FF Versus XIII HD scans
2008-01-20 15:05:31 by Kudgel
It's Final Fantasy Versus XIII's turn to have high quality scans from the V-Jump magazine. A big thumbs up for the guys at FF-Xii.net.
V-Jump HD Scans
It's Final Fantasy Versus XIII's turn to have high quality scans from the V-Jump magazine. A big thumbs up for the guys at FF-Xii.net.
Full tan and free cocktails, okay, but enough is enough. No need to get sick of it. That's why I took the time to make a little Gamersyde Diaries on The Bourne Conspiracy while at the Sierra Spring Break '08.
Since 530 Days
2008-01-20 16:42:57 FF Versus XIII HD scans
I just realized that all the male characters so far are actually wearing shirts. YEA!
Since 1144 Days
2008-01-20 17:33:47
Androgyny taken to new heights
Since 473 Days
2008-01-20 17:39:31
They dun look like pretty girls so...that's a win.
Since 604 Days
2008-01-20 19:11:04 In reply to FormlessLikeWater (2008-01-20 16:42:57)
Since 746 Days
2008-01-20 19:15:10
<33 najs, Tetsuya Nomura pwns! :)
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Since 1912 Days
2008-01-20 19:16:13
So these are cut scenes?
And they are definitely femme pretty boys, or is it a mixture of men and women... I can't tell. I don't see the fascination... but then again, I'm married and straight.
Excellent quality renders though... but if they are pre-rendered... I don't see the big deal.
Since 1116 Days
2008-01-20 19:32:53
Why do they keep designing these shemale looking characters? I really don't think it's a preferred look for a protagonist.
Since 1088 Days
2008-01-20 20:07:45 In reply to omegaheat (2008-01-20 19:32:53)
in the western market we might associate a gruff, tough, mean looking guy as the protagonist, but in japan it is different. I think it is all to do with heroes who are sensitive, quiet, tortured, mysterious and yet there for the main female lead etc..
Plus, in certain parts of japanese people look like these characters, hairstyles and all. Even look at famous japan actors and singers, Gackt, Takeshi Kaneshiro etc.
I like the artstyle of the final fantasy series/japan games. It is beautiful and suits the story. Like the small screen capture in pic 2, where 2 of them look like fighting each other..shields, swords surrounding each other..awesome
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Since 1175 Days
2008-01-20 20:27:01
Tetsuya Nomura's behind this one. Nobody should be surprised about the character design.
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Since 646 Days
2008-01-20 21:17:53
Personally, I find these shemale looking characters much more interesting than a big muscular guy-like Schwarzenegger..
And damn, why can i not achieve such hairsytle?
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Since 964 Days
2008-01-20 21:45:27
These type of characters is what makes final fantasy great, its what draws you in..
you dont want some big ol Hulk guy picking his nose and flicking his bugers at the enemy for 100 points of damage do you?
and plus.... a tortured/ sensative guy fits better in cut scenes with females... it makes you feel more of their pain, love for the female character..
But then again.. what do i know =/
Since 659 Days
2008-01-20 22:42:10
Slightly boring with the same old FF character designs with all the pretty boy heroes. Just goes to show they are still designing with the Japanese market in mind rather than the doing what others have realized they need to do which is appeal to the gaming world.
Since 538 Days
2008-01-21 00:12:44
You guys are totally wrong, Shane saw the trailer from which these screens are taken and he said it looked really serious and the characters all wore 'normal' quotes.
This looks very anti-Final Fantasy and dark. Game for mature gamers no doubt.
Since 1098 Days
2008-01-21 00:21:49 In reply to blinx01 (2008-01-20 22:42:10)
It realy makes me wonder why guys have such a big problem with metrosexual character designs, perhaps its comes from an insecurity ... ?
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Since 1160 Days
2008-01-21 00:38:19
FF and KH are about the only jrpg series (as a series whole, not a game entry here and there) that appeals (and sells) well to the gaming world as a whole.
so ironically, Nomura (and FF/KH) has the least incentive of anyone to change direction.
Since 498 Days
2008-01-21 00:39:05 In reply to Jollipop (2008-01-21 00:21:49)
It realy makes me wonder why guys have such a big problem with metrosexual character designs, perhaps its comes from an insecurity ... ?
Could of course just be that us Europeans are sick an tired of waiting till the end of time before a japanese developer thinks that we are worthy enough and mass import it. ;p
Since 1098 Days
2008-01-21 00:47:58
Looking at the same charts.
Japan = 2.42 Million
Rest of the World = 2.59 Million
Thats pretty good if you ask me.
A look at FF10.
Japan = 3.02 Million
Rest of the World = 4.93 Million
Where as a game like DQ8 solds very poorly in the West compared to Japan, but did slightly better in the rest of the world than America and still managed to sell over a million regardless.
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Since 1098 Days
2008-01-21 01:01:33 In reply to Jollipop (2008-01-21 00:47:58)
Oppss
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Since 1125 Days
2008-01-21 01:40:30
wow jollipop, you tottaly proved his point lol
Since 1098 Days
2008-01-21 01:58:17
Huh how ?
I wasn't trying to disprove him, I was just saying that total sales are fairly even between Japan and the rest of the world.
I don't really see how launch numbers matter, the PS3 won't have enough units out there to come even close to either FF12 and FF10 so launch numbers.
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Since 1160 Days
2008-01-21 02:43:30
The character design is awesome, except for in FF12, there was nothing that i liked about how they designed the main character.
FF7 - FF9 were the best of the series. FF10 was ok. But if they ever make another Final Fantasy game like Final Fantasy X-2, ill fucking kill myself.
Since 530 Days
2008-01-21 02:47:40
The knights in FFXII are some of best character designs in ANY Square-Enix game, period.
Since 1200 Days
2008-01-21 03:04:57 In reply to Jollipop (2008-01-21 00:21:49)
And hell, nobody is saying that all characters need to be big and hypermasculine...there is a decent amount of middle ground between pretty-boy and he-man.
Since 1144 Days
2008-01-21 03:51:35 In reply to Jollipop (2008-01-21 00:21:49)
Since 530 Days
2008-01-21 04:10:44
All FF characters don't tend to look alike. Cloud, Squall ,Zidane, and Tidus DO NOT look alike.