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A somewhat belated Merry Christmas message! :3

Anyway, just wanna say thanks for reading the blog, and for those that follow it at all, cheers.

Also, from now on, i'm going to add my own opinion within my blog entries (to make it a little more interesting to read) they'll be sitting nicely at the bottom of each entry, don't hate me for my opinion!

Thanks again! Byoushinn~

V-Jump has released some further information on the battle system for Final Fantasy XIII, it appears to mix both the seamlessness of FFXII, and the good old command/turn based FF style (albeit with a new attack chain based system)
Furthermore, V-Jump reveals the correct translation of 'pigtails girl' is actually 'Oerba Dia Vanille' - sounds french or something!
There's also a mixture of CG and ingame cutscenes there too.

 

Check them out here: http://www.gconsole.com/kyle/PS3/FF13/FF1302.jpg
                                        http://www.gconsole.com/kyle/PS3/FF13/FF1303.jpg
                                        http://www.gconsole.com/bon/FF1304.JPG 
There will be new Famitsu scans in the week, which will reveal more of the battle system!

 

While i'm here, i just want to make a correction from my last entry (it won't let me edit it for some reason)
There was actually THREE new characters revealed in the end, there was an extended version of the closed theatre trailer that revealed him, he's a buff guy clad in green clothes, with an orange afro! Sounds... unique. 
A Japanese person lucky enough to see the trailer has also sketched what they remember of the second newly revealed character (the asian girl) Here's the sketch:

 

It's taken from impressions of today's closed theatre trailer at Jump Festa.
A lot of it i gather myself so apologies for any small errors. (originally is Japanese)

Please don't moan about not seeing the trailer! This is all we have for now. 

Final Fantasy XIII [PS3]
- A new character is revealed. He appears to have a 'shouta' persona (young boy <insert paedophile joke here>)
- The new male character has a unique speaking accent
- he has blonde hair, and wears goggles. Tidus comes to mind (same attitude)
- There is a new female character revealed. She has a distinct asian look to her. (Bob hair cut? Something like FFX-2)
- Her relationship is described as though she is an older sister to Lightning
- The trailer shows Lightning and Cocoon residents being detained in a prison. Lightning clad in a straight jacket and all xD Snow Villiers plans to release her, and succeeds (guess how )
- Lightning makes a point of saying Vanilla has already been affected by the Fal'cie
- Battles appear to be seamless
- Battle gameplay is shown playing for the first time. Lightning and Snow Villiers are defending Vanilla.
- Snow Villiers uses hand to hand combat in battle
- Shiva is summoned during battle. She freezes the enemies, then runs them over in her motorcycle form
- The battle system is described as being extremely smooth, and fast.
- Battle system does look all flashy like Advent Children
- Battle system is the faster than any FF before it.
- Trailer has full voice acting
- The organization which Lightning and Co are fighting against is called 'Noah' (or something similar)
- People in the theatre were overwhelmed + applaused at the end

And a description of the trailer, translated by Autumn Thread at GAF

[quote] Some new girl, has a bob cut style haircut? oriental style appearance. Seems to take a bit from Rikku in 10-2, that's the feeling she gives off anyway.

A lot of other characters are on screen too.

Lightning working on planning a prison break from where they're being kept; a restraint holding them from entering the main area of the Cocoon?. Lightning is planning it and Snow is taking leadership of the operation

Lightning is in a straight jacket or something. I think this is where it breaks into the original footage when they're on the train and she takes out some of the Cocoon soldiers.

Snow is talking about his ambition to protect Sera and the people of the world but apparently, according to Lightning, Sera has already been captured by the Fal'Cie.

Because of this Lightning belts Snow
Lightning: You didn't protect her! did you! &lt; or something like that

Snow: therefore I came to help!

Lightning puts down her fists.

They show the battle here.
The battle is as flashy as it has been previously mentioned in small amounts in interviews etc. 
The quickness and motion in the battle is the most furious and heated FF has ever seen. They were thinking along the lines of FF7AC style it seems.

Shows a bit of the command, jumping is in the game as said previously but the writer of the blog says he was unable to tell how it happened.

In the Cocoon there is a warning voice being projected. It was hard to hear what was being said over the noise of the music etc.

Event scene:

Snow and Lightning help someone being taken away by a solider? Snow takes a Bazooka like weapon from a downed Soldier and delivers a counter attack.

By the way, Snow gives a machine gun to someone, the suspect being taken by the soldiers? She introduces herself as Vanilla. 

Another battle, snow summons shiva and freezes stuff then completely destroys them all.

By the way, all voices are in the trailer now, for each character
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Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3]
- Appears to simply be an extension of the ingame conversation between Noctis and Stella
- Talk of 'the light' again, discussing when they first saw it (different time <not being able to remember since it was long ago> and it's connection to death, and giving of power.
- They muse about the idea of it being simply fairytale/myth
- Stella invites Noctis to where she is from (Tenebare, or whatever it was called )
 
Expect even more, and detailed impressions over the next day or so, check back for updates!~
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From Shonen Jump
http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/2008/12...reenshots.html

A single page scan http://media.psu.com/media/ffxiii_battle_scan.jpg
of new ingame Final Fantasy XIII battle system

as expected, this means Famitsu will have ingame battle stuff next week also =D (plus there's Jump Festa event this weekend)

Also, pigtails girl name is revealed as ' Wolva-Daia Vanilla'

Other translation of commands (shown in battle menu)

Fight
Launch (aerial attack?)
Fire
Firaga
Cure

As shown in the very first trailer, it appears as though the battle system has stayed largely similar to the original concept, you stock commands together from the menu, and string them into one long chain of attacks, then execute them as like a combo (and looks very flashy)

For the first time publicly the most recent TGS 08 trailer for Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children Complete is released. The new edition of Advent Children features a healthy chunk of new footage, and comes bundled with a second Blu Ray disc, featuring a long PS3 Exclusive demo of Final Fantasy XIII and trailers of various Fabula Nova Crystallis titles. Advent Children Complete goes on sale in March (09) in Japan, and i will let you know when pre-orders are available.

Check out the trailer here: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43753.html 

Final Fantasy XIII DKS3713 trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43656.html
http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/byoushinn/?action=view&current=9587542bb5720e8ea982ef2d4679307b.flv
Download it here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BFB19S7N

Versus XIII DKS3713 trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43655.html
http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/byoushinn/?action=view&current=85b2b7c02d3c71f0c35d1089edf3f55b.flv
Download it here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VTDB12NZ

Watch them now! Both trailers leaked today, and are taken from the 'Re: Reply' Square Enix Book/DVD release. Both trailers feature small snippets of ingame footage, see if you can spot them!

Today a scan of the CLOUD Message booklet released by Square Enix, featuring a small insight into several SE titles has surfaced.

Front cover http://files.or.tp/up11236.jpg
Large image of Cloud

Final Fantasy XIII [PS3] http://files.or.tp/up11225.jpg http://files.or.tp/up11230.jpg
Location shots, and a small developer section

Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3] http://files.or.tp/up11227.jpg http://files.or.tp/up11229.jpg http://files.or.tp/up11228.jpg
More Location shots, World Map view, and a small developer section

Final Fantasy Agito XIII [PSP]  http://files.or.tp/up11227.jpg  http://files.or.tp/up11234.jpg 
World Map, Chocobo! Summon ideas

Dissidia : Final Fantasy [PSP] http://files.or.tp/up11237.jpg
Developer section

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep [PSP] http://files.or.tp/up11231.jpg
Developer section

Following a secret Japanese White Knight Chronicles event today in Japan, 'Dogma Wars', a prequel set 10000 years before the events which will take place in the PS3 JRPG has been released, in manga form. You can view the manga for free under the 'special' tab on the official website, further manga chapters, and downloadable content are expected in the future.

There was also some other small details about the game, which i will compile and list at a later time. Check out the manga here: www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/shirokishi/

In this weeks issue of Famitsu, Dissidia : Final Fantasy [PSP] scores highly with a 10|9|9|8 score!

Also, a new PSP game is revealed Harvest Moon: Sugar Village and everyone's wishes [PSP]- 19th March 2009 release., 5229yen. It is a Harvest Moon PSP spin off game.

This post will be updated as scans/information surfaces!

According to a rough translation of a Chinese site, a Capcom Official said in a recent interview that they have not yet decided if "Monster Hunter 3" will be a Wii exclusive. The site rumors that a portable version of "Monster Hunter 3" for the PSP is likely to exist.

Source: Maxconsole: http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=34397

 

DON'T BELIEVE  ANY 'INSIDER' KNOWLEDGE OR RUMORS BEING REPORTED ON THE 'VGTILT' GAMING BLOG, IT IS ALL FABRICATED, AND IS SPREADING MISINFORMATION.
The blog has been reporting rumors over the past couple of weeks, especially concerning JRPGs and the like, misleading people into expecting things, if i don't enter the rumor onto my blog, chances are, it's not worth entering. The blog has been proved as fake (editing original blog entries to appear accurate and legitimate) so please disregard anything you read from there.
P.S Sorry for the lack of updates, outside of these 'rumors' there's been little new information, expect that to change soon, as an influx of Final Fantasy and Square Enix related media is on it's way in the next week.

http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76814_01_122_1029lo.jpg#

Shantotto igname cutscenes with Cosomos
Cloud alternate costume is Advent Children Cloud, holding the Tsuguri
Sephiroth Alternate costume is topless Sephiroth (end of FFVII)
Some battle shots of these characters (including one with Terra)

http://img168.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77843_02_122_843lo.jpg
Zidane/ Zidane EX mode Kuja/ Kuja Ex mode

http://img42.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77844_03_122_753lo.jpg
Butz/ Exdeath and their exmodes
plus loads of cutscene of different character

There is an interview, which tells fans to expect an FFXII character (who will fight for the Chaos side)
No Final Fantasy XIII (Fabula Nova Crystalis) characters will be represented.