CVG reports that there WILL be a Final Fantasy XIII demo so fans can get a handle on the battle system prior to actually getting the game. (Frankly, if we need a trainer simulation in advance of the actual game to comprehend the system, I can’t think that it bodes well– though after the complete snooze that was FFXII’s system, it still sounds like an improvement.)

But no date has been provided for the demo just yet, so don’t go holding your breath. 2008 promises to be the year when we get more information on the game (which to me says…we won’t get the game itself. Boo). CVG has a few other details on the world setting, if you want those, some of it interesting and some of it as inane as “the red thing on Carbuncle’s head is a ruby” (….durrrrrrr).

So there you have it: there is, in fact, no actual news on FFXIII, but now we can pretend that there is.

Original source: CVG
Secondary source: Kotaku

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Why yes, someone did. Trailers are up of both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but no Agito trailer– sad.

The FFXIII trailer makes me think of Final Fantasy VIII both in world setting (that tunnel makes me think of Esthar City) and in weaponry (a weapon that can change from gun to sword? HMMM!). Fortunately, neither of those are the items that annoyed me about FFVIII, so all is well.

Meanwhile the FF Versus XIII trailer reminds me a bit of this one Kingdom Hearts 2 trailer in appearance. Argh, I can’t find the KH2 trailer– the one where guys in Organization cloaks fight up the side of a building and stuff.

Anyway, check out the FFXIII trailers:

Hey, I just noticed– the FF Versus XIII trailer says “CLOUD” in the upper-right corner. Hmmm…

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