The new kid is called Hope

[Elpizo]

So, that new kid character shown at E3? His name is Hope and he fights with a boomerang. There's friction between him and Snow and he has a short temper. Apparantly, he also hugs Vanille.

And Vanille fights with a fishing rod.

Scan: http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/news/data/upimages/20090716143735549.jpg
Source: Final Fantasy XIII: News, Trailers & Screens ~ Final Fantasy-XIII.net (http://www.finalfantasy-xiii.net/)

[trancekuja]

Oh, really? That's funny cause I've seem to lost hope for XIII.

[VeloZer0]

Actually reading the article it describes the fishing pole as "Enemies are struck by a needle on the end of the wire", something which conjures up some sort of whip/flail hybrid. At least I hope, because a fishing pole is so incredibly lame.

[qwertysaur]

Boomerang? I approve :thumb:
Fishing rod thingy makes me think of Korcha.
http://www.eyesonff.com/cc/images/korcha.gif

[Wolf Kanno]

Weapons sound amusing. Names... Screw the V haters, I feel XIII is definetly the game with the worst names :p "Hope" is already getting on my nerves and I still haven't played the game yet.

[Pete for President]

Don't like the name, do like the boomerang idea.

[Sword]

I like his surname. Why isn't his first name more like that?

[Northcrest]

i'm all 4 da names n fishing rod weapon, but da boomerang seems sort of weird 4 a final fantasy

[Sword]

i'm all 4 da names n fishing rod weapon, but da boomerang seems sort of weird 4 a final fantasy

Remember Rinoa?

[Jessweeee♪]

Hahaha Hope is a girls name!

[Northcrest]

i'm all 4 da names n fishing rod weapon, but da boomerang seems sort of weird 4 a final fantasy

Remember Rinoa?

i guess

[sir helix]

names now adays are universal no matter what the name is it can work forboth sexs. I know a guy named kendel, theres another guy in my school with a very femine name i just cant remember it. summers waisted my brain.

[Fynn]

Hahaha Hope is a girls name!

:p

Hmm... Up till now I thought Siren was going to be his Eidolon... But now, all that talk about this friction between him and Snow, I get the feeling he's going to get Ifrit...

[Skyblade]

i'm all 4 da names n fishing rod weapon, but da boomerang seems sort of weird 4 a final fantasy

Remember Rinoa?

Or Yuffie? Or Locke? Or Edge? It has also shown up in FFIII and FFXI. Not exactly an unprecedented weapon.

[Vermachtnis]

Hahaha Hope is a girls name!

I know. I have an aunt named Hope.

[qwertysaur]

Maybe his parents wanted a girl really badly. :p

[Laddy]

I like how we have two guys named Hope and Snow. Wow. =/

[Skyblade]

Has it been confirmed that he is actually a boy yet?

[Fynn]

Has it been confirmed that he is actually a boy yet?

What about his voice actor? If that's a girl, then I'm sorry for her, since a girl's voice should not change that way...

[Northcrest]

i hope his eidalon is siren. they just seem 2 b a perfect match

[Tuhkasieni]

am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2

[sir helix]

Hope looks awsome and has an awsome name whats not to love, I like all the charecters exept lightning. The bad ass gig is getting really old

[Elpizo]

am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2
Same here, really. The more I learn about this cutie, the more I like him.

[Comet]

am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2
Same here, really. The more I learn about this cutie, the more I like him.

Not so cute when he loses his temper!

[Elpizo]

am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2
Same here, really. The more I learn about this cutie, the more I like him.

Not so cute when he loses his temper!
Lightning will spank some decipline in him. ;)

[Comet]

am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2
Same here, really. The more I learn about this cutie, the more I like him.

Not so cute when he loses his temper!
Lightning will spank some decipline in him. ;)

Damn, that's frickin' hot.

[Tuhkasieni]

[quote=monken;2699633]am i the only one who likes this person? everything except his name though... i think hes adorable:roll2
Same here, really. The more I learn about this cutie, the more I like him.

Not so cute when he loses his temper!


i like angry men... :jokey:

[Crimson]

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[Elpizo]

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Yes, Larsa was cute, too. One of my favourite characters from XII.

[Formalhaut]

Im abit iffy about the name. Sounds too ermm Goody two shoes. You know, Hope? A tad cringe worthy.

[Jaffer]

Took me a while to find out Larsa was a boy, and after I found out my respect rose a hundred times when it meant that he basically told his guards that Penelo was his, bought and paid for.

Anyway between Snow and Lightning, Hope wouldn't be to cringeworthy a name.

[Shlup]

Hope is not a boy's name. :|

[Rodney]

Hope? Universal or not, it's still mainly, overwhelmingly a girl's name.

Meanwhile, any news on his Eidolon? Lightning has Odin (which is weird, since I'd expect a thunder-based one for her), Snow has Shiva, Vanille (supposedly) has Carbuncle, Sazh has Brynhildr, and Fang has Bahamut. What's Hope's gonna be, I wonder?

[Vermachtnis]

I bet his Eidonlon is Pegasusmon, Flying hope!

[Rodney]

It may actually be Alexander.

[Formalhaut]

It Is. YES! I :love: Alexander.

Shame Hes Paired Up With Hope :mad:

[Rodney]

And what the hell is wrong with him?

I think the pairing fits. His name can be associated with holiness, and Alexander is of the holy element.

[Raistlin]

Hope = Holy? Maybe very loosely in English because they both start with "H" and have four letters.

And I think part of the shame is that FF main characters have in many of the last half of the FF saga been either annoying (Squall, Tidus) or afterthoughts (Vaan). Though who knows how this hero will turn out.

[Quindiana Jones]

I'd love it if this guy turned out to be the most loved character in the history of FF now. :D

[Wolf Kanno]

That spot has already been taken...

http://ui03.gamespot.com/738/vivi_2.jpg

If you disagree you are obviously wrong and unaware of it, but still wrong. :colbert:

[Skyblade]

That spot has already been taken...

http://ui03.gamespot.com/738/vivi_2.jpg

If you disagree you are obviously wrong and unaware of it, but still wrong. :colbert:

Sorry, Wolf. Even from IX's characters, Vivi is only the second place most awesome character (after Beatrix).

Anyway, I'm holding off judgement on Hope until we see a bit more about him. It really rocks that Alexander is making a comeback, though. I missed him in X and the Ivalice Alliance games.

[Raistlin]

That spot has already been taken...

http://ui03.gamespot.com/738/vivi_2.jpg

Are you saying Quina does not hold that position? Oh, it will not be happy...

[Wolf Kanno]

Sorry, Wolf. Even from IX's characters, Vivi is only the second place most awesome character (after Beatrix).



That spot has already been taken...

http://ui03.gamespot.com/738/vivi_2.jpg

Are you saying Quina does not hold that position? Oh, it will not be happy...


I'm sorry to both of you, I laid my foot down. Its Vivi, sex appeal and Beatrix can't beat total awesomness. :colbert:

[Rodney]

Hope = Holy? Maybe very loosely in English because they both start with "H" and have four letters.

No, because holy = light, and having hope in dark times can provide a bright spot during those dark times. Also, if holy refers to religion, then one has hope in one's requisite deity (depending on religion). Should've been clear with that, but the hour was fairly late.

[Moon Rabbits]

Hey I didn't know Roxas was in FFXIII!

OH, wait ...

[Craig]

i dont see whats wrong with the name hope, if u dont think of it as a girl name its fine. i think its pretty cool actually and the character seems cool too

[Rodney]

I try not to think of it as one, but ultimately end up thinking of it as one, anyway.

So he'll apparently, on occasion, get scared and run from battle, leaving things up to the player to train him into getting more confidence and becoming a strong, powerful warrior who won't run from battle.

Please don't W-Post Rodney ~ WK

[Wolf Kanno]

Reminds me a little of BoFIII where the main character starts as kid and is afraid to fight (he has a hilarious attack animation) but once you get hims some levels his confidence grows and he actually starts to battle like other heroes. :D

[Raistlin]

BoFIII's hero doesn't randomly run from battle, though; he's just a little kid. *BoFIII nostalgia*

EDIT: Actually, this kind of reminds me of FFT's Brave system. If Hope gets too confident does he just wander off?

[Wolf Kanno]

How about Edward from FFIV?

[VeloZer0]

He was an immensely popular character to use, I can see why they felt the need to bring someone like him back.

[Rodney]

How about Edward from FFIV?

No, Edward just hid in battle. Hope is going to actually run from it.

[VeloZer0]

Ah, so he is even more cowardly than Edward. Awesome...

[sir helix]

this is fishy..... Hope is the son of Sazh, according to gameinformer....what father would let his adorable son participate is a battle. (reminds me of relm, but then again her gramps was a loon). Sazh being a trained soldier, why would his son even have a place in battle. Sazh had two guns, if hopes gonna fight, then daddy throw your boy a gun for petes sake, DAMN!!!!!

[Rodney]

I don't think that's true because of color issue. Hope looks fully white, whereas Sazh is black.

[TheSpoonyBard]

Sazh's son is Dajh, not Hope.

[Yunalesca]

Hope isn't Sazh's son, as mentioned before.

Actually, the idea of him running away from battles - whilst it has the potential to be REALLY ANNOYING until you get his confidence up - is actually quite accurate. More accurate than 14-year-olds just diving into battles when they've never fought in their life. I mean, he's just a kid and of course he's going to be scared.

Hopefully you can just fight a load of weak monsters and boost the confidence that way. I can imagine it would be VERY BAD to enter a boss fight and have him run away in fear :|;

[Rodney]

He'll apparently be voiced by Vincent Martella, whom Disney fans might recognize as the voice of Phineas and Ferb's Phineas.


Ah, so he is even more cowardly than Edward. Awesome...
Turns out that him running from battle was a load of crap. He doesn't.