Final Fantasy XIII-2 information and hype thread!

[prowler]

Whens the Tokyo Game Show thing? (is it called that?)

I want to see more! D;

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Cocoon's rear looks cute

!
Looking forward to this

. PS3 version of course not bothered swapping disc and playing it at lower resolution

 

[Goli]

Whens the Tokyo Game Show thing? (is it called that?)

I want to see more! D;

In September.
Can't wait omg.

 

[Goli]

EDIT:
NEW FOOTAGE WITH NEW SOUND TRACK OMG!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWkohHhIEE[/youtube]
It gives me strange Wild Arms vibes.

Original post:
As dear my friend prowler_'d say:

Double post and not giving a fuck
At France's Japan Expo, Final Fantasy XIII-2's composers were announced
QUOTENous annonçons aujourd'hui à Japan Expo les compositeurs de Final Fantasy XIII-2 : Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta et Mitsuto Suzuki !

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I was hoping for Yoko Shimomura but I guess she's too busy working on vXIII and whatever other games SE is working on.
Also, new English screens:

 

[prowler]

omgomg

It looks so much better

 

[NiGHtS]

This is gonna be a first day purchase for me!

Looks incredible as usual.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

I'll give a shit about SE when Motomu Toriyama is gone.

 

[Goli]

I'll give a shit about SE when Motomu Toriyama is gone.

k

Also, I was reading Grimoire Nier (BUY THIS GAME) when I saw there was a new tweet from someone I follow, namely this:

What the tweet says is that the FFXIII-2 E3 trailer is now up on PSN, with English VA and Japanese subs, the image linked confirms it:

IN FULL 1080p GLORY!
I wonder if this is SE's way of saying "Welcome Back, PSN!", considering it went live in Japan a few hours ago...
So yeah, all interested log into your JPSN account and get it!

 

[Paarish]

DAMN! My brother's on the PS3

First thing tomorrow, DOWNLOAD TRAILER

PS Stop advertising Nier, Goli!

 

[Bobbyloujo]

Looks... alright... I'm not really sure if I want more FFXIII after how incredibly long the first one was. I may play just for the heck of it anyway. I hope the final boss battles are as crazy hard this time.

 

[Goli]

Looks... alright... I'm not really sure if I want more FFXIII after how incredibly long the first one was. I may play just for the heck of it anyway. I hope the final boss battles are as crazy hard this time.

I thought they were pretty easy...
It's strange how there's lots of people who found FFXIII hard as hell and others who found it easy as pie.

 

[Bobbyloujo]

I guess it all depends on how you play the game. At first I was trying my own strategy. After about 20 minutes I finally beat Barthandelus and was un-pleased to find that there was still two stages of Orphan to go... I looked up a different strategy online that worked much better though.

 

[Slyakin]

THIS. LOOKS. SO. AMAZING. OH MY GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

They kept the battle system? YESSSSS
They make everything prettier? YESSSSS
They made the game more open and added to the plot? YESSSSSS
Battles now have action parts giving you advantages if done correctly? YESSSSSSS

I LOVE YOU FF13!

A few questions though... How do the characters still have access to powers? I thought you had to be a L'Cie to use magic, and *SPOILERS* didn't all the FalC'ie die in the last game? Also, where does this take place? Gran Pulse? Hmm...

But still, SE YOU'RE BACK YAY!

 

[Goli]

THIS. LOOKS. SO. AMAZING. OH MY GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

They kept the battle system? YESSSSS
They make everything prettier? YESSSSS
They made the game more open and added to the plot? YESSSSSS
Battles now have action parts giving you advantages if done correctly? YESSSSSSS

I LOVE YOU FF13!

A few questions though... How do the characters still have access to powers? I thought you had to be a L'Cie to use magic, and *SPOILERS* didn't all the FalC'ie die in the last game? Also, where does this take place? Gran Pulse? Hmm...

But still, SE YOU'RE BACK YAY!

No information is known yet as to why Serah and Noel have those powers, maybe they're l'cie, maybe not. Lightning obviously has some connection with some higher force or something so I guess that explains her powers.
As for the fal'Cie, not all died. There's still plenty on Gran Pulse, like Titan. (The one that eats an adamantoise when you get to Gran Pulse)

 

[Slyakin]

THIS. LOOKS. SO. AMAZING. OH MY GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

They kept the battle system? YESSSSS
They make everything prettier? YESSSSS
They made the game more open and added to the plot? YESSSSSS
Battles now have action parts giving you advantages if done correctly? YESSSSSSS

I LOVE YOU FF13!

A few questions though... How do the characters still have access to powers? I thought you had to be a L'Cie to use magic, and *SPOILERS* didn't all the FalC'ie die in the last game? Also, where does this take place? Gran Pulse? Hmm...

But still, SE YOU'RE BACK YAY!

No information is known yet as to why Serah and Noel have those powers, maybe they're l'cie, maybe not. Lightning obviously has some connection with some higher force or something so I guess that explains her powers.
As for the fal'Cie, not all died. There's still plenty on Gran Pulse, like Titan. (The one that eats an adamntoise when you get to Gran Pulse)

Oh right, I forgot about Titan and his... *shudder* sidequest. All of that battling.... -___-

I'm so excited for this. Do you know if they are doing the english translation alongside with the production of the game? In that case, couldn't that mean that FFXII-2 could get a worldwide release on the same day?

 

[Goli]

THIS. LOOKS. SO. AMAZING. OH MY GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

They kept the battle system? YESSSSS
They make everything prettier? YESSSSS
They made the game more open and added to the plot? YESSSSSS
Battles now have action parts giving you advantages if done correctly? YESSSSSSS

I LOVE YOU FF13!

A few questions though... How do the characters still have access to powers? I thought you had to be a L'Cie to use magic, and *SPOILERS* didn't all the FalC'ie die in the last game? Also, where does this take place? Gran Pulse? Hmm...

But still, SE YOU'RE BACK YAY!

No information is known yet as to why Serah and Noel have those powers, maybe they're l'cie, maybe not. Lightning obviously has some connection with some higher force or something so I guess that explains her powers.
As for the fal'Cie, not all died. There's still plenty on Gran Pulse, like Titan. (The one that eats an adamntoise when you get to Gran Pulse)

Oh right, I forgot about Titan and his... *shudder* sidequest. All of that battling.... -___-

I'm so excited for this. Do you know if they are doing the english translation alongside with the production of the game? In that case, couldn't that mean that FFXII-2 could get a worldwide release on the same day?

Not to be rude or anything but I made the first post so detailed and full of information for a reason!

It's pretty much safe to say the translation is progressing along with the game's production since there are several VOICED and translated videos and screens in English out there.
(The E3 and Japan Expo builds were in English, for example)
Currently the game is set to release on December this year in Japan and early 2012 for the rest of the world.

 

[Slyakin]

Oh crap, I was so caught up in the videos I didn't even see your vast information! Sorry about that!

 

[prowler]

It's strange how there's lots of people who found FFXIII hard as hell and others who found it easy as pie.

Some people just can't press auto-battle fast enough (???)

 

[Goli]

It's strange how there's lots of people who found FFXIII hard as hell and others who found it easy as pie.

Some people just can't press auto-battle fast enough (???)

I think they can't change paradigms fast enough.
ihateyou
ANYWAY, new screens!

Noel's all like "COME AT ME BRO" in the last screen.
Edit:

Apparently this week's Dengeki leaked, and it seems to have information regarding the ruins and town visited at the E3 demo (The Bresha ones).
Andriasang will most likely have a report soon.
Edit 2: New screens, gorgeous as always:

 

[prowler]

Square Enix released one screenshot

Enjoy?

Edit: Fixed image.