There was supposed to be Final Fantasy XIII DLC, but all that’s been scrapped.
“We were planning to make some DLC, but that plan wound up not happening,” Final fantasy director Motomu Toriyama told Famitsu (via 1up) when answering a question on a comment he made before the title was released in Japan in November of 2009.
According to SE, Final Fantasy XIII’s only now being released in Japan “Because we feel that there are a lot of 360 owners worldwide, and a lot of people in Japan who own nothing but 360s,” producer Yoshinori Kitase told Famitsu.
Adding: “Thanks to the new [slim] system and such, the situation’s a lot different than it was in July 2008 [when Square Enix announced at E3 2008 that FFXIII would be PS3-exclusive in Japan].”
The International version which will only be available for the Xbox 360 will see tons of new features not available in the original, they include English voices, subtitles in all the European languages you can think of, and “My Hands” from Leona Lewis serving as the main theme song. There’s a new easy mode that increases the item drop rate and makes the game easier in other ways, and the package comes with a booklet containing art concepts, scenes from events that cut from the game, and an original novella covering some of the events that take place after FFXIII’s ending.
About the novella, Toriyama said, “The scenes we removed had to be cut for tempo-related reasons. “There’s a scene where Serah and Snow are buying a birthday present for Lightning; that got cut because showing Snow going to the bathroom didn’t really match with how serious the story was getting!”
Square-Enix confirmed this morning that the west won’t see a release of FFXIII International version, and as said version hitting the PS3 in Japan, nothing has been mentioned. Although it’d be pretty unwise if it wasn’t.
Video Thirst:
Here’s the ad for the game’s release on Xbox 360 in Japan.
It’ll be release on December 16th.
i guess thats a good think, i was so disappointed in FFXIII they would have perform a miracle to bring me back to it!
To me, that game wasn’t even an RPG….Worst FF ever, imo.
yea i was really disappointed by it!
i wish $E would do a ps2 collection, the true JRPGs!
Yep.