Heroine's name confirmed. Plus, info on where the game takes place
This info comes from the trailer, which is what I'm still looking for
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One of our favorite annual traditions continued this year as Square Enix hosted a closed theater presentation at this weekend's Jump Festa in Tokyo, highlighting some of the biggest games for the coming year. Included in the bunch was a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII.
This year's trailer montage started off with a few of the lower-key titles, including Wonderful World for the DS and a bunch of mobile games. The new EZ Web and Yahoo! Keitai versions of Before Crisis brought the show to the "Rebirth of Compilation" section, covering all the Final Fantasy VII products. This ended with Crisis Core, details on which we already shared in this article.
Next, it was time for the main attraction: Final Fantasy XIII. The main entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series of titles lead the way with an extended version of the previous trailers. This one opened up with an introduction narrated in poorly spoken English. The narrator told of a floating, mechanical city called "Cocoon." Protected by crystals, people reside peacefully in this world. The world below is known as "Pulse," and is feared by all. The girl who was shown in the original E3 trailer is known as Lightning. She has been chosen to bring an end to the world. At least I think that's what I heard.
The trailer then cut to the familiar train and battle sequences from the E3 and Tokyo Game Show trailers. This time, included in the footage were a water-based summon spell and more scenes involving Lightning facing off against large numbers of soldiers. The forest sequence from the original trailer was missing. The ending was also different. Lightning was shown in an outdoors environment, surrounded by dozens of soldiers. All hope appeared to be lost, until a blonde-haired guy sped in on a motorcycle. He's presumably another character.
Trailers for the two other FFXIII projects, Agito and Versus, came next. We mistakenly reported earlier that the Versus trailer was the same as the one from E3. That isn't the case. Like the main FFXIII trailer, the new version managed to build upon the E3 trailer with an impressive array of new footage that left us even more excited for the final product.
New scenes included an opening sequence where the main character is shown seated in the back seat of a car, listening to the radio as the car speeds through a tunnel. The impressive battle sequence shown in the E3 trailer continued here with the main character taking out a few soldiers who came repelling down a building in the backdrop.
While the new trailer, like the one from E3, was pure CG, some scenes provide possible hints at the kind of gameplay we can expect. The main character called upon a ring of around a dozen sword and sphere weapons, which almost seemed to do the fighting for him. When facing off against the repelling soldiers, he seemed to teleport up to the top of the building, then charge down at the enemy in a scene that resembled something out of Final Fantasy Advent Children.
The new trailer finished with the phrase "The true figure is still hidden in the sleep." Let's hope the sleep isn't too long, because we're starting to get real excited about seeing Versus in its "true figure."
Following the Final Fantasy XIII segment, it was time for Kingdom Hearts to take the spotlight. The latest set of trailers focused on Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, a Japan-only release that includes the English language version of Kingdom Hearts II along with, on a separate DVD, a fully 3D remake of the Game Boy Advance Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
More exciting than the actual trailers was the hint that we could be hearing about a new Kingdom Hearts game some time in 2007. For more on that, check out this news story.
Your IGN Japan staff walked away from the Square Enix Theater more anxious than ever about getting our hands on Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantsy Versus XIII. We're hoping Square Enix makes the new trailers public so that you can see for yourself what we're all hyped up about.
