FFXIII demo to be packaged with Blu-ray Advent Children
by Majed Athab 
{ Aug 1st 2008 at 11:30PM }
Advent Children Complete will not only include an FFXIII demo, but also new trailers and possibly info on other Fabula Nova Crystallis titles such as Versus XIII and the mobile game Agito. Advent Children Complete is expected to hit Japan in March 2009, but it's not entirely clear if other regions will get the exact same treatment. So, are you still bitter over lost exclusivity?
[Thanks Hanson Y.!]
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cristian @ Aug 1st 2008 11:35PM
This is rumour or confirmed story??
Anyway, if it isn't announced in SE event, then it isn't what they said they were going to announce.
Majed Athab @ Aug 1st 2008 11:37PM
did I say it's a rumor? No.
kevin @ Aug 2nd 2008 11:00AM
lmao pwned
Meresin @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:26PM
Yes, I'm still bitter. Demo =/= exclusive game. SO4 = exclusive game for 360. Versus XIII = exclusive vaporware.
HanzoTheRazor @ Aug 2nd 2008 5:09AM
SO4 is not exclusive to the 360 and IU is now being published by SE, so we more than likely will see that too for the PS3 in the future, especially when the 360's versions sell mediocre.
Meresin @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:25PM
You have a reputable source for that? Everything I've seen regarding SO4 has claimed that it was a 360 exclusive. It may only be a timed exclusive, but that still counts. :P
Emophia @ Aug 2nd 2008 9:05AM
UI won't come to PS3 ever probably.
But probably SO4 will.
At Microsoft's E3 08 Press Conference, it was the only JRPG that didn't say exclusively on 360 or exclusively debuting on 360 like both UI and Last Remnant did.
H2Os @ Aug 1st 2008 11:41PM
That's nice but the demo does nothing for the NA audience. It won't be in english. Where's the news to make PS3 fans rejoice? Come on, Star Ocean 4 coming to ps3? give me something SE.
stargateheaven @ Aug 2nd 2008 7:12AM
what? just because the news is for japan doesnt mean ps3fanboy should not put it as NEWS.
H2Os @ Aug 2nd 2008 10:37AM
are you illiterate? Where did I say this wasn't news? I said, This isn't news I'M INTERESTED IN. Again I can't read japanese, I want bigger, and honestly, more important news from Square Enix.
Cagalli @ Aug 1st 2008 11:43PM
Also, VersusXIII is confirmed worldwide for PS3 only.
AgitoXIII is on PSP now, btw.
ruibing @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:12AM
Parasite Eve 3 is also PSP exclusive now.
Phantom @ Aug 3rd 2008 8:02PM
I thought Agito was a cell-phone game ?
erico316 @ Aug 1st 2008 11:47PM
@Majed Athab that isnt the biggest new its about the other ff13.Agito XIII is going to the psp. and ffvs13 is staying as a ps3 only title
http://scrawlfx.com/2008/08/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-playstation-3-only-worldwide
http://scrawlfx.com/2008/08/parasite-eve-3-final-fantasy-agito-xiii-announced-for-psp
help spread the word
Nate @ Aug 1st 2008 11:46PM
Awesome. Now if we can just get it outside Japan.
Averna @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:00AM
Localisation for other regions (including English regions) doesnt start until the game is out in Japan, so I wouldnt expect an english demo for a while... unless they localise the demo, which isnt entirely out of the question, but SE arent big on coddling the english speakers out there.
jaredgood1 @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:12AM
Assuming you live in the US, it wouldn't be too tough. Japan and the US are in the same region.
MakaiOokami @ Aug 3rd 2008 2:23PM
PS3s are Region Free so... it was never difficult in the first place. Blu Rays MIGHT be Region Free but... I think it's still optional thing overall. Not 100 percent on this.
Lepton @ Aug 3rd 2008 11:17AM
I never understood why they don't do localization as soon as they have the dialog ready, so they can do a near simultaneous release, like some other big games?
MakaiOokami @ Aug 3rd 2008 4:02PM
Might be to keep the game exclusive to Japan for a breif period, it might not have script finalized yet. I know a lot of companies have to wait until there's a group that shows interest in localizing the game. For a game like Chaos Wars Gamestop picked it up and different companies released it than in Japan. That wouldn't apply for Sqaure Enix... They might just be doing it that way in order to make sure that they're going to make a lot of money in Japan because if sales flop in Japan they might just trash the localized versions to other countries. Who can say what goes through the mind of Square Enix now adays.
bizdady @ Aug 1st 2008 11:47PM
Double dipping now!
erico316 @ Aug 1st 2008 11:53PM
ff7 remake is coming to ps3 only.if u rear the letter in and numbers in the title its spell out ff7.
http://scrawlfx.com/2008/08/dk%CF%833713-is-it-really-remake7
Wrathbringer @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:17AM
I think that might just be grasping at straws, but it might explain the really strange event name.
On Topic: Meh, I don't really feel like buying a half-assed movie just to play a FFXIII demo. I'll just patiently wait until the game comes out in 2011 :P
Volcynika @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:38AM
That's just a photoshop someone had for fun on NeoGAF. The event is named that because D - Dissidia, K - Kingdom Hearts, Sigma - Sigma Harmonics, 7 - Advent Children Complete, 3 - The 3rd Birthday, and 13 - XIII / VS XIII. And the event is more or less one day, because they have a closed space and have different sessions. They may end the entire thing with an announcement but it's doubtful. Foreign press get to go in tomorrow though.
freeblue @ Aug 2nd 2008 12:21AM
i don't believe in Square anymore...once you break my trust. I will believe it when I see it from now on.
ps.. so.. what's the news about how it will shock PS3 users once it's announced in the "party"?
stargateheaven @ Aug 2nd 2008 7:12AM
the demo...... is supposed to be the shock.
freeblue @ Aug 2nd 2008 10:32AM
stargateheaven said...
the demo...... is supposed to be the shock.
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but it was supposed to show Square was still thinking of their PS3 users. For the announcement, I don't see why a demo can't be bundle with a DVD version of FF7AC complete collection [as well as the bur ray one]? they just haven't said anything about the DVD complete collection yet. the FFXII demo was bundle with Dragon Quest VIII and it's on dvd. they could do the same thing to double dip the dvd collection.
as for the Versus exclusive (FOR NOW). If they could do a XIII 'shock' on us, I dont really believe they won't do the same again next year.
creyes4182 @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:00AM
I already got it on dvd :( But if its true I'm definitely buying it.
frankym @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:07AM
Between the exclusive demo and the exclusivity of FFVS13 I am happy.
lantus @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:24AM
I already planned on buying it again when it came out, hopefully there is a demo in the US release!
saito ps3 @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:17AM
WOW, this is great news, i hope they announce star ocean 4 and infinite undiscovery for ps3, but this makes me really excited as a ps3 owner and psp too, glad i didnt get a 360, otherwise i wouldve missed on this, and the event JUST started! imagine what they announced the next 2 days T_T ITS KILLING ME JUST WAITING XD
Volcynika @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:38AM
Infinite Undiscovery PS3 probably won't happen since Microsoft is helping with funding of it :p
saito ps3 @ Aug 2nd 2008 1:45AM
lol, its funny reading kotaku.com because they have the same post, and all the 360 fanboys are saying things like "no one will buy a movie just for a demo" "im sure it will be out on XBL soon after" "why should i spend my money on a blu-ray movie, even with ff13 demo i wouldnt get it" its funny, development hasnt started on 360 yet, and all ps3 owners are getting this dvd to watch a decent movie and get a AWSOME demo, i hate multiplatform sites lol, ps3fanboy is so awsome, thanks for making it
Dopple Boppler @ Aug 2nd 2008 2:38AM
I really, really hate to come off as a troll, and despite its problems I love Final Fantasy VII as much as the next guy, but aside from the CG eye candy I would hope no one but the most ardent fanboy would consider Advent Children "decent" by any stretch of the imagination.
Der-Held @ Aug 2nd 2008 3:05AM
Hmm, knowing square they will probably cancel the demo for our PS3 in favor of Micro$ofts truck loads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. If thats squares way of saying "sorry we stabbed you in the back with a rusty salt covered knife" than i must say thats really pathetic. Why didn't they just make another game for Xbox (a half assed one ) that takes maybe 4 month to make (for extra cash from M$) besides Xbots are desperate for games they would by anything!!
anda @ Aug 2nd 2008 3:38AM
Already have ff vii: ac dvd..
But, maybe i'm considering to buy it.. Hope that bundle will come out to my country (i live at Indonesia, where xbox360 being played by the most of people just because a "piracy" problem).
Rather than those news, i just really hope that star ocean 4 could make it to ps3 also..
Apologize for my english..
RPGTyrant @ Aug 2nd 2008 5:09AM
Hmm Vaporware with in-game engine footage with a confirmed worldwide release, makes sense to me.
cristian @ Aug 2nd 2008 11:39PM
Hope when i wake up tomorrow the 'shocking' news are published... that's what tokyo is in the future for. And if nothing makes the ball swing back to the ps3 i'll do something weird to get media coverage