New FFXIII scans and the truth of FFXIV's campaign code!

[Linnaete]

Firstly, the FFXIV campaign code mentioned before that will be in Japanese Final Fantasy XIII copies; it turns out that it's not for a beta test access. Instead, it's for players to get a secret item in FFXIV. A secret virtual gift.

Source: Siliconera

(You can see images of Gladiator and Pugilist there too!)

There are also scans of FFXIII from Famitsu. Unfortunately, these are small, low quality images, but you can see what Alexander looks like.

 

[10th Doctor]

Awesome, more pictures of Hope! Doesn't he look badass in front of Alexander? (Well, not exactly BADASS... really, adorable is more an acurate word.) It's all coming together so quickly. Kukukukuku......

 

[Linnaete]

Apparently this is the translation of the scans. Take it with a grain of salt because I'm not certain if it's true.

"The concept for Alexander is a ‘tactical commander’. He has an extreme amount of destructive power in just one attack. You gain summons by fighting them and having them accept you. They are so strong that you won’t win if you fight them normally, and you have to make actions that will make the summon accept you. Hope holds onto Alexander’s head and gives orders."

"Odin’s concept is a ‘multi-attacker’, Shiva is a ‘rapid blaster’, and Brunhilde is a ‘gadget master’."

"Crystalium in comparison to the Sphere Grid is different since you can up and down [as well as side to side] three-dimensionally. As you gain abilities other abilities will open up like a tree."

"There are no level-ups using exp."

"Crystalium will be able to slowly open up the limitations found in each Role."

"How much Crystal you can get will depend on the Crystalium level, the higher the level the more you can get."

"How many abilities and status up’s you can get are limited by the level."

"The Crystalium level will only raise as the story progresses."

"If the path on the Crystalium diverges you can go back to the point before the divergence."

"When you get to a certain point in the story you’ll be able to ride chocobos. If you run into enemies you’ll lose the chocobo’s HP, but if you don’t you can ride them for as long as you like. The chocobos on Cocoon and Pulse look different. The ones on Pulse are more wild looking and have long sideburns."

"Snow’s weapon is the symbol on his coat. If you change his arm band the symbol will change and he will become stronger. It’s a government technology. By using that coat he can become stronger than an ordinary man."

"You can change the weather on Cocoon by using weather control devices."

"There are monsters you can eat"

 

[Cecily]

I know this had been said, but... those Chocobos are looking epic.

Snow’s weapon is the symbol on his coat. If you change his arm band the symbol will change and he will become stronger. It’s a government technology. By using that coat he can become stronger than an ordinary man.

I wonder if this is something that gets upgraded automatically over time, or if it can be manually changed like normal weapons.

 

[Thalia]

I wonder if this is something that gets upgraded automatically over time, or if it can be manually changed like normal weapons.

Probably, it would be boring if these characters aren't able to upgrade their powers and equipment over time.

Hope certainly looks cute there with the Alexander but I wonder how powerful that Edioldon will be in this version compared to past games. So far it looks impressive.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Hopes actually looking better in these scans.

Before in the trailers I was like 'Meh, annoying little kid.'

But he actually looks so much more interesting and serious in these ones!

This:

Hope holds onto Alexander’s head and gives orders.

sounds awesome! XD and also kinda scary.

 

[Apparent Amarant]

I'm really glad this is coming out for Xbox 360. I thought I was going to have to buy a PS3. This game looks really amazing. I'm pretty excited.