Say hello to FFXIII's Serah Farron in latest V-Jump scans

  • Posted September 19th, 2009 at 13:41 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Japanese publication V-Jump has got the scoop on the latest female character to join the ever-growing cast of Square's hotly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII -- Serah Farron.

Apparently, wide-eyed beauty Farron is the younger sister of central character Lightning, and is also engaged to fellow male compatriot, Snow. Now much else is known about Farron at this point, though you can check out the first images of her in action below. 

Final Fantasy XIII is due out in Japan on December 17, with a western release scheduled for spring 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Senpai

    • 1:42pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 1

    h3llo

  2. 5peedy

    • 1:46pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 2

    story, gameplay, charecters and graphics are all coming well together, chances are this game will be awesome, can't wait to try it out :)

  3. Kazuya10

    • 1:47pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 3

    She isn't a playable character sadly :( 

  4. 1GamerGuy1986

    • 1:48pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 4

    wow amazing graphics. cant wait till this game comes out..

  5. Kazuya10

    • 1:51pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 5

    Here are the same scans but much much bigger and better quality + without the horrid PSU watermarks lol.

    Just Copy n Paste them in to the URL.

    http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2166/2rm5s75copy.jpg

    http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4406/s13gpd.jpg

     

  6. Large_Tonberry | Jon_Bright

    • 1:56pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 6

    When will we hear about VERSUS!?

  7. DarkVincent07 | DarkVincent07

    • 1:56pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 7

    is it wrong i think she is hot?

    /sigh

  8. GhOsTxRyDa

    • 2:02pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 8

    @7

    naw i do to =)

  9. DarkVincent07 | DarkVincent07

    • 2:16pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 9

    Good to know ^^

  10. DonMatteo | DonMatteo13

    • 2:21pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 10

    @3 lol i thought she was the main character

     

    @ jim (7,9): your sick (but your always like that :D:D)

  11. shreeveera_ps3 | SHREEVEERA

    • 2:28pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 11

     

     

    she is hotter than Lightening!!!Hope she is pllayable..I guess a Love triangle coming our way.

  12. helgast666

    • 2:31pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 12

    boobies!

  13. Kazuya10

    • 2:32pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 13

    ^^

    Well it was said somewhere she isn't playable but I guess we need to hear it from the mouths of the devs first. 

  14. lightseeker62

    • 3:07pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 14

     kawaikune

  15. Azu | Azu-san

    • 3:07pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 15

     She's Lightning's little sister and girlfriend of Snow's

  16. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 3:07pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 16

    Yeah she is hot for jailbait..lol

  17. PSX_Legend | KillZone3000

    • 3:23pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 17

    FFXIII its gonna have the most beautiful girl characters ive seen so far in this generation.

  18. Fijiandoce | Fijiandoce

    • 3:25pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 18

     story has gone from EPIC to.....EPICAWSOME!!! 

    a love interest always spices things up, unless its really cheesy -.-

     

    she's quite the eye candy too, though inlike lightning she seems frail....boooo, damsel in distress? lets hope not :)

  19. Suley | SuLeY96

    • 3:28pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 19

    hii

  20. Jexol

    • 4:14pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 20

    She looks like a prostitute.

  21. Blackmog | blackmog

    • 4:27pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 21

    When i seen the 1st screen i thought, yay its nice to see square keep trying to make characters like yuna

    /sarcasm

    but this character looks a bit differant in others, hurray

  22. Eltimas | Eltimas

    • 4:31pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 22

    Nice

  23. Xdeth | Xdeth

    • 4:48pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 23

    Id hit it

  24. helgast666

    • 5:19pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 24

    20@

    i agree... :)

     

  25. hotshotdas

    • 5:44pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 25

     @5 Good looking on the improved pics. My eyes still hurt from looking at them from PSU

  26. KH_Fan01

    • 5:48pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 26

    @ 2

    Don't forget the unrivaled music this game will have which only FF offers.

    @5

    Thanks for the bigger better pics 

  27. jamesobachand | sNaKe2112

    • 6:24pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 27

    awesome shots

  28. b3mike

    • 6:26pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 28

    story is linear not open world. I don't give a fucc about this game

  29. Thorzilla | Thorzilla

    • 6:53pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 29

     @1: LOL!

  30. byoushinn | Byoushinn

    • 7:29pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 30

    @28 Ever played a JRPG before? -_-

    @3 - Serah is an 'L'Cie' like all of the other playable characters are, so there is a good chance she will also be playable at some point in the story. 

  31. bloodbath-angel

    • 7:46pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 31

    The graphics do look good. Serah looks cute.

  32. FloodOne | FloodOne

    • 7:52pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 32

    It's nice to see females in the FF games that don't have ridiculously oversized breasts.

  33. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 8:39pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 33

     She looks just like Vanille, Hair's different.

  34. Chaozhoutiger | Teochewtiger

    • 10:11pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 34

    .....This is good and all..... but, what the h3ll happened to FFXIII Versus (I want so see some gameplay of it)....Anyways, I'll probally be getting both FFXIII and FFXIII Versus

  35. byoushinn | Byoushinn

    • 10:14pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 35

    @34 - Versus XIII will be shown at Jump Festa in December, just after XIII releases in Japan 

  36. helterXskelter | helterXXskelter

    • 11:21pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 36

    oh, the bible black chick.

  37. PS3!!!!! | FOXY007

    • 11:26pm BST - September 19th, 2009
    • 37

     very nice screens! This might be my first japanese based game that i will pick up 

  38. hoboshank

    • 12:13am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 38

     now we know which of the characters will die

  39. Locks47

    • 12:24am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 39

    http://kotaku.com/5358496/this-final-fantasy-xiii-lady-looks-familiar    . funny stuff imo.

  40. andrew01

    • 2:01am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 40

    that great

  41. kyuu

    • 2:02am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 41

    I saw this like a week ago. but h3llo

  42. NoUseMercenary | NoUseMerk_PSU

    • 2:21am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 42

    I bet she pulls and Aries (FFVII) and dies/killed. One of the story twists.

  43. Overcast | Gamenificent

    • 2:35am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 43

    @35 I'm sure they want to put as much emphasis on the game that's actually being released, so Versus is being downplayed at the moment. Good to know it'll be shown soon though Versus looks a bit darker and more gritty so I definitely interested. I hope it parallels real world situations like FF tactics did with religion.

  44. Chaozhoutiger | Teochewtiger

    • 4:25am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 44

    @35 Thanks, thats good news. Any word of it being gameplay footage by chance :)

  45. Daneroy | Daneroy

    • 5:35am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 45

    She kinda looks like Paris Hilton in the top pic where the PSU logo is overlayed.

  46. Bullet747

    • 9:26am BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 46

    Just bring in a wise tough guy character and I'll be good.  That's really all that's missing to me.

  47. BlinkyEC | BlinkyEC

    • 1:01pm BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 47

    @36

    an auron type character ?

  48. Eltimas | Eltimas

    • 3:56pm BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 48

    She's very regular and not unique enough for an FF character, anyone has this feeling?

  49. djschief | djschief

    • 5:58pm BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 49

     i just hope they FINALLY put back in hidden characters.  i miss the glory days of FF...the game does look amazing.  first day buy for me!

  50. VictorHugo

    • 6:44pm BST - September 20th, 2009
    • 50

    I am sitting on the fence on whether to buy or not this game and this new character disencourages me to buy it.  I was excited about the very high production values in this new iteration of the FF series but slowly my excitement has eroded until nothing short of a perfect 10  metascore will persuade me to buy it.

    First of all, I do not like androgynous characters nor I am too thrilled about a female lead character. I know millions of men out there actually enjoy playing as female characters, but I ain't one o'em.

    One of my favorite elements of FF VII (the best of the series) was the soundtrack, which was the brainchild of Nobu Uematsuo, who, unfortunately, is not the music composer for FF XIII.

    Furthermore, after having watched the demo in its entirety, I can say categorically that the combat system isn't as exciting or simply as entertaining as that of games like DA: Origins. However, I admit that my opinion can still be overturned.

    Essentially my beef with this game is mostly with its aestethics. Its color scheme is too bright and seems to shout out "fantasy". My favorite part of FF VIII was Midgar, for example. It is not that I shun color, Uncharted's lush jungle enviroments are some of the most beautiful graphics I have ever seen. But I do prefer a level of realism which is lacking in this game.

    Anyway, even this I could overlook and even enjoy but the androgynous charcters and the now-revealed cheesy romance between characters is just too much for me to bear. Someone wondered if the romanctic relationship would be cheesy. Let me tell you, it WILL BE CHEESY in keeping with Japanese theatrics.

    Enough said.

     

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