Via AndriaSang.



A few Versus battle system details have leaked out first:

• The actual battle screen in the final game will show character names.
• Some areas regarding how the battle screen shows commands will probably change for the final.
• Magic has different effects depending on the character who uses it.
• A young blonde male character shown in the magazine's screenshots is good with guns. He alone has aiming controls and can aim for enemy weak spots.
• When other characters use guns, they have just a normal lock-on.
• The game has a large number of weapons. Main character Noctis can use them all.
• Your battle party can have up to three members. However, the members who aren't taking part in the battle will join in on conversations.
• There are more party members than the four shown in the magazine. However, the game doesn't have a massive number of party members.
  

Some comments from Nomura indicating that we shouldn't expect the game this year:

• Main character Noctis is not "cool." He's just a normal youth. He feels "I am strong," but he's not as strong as he thinks.
• Some segments of the trailer show natural landscapes. These are like the fields you encounter in other games. The game will have time progression: morning, afternoon, evening and night.
• Contrary to some theories, the dragon rider character who appears in the trailer is not heroine Stella. Nomura says he wouldn't show Stella in such a state. The character you see in that sequence is an enemy.
• You can steal army vehicles for your use. You can ride air ships, cars and Chocobos.
• The blonde character shown in the trailer is Noctis's friend. The other two characters are friends from Noctis's childhood. The person with glasses is like Noctis's tactician.
• You'll recall that someone in the trailer says "You're not fit to be king," or something to that effect. This statement is not directed at Noctis. (I think everyone assumed it was!)
• Nomura says something along the lines of: This year, we have Type-0 and XIII-2, so please forget about Versus for a while. He asked that people be patient and understand that they're trying to do something incredible.
• At the earliest, we could see more from Versus XIII at E3.
  

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• XIII-2's story begins in Gran Pulse after the ending of XIII.
• The story will feel like it expands out from the after story that was included in the booklet with Xbox 360's Final Fantasy XIII International.
• Outside of Lightning, other characters will appear in the game in unexpected forms. Some will see major changes.
• XIII-2 is a full sequel. You'll learn some of the things that took place in the background scenes of XIII.
• The story will be more dark and mysterious than XIII's.
• The story will focus on the goddess Etro.
• The game will not have the pop feel of Final Fantasy X-2 (I think this means no dancing Lightning booooo)
• The battle system will be an evolved form of XIII's ATB system.
• They're listening to opinions both inside and outside of Square Enix and from outside of Japan regarding characters, story and interface.
• There may be a difficulty setting.
  

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• The keyword for the battle system is "Magic in Action." While you have weapons, magic is main.
• A main concept is "It's not necessary for everyone to gather." The game has a multiplayer system that can be enjoyed by solo players too.
• You can join other players' games for three minutes. While you can extend this, Type-0 is not the type of game where you play together with other players continuously.
• The game will have 12+2 main characters. This means that in addition to the 12 main characters, there will be two characters, Makina and Rem, in a different framework (I'm not sure what that means). These 12+2 characters will be your controllable party.
• You can have up to three characters out in battle simultaneously. Once someone dies, other members will come out to help.
• Until you come to the battle field, you move around the world map and execute a strategy.
• As you play on your own, other players will gradually take part in the battle.
• When you help other players, you earn points.
• In general, your full party heads to the battle field together.
  

I pulled the thread title and these bullets from a thread on Gamespot.com. The guy didn't post a link, but I guess it came from AndriaSang.

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Now this sounds awesome.

Lightnings slutty armour had me thinking it was gonna be another X-2, but they are going the opposite direction.

Excellent, will be my GOTY!

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To me, it sounds like they've purposely gone away from what Final Fantasy X-2 was.

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Darryl Wrote:To me, it sounds like they've purposely gone away from what Final Fantasy X-2 was.

What a shame, I was hoping they would make XIII-2 intentionally awful instead of (possibly) covertly bad.

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Darryl Wrote:To me, it sounds like they've purposely gone away from what Final Fantasy X-2 was.

Well naturally, no-one wants to remember that disaster, the fear with a FFXIII-2 is people will remember the other "-2" FF had was very J-pop...with a move like this they break that preconceived notion many fans had, especially after seeing Lightning's new armour exposing so much skin, it seemed like we were getting another J-pop game, clearly not.

Either way the armour still sucks.

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Sanrin Wrote:What a shame, I was hoping they would make XIII-2 intentionally awful instead of (possibly) covertly bad.

What I meant was, more than anything it sounds like their main goal isn't "let's make a fantastic game", it's "let's not make this like Final Fantasy X-2".

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Darryl Wrote:What I meant was, more than anything it sounds like their main goal isn't "let's make a fantastic game", it's "let's not make this like Final Fantasy X-2".

Potato, po-ta-toe right? I stand by my prior statement.

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"Outside of Lightning, other characters will appear in the game in unexpected forms. Some will see major changes"
Why do i smell some "older and cooler Hope" here

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The answer : YESS !! (This pic doesn't belong to me too XD )

Personally, though this may be desired by many, I don't think that Lightning needs a love interest. I also don't want a singing and dancing Lightning. It goes completely against her nature! She is just not a nice person most of the time. If they try to include some comedy in this game, like FFXIII, in which they failed, or FFX-2, which was downright weird, I'm gonna faint, no, die. I hate comedy in FF games, it's really crappy comedy. I mean, FF games are meant to be dramatic, not comedic!

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"BLAST IT! THAT WAS A RECIPE FOR SCONES PASSED DOWN BY MY MUMSY!
-England getting mad at America for insulting his scones

I must admit... I like this game already!
I enjoyed FF13 despite being linear, and I liked the character (expect Hope, maybe).

So, I'm really happy that they can take those guys and give them a 2nd chance in a story that, hopefully will not be that linear, and where the FF13 lore will be dominant.

And, I must say... I like Light's armor! And for one, I really don't care about her showing more skin, it's not like she became a slut or anything because of it.

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