Finally, some screenshots actually worth looking at!

[Wolf Kanno]

Look, they even have the token Selphie/Rikku/DoCYuffie character.

Oh joy, whatever would we do if we didn't have the token "perky girl" who has appeared in the same damn 4 games under a different name. :rolleyes2

God knows my entire FF experience is ruined if I don't have the same party formula that has existed in half the franchise. :rolleyes2

Seriously though, I do not want the creators of XIII to make good on their claim of XIII being like X. We've had enough of that crappy game...

You pest... Final fantasy X was arguably the best final fantasy of all time... maybe on the same level as FF VII and FF IV... final fantasy X will live on forever.

This

FFVII was my favourite of all time until X came out, a truly amazing story and game.

I kind of had my tongue in cheek with the perky girl thing. There are lots of things that I think "make" Final Fantasy, many of which they destroyed/omitted in XII, but the irritating Selphie type character isn't one of them. It's just better to laugh at the sight of the latest one than to cry.

You know, my only problem with this is that no one has yet to explain thoroughly what this "lacking quality" was...

Anyway, as for the "perky girl". I hate this archtype, second only to the main heroine archtype. It was okay in VI cause Relm played off Strago and it was funny; but mostly cause the two didn't have enormous amounts of screen time. Yuffie is my second most hated character in the series behind Yuna, Selphie was ok but once again its because she has not so much screen time and luckily Squall generally reflects my opinion of the situation, Eiko was obnoxious and luckily can be ignored, Rikku is obnoxious and annoying (though I do like her better in X-2 surprisingly), and Penelo... really doesn't fit the bill but Vaan is pretty close and yes he's the least likable cast member in that game too.

So what I'm saying is please SE, please stop using the same damn team archtype from the last couple of games. XII was refreshing, lets keep it going.