New trailers of Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Versus

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 15th 2007 at 4:44AM }

A new DVD release in Japan called CLOUD features new extended trailers of the upcoming Square Enix behemoths: Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Versus. The trailers have been ripped off the disc and uploaded by an anonymous person going by the moniker "Xlude." It appears that these are either very similar to the trailers shown at the Closed Mega Theater at Tokyo Game Show earlier this year. (This means no one outside of Japan has been able to see this before!) [Update: Having reviewed the footage, it's clear that these trailers still don't include everything at TGS. For example, FFXIII featured an Afrika-like scene. Versus included very revealing story details. Read our TGS impressions here and here.]

Enjoy the FFXIII trailer above, and check out Versus after the cut. We're already in love with the style that permeates every second of both these trailers. These two are easily going to sell truckloads of PS3s. We can feel it.

[Thanks, FF-XIII.net!]

Tags: ffxiii, final-fantasy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Parker @ Dec 15th 2007 5:11AM

That sound you heard, That was my mind, being blown.

Chris Brazier @ Dec 15th 2007 5:24AM

They're not the TGS trailers, the TGS trailers had three extra characters between them which the general public still haven't seen. Nevertheless these trailers are still new and still sooooo amazing and I can't wait to get my hands on these games, or even just more footage!

RPGJock @ Dec 15th 2007 5:47AM

Wait!! WTF, did I just see.... Naw couldn't have been...

could it???

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 15th 2007 12:52PM

no it's not cloud if that's what your thinking.....

but i think all of us secretly wished it was...sigh....

MacPanda @ Dec 15th 2007 5:57AM

Wow just wow... I just bought a PS3 and though I love it... I must say that this is one of the main reason I got it. I can not wait! To bad its still so far off :(

Ollebro @ Dec 15th 2007 6:13AM

im in love....

Imbro @ Dec 15th 2007 6:17AM

That's some nice pre rendered material, but that's all it is. I don't want to sound like a negative xbot, but this doesn't show anything that has to do with the game. Well apart from having made some nice cut scenes.

tr4nce @ Dec 15th 2007 6:37AM

So you're calling the ff13(not versus) trailer pre-rendered. Then what is the list of attacks at 00:48? Attack, fire, blizzard, lightning, v strike, atb bar, hp bar, etc? Also, the list was being used, highlighting through different attacks. Maybe several parts were pre-rendered. But the part I noted is surely not. Go download the higher quality trailer off the read link and see for yourself, not through these vids.

JodyAnthony (Good Eats Defense Force) @ Dec 15th 2007 6:41AM

there was in-game footage in the first trailer

Imbro @ Dec 15th 2007 7:13AM

Ok sorry, I take back my comment. There is about 25 seconds of game footage in there. It looks good. I wish they put more emphasis on the game footage though. Is the quicktime mov playable on the ps3 btw?

Marc @ Dec 15th 2007 1:08PM

They showed a small part of in-game with the fight scene,
or did you not notice the hp hits, it was so seamless you could'nt tell the dif from cut scene and in-game.

robert @ Dec 15th 2007 7:54AM

you guys arent to smart you know they can pre render it to look like in game footage. Im a ps fanboy but i really dont think it will have these kind of graphics.

Microdot @ Dec 15th 2007 8:10AM

actually... as stated by squenix themselves... that footage IS in game. not pre-rendered. (the fight scene - its been shown before). why are graphics of that level hard to believe. sure... they looks spectacular, but its quality that we have seen before, and will see trumped many times over on the ps3 in the coming years. the 360... ehhhh.... maybe not so much.

Beaujon85 @ Dec 15th 2007 8:21AM

agreed, the part where they show the "in-game footage" is from the first FFXIII trailer that came out before the PS3 was even released (it was aired together with the killzone 2 & motorstorm "in-game footage", that turned out to be pre-rendered). In fact, why are they calling this new? The only parts of these videos that I haven't seen before are the scenes where the guy teleports around (FFvXIII) and pretty much all the scenes where you see stuff flying (FFXIII), not including Shiva's transformation and the fight scenes, that's all over a year old.

Hyams @ Dec 15th 2007 9:57AM

Here's a still image of the battle scene: http://finalfantasyversusxiii.net/screenshots/ffxiii2.jpg

There are already games out that look that good. Why does it have to be pre-rendered?

Byron517 @ Dec 15th 2007 9:34AM

wow........... If in fact they can pull that off as in game footage that would be amazing!! We'll have to wait and see but still that's some pretty nice eye candy!

Justin @ Dec 15th 2007 9:42AM

Tired of pre-rendered garbage being shown for the PS3. It's been proven time and time again that the PS3 can't ddo this in game - check motorstorm, KZ2, MGS4. How exactly is a game like this going to shift lots of systems...especially outside of Japan? The FF games on the PS2 sold about 7.5 million for and install base of 120 million, more than half of those games being sold in Japan? Halo 3 has almost done that for an install base of under 20 million. The fact is adult western gamers, which is the bulk of the market for these machines, couldn't give 2 hoots about funny japanese RPGs.

Hyams @ Dec 15th 2007 11:51AM

Jesus christ, read the other comments before spewing out the same crap they are:

The battle scene in the FFXIII video in NOT (I repeat: is NOT) pre-rendered. It's in-game. Look at some stills of it, and it's clear it's not pre-rendered.

And, odds are, by now, the in-game footage is proably dated compared to the current build the devs are working on.

AK @ Dec 15th 2007 9:59AM

perhaps you should research things buddy...

the battle scene in the ff13 (not versus) trailer IS gameplay.
squeenix said themselves, ff13 and versus are using the ps3's full specs including lowering load times by streaming to the HDD.

nice job on trolling btw.

Popfrogs @ Dec 15th 2007 11:01AM

Check KZ2 and MGS4? Neither have been released yet and both have extensive videos you can check out of in-game action. If you were trying to make a point, you failed.

B1gC72 @ Dec 15th 2007 5:14PM

why do these xbots always feel the need to come over here and put our games down? i mean seriously, if the game is so bad and wont sell anyway, why do you care? if Halo 3 is so great, why arent you playing it now? had to send you RRoD 360 out again? im sure that's what your so upset about. do you see us over at X3F cutting down your games? ive played all the Halo games and they feel like the exact same game every time. it dont see what is so damn special about it. i feels like any other FPS to me but you guys tout it as "innovative" when all the "new features" have been done time and time again (level editor? replays?). i mean, i keep hearing how glitchy and buggy Mass Effect is but yet everyone is still jerking off Microsoft calling it the greatest game of all time. get the hell out of here.

there is nothing that pisses me off more than uninformed rants. have you ever seen the new Killzone 2 and MGS4 trailers? MGS4 even has the creator playing through and narrating the damn game!

i do respect what 360 has done, but you have to understand tha not everybody likes that stuff. there is nothing on 360 that appeals to me at all. on PS3 however, i couldnt be more excited. this game will be great and it will sell like hotcakes in Japan at least and i know i ill buy it. it might not sell like Halo but it will sell good.

Chris Brazier @ Dec 15th 2007 10:00AM

The part with Shiva has never been released properly, only leaked in bad quality movie, or with the odd screenshot. I'd say that over half of that trailer is new.

RPGJock @ Dec 15th 2007 11:22AM

Holy crap, who was that on the bike!!!!! They wouldn't, they couldn't..... Could they?!!!

Ruben @ Dec 15th 2007 11:55AM

Hey guys Im a FF fan but whats the diff of 13 and versus 13? Anyone?

Ruben @ Dec 15th 2007 11:57AM

Oh my bad its 12 and 13 sorry

Ruben @ Dec 15th 2007 11:58AM

no wait its not

Ruben @ Dec 15th 2007 11:59AM

I though it was a remake of 12 sorry for the comment overload

Tim Parsons @ Dec 15th 2007 12:45PM

Sweet,. These games alone make the PS3 worth dbl it's Launch Price.

Can't Wait!!!!!

Tim Parsons @ Dec 15th 2007 12:47PM

FFXIII is supposed to be like the traditional FF game ,. while FFXIII Versus is supposed to be action RPG(Kingdom Hearts-ish)

something like that,. it's not like a whole lot of Any real details as been released about either

loic54 @ Dec 15th 2007 12:57PM

The White Engine makes the extraordinary graphics possible:

"One of the main aspects of the engine is that it allows photorealistic CGI to be rendered in real-time. Nomura has commented that the White Engine will be able "to recreate battle scenes reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children." [2] It also handles advanced audio processing, cinematic cut-scene transition, physics effects calculations and special effects rendering.[citation needed] The White Engine reportedly uses 4 of the 6 synergistic processing elements (SPEs) that are available to games running on the Cell processor, to achieve near-pre-rendered CGI quality in realtime.[3]" (from wikipedia)

I doubt the X360 can support this, lol

Jared @ Dec 15th 2007 3:01PM

The first vid blows me away and and i just cant wait for that. The second however doesnt excite me as much as i wanted it too... the guy seems emo... haha. And emo just isnt my thing.

wallance @ Dec 15th 2007 3:50PM

I think ffxiii style gonna be like crisis core:ff7

Jack @ Dec 15th 2007 4:19PM

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Jander @ Dec 15th 2007 4:44PM

Great googily moogily.

TheEnd187 @ Dec 15th 2007 4:48PM

Who was that dude at the end?

bAssackwards @ Dec 15th 2007 8:25PM

These are going to be so awesome. Each new trailer makes it so hard to wait until they're finally out!

fernando @ Dec 15th 2007 9:41PM

cant wait for the 360 version of one of them.

Hyams @ Dec 15th 2007 10:19PM

Let's look at your recent posts:

- 'for 360 or ps3? ;)'
- 'wow no ones responded, i guess ps3 fans were pretty hurt about the 360 version being true'
- 'poor konami, im sure if they announce a 360 version stocks will rise up again.'
- '360 version am confirmed.'

Seriously dude, what the hell? Why is PS3 exclusives becoming multi-platform such a big deal to you?

bAssackwards @ Dec 16th 2007 1:59AM

Just ignore the troll. Wishful thinking doesn't make something true.

rockeranimefreak @ Dec 16th 2007 2:38AM

that guy in the end looks a tad bit like Seifer! =) I will gladly get this game and a one ps3 console a month before this game comes out! :) btw proud owner of a (360,ps2,psp, for current gen)

GoonieGooGoo @ Dec 16th 2007 11:34AM

MEH.....

As big a lover of Final Fantasy series as any......I can't get too hyped about this trailer......as I know I'll be waiting another year (if we are lucky in the US) to play it.

Not to mention that none of the spinoff (save for FF Tactics)
games to the Final Fantasy RPGs has been worth anything to get excited about (though I do have hope for CRISIS CORE).

Anybody else think SquareEnix should focus on other series or new series?? I'm getting reakky tired of the amount of FF Rehash/re-releases and poor spinoffs.....BRING BACK VAGRANT STORY and PARASITE EVE and TOBAL and CHRONO Series!!!!