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You must have heard about it coming and read about but this is my take after reading through the available news that has been release so far. This is the thirteen installments of the famed Final Fantasy RPG series by Square Enix and it is the first Final Fantasy series on the new generation of PS3 or Xbox 360 console. Final Fantasy XIII theme this time is futuristic and also magical and the usual Square Enix style ATB (Active Time Battle) system gameplay with some changes. The last Final Fantasy XI was on PS2 and you must be wondering what happen to Final Fantasy XII, well it was never release on console but it was actually release on PC platform online only.

Sony have been having a hard time trying to get Square Enix to make Final Fantasy XIII exclusive for the PS3 due to the poor sales of the PS3 that will impact the sales of the game. Square Enix have to make a costly choice of porting the game to Xbox 360 while half way developing the game on the PS3 platform and impact the release date of the game at the same time, in hopes to increase the sales. In order to satisfy their business partner Sony, Square Enix will make Final Fantasy XIII exclusive for PS3 in Japan only.

The game is schedule to be release on December 17 this year in Japanese only and the English version will be in spring 2010. If you can’t wait for it you can get the English version from Asia region PS3 in January 2010 but the manual will be in Chinese. Square Enix only anticipate the sales of Final Fantasy XIII will be about half of compare to the last release in PS2 due to the poor sales of PS3. I don’t want to talk so much on the game story and character which I will leave for you to explore when the game is release which is more fun especially with Final Fantasy RPG and I don’t want to be a spoiler . Enjoy the screenshots below.

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