Famitsu Magazine’s latest interview with Motomu Toriyama brought up many new concepts for Final Fantasy XIII which will hit the Playstation 3 worldwide and the Xbox 360 in America and Europe.

Describing the Final Fantasy XIII demo set for release with Advent Children Complete, Toriyama said,

“Like the FFVII demo that was included with PlayStation’s Tobal Nol.1, you’ll be able to play from the opening through the prologue. We’re making it so that players will understand about the world of the Cocoon and how the Lucys are handled.”

While not giving a specific play time, he said,

“We’d like to make it something with lots of volume.”

To this, he added with a laugh,

“I think it will be longer than FFVIIAC.”

Motomu also mentioned the realtime sequence that was shown in the DKΣ3713 trailer won’t be included. During the demo, players will be able to take control of more than just Lightning. The mysterious blonde-haired male character, Mr 33.cm, from the trailers will be playable as well.

Toriyama clarified a bit about how FFXIII handles its characters. There’s no actual “main character” in the game. Players will experience the story from the perspective of multiple characters, something that he refers to as being a “new style.” The demo will offer a glimpse at this new type of storytelling system. He considers players sampling the new system to be a major point for the demo.

The game’s battle system appears to reflect this switching off of characters. The game’s battle system is party-based, Toriyama explained. Players switch between characters as they fight.

Toriyama also shared a few general details on FFXIII aside from the demo.

The blonde-haired male character who will be playable alongside Lightning in the demo is still without a name, but Toriyama confirmed that the character will also have a name in the motif of weather.

Asked about the tattoo that the character appears to have on his arm, Toriyama noted that it’s not actually a tattoo. Other people will have something similar in different areas of their body.

Lightning, Mr 33.cm, Pigtails girl and the mysterious marking

The realtime sequence that closed off the DKΣ3713 trailer showed the current cast of characters battling enemies in a subterranean field, possibly a cave. Toriyama confirmed that this area of the world is at the very lowest levels of Cocoon, and a closed off space. Also, while this section of the world appears to be covered in ice, it’s not actually ice, but crystals.

Source: Famitsu

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