TGS 2009: New Final Fantasy XIII trailer is heavy on story, light on English

by Xav de Matos { Sep 28th 2009 at 10:00AM }

Square Enix has finally released its TGS 2009 trailer for the hotly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII. In it, players can watch nearly seven full minutes of the game's story. Sadly, the entire trailer is in Square Enix's native tongue -- unsurprising since the trailer comes straight from the TGS 2009 show floor. Know what's going on? Sound off in the comments.

Tags: final-fantasy, Final-Fantasy-13, final-fantasy-xiii, square-enix, tgs-2009

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

SpaceFox @ Sep 28th 2009 10:16AM

Saw this trailer last night right when the FF13 jp site got updated. Pretty interesting but barely any gameplay.

RagingStormX @ Sep 28th 2009 10:22AM

Yeah, I saw this lastnight too....(700MB+) and I must admits, SE are still the kings of CG.....watching this in 1080p was sex to my eyes. Atleast the gameplay shown seems to have the characters at a higher level, taking more damage and I saw a few new techniques I haven't before. I think I have seen enough and will be skipping everything further until the game is released, cause at this point everything just continues to spoil it for me (and Lord knows we've had enough for this game)

SpaceFox @ Sep 28th 2009 10:24AM

Yeah, I know what you mean. The experience is usually a lot better when you don't know what's gonna happen at the end, so I think I'm gonna steer away from any spoilers.

Kar94k (PSN: Kar94k) @ Sep 28th 2009 10:37AM

Even so, the gameplay they did show and the amazing CG scene makes want to import this game so bad.

CheeziePotato (PSN: talic10 | XBL: InfiniteMovie) @ Sep 28th 2009 4:15PM

Fuck this shit. Where the fuck is my FF7 remake?

Blank-Mage @ Sep 28th 2009 10:16AM

I only caught a few words, but nothing terribly relevant. I rely on subtitles...

Does this trailer come a little too close to the uncanny valley, or is that just me? They're creeping me out.

robert @ Sep 28th 2009 10:59AM

Years of watching anime have at least provided me with a somewhat basic understanding of japanese.

aero @ Sep 28th 2009 10:26AM

I don't care that we don't know what's going on in the trailer, I'm just happy that we at least got some new footage than just a bunch of recycled clips.

In addition, does anyone feel just a little creeped out with a feeling that Snow might be kissing an underaged girl in the beginning of the trailer?

Kar94k (PSN: Kar94k) @ Sep 28th 2009 10:31AM

considering that underaged girl is his fiancee I'm not sure

Josh @ Sep 28th 2009 10:55AM

Nah, not creeped out. If they're both of similar maturity (or immaturity) then there's no problem.

Azradesh @ Sep 28th 2009 12:43PM

How on earth can you assume that she's under age?

Josh @ Sep 28th 2009 3:16PM

I think he means that she's under 18, which looks plausible to me.

Also, I should add...

"Nah, not creeped out. If they're both of similar maturity (or immaturity) then there's no problem."

And if they're not, then there's still not necessarily a problem.

Guinea Rabbit @ Sep 28th 2009 3:29PM

I got that feeling too. It begs a question, what is the legal age of consent in Japan?

Also, if she's Snow's fiance, does that mean she's gonna be Aeris'd somewhere in the course of the game? That one brief scene with the grey slimy junk certainly got my attention.

Azradesh @ Sep 28th 2009 3:59PM

Well I think the average legal in the world is 16, but in Japan it can be as young as 13 :/

Josh @ Sep 28th 2009 7:36PM

That's true, but I don't think Japan's laws are having that much of an influence on this game.

Perhaps they're just more open about love.

dood @ Sep 28th 2009 8:38PM

I think it was during TGS that some gamer industry figure head said that older folks in Japan don't play video games, maybe thats the reason, the core audience for this game is teens / tweens, and so thats how old the characters are.

Guinea Rabbit @ Sep 29th 2009 3:24AM

Just checked out the trailer with the English subs over on Youtube. Basically, the Serah girl is Snow's fiance, and Lightning's little sister.

Also, I'm much more willing to bet now that Serah will be Aeris'd during the game.

lagomorph @ Sep 28th 2009 10:31AM

I didn't catch every word. When Snow said "From on now she's 'big sister' huh" Was he implying that he and the girl (Lightning's sister?) were to be wed?

Johnathan @ Sep 28th 2009 10:31AM

It's too bad most of us don't speak Japanese. This is by far the best version of "The Aristocrats" I've heard

Matt @ Sep 28th 2009 10:32AM

This looks amazing. I need a time machine, now.

The Artist formally known as Jesus @ Sep 28th 2009 11:35AM

You can borrow mine, but beware it only goes back in time.

David @ Sep 28th 2009 10:34AM

This is the game announced at E3 right? It looks awesome, is it coming for PC?

David @ Sep 28th 2009 10:34AM

Uhm, is this the MMO?

Kar94k (PSN: Kar94k) @ Sep 28th 2009 10:39AM

No, the MMO was Final Fantasy XIV(14), this is Final Fantasy XIII(13)

MRLN @ Sep 28th 2009 3:51PM

And the MMO is coming out for the PC.

Josh @ Sep 28th 2009 10:35AM

Everyone is too beautiful in this game.

Also, I really want to be able to play this with Japanese voices.

UltimatePs3FANBOY(AKA LUCAMBE93) @ Sep 28th 2009 10:42AM

Why Microsoft!!!!! Could have been playing this game THIS year

Snowblind @ Sep 28th 2009 11:23AM

No you wouldn't have.

The games always take time to translate, even the English XII was almost a year after the Japanese release. With XIII only coming out in Japan the end of this year, early next is the soonest we've ever expected to get XIII.

Byron B. @ Sep 28th 2009 12:26PM

Actually, it might've had a simultaneous release this year, or at least january. They already said that the english voice overs are 100 percent done and have been aiming to make their "overseas" releases closer to the japanese release. And they also said that they were translating the PS3 version to the 360 version.

I am a machineee @ Sep 28th 2009 12:27PM

Snowblind, I disagree. SE said they were going for an International same release and if I recall correctly, they finished all dialogue a little while ago.

Either way, 360 can't be helping our cause.

jynxycat @ Sep 28th 2009 10:50AM

Those in-game cutscene shots looked a lot better than whatever they showed before.

And who is that black haired mysterious chick at the end?

FFXIII. Do want.

Paper @ Sep 28th 2009 10:54AM

This looks amazing! Curse you microsoft for delaying the release! I also would love to play this game with japanese language and subtitles. Down with english dubs!

acme3dmax @ Sep 28th 2009 11:10AM

I thought i remember reading that they are including the Japanese language track

Paper @ Sep 28th 2009 11:27AM

That would be awesome! I hope your right.

Raider197 @ Sep 28th 2009 11:33AM

That's only on the PS3 version.

xtremeholymuffin @ Sep 28th 2009 9:08PM

Man, if they release the 360 version with only one language track on a single disc I'll be pissed. I mean, I'd much rather switch discs than be stuck with one language track. That is, unless it's already on multiple discs and and with the language tracks it would be like 8 discs or something. Hmm.

ballistic3188 @ Sep 28th 2009 11:07AM

damn you trailers. seems sarah is gonna die. thanks for spoilering that.

Josh @ Sep 28th 2009 3:19PM

I highly doubt she actually will, though. They're just trying to get our minds working to hype up the game.

Pi @ Sep 28th 2009 9:02PM

seems she'll be the new aeris.

*starts sobbing*

They weren't kidding when they said a month ago that sera/sara is even prettier than the other females. Wow. I think I've fallen in love with a fictional person.

*continues sobbing*

Kornkid (PSN: Kornkid25a) @ Sep 29th 2009 1:22PM

Do they never think to just use a phoenix down?

joystiq @ Sep 28th 2009 11:15AM

FF games are always plot-heavy with many revelations. A game like this, which has an excellent chance of becoming the best selling game of all time, should have a world wide release. Between December and April there are going to be spoilers everywhere, and any avid gamer is going to have a very difficult time not seeing them, no matter how hard they try.

heavens_gatekeeper @ Sep 28th 2009 11:16AM

the gameplay looks fantastic, cant wait

dotzeno @ Sep 28th 2009 11:17AM

I will be importing...

Addison @ Sep 28th 2009 11:32AM

I have no idea what just happened, but it looks epic!

Jolny @ Sep 28th 2009 11:32AM

The talk in the beginning seem to imply that the loli girl is Lightning's little sister. Maybe what the dude is saying is that Lightning will be his big sister (sister-in-law), since he's lovey-dovey with her sister?

Jolny @ Sep 28th 2009 11:46AM

Then, those army guys barge in and I'm not sure what they're saying. Then Lightning says to that young dude that he can run away and doesn't have to die.

And then in the middle when that dude (what's his name lol) comes running up to the young girl he talks about some mission and he wants them to do it together. Then Lightning is talking to someone saying how she wanted to grow up fast to protect her little sister after their father died. She mentions that she threw away her actual name and took the name Lightning because she thought that would help her grow up faster :S
And then she says it didn't help but rather hurt her sister.

Blah blah blah, then that young dude is with some old dude (his father?) and says he'll leave after resting a while, and his father replies "your life is here!"

... anyone wants me to carry on? :S

Demaar @ Sep 28th 2009 12:11PM

I was pretty excited for the game up until this trailer. Then again, I haven't really watched any videos for it up until now. The game mechanics look very... dated. Seems like a dramatic step backwards from what FF12 brought to the table. Despite not being a fan of FF11, maybe FF14 will be more fitting to my taste...