Final Fantasy XIII demo for Japan only; more info on battle

New info has arrived for Final Fantasy XIII. A recent post on Famitsu reveals quite some interesting details about battle transitions. While we can reserve that for later, something else just popped up – something that could potentially ruin your day: the demo for the game will only be released in Japan, and from what it looks like, there doesn’t seem to be any plans of releasing it elsewhere. *sniff*

New info has arrived for Final Fantasy XIII. A recent post on Famitsu reveals quite some interesting details about battle transitions and the lead character. While we can reserve that for later, something else just popped up.

A representative for Square Enix has confirmed to VG247 that your chances of getting an FFXIII (PS3, Xbox 360) demo has been cut short. Apparently, there doesn’t seem to be any plans of releasing an English version of the demo:

At present the FINAL FANTASY XIII demo will only be available in Japan with the Blu Ray release of Advent Children Complete. We hope to have further news in the coming months.

*sniff* Well that’s a shame…

Moving on though, Famitsu explains more about the game’s battle transitions. From the time that you go around exploring the map and then encounter an enemy, the transition will be so smooth you probably won’t notice it. (Basically… no more screen-shattering effects?)

Then there’s the (confusing) bit about Lightning. Apparently, according to CVG at least, Lightning is just her codename. Her full name is Dia Walruva. Sounds a lot like Vanille’s name, which is Dia Oerba, and right now, there seems to be some conflicting translations online. Some say that “Dia Walruva” is actually referring to Vanille, but that the CVG writer somehow confused things. Hmm.

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Via Famitsu