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Just after Square Enix’s DKΣ3713 Private Party, you might remember Famitsu announcing that they’d be featuring a blow out on the event during a mid-August issue of the Japanese gaming magazine. Originally, the magazine was intended to be released on the 19^th August; but it would seem that scans of the magazine have already been leaked onto the internet.

The Famitsu scans contain a lot of new information and screenshots on the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation, on the Final Fantasy XIII front we have several new screenshots of a black soldier holding up Lightning. (Killzone anyone?) Furthermore, Famitsu continued to say that the Final Fantasy XIII demo that is set to be released along side Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete won’t be on the same Blu-Ray disk - meaning that western gamers will get the oppurtunity to play the game in March, if they so wish.

Famitsu have also said that the Final Fantasy XIII demo will be longer than Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, meaning that we’ll be getting at least 90 minutes worth of Final Fantasy goodness crammed into the demo.

We all knew that Final Fantasy Versus XIII was going to be dark, but we’ve just learned that the people of Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s world will be worshipping a Shinigami that will be designed by veteran character design, Yoshitaka Amano. For those of you who don’t know, a Shinigami is a death god - think Bleach or The World Ends With You.

New Final Fantasy Versus XIII screenshots suggest that characters will change costumes throughout the game, especially during specific cutscenes - though that could be expected. It’s also worth noting that the Prince’s eye colour has been changed from red to blue.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be using a similar battle system to that shown in Square Enix’s Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Of course, Agito won’t be featuring the dreaded Digital Mind Wave; but the actual game play mechanics will be similar - only of a faster pace.

Agito XIII will be multi-player with character development strongly focusing on the summon system seen in previous Final Fantasy’s such as Final Fantasy XII. It’s not confirmed, but we’re thinking that summons could be specific to specific characters, just like with Final Fantasy XII’s License Board.

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Yesterday we reported that V-Jump, a popular Japanese gaming magazine featured a two page article on Square Enix’s Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation. Earlier this morning, the new magazine scans of the same article surfaced on the internet.

The new magazine scans are of much higher quality than those posted yesterday, so it’s definitely worth taking another look at the images. Taking another look at the V-Jump extracts, we’re now sure that several of the images are brand new in game screenshots.

Hey everyone,

This month’s issue of Shonen Jump, a popular Japanese gaming magazine featured a two page article on Square Enix’s Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation. The compilation currently contains three titles, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The Shonen Jump issue contains screenshots, both CGI and in game for all three of the fore-mentioned titles.

Many of the images featured in the below extracts are new, most notable are in game screenshots of Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII; as this is the first time that the general public have seen in game screenshots of either game.

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During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, Yōichi Wada made it clear that Final Fantasy XIII would be coming to the Xbox 360 in North America and Europe. During a live question and answer session with Kotaku, Yōichi Wada confirmed that the title would remain exclusive to the PlayStation 3 in Japan; and that it would only be going multi-platform in the two fore-mentioned territories.

I guess you could say that Yōichi Wada wasn’t been completed honest when he said that Final Fantasy XIII would remain a PlayStation 3 exclusive elsewhere, as during a recent Microsoft game exhibition in Taipei; Microsoft announced that Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 would be hitting Taiwan shelves in the near future.

Microsoft continued to say that they hadn’t decided which localized version would be launched in the Asian territories. This means that the game could go one of either two ways, keeping the original Japanese language track with Chinese/Korean/English subtitles; or it could be in English with Chinese/Korean subtitles. This is good news for Japanese Xbox 360 owners, as if the Asian version of the game keeps the original Japanese language track; it will be possible for Japanese Xbox 360 owners to import the game.

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With Square Enix’s DKΣ3713 Private Party now in full swing, tidbits of information are starting to surface on the internet.

First of all, we have some new details regarding the new Final Fantasy XIII trailer that was shown at the event. One of the scenes in the trailer features Final Fantasy XIII’s pig-tails girl wearing a hood, whilst stood in front of a casket. Also, a character that looked similar to Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth was shown in the trailer. Considering that Tetsuya Nomura was asked to create a next generation Final Fantasy VII with Final Fantasy XIII, it’s pretty much safe to say that this Sephiroth clone will be the villain - I mean, look what he did with Lightning; Nomura definitely didn’t stray too far away from Cloud’s design and personality.

On the Final Fantasy XIII front, four new pieces of Final Fantasy XIII artwork were shown at the event. This includes images of Cocoon, Carbuncle, Shiva and Ifrit; as well as a couple of other things that I don’t recognize. Check the images out below!

Yoshitaka Amano, the main character artist for Final Fantasy’s I through to VI has been working on some artwork for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, some of this art was shown at the DKΣ3713 event. We also have some details of a new character that was shown in the Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer; apparently the girl was dressed in modern day clothing in an art gallery full of pieces similar to those done by Anamo.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII’s PSP release was further confirmed by the fact that the trailer showed the Sony PSP’s face buttons (X, Square, Triangle, Circle) throughout the Agito trailer.

During a Dissidia: Final Fantasy showcase, a series of villians from previous Final Fantasy titles were shown. To name those villains, those attending the event saw images of Sephiroth, Kefka, Golbez and Exdeath.