(I am aware that there is another Thread about FFXIII, but decided to make a separate thread that just had the release date info. Don't ask me why i separated them, it's just more neat this way)
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[left]- North American Official FFXIII Site [/left]
- FINAL FANTASY XIII Announcement Trailer - Release date Information, Battle demo
- Square-Enix Japan Official FFXIII Site - Final/Last, Final Fantasy Trailer updatedSquare Enix ended the release date mystery, announcing that Final Fantasy XIII will be available in North America and Europe on March 9. The publisher also said that "My Hands" from Leona Lewis' upcoming album Echo has been chosen as the game's theme song.Final Fantasy X's co-composer and Dirge of Cerberus' composer Masashi Hamauzu will be scoring the game.The score will feature orchestral recordings by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra,though there will also be synthetic tracks implemented by Keiji Kawamori and Mitsuto Suzuki. A single featuring the game's theme songs, "Because You're Here" ( Kimi ga Iru kara) and "Eternal Love", is planned to be released on December 2, 2009 and will feature vocals by Sayuri Sugawara . Although the game's main theme was originally announced to be composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Hamauzu was assigned to it after Uematsu was selected as the composer for FINAL FANTASY XIV, making XIII the first game in the main series to not have any work by Uematsu.The game's soundtrack will be released in Japan on January 27, 2010, along with a limited edition. The standard version will have four discs, while the limited edition will contain a bonus "drama CD" written by scenario writer Motomu Toriyama."My Hands" was chosen to replace Final Fantasy XIII's original theme song, "Kimi Ga Iru Kara," for the game's North American and European release. It is unclear whether or not the original song will still be included in the North American and European release.The new battle system & Levelling systemCrystallium System
The leveling system for the game is called the Crystallium System which resembles the Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy X.Instead of gaining experience points after winning a battle, characters gain CP (Crystallium Points) which can then be spent in order to unlock abilities and increase attributes such as maximum HP.The Active Time Battle (ATB) system will return, but it works differently from its predecessors. Users will be able to chain large numbers of commands together in order to achieve attack bonuses.A "break state" is one of the new features of the Final Fantasy XIII battle system. The breaks refer to the times an enemy enters a state of non-retaliation. This occurs when a chain combo has been maintained for a certain period of time on an enemy. When a high level combo has been achieved, the enemy will glow red and enter this state, during which the player will be able to inflict high amounts of damage. The chain bar will gradually deplete during this period; when it becomes empty, the break state ends.
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