Square-Enix have released, HD screenshots of both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The screenshots are the images seen in the latest issue of Famitsu. It's nice to see Square-Enix actually releasing this media so early after the japan exclusive magazine has been released. Let's hope this will turn into a trend.

Final Fantasy XIII:


Final Fantasy Versus XIII:


Source: IGN

Famitsu.com has posted the screenshots they included in their latest issue of Famitsu PS3. Although we have both the Final Fantasy XIII and Versus images from scans in higher resolutions, this is the first time they've been released as screenshots. The Agito ones have only been visible from a photo of the magazine prior to this. All of the images are in-engine.

Final Fantasy XIII


Final Fantasy Versus XIII


Final Fantasy Agito XIII



Source: Famitsu.com

Back four days ago, we posted the new Famitsu scans with a few details concerning each of the games. Thanks to epsilon, we now have the full Final Fantasy Versus XIII Nomura interview translated. It includes a few small extra details and the confirmation from Nomura that we will hopefully be seeing the in-game engine scene from the scans at the Tokyo Game Show this October.

Click here to view the scene mentioned in this interview.

Speaking about the eyes, the main female lead can be seen to have violet coloured eyes. So does the prince. We had the initial impression that he had red coloured eyes. From the new images, his eyes are blue. Will he have blue eyes normally?

Normua: Yes. His eyes will only turn red at some special occasion. (Triggered by something)

As for the female lead, is it the same for her??

Normura: Surprisingly, she is a rather shy person. (laugh)

Can you explain what is happening in the scene from the images released?

Normura: The scene takes place at a party. This is the first time they have met each other. Initially, I wanted to make a scene that showed them introducing themselves. Even though we tried our best, we still cannot release their name to the public. Sorry. We will try to screen that scene at TGS if possible.

Are there other people in the room?

Normura: Actually, the rest of the party is downstairs. The Prince came upstairs to hide from the noise and crowd. Initially, he thought that there wouldn't be anyone on that floor, but he was surprised to see the female lead. (She is looking at the drawing hanging on the wall)

What is the painting about?

Normura: It is still a secret

What is the skeleton that is holding the painting?

Norumra: This country believe in a Shinigami (Death god). Based on the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos.

The Prince's outfit is based on the design by the creative director of Roen. What is the reason for this co-operation?

Normura: This is to express the higher level of realism. If we based it on an actual real subject, it will feel more real.

What will happen to the the initial outfit?

Normura: Initially, we just designed this outfit based on the script to give a visual impression. That's it. As we create more scenes, the outfit will change. The car will have a new design too and the Prince will look like someone who goes to a high class pub.

You said it yourself! (laugh)

Normura: The game will have this dialogue too! (referring to prince going to pub)

Will the female lead say that?

Normura: She is a very polite girl. She will not say those things to someone who she's met for the first time. To express this characteristic, the way she speaks will have some prominent trait.

The team you are working with are excellent!

Normura: Yes, it is a very great team. I'm full of anticipation and the team spirit is very high!

Thanks to Forever-Fantasy, we have some higher quality scanned images of the recent Famitsu Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII coverage. Before the Final Fantasy XIII images were only available as photographs on the page.

Final Fantasy XIII



Final Fantasy Versus XIII

IGN have extracted some more details from the latest issue of Famitsu PS3 that came out a few days ago. Some details to the storyline of Final Fantasy Agito XIII have finally been revealed and also the fact that Final Fantasy Agito XIII was always being planned for release on PSP.

Tetsuya Nomura and Hajime Tabata said in Famitsu that the title was always being planned for release on PSP but the announcement a few weeks ago was to show that the PSP development had taken priority.

In the Final Fantasy Agito XIII world, the PAX CODEX (a peace treaty) has been broken by Cid from a neighbouring country who has sent "Lucy" or "Lucies" to invade the other. We aren't sure what a Lucy is but I'm sure we'll find out eventually. Little more is new in the article but at least now we know the basis of the storyline and that Cid will be present in at least one of the Fabula Nova Crystallis titles.

Source: IGN.com

It's another one of those times where we wait and wait and then too much information comes out to process at once. The Famitsu PS3 DKΣ Report inevitably came out three days before it's release date and with it came a lot of new information. Thanks to 2chan and Neogaf's duckroll once again, as well as our forum member RpgN, we can tell you some of the details.

Final Fantasy XIII
- The Final Fantasy XIII demo will be released on a separate disc to Advent Children: Complete, meaning that us outside Japan can import it without having to worry about region coding. It will be the entire opening of the game which should be 90 minutes of playtime.
- There are three new screenshots (since the Shonen-Jump scans), all of which are in-game including a Helghast look-alike holding up Lightning.
- Final Fantasy XIII will return to the old Final Fantasy turn-based system. This means you will control each of every party members turns with no Gambit system like FFXII.
- The story is being written so each main character feels like a protagonist instead of a supporting character.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII
- The world based in Final Fantasy Versus XIII worships a Shinigami (death god) which is designed by Yoshitaka Amano. A painting of this god can be seen in the bulding where the Prince and Skirt Girl meet.
- Like Nomura keeps saying, the clothing and cars will probably look different by the time the game is finished.
- Apparently the morale of the team working on the game is really high, which is always good to know.
The scene shown in the scans is apparently when the Prince and Skirt girl first meet.
- We should expect the characters to change outfits throughout the game.
- The Prince's eye colour has been changed from Red to Blue.
- The names of the Prince and Skirt Girl will be revealed at this years Tokyo Game Show in October.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII
- The Agito team decided to move the game to Playstation Portable because they couldn't wait for mobile phone technology to become more advanced.
- The battle system will still use turn-based combat but will be more focused on action. The game will be using a more high-speed version of Crisis Core's ATB system.
- There will be multiple party members in this game.
Multiplayer was already confirmed when it was on mobile but now they have confirmed that 3 players can play together in Infrastructure mode.
- The Summon Odin can be seen in the Agito scan and the game will focus strongly around them. The summons are part of the character growth system and can also be controlled by players.

UPDATE: Some more details added thanks to Sabin.

Source: Neogaf

Famitsu PS3 scans on Square Enix DKΣ1373 Party have finally emerged on the internet, displaying new images and possible information on the Fabula Nova Crystallis titles, including a small snippet on 'The Third Birthday' (Parasite Eve 3).

Thanks to forum member Ven for informing us on the new scans.
Hopefully we shall have higher quality scans and more pages from the Famitsu report available later on. Enjoy.

Famitsu PS3 - DKΣ1373 Report Scan 1
Famitsu PS3 - DKΣ1373 Report Scan 2
Famitsu PS3 - DKΣ1373 Report Scan 3
Famitsu PS3 - DKΣ1373 Report Scan 4

Source: 2Chn

The latest Play UK Magazine has graced us with a E3 08 Q&A interview, with Corporate Executive Shinji Hashimoto & Producer Yoshinori Kitase.
The interview does not give us much more insight into FFXIII, as to be expected, but does give us a nice clean evaluation on some matters.

Play have also updated their preview section on FFXIII since E3 08.
The scans can be viewed below.

Now we've finally gotten round to updating the new layout, we have a Final Fantasy Versus XIII Screenshot page! Here you can find all the official screenshots, the unofficial screenshots and some of our exclusive high-resolution scan clippings. Enjoy!

>> Final Fantasy Versus XIII Screenshot Page

Our forum member entity has translated the information in the Shonen Jump scans we found yesterday on 2chan. The translation helps explain what's going on in the screenshots contained in the scans. I've added the text to the higher quality scans we posted earlier today. Some sentences are hard to understand but all the basic information is there. Shonen Jump seems to have a thing for exclamation marks.

Final Fantasy XIII Shonen Jump Scan Translated
Final Fantasy Versus and Agito XIII Shonen Jump Scan Translated