Should I Play Final Fantasy XIII? Also: Versus XIII Game Play

I recently found out from the Final Fantasy Union website that there is going to be a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, and it’s apparently named for now Final Fantasy XIII-2.

I have a demo of FF XIII that comes with the Blu-Ray for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. I’ve never tried the demo yet. But I want to, because I don’t want to at least miss out on that. I haven’t finished FF XII, but it is a very different story so I am not going to worry about that (I should still return to it though. I mean, I bought it, I have to finish it at some point :D ).

Now that I know that there is going to be a sequel to this latest FF, I am curious as to how it turned out in the end that made it seem like it should have a second part.

I also decided to check out another one of my favorite websites, http://www.ff-versusxiii.net/ and I found that there is some new game play footage released. This is the new trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII for 2011. To be honest, I am relieved that the subtitles for the dialogue are still in Japanese kanji; I don’t want the dialogue/plot stuff to be revealed right away anyway. I got a big kick out of the game play content that the trailer included. It looks so fun to play—probably because the workings for it are very similar to the game play action from the main Kingdom Hearts titles. There is some real-time stuff that happens during the game-play (like explosions) and Noctis reacts to them simultaneously. So cool!! This video game is THE REASON I wanted to have a Playstation 3.

Here is a direct link to where I found the 2011 trailer for FF Versus XIII:
http://www.ff-versusxiii.net/index.php?page=article&article=Final-Fantasy-Versus-XIII-HD-Trailer--643

What about Final Fantasy VERSUS XIII?

Isn’t the game play for this title supposed to be something similar to Kingdom Hearts? Well, it hasn’t been seen by anyone in the U.S. at this point, I’m sure.

I wonder if the Tokyo Game Show 2010 is going to show anything about Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Hah, no Keyblades here, folks. I like this whole “magical sword” thing going on. I also wonder how Noctis got those powers. Was he born with them, or did he acquire them between his birth and the throne?

At an Anime Los Angeles convention I saw two cosplayers, one dressed up as Noctis and the other dressed up as Cloud. They were walking together. Together! O M G   FAAAAN   FIK-SHUN!!

So like what if Cloud Strife and Noctis were in the same, uh, story? They wear similar clothes, similar hairstyles, they both hardly smile…And hey, it’s Cloud’s big-ass Buster Sword versus Noctis’ many magical swords, and uh, other things I don’t know about yet. Sigh. Where did I read it? I learned that character designer Tetsuya Nomura is doing the character design for Versus XIII, which is another reason…what am I rambling about? I think after a while of not playing Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and then getting back to it again (after MMX drove me nuts), I start wondering what would happen if THIS character were to be up against THAT character. Man, I guess D:FF has a sneaky way of doing this to Final Fantasy fans. Okay, here’s another one: Lulu versus Lightning. Or…Tidus versus Jecht? Ha ha ha, that one’s already being done. And then the winner of the fight gets to, uh, I dunno, eat some cake or something. Gosh, I’m random this time….