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Europeans get their own transforming weapon for Final Fantasy XIII-2 pre-order

by David Hinkle on Nov 22nd 2011 6:02PM

What is it with Square Enix and transforming weaponry? Gun swords and bow swords and now a spear sword? What's next, a gun that shoots swords? Actually, that doesn't sound half bad, but we digress.

Not to be mistaken with GameStop's PowerUp Rewards member-exclusive transforming Genji Bow, the above weapon will be available to those who pre-order Final Fantasy XIII-2 from select European retailers, Square Enix reveals. It's the Muramasa, a combination dual-blade and spear weapon for Noel that increases chain bonuses in battle.

Source: Square Enix

Tags: dlc, final-fantasy-xiii-2, muramasa, pre-order-bonus, rpg, square-enix

Reader Comments (10)

Well in the first place, aren't these Kupo transforming? pushing fantasy to the limit, I'm fine with that...

I love Final Fantasy but for some reason, when I see these "transforming" weapons, I just want to bash them. They just seem so uninspired. Though, I guess if anything, they're inspired by the series' characters' often spikey hairstyles.

Now all we need is for Mr. Expert Dual Bladesman/Spear Thrower to comment and tell us all exactly what is wrong with this and how it could never work.

@King Johngie the Fourth

LOL, let me try...

*ahem*HACK HACK*ahem*
Well, as we can all clearly see, the spring-loaded mechanism used for the so-called 'transformation' cannot fit nor be strong enough to maintain its form during prolonged use. Therefore, instead of a spowrd (a term I've coined specifically for this unexpected development in the hand weaponry field) I propose we turn to a more traditional weapon, such as this:

http://www.stroom.nl/gfx/uploads/web0138_RHE.jpg

*quietly walks away*

*whispers*I think spowrds are super duper cool *mumbles*

@bunnyraven

Holy shit that was too funny. I was still laughing 20 minutes later. You win the internet for today, congrats.

I'm sad at the exclusivity of all these preorder bonuses, but I know that weapons with names like Genji and Muramasa will be attainable in-game through normal means because that's how it always is with FF games. That said, HOLY CRAP these transforming weapons are so bad-A!

Sword-shooting gun? Check.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4145/1209340816034tv5.jpg

"a combination dual-blade and spear weapon for Noel that increases chain bonuses in battle."

Do we even know what Noels primary role is anyway? I don't particularly care for this if he was, say, a Commando.

Now that FF has finally been infected with this kind of dlc crap, the series is officially dead to me. After FFXIII, I thought there was nowhere to go but up, but FFXIII-2 is gonna have to reel in all 10's or something to get me interested anymore.

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Posted: Nov 22nd 2011 6:05PM Eniko said

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