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Gamega Translation

Gamega magazine recently conducted an interview with Tetsuya Nomura aboout the upcoming Fabula Nova Crystallis titles.

Nomura stated that before the end of the year we will see real time battle gameplay from FFXIII. He also mentioned the long disc writing period required for a blu-ray release, which is why the demo will be required for completion in December.

Discussing Agito he mentioned the interface seen in recent screenshots is only temporary, and stated that the party size will increase from three.

In terms of Versus, "The Goddess Etro" mentioned during the conversation between Stella and Noctis is not the same goddess in the painting from Yoshitaka Amano.

Direct Feed Famitsu Screen Shots

Famitsu has posted many of the new screen shots from the scans on their website. They are direct feed screen shots, so their quality is much better than in the scans.

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1UP and IGN Articles

1UP has posted articles about all three of the announced Fabula Nova Crystallis games containing new details. The XIII and vs XIII articles both discuss the characters in their respective games, while the Agito article discusses the game mechanics and summons.

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IGN has also posted articles with similar content.

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12 New High Quality Chinese Famitsu Scans

12 pages from Famitsu's Chinese magazine have been scanned in high quality. The scans feature the most recent screen shots from TGS and E3, as well as many completely new screen shots. There are some excellent images of the Agito battle system.

Famitsu Update

Gamekyo has aquired photographs of the most recent Famitsu magazine, containing new images of FF XIII, vs XIII and Agito XIII.

V Jump and Shonen Scans

We recently reported about Mr. 33 cm's name as being "Snow", as revealed in a Shonen Jump Magazine, and we have the scans uploaded now.

Secondly, some new V Jump scans have surfaced. They have a few new images, however the image quality is not the greatest. Hopefully some better quality images show up at some point.

Final Fantasy XIII Posters available

It wasn't long ago when we were shown the official Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII posters. Now, however, they are available for purchase on the Square Enix Official Goods website for 1000 yen.

Mr 33cm's name revealed

The name of the character from FF XIII formerly known as Mr 33cm has been revealed in the latest issue of Shonen Jump. He is now known as Snow although it is unknown if this is a codename similar to Lightning.

Sketches of the new FF XIII Characters

A user from 104th.net who was able to view the Closed Mega Theater trailers has drawn some sketches of the new Final Fantasy XIII characters. The top-right two are the new FF XIII Characters.

Thanks to forum member Lone Wolf for bringing this to my attention.

Final Fantasy XIII Leaked Trailer Audio

Some of the audio from the Final Fantasy XIII trailer has been leaked. Conversation between Mr. 33 cm and Lightning can clearly be heard. Here is the translation:

Lightning: 'Carry out the mission' is what you said. You want to abandon it?
What about 'your' mission?
Mr. 33cm: That's not it! I'll protect Sera and carry out the mission. That's a promise.
Lightning: Show me you can 'protect'.

Final Fantasy XIII TGS Trailer Audio

Final Fantasy XIII Demo not for Everyone

It turns out that the FF XIII demo which will be bundled with Advent Children Complete, will only come with the first batch of movies. According to Square Enix, the demo will be a Limited Edition, and will not any extra.

Leaked Agito XIII Trailer

Someone has leaked the TGS 2008 Trailer for Agito XIII. It is off camera, however the audio is at least understandable, and the video is clear enough to understand what is going on. Enjoy!

Final Fantasy XIII Premier Live

Sony will have have an hour long event with Square Enix on October 12, 16:00 - 16:45, entirely for Final Fantasy XIII.

As of yet it is unknown what will be going on at this event, however I think I can speak for all of the fans when I say this, hopefully they will show some trailers to the public!

FF XIII Closed Mega Theater Trailers

Once again, all of the Fabula Nova Crystallis games have received the Closed Mega Theater treatment. There was in fact 40 minutes of video footage from all three games.

Final Fantasy XIII has been confirmed as staying PS3 exclusive in Japan with a 2009 release date, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII is remaining a global PS3 exclusive.

New Final Fantasy XIII Info Emerges from TGS 2008

Some pretty exciting information has been dug up from TGS.

To start off, in Vesus XIII, the Prince's name has finally been announced. Hi name IS..... Nokutisu or Nokuto for short. Also one of the female characters in the game(Maybe the blonde haird girl's) name is Stella.

Also, the voice actress for Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII is Watanabe Akino.

The translation are pretty rough, but that is what I was able to decipher from it.

EDIT: Some other sites like NeoGaf are reporting that the names are:
-Prince: Noctis
-Blondy: Stella
-Pigtails Girl: Sarah or Senon
-Pigtail