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:
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 “[i]Kimi ga Iru Kara[/i]” and “[i]My Hands[/i]”. 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…
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..!?
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.
Please SUPPORT SAYURI SUGAWARA
Please SUPPORT “Kimi ga iru kara”.
Thanks.
Snow Villiers
supportsayurisugawara@hotmail.com
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We have now an online petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/SSFTSSC/petition.html
And a Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=mf&gid=172813911234
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
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?