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V-Jump magazine writes that Square Enix intend to release a 'Final Fantasy VII related' trailer tomororw to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the games release in Japan.
What the trailer is, i have no idea, but i'm sure it'll be full of nostalgia for fans of the game, so look out for it!

Information this morning from Famitsu/Famitsu 360, as follows;

-Atlus are developing a game on the 360 (and PS3 - though the article was taken from Famitsu360 so PS3 was omitted)
- (Capcom) Sequels to Dead Rising and Lost Planet are in the works, both will be multiplatform
-  Microsoft dodge the question of a Slim 360 being released, but it seems something is in the works
- Namco Bandai plan to continue whoring themselves and will release 5-6 big titles on the 360 this year (most of which we know) They also mention a new IP
- Bethesda will hijack another firms IP (again) and will release it as a big multiplatform title this year
- From Software are reluctant to develop another exclusive game for the 360, they will wait and see how Ninja Blade performs first
- Koei planning a new IP (does anyone care?)
-  Sega are planning a big multiplatform title which will make 360 owners happy

And the scores for both of these mags;

Famitsu 360

Reviews

Ninja Blade 8997
Midnight Club 8888
Street Fighter IV 9988
Skate 2 7887
Shooting Love 7767
Star Ocean 4 9988
Sonic 8889
Chaos Head Noah 8879

Regular Famitsu scores

Chibimarukochan 8777
Destiny Links 9889
Tantei Conan and Kaneda Shounen no Jikenhaku 7876
Midnight Club PSP 7888
Enkakusousa 9888
Shaun White Snowboarding PSP 6777
Demon's Souls 7967
Shaun White Snowboarding PS3 6866
Midnight Club PS3 8988
Midnight Club 360 8988

New Japanese trademarks have also surfaced, some, interesting, titles in there (i'll translate the interesting ones);

 BANDAI NAMCO (The hell? Too much Tales of)
商願2008-095371 テイルズオブフェスティバル\TALESOFFESTIVAL
商願2008-095452 テイルズオブシンフォニア\TALESOFSYMPHONIA
商願2008-095453 テイルズオブヴェスペリア\TalesofVesperia
商願2008-095454 テイルズオブハーツ\TALESOFHEARTS
商願2008-096816 出撃!アクロナイツ (see below)
商願2008-096817 Acroknights
商願2008-097208 タッチでわくわくトレーニング
商願2008-097288 BrainExercise
商願2008-097289 MoreBrainExercise
商願2008-097290 TimeCrisisStrike
商願2008-098300 DearyStars\ディアリースターズ
商願2008-098301 DressingSweet\ドレッシングスイート
商願2008-098302 DreamSymphony\ドリームシンフォニー
商願2008-099019 テイルズオブシンフォニア\TALESOFSYMPHONIA
商願2008-099020 テイルズオブハーツ\TALESOFHEARTS

KONAMI
商願2008-096387 ナイトメアパラダイス (Nightmare Paradise)
商願2008-096568 PASELI
商願2008-096995 ANCIENTPROPHECY
商願2008-098296 デスティニーデイズ (Destiny Days)
商願2008-099097 §実況\パワフルプロ野球\NEXT∞じっきょうパワフルプロやきゅうネクスト

SQUARE ENIX
商願2008-097582 Phantom&Ghost\ファントムアンドゴースト
商願2008-098051 戦慄!モグ祭りの夜
商願2008-098052 シャントット帝国の陰謀 (it's a Shantotto FFXI mini expansion, as are the game above, and game below)
商願2008-098053 石の見る夢

SCE
商願2008-097631 Numblas\ナンブラス

SEGA
商願2008-096916 リルぷりっ
商願2008-097922 MEDALLOUNGE
商願2008-098859 SFC.NET
商願2008-098860 SHININGFORCECROSS.NET
商願2008-098922 UFOKEYCOUNTER
商願2008-099313 §ShiningForce\CROSS\[シャイニング・フォースクロス]

KOEI
商願2008-093790 ホイホイ

ENTERBRAIN
商願2008-095301 アマガミ (amagami)

Majesco Entertainment Company
商願2008-099519 メジャマジ・マーチ

Will probably update with more news soon, so check back. Also remember, FFXIII trailer goes up later today!

Screenshots taken from the previous couple of Famitsu/Jump magazines.

An official European based Final Fantasy 13 (notice the use of number and not roman numeral?) has launched today. Bearing nothing but a countdown and the message 'The countdown has begun. A new vision will soon be revealed to the world. Register now to ensure you're there for the unveiling' - Normally we'd assume it's simply a European site launch, but why have a countdown? And why would a European site launch so early prior to even the Japanese launch?

Check it out and register yourself here; http://www.finalfantasy13game.com/

A NA based countdown has also begun here;
http://na.square-enix.com/ff13/ (minus the ominous message)
Edit: The NA flash has a trailer written in the code (an FLV file) available in both SD and HD forms
whether the trailer is new or old, we don't know, but a HD trailer is welcome!

GO HERE

What you're buying;
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Blu Ray - 30 minutes extended version of Advent Children, all new scenes relating both to battle and story. Contains English dub 

- Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version Blu Ray - A super long glimpse into Final Fantasy XIII , after years of waiting, we now get a chance to play the game for ourselves, featuring the first scenarios from the game,  joked as being 'as long as Advent Children Complete' this is an exclusive  chance to play the game. The demo is region free
- Fabula Nova Crystallis Trailers - Comes on the same Blu Ray disc as Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version , contains new trailers for both Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII

Currently this preorder (and sale) is for Japan only, however, many import sites ship worlwide - and both film and demo will play on any console. 

-Final Fantasy XIII-

-He's Sazh Katzroy
-He's a middle aged man, he's known Lightning for a long time, since her days in the army
-He's got a yellow emblem on his shoulder which suggests he has status within Cocoon
-He dual wields pistols
-He's got a 'gentle giant' persona, his sensetive nature can often bring him to tears
-He has very good judgement, and so has a sense of social responsibility within the group
-He's the 'daddy' to the chocobo chick, who he affectionately talks to and has rest inside his hair
-His affectionate 'hands on' personality can irritate Lightning

The information is here (Japanese) as well as the first scan of him; the scan shows the character art, plus various
ingame cutscenes + the first ever battle shot with more than one character in battle. Isn't the chocobo so cute :P
Here's my host of the scan, check it out; http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=69619086nw9.jpg

-Other news from Japan- 

.HackLink is revealed for the PSP, based on the manga. Japanese developer support for the PSP is really picking up!
Here's my host of the scans, check them out; http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=69619086nw9.jpg
 http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13437hack2122522lomv0.jpg