Final Fantasy XIII And Final Fantasy XIII Versus Scans Up Close And Personal

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New Final Fantasy XIII Info Next Week

Yep that’s what that little scan from the latest Famitsu magazine says. Hopefully it will be something substantial and not just a rehash like we’ve been getting for years now.

Square Enix President Yoichi Wada Speaks

Can you explain the thinking behind what you call polymorphic content – for example, the development of the Final Fantasy VII world in various games, merchandise, a DVD film and so on?

We manufacture content. We wrack our brains for what might sell and what might not, but it’s very difficult to hit the jackpot, as it were. Once we’ve hit it, we have to get all the juice possible out of it. The obvious example is Final Fantasy. If we just sell each one, we end up with only 12 commodities. We have to think what we can do to make more profit out of the series.

We believe that consumers should be segmented by what they think, rather than age, profession or even race. We feel that what really wins their hearts is the concept of the game world. By the polymorphic strategy, we sell them what they really want in terms of concept – something that appeals to them – several times over.

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Final Fantasy XIII Details From British Magazine

“Cocoon’s government is using crystals with the power to change man’s destiny to force those on Pulse to work against their will. In turn, the citizens of Pulse are rebelling. Their force is led by the only confirmed character so far, a feisty woman who goes by the codename of ‘Lightning’.

Apparently the player won’t know if he’s (Note: I presume by “he” they are talking about Mr. 33cm) on Lightning’s side or not until a certain point in the game. One new feature to help develop the story will be a ’split-screen’ of sorts, showing different characters in different locations on screen at the same time.”

Via FFXIII.net