Final Fantasy XIII International Release Date Announced
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 14, 2009 15:16 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Final Fantasy, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Video Gallery, Xbox 360
Final Fantasy XIII, delayed thanks to the decision to port the game to the Xbox 360, has finally had its international PS3/Xbox 360 release dated in the below production documentary:
Both versions get a simultaneous March 9th release, for Europe and America at least (Square apparently divides the world into “domestic” and “international,” with a rather parochial definition of international to say the least).
Square Enix is banking on this being a major hit and selling 6 million copies…
The theme songs for the Japanese version and the international version also make for an interesting comparison:
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Will the American release have a japanese/english language option?
I agree with the people saying the international song isn't bad, but it doesn't fit the game at all.
I remember back with FFIX ending song, The international version was just as good as the Japanese
Besides the international FF XIII song is way WAY to main stream
Until you've played the game you haven't the slightest fucking clue whether the song fits or not
ff13 international butcher free..
its like their revenge against the nuclear bombing in 1945
nice comeback Japan!
Damn sheltered idiot.
Best news I heard this year.
Oh yeah, finally the release date has been set. So excited about it! Just 4 more months! ^^
Hmm what about the PC release? From what I understand the game was deved on pc for pc then ported to ps3/x360 due to it being easier that way.
Both themes are generic as fuck.... I hate radio music with a goddamn passion. I usually have to put on God Module or Hocico to cleanse my brain of the sheer shittyness of it all.
I do have some rather weeaboo tendencies though... I generally prefer the localizations of Aksys and NIS.
Imagine:
March 2010:
FFXIII for 360 sold: 1,7m
FFXIII for PS3 sold: 1m
I'd laugh.
FFXV and all spinoffs Xbox 720 exlusive confirmed.
What a retarded fanboy post. You'd be kidding yourself if you think a company would look at sales like that and consider losing potentially 37% of their sales by going console-exclusive for the next game. If anything those statistics would reinforce the decision to go multiplatform was the correct one.
He doesn't know any better.
More like
FFXIII for 360 sold: 1,7m
FFXIII for PS3 sold: 1m
FFXIII for 360 downloaded: 2m
I didn't like the english song... at all. Way to ruin things SE -_-
the international version..... oh SE, where's the fantasy in the Final Fantasy?
This is even worst!
I bet later on SE will announce yet another crazy shit news like chosing MJ songs for the battle theme.
Apparently anyone who says the English song is superior or that they are both on par gets voted down. Because someone's ego can't handle the opinions of others.
No. It is because people disagree - and people love to show that they disagree.
My Hands by Leona Lewis is not a bad song, it just doesn't fit where it's being put.
Wow! This much furious commenting over game versions which haven't come out yet. When they do, the Xbox vs. PS3 faggotry will be huge.
If I cared about games I would prefer the Japanese version as well.
I'm no weeaboo but if I ever get a girlfriend (doubtful) and we have sex (even more doubtful) I'm going to have her dress like a schoolgirl, and screech and squeal in a high pitched voice throughout the act.
The devs who chose this song knew as much English as people who watch dubs know Japanese. This better be the last Final Fantasy theme song that has "shower" in the lyrics.
That is what bothered me the most. Getting in the shower and putting on makeup? Wut? If the song is left unmodified, that is going to kill any emotional scene.
I overlapped the leona lewis song with the trailer that plays the japanese theme and it is HORRIBLE
It's funny to see all the weaboo fags boycotting the game because they dislike the international music. You know because the story or game play means nothing if the music is not to the liking of you sad little fucks. Grow the fuck up.
I believe that the music, and all direction aspects for that matter, are very relevant to the feel of an audiovisual work.
Sorry to break it to you but the audio and visuals are what always sold games. You couldn't tell the story and gameplay until it was already in your hands.
Leona Lolis lol
Whats next?TImbaland,Justin Timberfuck or Sickney Spears for Versus 13?
I'm excited - From that day there are only 1-2 years left till the REAL International Version gets in Japan released.And yeah,i think there will be one,like always.Japan and this time for PS3 Only =)
Dont know if i will play an US/PAL Version
This Leona Crap fucks me up...
listen up dickhead
If you want to play FF13 in all its original japanese glory, learn japanese and import, then stfu
Why bitch about Leona, she can sing, she is talented.
You're so quick to forget the jap girl doing the jap song has fuck all talent.
you are dickhead because japanese heater like you will never get dual voice in ff
Lol Wut?
damn lewis sucks
I don't like either and somehow not excited about this game at all now. Is that acceptable?
Why does it always take so long to get new FF games out? It's not as though the games are pushing any of the systems. The graphics look dated, the character models are garish (uncanny valley), and the CG character animations are wooden and inhuman. By the time this game drops internationally, there will be dozens of games that looks better in every respect. Hell, there are games released in the last several years that already look better. I'm looking at you Fallout 3, Bioshock, Borderland, Dragon Age Origins, Call of Duty 1 + 2, etc, etc, etc...
You can't tell me that this long wait time is due to a new battle system because every FF game just rehashes the same old battle systems from their previous games. Nippon Ichi has already pumped out a dozen new games in the time it took them to announce this game til now. Ridiculous!!!
Do you even know the technical aspects behind making a game?
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No? Then stop complaining. Besides they are coming out with XIII and versus XIII. Not to mention working on XIV
Not just a new battle system but the new Crystal Tools. The FF stories are more in depth than the games you mention, the scripts for modern FF games is equivalent to a 10 hour movie. Since the script dictates what areas, characters and equipment are like they can't even start making any of the visual work. Normal MMORPGs take 3+ years to make, making one offline does not really cut out that much work.
This is not the "same game" with new guns and prettier backgrounds so take all the FPS off your list since they just make guns, areas and slap a new label on it. Many RPGs still have no story and just have you killing shit for hours for no apparent reason other than you want to go that direction.
i must honestly admit that both songs are good - but i like neither of them. the japanese one because it hasn't got enough pop and the english one because i, well, hate r&b.
my taste in music is incredibly bad, some would say: if it's not at least 120bpm, it sucks. i sometimes play with synths, and i always check out the sound at 800bpm or more. it gives me a headache and nausea, but it feels so damn good.
a pity i can't play the guitar THAT fast. iron-chino is THA MAN!!
...Ronaldo...shine a lot in Corinthians
God, stupid 360 port delaying the PS3 port even though the 360 porting started at nearly the same time as the code for the PS3 version was handed off to SEUS and is being worked on independently of the PS3 native version, thus having no bearing on the release date of a game which had no release date announced.
Wait, huh?
What pisses me off more than anything is that people are wanting "JAPANESE MUSIC...with subs teehee"
I hate it when people don't know the language, or the culture for that matter outside of video games and ANIME, yet INSIST they know what's better for the rest of the world's viewing and playing pleasure.
FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
ANY TALENTLESS HACK J-POP ARTIST COULD BE CHOSEN FOR THIS THEME AND YOU WOULD STILL SAY,
"I don't think the english version fits lolololkawaiidesuthatsjustmene"
Stop pretending you give two shits about "THIS" version of the song versus the fact its fucking JAPANESE.
Both songs sound okay even though I'm not a huge R&B fan, but I do think they should have kept "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" because it kind of gives you the emotional feel to the game. "My Hands" could have been better if the lyrics could relate to "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" in some way, other than that it feels really out of place. The only artists that I can think of that has a perfect english voice is either Utada Hikaru (powerful vocals) or KOKIA (soft vocal).
Square-Enix should have just given a choice to have english dub or japanese dub with english subtitles. Why can't SE listen to our demands?? -__-
NO FUCKING WAY!?! Are you serious? You think that only Japanese people have a perfect English voice?
I think you meant engrish voice.
Anyway, both are somewhat generic, though My Hands gives me more emotion, though I can see why the wapa-err, "true" FF fans would be whining(bitching) over this problem.
Honestly, it is ONLY AN OPENING THEME SONG. How does a theme song you will hear maybe at most 4 times change how you feel about a game.
Also, how many times has SE actually used the Japanese theme song with an NA release. And this means the song in JAPANESE. Not an English version done by the artist of the japanese version.
That said, it would have probably caused less backlash if they used the same singer for JP/Int versions, but people still probably would've whined.
Also, when a game company listens to every complaint by every single person, they've just failed.
Finally, how many here crying for the japanese song are fluent in japanese. I passed JLPT level 2(which is ~middle school or so :< ) and I still enjoy the english version better.
Sigh. tl;dr Get some cheese for your whine.
I never said Japanese have a perfect english voice. I just think they could have picked a better opening. What I meant that "My Hands" lyrics are out of place and should be written specifically for this game.
The opening song sets up the "atmosphere" of the game, IMO. The schools I went never offered japanese classes so I never got the opportunity like everyone else.
And for one I am not whining about it that much, it's a matter of expressing my opinion.
I think you need to stick your hothead in cold water.
I'm sadly about only JLPT level 4 but I don't prefer Kimi Ga Iru Kara because it's japanese, I prefer it because it's the original song, I like it better, hate Leona Lewis, and hate R&B. I don't understand how everyone says that Kimi Ga Iru Kara is generic, where as they say nothing of how generic My Hands is (Generic R&B ballads are done by how many people? Mariah Carey, Beyonce, etc.). I want games to be kept as original as possible.
Funny,I've heard a large amount of "hate" for Leona's song,but very little praise for the Japanese song...Cry more weaboos :)
In truth,I don't for ballads much in general(English,Japanese,or any language at that) but I think each fits well for its intended audience. Also,I'm loving the "It doesn't even fit the game!" lines,when you have yet to play it.
Both songs sucked shit balls, the japanese song sucked more, like Anon said before It's so fucking generic and plain, then some random "best friend" line out of nowhere WHAT THE FUCK?
FF XIII will probably be OVERBOARD, CHEESY, and sport massive amount of SUCK and FAIL.
From the trailers/demo it looks like a remake of FF VII/VIII/IX/X clumped together with the CAMPIEST anime scenes ever. And the villain looks like she was Vayne's(XII) sister.
You mean... I have to buy an XBOX 360/PS3 for THIS!? W..T..F..!?
Wow. They're really pulling all the stops in this one.
Though many prefer FFXIII's English theme song to be sung by a "domestic" artiste since Square Enix is a "domestic" company, who's there to say that there're no foreign efforts in the making of FFXIII. I'm sure "domestic" FFXIII makers do rely on some forms of foreign assistance here and there. Although I can't shake off the thought of engaging the vocals of Leona Lewis was much market-oriented, we'll see how the end quality of the game goes.
I'm all for game theme songs related to the story. Since it's virtually impossible for someone outside Square Enix to know the entire story of FFXIII in detail before the release date, it's wise to not make premature judgement. For that, I paid extra attention to the lyrics of both "Kimi ga Iru Kara" and "My Hands". Well, they both have potential. At least they don't have pop-ish cheesy connotations and such.
Hence, you simply can't satisfy everyone.
WHAT?!! 3RD SEPTEMBER 2010?!! WHAT THE F... Oh wait...
NA/EU SAYURI SUGAWARA FFXIII THEME SONG SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
We are starting with this campaign because Leona Lewis's "My Hands" has nothing to do with FINAL FANTASY.
Sayuri Sugawara's "Kimi ga iru kara" it's tied with the FFXIII story and it's composed by Masashi Hamauzu (same composer of the BSO of FFXIII).
"Kimi ga iru kara" it's a great song both in lyrics and music in the tradition of FF theme songs.
Noth Americans & Europeans deserves same treatment like Japaneses, we want Japanese audio track too and "Kimi ga iru kara" like the only FFXIII theme song WORLDWIDE.
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Please SUPPORT "Kimi ga iru kara".
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Don't use a "new" song for the "international" version of FF VS please...
BTW both songs suck... I prefer the orchestral oldies of FF
Versus will have Linkin Park theme song.
I can understand why some people may prefer the voices to be dubbed (and I'm OK with that as long as the original is provided too), but why change a song?
It doesn't make sense to me at all...
They are proving that the meaning of the song is not important, yet they don't just keep the original... I can't see the logic behind that.
Probably the same reason they changed the cover on Spice and Wolf, they THINK that is what we want. Which is wrong.
I believe it's because they believe that it will be more integrated for western audiences; the problem with this is that a large amount of the western audiences DESIRE it to stay Japanese. Myself, I have always preferred an English dub over the Japanese one, but as to music, I'm less torn. I'd like it to stay original to get the same score that everyone else does.
I'm not completely against the song, so long as it does its job well, and I could care less about lyrics. But it looks to me like the second is worse than the first, if not looked at by their chorus.
I don't understand, what's wrong with the song "My Hands"?
It doesn't match the scene. In general FF fans aren't really fans of american music or R&B for that matter either. Also with the replacement of Kimi Ga Iru Kara with My Hands FF fans feel cheated out of the full true game. (Can you blame us we've waited years for this game and they fuck us over time and time again no japanese option, XBOX 360 port, bad dubs etc.) So by they localizing FF XIII to this extent it's sort of a bitch slap to fans. We don't recieve the game that the japanese do, we recieve a contorted, twisted localization that is what makes us mad. That said the japanese are going to pay ¥9,000 (around i'd say $92 or so) for the standard game where as U.S. will pay $59.99 for the standard game.
Aw shit, both songs suck ass, I ain't getting this game nor a ps3 anymore.
I don't get why they would change the song. The only people who buy Final Fantasy are FF fans. Did they think "Leona Lewis that'll sell the game to a new audience!" umm no. I can't think of any FF fans who listen to Leona Lewis. There is no "untapped" FF audience it's all hardcore FF fans. That said, I liked Kimi Ga Iru Kara and hate My Hands (and all R&B). So by SE doing this they're saying fuck you actual FF players! This song is for the invisible "untapped" FF players who love everything to be localized to hell, with shit dubs, replaced songs, and no japanese option. I'm increasingly disappointed with this game generation. As I own all 3 consoles I can honestly say IMO Playstation 3 is the best (though mine broke recently, it goes to a black screen when I try to use games and DVD's) XBOX 360 is second best (mine is RROD'd for the 4th time so it's hard to like it also batteries for the controller, still uses DVDs etc.) and Wii is the worst (lowest functionality, no games etc.) I'm replacing both consoles.
What if I told you I'm a fan and thought "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" was a generic anime song? What if I also said that "My Hands" is vastly superior to "Kimi Ga Iru Kara"?
Seriously, someone call the fucking WAMBULANCE.
I'd tell you that you're on the wrong site and that My Hands is generic R&B ballad. Also I'd tell you that the song in no way works in FF XIII and SE should keep their games as original as possible and that this isn't the old days where anime and video games need to go through exstensive westernization to sell. Then i'd tell you that whoever they think wants this doesn't exist.
"Final Fantasy XIII, delayed thanks to the decision to port the game to the Xbox 360"
You know there wasn't an actual, true, officially confirmed date set for the game's release before it was effectively announced for the 360 too, do you Arte? Its Wikipedia article doesn't even mention the word "delay", not once. There's exactly zero proof for this claim, only that the developers said "we will release both at the same time". For all we know, they could've spent some two months porting it.
It's made all the more ridiculous because of this:
"Both versions get a simultaneous March 9th release, for Europe and America at least"
Taking into consideration it'll be released in Japan exclusively for PS3 (hence no reason to delay it over there too) on December 17, this gives us a big fat total of three months between releases. This, compared to FFX's five months, X-2's eight and XI's whooping seventeen (this, considering the Windows release, the PS2 release took twenty two months after its Japanese release to hit American shores).
The fact of the matter is, this is one of the fastest released main titles in the Final Fantasy series on America and Europe after the initial Japanese release, if not the fastest. This whining is both absurdly ridiculous, greatly exaggerated and hilariously unfounded.
Character needs more androgyny.
Nobuo Uematsu... We miss you...!!!
I can't say I'm impressed by the song.:<
english song is better
I hate shitty j-pop artists who can't sing and only get the job because they did bikini work when they were 14 to satisfy japans growing number of pedophiles.
Anyone who prefers that atrocious kimi ga iru kara song that killed the TGS trailer has fucking horrible taste or is too busy riding a japanese dick whilst badly pronouncing the 5 words of japanese they know.
Can I insert my cock into lightning?
No, but she'll insert her cock into you.
Does anyone know the translation of the phrase Kimi Ga Iru Kara? I tried and got Have You Since, but my japanese isn't perfect so I wanted to double check. Because kimi (you) has a ga after it wouldn't that make kimi the indirect object of the verb? I mean if kimi was being had it would use wo wouldn't it? But i've seen ga iru used as have so I went with that. Does somone know?
"Because you're here"
Thanks I see it now. I dug a little deeper and got it. The lack of desu or da sort of through me off. Kimi (you) ga iru (here) kara (because) I didn't realize you didn't need a desu or da to have is/are in this sentence. Does ga simply function as the copula in this sentence?
I totally forgot to comment on my main issue with the game, the names. I think they should have kept the names of the characters in romanji instead of translating them as they would have a more unique feel to them and im afraid that names such as Hope and Snow wont be as memorable as they could have been.
Hm i see many people complain about the song and the fact it probably does not have japanese sound option in the game.
The song is an ok choice imo, i get that the jap song would not fly well in american water except with the wapanese. I would however have liked to see they use an artist like Utada Hikaru that can sing well in English.
As for japanese sound option, it is something i have always loved in all games that have it NIS being a frontier on this imo. Both Sony and Microsoft have well established networks so i dont see why they do not add a japanese sound ad for japanese games, either free of charge or a small amount. The games probably already have English text choice because of the hearing impaired so it should not be too much work. Well thats my two cents:P
Are you fucking serious? This is serious weeaboo talk here. The names are based off of English words, and you want them with the romaji spelling just because it'll make them look more "unique"? Yeah, pretty sure "Hoopu" and "Sunou" make for really unique names. Like everyone's going to know that "Hoopu" is actually pronounced "Hope" rather than, I don't know, "hoo-poo".
This is why we can't have nice things.
@ 18:15 anon
+9,000.01
Since Blu-Ray has less space constraints than DVD, can't they include both versions along with the option for Japanese/English audio in the PS3 version?
no, because microsoft probably paid them extra to keep the two versions equivalent no matter what.
Well, if they are only releasing a 360 release internationally, I take it the Japanese ps3 edition will be how it was completely intended. I'd hate to order from Japan, but that's looking like a high priority decision now.
Not at all... What do you mean by "how it was completely intended"? Very drastic changes in a game engine have to be done to make a game portable, and so it suffers in both platforms. And since probably both versions are supposed to look and play exactly the same, they won't use either hardware appropriately and to it's full capability. A total shame.
>no, because microsoft probably paid them extra to keep the two versions equally shit no matter what.
Fix'd.
But still, the game looks good.
ROFL, you 2 are indeed idiots. Thanks for the good laugh:)
hey, enjoy your disc swapping :D
Thought so. =/
In the end MS kills the fun for everyone.
personally i prefer leona lewis' version of the theme. i wouldn't want to sit and read through subtitles when playing a game the first time. but i'll be sure to play both versions when it comes out.
I want the song at the end of that first video.
http://videoff7.free.fr/ff13_site_tracks.zip
nah, I think he gets off the hook this time. this is a drastic change that I can understand people having a hard time accepting. I mean, really? Western MTV-esque music in FF?
So, do we get dual-audio for PS3?
no cause faggy xbox is getting it too ... and there is to be NO difference of the games.. and since the dvds dont have room for more dialoge ... we get shitty english dubs... which sucks sooo much... i couldnt stand the english trailer :(
I prefer the japanese song.
FF is a japanese game. WTF use a fucking R&B song from a bitch???
In the rest of FF the theme song as the same, translating or not the lyrics but the same theme, fuck!
Thanks for americanize this game.... is more international for the rest of humanity
I think I'll start to learn Japanese. ¬¬
hey..although I agree that American R&B song is inferior than Jpop
you gotta admit Leona Lewis is talented and stop badmouthing her.
I agree with the Anon above me for dual audio options. But your idea of Leona being a "bitch" is baseless and crude. Dude, just because she doesn't sing in your favourite Wapanese doesn't mean she deserves no respect. I personally prefer the English version slightly over Kimi ga iru kara.
And for your last line, give up, someone like you wouldn't understand understand in inner intricacies of Japanese anyway.
Thanks for seeing teh truth, at last.
+1
i want japanese voice and subtitles also, i don't want the fucking english voice ><
Going to get the Japanese version when it comes out and also planning on getting the English version as well. A 6 million sales target is quite difficult but hope it succeed, or even better pass that amount.
Now where is my final fantasy Versus XIII?
6 million is a bit ambitious considering how they shaft the international fans with a run-of-the-mill theme song. They must have had some delusions with Activision and Modern Warfare 2.
And with the new English theme goes Nobuo Uematsu's involvement in Final Fantasy XIII out the window.
Jpn theme was Hamauzu's anyway..
why is their definition "parochial"?
Are they first just going to publish the game in their own church parish? Are they even christian?
Parochial:
1 : of or relating to a church parish
2 : of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government
3 : confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish : limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region)
What the fuck give back the original song you out of touch assholes.
i think the english song is much better to be honest. the jp track is bland as all hell, i forgot the melody to it already and i just watched it.
Seconded. Seriously, it feels like some people prefer the jp song just because...you know, its sung in japanese and they understand nothing.
no fool people here have high probability they know japanese word tough mostly can't read
Yeah, more or less, typical cases of fanboyism, and if it wasn't so sad, it would be funny (no matter if it's the glory of JP, Apple, or some computer game that the fanboy is worshipping like a religion).
Ps. Both songs suck, give me back the orchestred good FF music that sends shivers down my spine, and stop this crap that's obviously only there to sell some records!
I like the "feel" of the jp version (piano melody is win). I'm kind of tired of normal R&B (with too much synth). Also: I don't need to hear about this woman putting on make-up and such..=_= (especially not as an opening for my rpg)..
no the japanese theme is more suitted with the atmosfer mood and ofcourse the story, the lyric also more depicted the game than that na/eu r&b bullshit!
mind you, the english one does have merit all on it's own without really needing it to be part of the "international" version of FF13, yet it's this very fact that kind of detracts from the actual song. The jp one, as "blah" as it is would benefit more from the hype of FF13 more so than the english r/b tune.
Really, the music chosen for FF these days are fucking horrible imo. They are shoe-horning pop music for the hell of it. What's wrong with a memorable orchestral song piece used to highlight the trailer instead of some pop singers who cannot hold a note at times.
they're out of touch, I'm out of time.