with "no comment" when asked if players will be inputting commands for ally characters, or if they'll just be in control of a single character.[7]

Summons

Summoning will also return in Final Fantasy XIII. Summons are shown as partly mechanical beings, and the possibility exists that they will feature not only in battle, but in outside gameplay as well. Shiva is one such summon that will be returning, and in Final Fantasy XIII, she takes the form of a pair of sisters who can merge into a motorcycle, which the unnamed, blond male character has been shown to ride. Classic summons Ifrit, Siren and Carbuncle have also been featured in screenshots, but will not be returning in the classic sense. Producers of the game have recently stated that Summons will appear in " Digital Form " although the full extent of what this means is still unknown. [8]

Online

Although the main focus of Final Fantasy XIII is a traditional offline RPG experience, Square Enix is attempting to add special online features to the game.[9]

Plot

Square Enix has released only small portions of Final Fantasy XIII's plot since its announcement at E3 2006.

The Crystals

The Crystals of Final Fantasy XIII are sentient beings. They have the ability to create life forms and objects.[10] Cocoon has its own Crystal, and Pulse has at least one. It is not known how many Crystals exist. It is quite possible the people of Final Fantasy XIII see the Crystals as gods.

Pulse

Pulse is the name of the world in Final Fantasy XIII. It has a lush, natural environment inhabited by many monsters, so humans live constantly under the possibility of an attack. The Crystals decided to create the floating city of Cocoon to protect humans.[11]

Cocoon

A futuristic, utopian haven built for humans. It was constructed by the Farsi when the Crystals decided Pulse was too dangerous for humans.[12] The Crystal of Cocoon protects and advances Cocoon through technological creations. The citizens of Cocoon fear Pulse and its people, who they believe are trying to destroy the city. The Holy Government of Cocoon have therefore quarantined anyone they believe to be linked to Pulse, and deported them from the city.[13]

Farsi and Lusi

The Farsi are beings whose existence surpasses humans. They constructed Cocoon at the instruction of the Crystals. Little is known about them or their connection to the Crystals. The Lusi are people chosen by the Farsi to carry out the will of the Crystals.[14] It is speculated that the blond-haired male and red-haired girl are Lusi.

Characters

Lightning

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Lightning as seen in the Jump Festa 2006 trailer.

Final Fantasy XIII's lead character appears as a strong young woman with strawberry blonde hair. She uses the codename "Lightning" to hide her true identity. She has some form of amnesia[citation needed]. She has been given a task by a Crystal, but because of varying translations, we don’t know what it is. Some sources say that she is leading a rebellion against Cocoon[15], others say she is the enemy of humanity who will bring about the downfall of the world.[16]

The two yellow stripes on Lightning's left shoulder symbolize her rank and social status.[citation needed] Her weapon can be transformed between a sword and a firearm at will. Lightning is able to use gravity as a tool and weapon, for instance, throwing a small 'gravity bomb' to disable enemies at the start of a battle. She also seems able to defy gravity completely. Blue sparks run around her body at these times.

Character designer Tetsuya Nomura was asked to create a "female version of Cloud from Final Fantasy VII", and has described her as "not very feminine".[17]

Blond Haired Man

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The blond man as shown at Jump Festa 2006.

A blond, bandanna-wearing male who has been shown riding Shiva in her motorcycle form, wielding a gun. He is a big character, capable of running while carrying two people around. [18] He was nicknamed "Mr 33cm" by the staff of Final Fantasy XIII because of his shoe size. [19] He has been described as “cowboy like”, and his relationship with Lightning as “unusual”. [20] It is speculated that he is a Lusi.

Red Haired Girl

A female with red-brown hair, who has been confirmed as a citizen of Pulse. According to sources her weapon is a bow, but the recently released scans show her carrying something else. In a trailer not yet shown to the public, she catches a disc and summons Carbuncle. It is speculated that she is a Lusi.

Development

Along with Final Fantasy Versus XIII and the mobile phone game Final Fantasy Agito XIII, Final Fantasy XIII is part of the project known as Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII,[21] but is neither a prequel nor a sequel to either of the two other installments. Square Enix explained that although all three games take place in the same universe, they are not directly related in terms of story.[2]

The game runs on the White Engine, an all-new seventh generation multiplatform[22] middleware engine built by Square Enix for their future games. Both the engine and the game were originally slated to be used with the PlayStation 2 but were later moved to the PlayStation 3.[23] The engine handles advanced audio processing, cinematic cut-scene transition, physics effects calculations and special effects rendering. The White Engine reportedly uses four of the six developer-available synergistic processing elements (SPEs) of the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture microprocessor to achieve near-pre-rendered CGI quality in realtime.[24] Square Enix recently announced they had licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 to use on a number of particular other upcoming current generation titles, but will still use the White Engine for Final Fantasy XIII.[25][26]

A release date has not been confirmed, but in a financial briefing on May 23, 2007 it was shown that Final Fantasy XIII will not be released until after the fiscal year ends in March of 2008.[27] In an interview with Square-Enix's European and North American CEO, John Yamamoto at E3 2007, the possibility of a worldwide simultaneous release for Final Fantasy XIII was mentioned.[28]

Some of the developers in Final Fantasy XIII are veterans. Kazushige Nojima, known for his work on many titles including Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts, will return as the scenario writer. Eiji Fujii, previously the movie director of Final Fantasy XII, will return as the movie director. Isamu Kamikokuryō, previously the co-art director of Final Fantasy XII, will return as the art director, with Tetsu Tsukamoto designing the weapons. The main programmer will be Kazumi Kobayashi.

Rumours surfaced over the internet regarding the possibility of Final Fantasy XIII making an appearance on the Xbox 360. However, on June 5, 2007 Shinji Hashimoto disclosed information to Japanese company Nikkei BP that they are not currently planning on releasing any Final Fantasy titles on the Xbox 360, aside from the Final Fantasy XI MMORPG that is already out on the 360. Hashimoto stated that while Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is currently in production for the Wii, plans to develop a Final Fantasy title for the 360 are currently "a blank page".[29]

Final Fantasy XIII appeared at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan on September 20, 2007.[30] An expanded trailer showed more of the world of Final Fantasy XIII, included a new female character, and reaffirmed platform exclusivity.

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