In an interview with this week’s Famitsu, Motomu Toriyama, the director of Final Fantasy XIII-2, revealed some details of the overall story in the game as well as giving insights about Lightning, the title’s protagonist.
It hasn’t been that long since Final Fantasy XIII-2 was announced, but the trailer was leaked online not long after. It’s refreshing to see that gamers aren’t having wait too long in order to find out more details about this sequel and we can expect the official release of the trailer soon. For now, we have more plot details about the game to dig into.
Toriyama stated that when players reached the end of Final Fantasy XIII, there is the lingering question, “Is Lightning truly happy?” Players could argue that Lightning was tragically affected emotionally with the event that happened at the end of the game.
Final Fantasy XIII Episode i, a novella that was apart of Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International release, will serve as a the prequel to XIII-2. That novella shed some light on what the characters were up to after the end of XIII.
Similar to how players focused on Pulse and the fal’Cie Lindzei, the main antagonist from XIII, in XIII-2 players will focus on the goddess, Etro. Etro also makes an an appearance in Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but it is currently not known just how much she will be involved with that game.
The new mission that Lightning undertakes will actually have her come into conflict with the mysterious man that appears in the new teaser trailer. Toriyama gave a slight hint that the scene of Lightning kneeling towards a chair will have a very important meaning to XIII-2. In both XIII and Versus XIII, there are scenes shown that feature a protagonist that sits in the chair, so it is possible that there is some kind of deeper connection between the Fabula Nova Crystallis games than previously thought.
When asked whether or not players would be able to use their save data from XIII, Toriyama said that his development team is considering an option for players to gain a bonus from using the data.
Some could argue that XIII (and certainly Final Fantasy XIV Online as well) was met with mixed criticism, but what has been stressed lately by Toriyama is that XIII-2 will be bringing a fresh style to the RPG genre. With the promise of an updated battle system as well as a much-desired update to how the characters travel throughout the world, things are sounding promising for the sequel.
Excited about this second-chance to once again play as Lightning in a game that many gamers are hoping with outdo the original? Feeling too scared from your experience after playing through XIII?
Let us know with your thoughts and comments below!
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is scheduled for release in Japan this Winter on the PS3 and 360, with a North American released scheduled for “Next Winter.”
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Final Fantasy 13 was a great game but just not final fantasy “great”. Although linearity to an extent is not bad but one long corridor is pretty bad. Final Fantasy X was pretty linear but it was still pretty fun.
I am hoping that its more of a game and less of a movie. I felt like I was just watching one cinematic atfter another
Yeah I know what you mean its not very interactive but thats what they are promising in final fantasy xiii-2. I hope that the games get better because quite frankly I really want the old feeling of final fantasy it doesn’t have to be like the psone classics(although I prefer it if it were) but just enough to fulfill my feeling of nostalgia something like final fantasy X perhaps.
final fantasy 13 was a great game loved near enough everything took abit of gettin used to the new battle system but when i got used to it couldnt tear myself away from it would play for hours cnt wait for the second 2 come out really lookin forward to it looks bloodly ansum hope it as good if not better then the first
how can they answer if light is happy when shw hardly part of the story???? so annoying
good comment. { i really don’t like noel } wish snow was back there
p.s lightning rocks
Might be a bit of a impulse thought but FFXIII is one of the greatest RPG’s I’ve ever played. The depth of the characters was like nothing I’ve played before. Of course I have my criticizms about the game, like I wish the characters had more of a connection with the things and people around them, rather than just connecting with themselves. I hope XIII-2 includes all of the characters of the original plus the new ones. I have close to a perfect file for XIII and it would be very rewarding, as well as, a good marketing strategy to include a save data load.
Id have to say that, the last FF game i played was ff8 and i loved that game. when i started playing ff13 the whole game was new and refreshing to me seeing how I jumped so far from ff8 to ff13. i love almost everything about ff13, but one thing, that i would really like anyways, is to have an on going crystarium
Im the type of person that loses interest in a game when nearing then end with not much to do. Atleast with an ongoing crystarium there will be a lot to do 
Another nice thing might be to remove game limits, like as to how much you can hold in your inventory or attack limits without having to waste a very valueable accessory slot. That’s my opinion anyways, but as for ff13-2, im more than looking forwards to it!
So final fantasy Xiii-4 is Final fantasy Versus 13 OH NO!
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