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SquareEnix @ TGS’08 ( all the latest final fantasy, kingdom hearts news & info )

~FINAL FANTASY XIII~
+newCHARS: leader of army of soldiers with dark gray, ponytailed hair & his possible assistant(?), woman wearing glasses with long white/blond hair. seen aboard an airship with an army carrying a cocoon-like casket toward the leader. pigtailed girl was also there, seemed to be a captive. magazine interview revealed the demo with ff7acc will feature a character not revealed to the public yet.
+newNAMES: pigtailed girl is named SERA, italian for evening/night. magazine interview with nomura/toriyama mentions MR.33cm’s name revealed in Shonen Jump as SNOW.

+newINFO: trailer features first voice acting. discussion between LIGHTNING and SNOW seems to indicate he’s been given the task of protecting SERA. SNOW promises to protect SERA no matter what. LIGHTNING challenges him to prove he can protect. magazine interview revealed all summons will be on discs, and that when considering the FNC games, agitoXIII should be seen as the middle ages, versusXIII the present, and FFXIII as the future

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01

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~FINAL FANTASY versusXIII~

+newNAMES: prince is named NOCTIS LUCIUS CHERAM, latin for night. girl is named STELLA NOX FULURE, latin for STAR. SHINIGAMI may be named ETRO. NOCTIS prefers to be called NOCT.

+newLOCATIONS: signs on highway show possible town names: EN VICTIS and NHIFILUM. STELLA is from a different city/country than NOCTIS, known as TENEBUIRA(sp?). She invites him there during the trailer.

+newINFO: STELLA asks NOCTIS if he can see “THE LIGHT” too, which he can. Legend states that if the GODDESS ETRO opens the door in TENEBUIRA, a power will be granted to the one who opened it. Neither seem to know exactly what the light is, though NOCTIS seems uneasy having this conversation in public. They discuss this near the painting of The GODDESS ETRO, designed by Yoshitaka Amano and shown for the first time here. After STELLA leaves, an unseen character is heard addressing NOCTIS, but not shown, asking the prince “who are you?”.

newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scan 01

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~FINAL FANTASY agitoXIII~

+newINFO: Intro depicted in a 1940s style, old time radio adress with video in black and white, very scratchy. Depicts a world engaged in war with itself. Shows countries being bombed left and right. Previously introduced students are shown surrounded by enemies. As the CARD USER flicks a card at the gathering foes, magic flies from it and the fellow students draw their weapons.

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scan 01

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~DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY~

+allHEROES: WARRIOR of LIGHT, FIRION, ONION KNIGHT, CECIL HARVEY (Paladin & Dark Knight), BARTZ KLAUSER, TERRA BRANFORD, CLOUD STRIFE, SQUALL LEONHART, ZIDANE TRIBAL, TIDUS

+allVILLAINS: GARLAND, EMPEROR PALAMECIA, CLOUD of DARKNESS, GOLBEZ, ExDEATH, KEFKA PALAZZO, SEPHIROTH, SORCERESS ULTIMECIA, KUJA, JECHT

+newINFO: Shows BARTZ, ExDEATH, TERRA and KEFKA in action. BARTZ’s play style involves him using swords & techniques from the various heroes of the FFseries.

+powerUPS: ESPERS revealed for use in battle. Serve as power ups for your characters, i.e. summon IFRIT and receive double strength, summon CARBUNCLE drain opponents Brave Points. Over 50 ESPERS available, represented in battle as a quick flash of artwork.

+newPROMOTION: SUNTORY will offer a new line of FF-POTION featuring artworks and images of the DISSIDIA cast

+newMEDIA: HEROES, VILLAINS, LIMITED EDITION PSP,

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~KINGDOM HEARTS: BIRTH by SLEEP~

+newINFO: AQUA shown in combat for first time. Hovers in battle, similar to one of SORA’s drive forms in KHII. Uses a combination of magic and melee attacks, Trailer ended with VENTUS on a beach appearing to tell an unknown character that he will help him disappear

+newLOCATIONS: SLEEPING BEAUTY world shown, features TERRA trying to escape the Forest of Thorns. MALEFICENT, AURORA, PRINCE and FAIRY GODMOTHERS all shown. CINDERELLA also shown in her world.

+newTRAILER: Cam Quality, View it HERE

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scan 01

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~KINGDOM HEARTS: 358/2 DAYS~
+newCHAR: XION revealed as the final member of ORGXIII. Teenage girl, black hair, described as melancholic. Seems to question her own purpose in life, revealed to be searching for a lost friend. The friend she seeks may be KAIRI. Showed a new scene between ROXAS and AXEL on DESTINY ISLANDS. Trailer focused heavily on these three. DiZ, RIKU and KING MICKEY also appear in the trailer.

+newLOCATIONS: Missions shown taking place in both HALLOWEEN TOWN and SNOW WHITE world.

+newINFO: Confirmed for JP Release in FEBRUARY’09

+newTRAILER: Cam Quality, View it HERE

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01 & 02

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~PARASITE EVE: THE 3rd BIRTHDAY~
+newINFO: Shows AYA BREA in the present, walking thru a city as snow falls. Narrated flashbacks show events of PE1&2. Snow stops, and a wormlike creature described to be shrouded in mist, and having mechanical tentacles starts crashes thru the city. AYA begins to fight it off with her pistols. Characters from pervious PE games will return, no specifics yet. Game is being developed externally by HEXA DRIVE, published by SQUARE-ENIX

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scan 01

+newTRAILER: Cam Quality, View it HERE

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~FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE~
+newINFO: Quick message at the end of the trailer reveals a new short film will be produced for the BluRay release. Short film will take place 2yrs after the events in FFVII:AC, 1yr after the events of FFVII:DIRGE of CERBERUS. Three versions will be release: A PS3 BUNDLE featuring FILM, 80GB SYSTEM & FFXIII DEMO. FIRST PRINT EDITION featuring FILM & FFXIII DEMO and REGULAR EDITION featuring only the FILM.

+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01 & 02

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~STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE~
+newINFO: View it HERE
+releaseDATE: FEBRUARY 19 JP, MARCH 03 US
+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01 & 02

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~THE LAST REMNANT~
+newTRAILER: View it HERE
+newINFO: Xbox 360 Bundle to be released in JP with GAME, 60GB SYSTEM, OST, FACEPLATE
+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01 & 02

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~DRAGON QUEST IX: DEFENDERS OF THE SKY~
+newMEDIA: TGS Booklet Scans 01 & 02
+newTRAILER: Cam Quality, View it HERE

23scans of the SQEX TGS Booklet.
nothing all that amazing though.

~ by finalbahamut on October 19, 2008. Tagged: , ,

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