Final Fantasy Versus XIII to feature day and night lighting

In the latest issue of Dengeki, Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura revealed new details on the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII collection.

With Final Fantasy XIII nearing completion, Nomura said that his efforts have turned to mainly Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agito XIII. According to Nomura, the Final Fantasy VII and Versus XIII teams are nearly the same, with the team making no compromises to increase the overall quality of the game. Currently, the Versus XIII team is testing the battle system and town lighting for day and night cycles.

"It felt as though the town really existed in front of me," said Nomura.

Apparently, Nomura has some "very surprising" info around the corner, and it's not the new Final Fantasy XIII trailer that will be shown at E3. We'll be sure to keep you informed of any further developments.

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  1. geedoo

    • 7:12am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 1

    roflmao.  "omgz youz can battle while light shifts" really, who cares about their "amazing" dynamic weather? Liek, 80% of games has it today. Booooooooring.

  2. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 7:12am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 2

    wel ltheyve had trailers of the enviroments in the daytime, and night, so no surprise but OOOOOHHHH MY GOD! I CANT WAIT FOR THIS GAME!!!

  3. Tyrien | Tyrien

    • 7:12am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 3

     Day and night. Hope this isn't going to lean back towards FFXII. While good it wasn't the greatest.

  4. Sonan | Sonan

    • 7:22am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 4

    I would not have thought it to be a big deal, but this is actually awesome. You never see this in RPGs unless it's a scripted one-time event.

  5. Charl3z523 | Charl3z523

    • 7:29am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 5

    Very suprising info? Like KH3????

     

    Pleeeeeease Nomura!

     

    PS, by the FFVII team they mean Advent Children I believe...

  6. Necrowombicon

    • 7:32am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 6

     I hope the "surprising information", is a new FF game. 

  7. higgos22

    • 7:48am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 7

    no one should get ff13 on xbox i mean if they like it they wont be able to play ffv13 so they ought to get a ps3 if they r going to get ff13, but then again its only on xbox in america so idk wont sell to well over there i dont think its japan where the money will be made

  8. omegashellz | OmegAShellZ

    • 7:51am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 8

    baby you my everything your all i ever wanted

    lol, thats what i think when i here about ffv13

  9. sidewalkmailbox | sidewalkmailbox

    • 8:05am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 9

    i wonder what the trophies are gonna be like

  10. Chiem

    • 8:09am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 10

    Huh!?

    FFXI has day and night, heck even the moon-phse matters in that game, hack even the weather plays a roll during fights, special attacks, spells and crafting....

  11. Rapture | NEREVAR117

    • 8:11am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 11

    Absolutely amazing information.

     

    lol

  12. SPIDER | SpiderMedical

    • 8:13am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 12

    hmmmmm if this game does well... then KH3 will folo...

     

    i can only hope

  13. radgamer420 | mistercrow

    • 9:39am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 13

    What are you babbling about number 7?

  14. BATMAN101_Kill

    • 9:54am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 14

    @ 10
    FF11 FTW.
    If this is as Enviormentaly detailed as FF11, but not online.... Wow!.
    If this is going to where i think it is, Then this game is going to be amazing.
    A game based on Reality, Thats as advanced as FF11, With KH battle system, and PS3 Graphics at max?!?! Almost speachless. They did say they were gonna use all the prossesing power they could but i did not expect them to go into this much detail.
    You just won my heart back SE

  15. darksora | Rav_M

    • 10:31am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 15

    sounding awesome. I have faith in Nomura and his team :D

  16. Rediaen

    • 11:20am BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 16

    Cool.  Bring on the FFVsXIII info!  Can't wait for this game.

     

    @7 ummm what game is only on 360 in America?  If you're talking about FFXIII, or VsXIII, you'd be flat wrong.  Get informed before you start babbling.

  17. andysw

    • 2:40pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 17

    Could the suprising information be gameplay footage?

  18. ElPulga | xbacillusx

    • 3:09pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 18

    I dont think this game is going to see the daylight  this year not even in japan.

  19. hush404 | hush404

    • 3:34pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 19

    You know... vsXIII seems to excite me more and more.

  20. Gunbladewarrior | Gunbladewarrior2

    • 5:13pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 20

    Hope it's not Versus XIII for the 360. :|

  21. BATMAN101_Kill

    • 7:27pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 21

    @ Everyone saying THIS BETTER NOT BE 360
    i can almost say 100% it CANT be.
    For the sole reason of them using so much prossesing power in the PS3 and now also this.
    I dont believe this game is possable on the 360. Theres like a 1% chance im wrong but. Trust me, im not lol. When this game comes out, its gonna be bigger then when 10 came out.

  22. HARDCOREPS3

    • 8:47pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 22

     YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH! GO FOR IT! FF13 VERSUS!!! COME ONE! WHEN WILL IT COME OUT!? I WANT THAT GAME RELEASE BEFORE FF13!!!!!!!!

  23. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 9:05pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 23

     This is the one PS3 title I can't wait for.

  24. andysw

    • 9:08pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 24

    At 21,

    Final fantasy XIII is also utlizing the playstation 3 capabilities and that's going to the xbox 360.

    And I hope this suprising announcment final fantasy versus XIII going to the xbox 360 like they did to final fantasy XIII. Backstabbers. 

  25. DivineWyrm | DivineWyrm666

    • 2:27am BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 25

    @1

    millions care, when it comes to enjoying final fantasy's unique, beautiful and mersmerising art in diffrent day and night cycles. if it was something like call of duty, then yeah, who cares, since u see that scenery everyday in ur life since its all based on reality :)

  26. Arnekun | Arnekun

    • 2:59am BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 26

    Day and night cycles would actualy be somewhat significant even if some of you unappreciative fools don't think so.  If Versus has a true day/night cycle, it's probably the first FF game to have it.  Probably all FFs and even KHs involved going to a completely different area/region in the game or triggering a special event for different day lighting/weather. Anyway, I figured there would be both day and night environments after seeing all of the trailers and seeing the screenshots in the Versus section of Cloud Message that show Noctis and group members in a countryside environment during the day.  It should be easily inferred by most people but it's nice that Nomura is giving others a heads-up.

  27. FoolsFolly

    • 6:08am BST - May 29th, 2009
    • 27

    I wonder, will it be a real 24-hour cycle, or something quicker?

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