Actually that woman with glasses has been confirmed as a villain here.
There’s also talk about Sazh having a son who may or may not be playable.
That information and more can be seen here.
Villians’ names: I guess I’m having an “A-Laws” feel with these guys.
Jihl Nabaat: A member of Cocoon’s military, she’s the one who captures Vanille for purging.
Yaag Rosch: A member of Cocoon’s military, he appears in the trailer to state that the heroes are a threat to Cocoon’s peace.
fine, it was only a thought (since ff4 there’s been one character in each game whose changed sides - Kain, Gilgamesh, Edea, Celes, Vossler, Cait Sith, Beatrix…)
Anywho - what about the Hope mother theory (they said we’ve seen them and ive said my theories before…), other than that i cant think who they mean unless its been someone in the background…
Just an additional note - Hope supposably runs away if his health is critical to long so a side event in ff13 is to find methods to make him braver…
I am so looking forward to this game. Does anyone know if there be a PC version?
no - just ps3 and xbox360. although they’ve said ff13agito may transfer to the Web if popular enough
But bards aren’t supposed to be brave, they’re supposed to be spoony.
Also I wouldn’t count on Hope’s mom to be alive as Snow himself = Umaro (I fully anticipate that he will eventually develop an attack that involves picking up one of the party by one hand and chucking him/her at the enemy). On the off chance that she survives I anticipate seeing her plugged into some oversized engine of death that you have to fight later in the game, or a cyborg, or she gets really lucky and landed in some improbable garden in the middle of a derelict church placed directly underneath that highway that she fell from.
Killmore - i doubt Hope’s gonna be a bard (although that could make his eidolon siren rather than bahamut to fit…hmm) i mean whose heard of a bard that fights with boomerangs.
another random note - more of a rumour realy but the 6th character could be this personhttp://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Serah
As was mentioned in this link http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3175691
Toriyama also introduced a couple of new characters, but only in the form of concept art. The first was a slender, long-haired young woman (who Toriyama feels is the cutest character in the game). He didn’t provide her name, but he did say she will not be a playable character.
I think we can safely rule her out of the running.
i did say ‘rumour’… what i find confusing is that they havent said who the 6th is yet when the game is supposed to be released in dec2009…whoever it is i hope they say soon…
only known facts - we’ve supposibly seen them already, its most likely a girl (the interview didnt make it definite) and their eidolon is siren or bahamut…
interesting countertheory/rumour - the 6th character is most likely a hoax and bahamut will only appear as a boss (cant find website with this theory - ill edit if i do)
[b]EDIT - now confirmed that 6th character is not a hoax, bahamut is the eidolon of the the new character. therfore siren is possibly Hope’s eidolon.
interesting things (mixture of rumours and facts)
- Jihl wields a sniper as her weapon (confirmed)
- Ifrit turns into a car for limit mode (false- although originally thought to, a different fire eidolon does this)
- characters will have specific commands they can only use when leading (evidenced but not confirmed)
--------- Lightning - change - swap between gun and sword
--------- Snow - Kick - hit all enemies
--------- Hope - Throw - you need to ask??
--------- Kazh - Barrage - 5 shots - weapons are upgraded in a style similar to ff8 (unconfirmed but ironic considering weapons are gunblade, gun, boomerang/shruiken, fists)
- Kazh’s son is killed by Jihl (partly true - confirmed to get turned to stone. rumours of reversing this as part of story are unconfirmed)
- Carbuncle bonds with Vanille to make angel wings (unconfirmed)
- The L’Cie characters all have tasks to complete or they die. (confirmed - called focuses - lightnings is to destroy the world)
- Lightning dies at the end because she doesnt finish her focus (unconfirmed)
- Jihl shares the same focus as Lightning and this is why she hates her. (unconfirmed)[/b]
The newest trailer with the game’s theme song.
I suddenly find myself lacking a need to play through FFXIII now that I know all of this. ;_;
Joking(?) aside, I figured that Bahamut was probably going to end up as this game’s Ultima (as compared to FFs V and IX). Otherwise they would’ve given it to [STRIKE]Ten Feet of Steel[/STRIKE] Lightning (not that I’m saying that she wont end up with it at some point but it would be like giving Sanger Somvold Wodan’s Sledgelmir).
I’m sorry…
But seriously, its all making me want to play more…unfortunatly i dont have ps3 (cant find one with backcompat).
Shame ffcompendium stopped updating…i could have found out all about it…
More facts and rumours
[SPOILER][b]- Jihl will be or be linked to the final boss (unconfirmed but i think likely)
- Hope’s father will be found out and killed (as above)
- Hope’s father will try to kill Hope in shame (i think unlikely, but surprisingly popular)
- Magic will be learnt via eidolons and/or armour (think ff6 and 9)(unconfirmed)
- Carbuncle becomes a jeweled rod for Vanille (unconfirmed)
- Characters are restricted to one element (false - characters will have one main element but can learn all magic eventually - lightning-lightning, Snow-Ice, Vanille-Healing/Holy, Kazh-Fire, Hope-Water)
- There are only 6 elements (unconfirmed but possible considering above rumour)
- Places will have name references to past characters/Eidolons (sort of true - confirmed places include Eden, Palumporon)[/b][/SPOILER]
You do know what spoiler tags are don’t you?
everything above is rumours and are mainly unconfirmed so spoiler tags are not necessary
but if you insist…
they’ve shown battle sequences as well in the trailers - the graphics are almost as good as the movie cutscenes
new info plus a few corrections
[SPOILER]- Kazh’s eidolon is called byrnhilda (a norse valkarye if anyones interested) and is the one that changes into a car (not ifrit as previously believed)
- Bahamut is the eidolon of the strange woman (fang) seen at the end of the last trailer
- Ifrit is possibly the eidolon of Jihl (unconfirmed)
- The strange woman at the end of the last trailer is know as Fang and is related to Vanille.
she is the 6th player character and is an enemy for the first part of the game (ie. ‘traitor’ character like beatrix(ff9) or kain(ff4) and uses spears and three part poles (sanjegun) as her weapon - Just a random point but the weapons are now almost exactly what ff8 had (lightning/squall - gunblade, Zell/Snow - fists, Quistis/Vanille - whip/fishing rod, irvine/kazh - guns/pistols, fang/selphie - sanjegun/nunchuks, hope/rinoa - boomerangs/pinwheels + spears (harpoons in ff8) and machine guns)
random rumour- hope’s eidolon may be alexander…(now confirmed - his special mode being becoming a tank)[/SPOILER]
Final Japanese trailer
The game is now out in Japan, the #1 PS3 game of this year.
In terms of US cast, here are the offical characters confirmed.
- Oerba Dia Vanille: Georgia van Cuylenburg^
- Hope Estheim: Vincent Martella (Phineas, Phineas & Ferb)
- Rygdea: Josh Robert Thompson (Prince Philip, Kingdom Hearts: BbS)
^: It seems the residents of Oerba Village have Ozzy accents as Fang showed.
It’s a good thing we have you reporting on FF news because there’s no way we could be bothered to look this shit up ourselves.
Dragons Revenge: Thank you.
For the US version, the game’s ending theme is to be “My Hands” by Leona Lewis (A bit of spoilage as it uses scenes from the game are used in this fan-made video.)
English trailer, with English dub, and the same song as in the above post getting in the way.