New Final Fantasy XIII scan revealed

  • Posted August 19th, 2009 at 16:07 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Fresh info on Final Fantasy XIII has surfaced in the latest issue of Japanese publication V-Jump, focusing primarily on the mysterious blonde female depicted in the DKS3137 and E3 trailers of the console RPG.

According to a translation by the chaps at FinalFantasy-XIII.net, the female is known as Jill Nabato, and features as one of the game’s primary antagonists, commanding the unscrupulous outfit known as the Holy Army. Elsewhere, the mag also depicts Lightning’s Odin summon. Check out a scan of the article below.

Final Fantasy XIII is due out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the U.S. in spring 2010, with a Japanese PS3 launch scheduled for this winter.

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  1. blackmetal

    • 4:10pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Awesome

  2. HalfOfZero | HalfOfZero

    • 4:12pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Interesting.... Japanese text. Nice.

  3. netherdragon | netherdragon

    • 4:13pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    uh which one is the odin summon?

     

    looks good though

  4. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 4:22pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I'm hoping this game is awesome based on how incredibly slow its development cycle has been. What' sgoing on with 13 versus?

  5. Strudel | Strudel

    • 4:29pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I wish I could understand japanese, then I wouldnt have to wait for the American launch

  6. taurus82 | taurus82

    • 5:11pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Shouldn't Odin's 'Horse Mode' have six legs?

  7. coverton341 | groovy341

    • 5:14pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I would also love to know any information on versus 13 I am getting a bit nervous that it may go to the wayside.

  8. yssul1027

    • 5:45pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I'm beginning to worry that Square might be giving away "too much" information even before the game's out...

  9. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 5:49pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I'm not worried about too much info, I still have no idea what this game is about other than the fact that it looks like a mish mash of story elements from FF7. Would it kill them to be original.

  10. darksora | Rav_M

    • 6:10pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @Overcast: What mish mashed elements is it using?

  11. KH_Fan01

    • 6:18pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Looking amazing as usual, shocked that the pic of her is in-game. Hair detail is crazy.

    Finally a game with an epic story is coming.  =) 

  12. BlinkyEC | BlinkyEC

    • 6:22pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @10 the evil corporation.. the mysterious protagonist.. the terrorist group..  even the giant robot scorpion!

  13. KH_Fan01

    • 6:28pm BST - August 19th, 2009

     the evil corporation- in this games case a world not a company like FFVII

    the mysterious protagonist- like in most games ahah

    the terrorist group- Far from terrorists like in FFVII where they going around blowing up reactors. In the demo Lightnings mission was to look for the Pulse fal'Cie and her mission is to bring the down fall of an entire world. Unlike FFVII where at the beginning they're just trying to get rid of Shinra and save the planet.

    The last ones all yours :D

  14. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 7:44pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @12 Thank you Blinky, it annoys me to the point I didn't even want to type it.

  15. BlinkyEC | BlinkyEC

    • 9:08pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    no problem casty

  16. Kazuya10

    • 9:17pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    ^^ u can tell you two aint been following the story 

  17. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 9:18pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @13 Not trying to start an argument here, but from a writer's standpoint those modifications are slight.

    Evil Inc-Evil Planet

    Terrorist Group-Different Type of terrorist group

    Cloud-Female Cloud (can't post it here but there is a pic circulating that slowly breaks down and shows that advent children Cloud and Lightning are practically the same drawing)

    Trust me those modifications may seem drastic but they really really aren't. It's just an excuse so Square can say it's different while actually being lazy as possible from a writing standpoint.

    As a writer I had to write a lot stuff in college and had I written 2 different stories with those same major plot outlines my professors would have torn me apart for it.

  18. FloodOne | FloodOne

    • 9:40pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @17- We really do't know any of the plot elements, we're all just making assumptions at this point.

  19. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 9:46pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I'm not claiming specifics here just general outline. I'm not saying it will be exactly the same with the characters copied and pasted in the FF7 story. I recently downloaded the most recent english trailer on PSN, the one at the end where lightning goes into some mysterious place to ask for help from something the black guy called "that thing". If it's a summon I'm gonna be pissed.

  20. KH_Fan01

    • 9:52pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    @17

    You can rip any game apart by simplyfying/comparing it like you are.

    Uncharted 2- Man looking for a treasure, like so many previous games and Uncharted 1.

    White knight- Boy wants to save a princess, that hasn't been done countless times has it?

    How many games involve fighting of invading aliens in your planet?

    How many games needs the world to be saved?

    Small things like this dont stop a game from being phenomenal.

     

  21. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 10:01pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Ok dude, but it's far more suspect when it's a game in the same series from a company that loves piggy backing in any way on it's most popular game in that series. I've had numerous people (who aren't writers, two of them below the age of 10) that noticed it before I even said anything. The generalites you are speaking of are far more thematic. It's a bit more obvious when it's the same company feeding it to you over and over again.

  22. KH_Fan01

    • 10:06pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    kk we can leave it as that :)

    Lets just wait for this damn game to release!

    By the way 'that thing' at the end of the trailer they're talking about isn't a summon. 

  23. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 10:10pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    No need to get defensive I just pointed out a general plot outline, not looking for a fight dude.

  24. KH_Fan01

    • 10:16pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    Oh I said damn because i am tired of waiting for the game. Wasn't directed at you lol.

     

  25. TSGeneralWar

    • 10:18pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I want 2 play this game badly!!

  26. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 10:20pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    I think we all are, lol. They announced this in 2006 and it's coming out in 2010. That's sadistic!

  27. andrew01

    • 11:47pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    that awesome

  28. PSX_Legend | KillZone3000

    • 11:56pm BST - August 19th, 2009

    my god! finaly after FFX im able to play a decent new FF game. 

  29. qmoney88

    • 12:32am BST - August 20th, 2009

    doesnt look like odin of old... although i guess hes never really had a definitive form other than having lightning, i did expect to see some kind of human form for him but well hav to wait and see (sometimes i wish i was japanese)

  30. BlinkyEC | BlinkyEC

    • 1:01am BST - August 20th, 2009

    @29 odin's horse (slipnier or something like that) was mean to have six legs.. while in this it has four and it's a robot... so there's a few differences lol

  31. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 1:21am BST - August 20th, 2009

    They are doing somethings different, you can at least say that. I heard Shiva is a motorcycle. I'll need to see that in motion to know if that's cool or not. Sounds cool...

  32. Aizen-Sama

    • 8:36am BST - August 20th, 2009

    Read my post here ^^

    http://www.psu.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4479386&postcount=5 

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    Release date (US):
    March 9th, 2010
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    Square Enix
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