FFXIII E3 Trailer 09 and Info.

Dullahan · #1 06-03-2009, 03:19 AM

Trailer with English VA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVQJIkNmFU

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Final Fantasy XIII 60% Complete
Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama discuss changes from the demo, localization efforts and more.
Posted Jun 03, 2009 at 00:50, by Anoop Gantayat

Final Fantasy XIII's development is currently at the 60% complete mark, Yoshinori Kitase revealed yesterday to Dengeki Online during an interview following Microsoft's E3 press conference.

Kitase, producer of the game, appeared along side director Motomu Toriyama at the conference to debut first gameplay footage from the Xbox 360 version of the game. The chosen scene looked somewhat like it was taken directly from the recent PlayStation 3 demo (bundled with Final Fantasy VII Advent Children). However, it had English voices, English text and Xbox 360 button logos. It also marked the unveiling point of the game's first summon spell, Odin.

In a post-conference interview session, Dengeki asked the two about progress on the game in general. "The basic areas of the game are quite far along," said Kitase. "Looking at the game as a whole, we're at 60%. From here on out, we have to brush up a variety of areas as we approach completion."

Toriyama spoke specifically about the 360 version. "Even the Xbox 360 version, whose development was decided upon afterwards, has progressed smoothly enough that we were able to to play on the machine," he said. "Looking at completion level, there's still a difference, but we can see the end point and believe we can achieve the same level of performance."

The different platform aside, we were apparently shown a more advanced version of the battle system than what was featured in the PS3 demo. "The biggest change from the demo version is the battle system," explained Toriyama. "The command menus and other areas may at a glance appear to be unchanged, but they have the systems that are set to be included in the retail version, so the control has changed greatly."

Unfortunately, Toriyama wouldn't share specifics on those differences. As a hint, he said, "In the demo, the point was to finish with the 'uchiage' (launch) command. But the strategy does not end there. The specifics are still a secret, though (laughs)."

Kitase touched upon a separate area of change from the demo version. "The party members in the demo version had the role of following the main character from behind in a support role. However, this has expanded, and evolved. Throughout the last entry [in the series], the image was of a character moving only after the visual effects of magic cast by the previous character had cleared. But for this title, the next character will begin moving while the previous character is in mid move."

Aside from the debut of Xbox 360 gameplay footage, one major point of note for the press conference demo session was the Odin summon spell. Prior to the press conference, Square Enix had not provided a glimpse at the game's summon system -- not even through the usual Japanese publications like Famitsu and Jump.

Toriyama explained the summon system a bit. "Each character has his own crystal, which he uses as a key for summoning. The image is of Odin appearing behind Lightning as a knight who protects her."

Kitase made mention of a "driving mode," where the summon beasts will transform into a vehicle. His comments appeared to suggest that you'll be able to actually ride the summons. However, he also said that you'll also frequently rely on the summons to fight along side the characters in their standard form.

The two also commented on the upcoming E3 trailer for the game. Asked about points of note for the trailer, Toriyama joked "It's in English."

Perhaps a bit more seriously, however, he noted, "It's a first for the Final Fantasy series to have footage in English at this point. I believe it's a big evolution development-wise for the overseas version development to follow the Japanese version development to this level. It's because we want to deliver it as soon as possible to fans throughout the world."

Kitase revealed that the game's English voice recording is being handled by the same director ho worked on the Final Fantasy X series and other past titles.

(NOTE: I originally noticed this interview through Namae no Nai Heya, one of my favorite link amalgamation sites. The link to the original Dengeki Online story as provided by the site was dead -- or perhaps removed. However, I was able to find a version of the story at Yahoo)

Crono2000 · #2 06-03-2009, 09:21 AM

Only 60 freaking percent done at this point? How long has this game been in development?

yam · #3 06-03-2009, 09:23 AM

And official site

http://finalfantasyxiii.com/

*if you kindly type English script here, I'd be very pleased*

Iron_Angel · #4 06-03-2009, 09:48 AM

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The two also commented on the upcoming E3 trailer for the game. Asked about points of note for the trailer, Toriyama joked "It's in English."

Seems kind of interesting that the extended FFXIII trailer that came with the North American release of Advent Children Complete (different to this trailer) was apparently in Japanese with English subtitles. Perhaps that was just a once off thing, but I'm actually hoping there will be an option for Japanese voice acting with English subtitles in the final release. Maaya Sakamoto :3 Also, personally thought that Masashi Ebara sounded a lot more "cheerful" as Sazh than the English VA, which I had the impression the character was supposed to be.

JackDyce · #5 06-03-2009, 09:33 AM

Voice acting in that trailer, outside of whoever spoke the opening lines, was pretty good. I'm excited for this.

Reido · #6 06-03-2009, 09:38 AM

I am super excited for this. Oh shit. Oh shit.

Veers · #7 06-03-2009, 09:42 AM

Am I the only one still snickering at the whole transformer!summons? XD

And yam, English script to what? (If you mean the youtube, blocked from work, sorry

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Voice acting in that trailer, outside of whoever spoke the opening lines, was pretty good.

The actual lines sounded okay, the grunts/ughs/aahs sounded really canned though...

yam · #8 06-03-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Veers

Am I the only one still snickering at the whole transformer!summons? XD

And yam, English script to what? (If you mean the youtube, blocked from work, sorry

)

The actual lines sounded okay, the grunts/ughs/aahs sounded really canned though...

Because I'm a Jap. so, I could not hear English well...

Silentkuja · #9 06-03-2009, 09:57 AM

God, Lightning just might be one of my favorite main characters ever.
I love that she's totally unsympathic.

Crono2000 · #10 06-03-2009, 10:07 AM

This trailer definitely excites me. It'll be nice to have another RPG where the lip sync matches the dub too.

Fifan · #11 06-03-2009, 10:25 AM

To be totally honest, I'm not that impressed with it. So far it's still flashy (I swear, what is up with all the neon?) images with no substance IMHO. But since a real story and the core gameplay haven't really been unveilled yet, I might be entirely wrong on the subject.
The music used however is beautiful.

Veers · #12 06-03-2009, 10:43 AM

Are you talking about the trailer on the FFXIII site? I could transcribe that for you if that's what you mean.

yam · #13 06-03-2009, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Veers

Are you talking about the trailer on the FFXIII site? I could transcribe that for you if that's what you mean.

Yes, please!

Especially I'd like to know what Vanilla says intro. and what Lightning and Sazh talking about the one out of Cocoon.

Silentkuja · #14 06-03-2009, 11:02 AM

*faps to Lightning*

Veers · #15 06-03-2009, 11:21 AM

ほかの質問があれば聞いてくださいね

Girl's voice with English accent: The whole world was against us. With us dead, everyone was sure that things would go back... back to the way they were before.

Affro: Look at that, just what we were looking for.

Lightning: Yeah... Right in there.

Affro: Pulse fal'Cie, huh?

Man's voice: Cocoon is caught in the grip of a Pulse-born terror. These Pulse l'Cie threaten our very way of life. They must be... Eliminated. Over and out.

::In cockpit scene, shouting ensues::

Affro: No!

Lightning, reaching for control stick: Give me that!

Penello mk2: We got 'em!?

Lightning: We got ONE of them...

Quistis mk2: Do be careful with those. For every task, there's a perfect tool.

Lightning: Time to jump!

Affro: Woah, hey, hang on!

Punk dude: What are you doing?

Gangasta hair: So what are you afraid of, huh? You're supposed to be the hero.

Lightning: Just say it! Any l'Cie! Anyone who might even become one! They all ought to be wiped off Cocoon.

Affro: The only way of completing the Focus is to take out the Pulse l'Cie. Ends with us dead.

Lightning: The whole world's out to get us... I can barely keep myself alive, let alone some kid!

Punk dude: Just leave the rescue to me!

Kid: What's wrong with you!? You wanna help the l'Cie!? They're the enemy!

Lightning: Far as fal'Cie are concerned, humans are tools. I'm not gonna die for one of them.

Affro: So? What do we do?

Lightning: Destroy it.

::battle footage and stuff::

Affro: Hey, where you going?

Punk dude: Date with the fal'Cie.

Affro: What!? You gonna ask IT for help?

Punk dude: I'm not just gonna stand here and wait around!

Affro: Whu...

Punk dude: Lightning...