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'Leaked' Final Fantasy Versus XIII Trailer
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 6:30 PM on July 24, 2008
Here is what's apparently a "leaked" Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer from last year's Jump Festa in Japan. The footage is of a trailer that was only shown in a closed theatre, and isn't the complete trailer, but a good chunk of it. Oh, and yes, the trailer is 100 percent CG. Sounds like Lost Odyssey music has been added.
Thanks, Nicoara for the tip! In case this clip gets pulled, we've posted the clip after the jump. That one is slightly better quality.
FFVXIII Trailer Leaked [Final Fantasy XIII.net via VG247]

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dropoff
Posted 9:42 PM 24/7/08
Cant get enough of those ridiculous hair dos'.
dropoff
Yin
Posted 9:17 PM 24/7/08
Looks like my kind of game... Unlike that horrible mix 8 and 10 that is 13 :S
Really liked the mood in the trailer, especially when they drove the car into the desert and all the costume dudes sitting around the table. Also girly guys = win.
Yin
Zeiphor
Posted 8:58 PM 24/7/08
@Grahamunculus: Exactly what I thought too.. Alan Rickman reprising his role as Hans Gruber is finally here. Final Fantasy: Die Hard. You never know; the blonde guy could be McClane in his young days.
Zeiphor
KeroseneClimax
Posted 8:30 PM 24/7/08
I'm assuming Hans Gruber is the main antagonist at the end. Still, this looks pretty good, even if the whole "fantasy" aspect of "Final Fantasy" seems to have gone the way of the Dodo. Especially like the natural, mafia-esque look this game is trying to give off.
KeroseneClimax
TheIrishNinja
Posted 8:28 PM 24/7/08
dammit! first one's not working for me either. gonna try back tomorrow & hope for awesomeness.
TheIrishNinja
SupaPhly
Posted 8:25 PM 24/7/08
that guy with the gun sort-of looks like Vaan if you look quickly :P
SupaPhly
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 8:24 PM 24/7/08
@libregkd: Nah, I was going based purely on aesthetics. If you look at the Sasuke from about 2007 up you'll see some pretty remarkable resemblance, even in the fighting style present during the big Itachi v. Sasuke fight that recently finished back in...May I want to say.
Just add lightning plus a katana and you'll have a dead ringer.
Black-Dog-Howls
libregkd
Posted 8:10 PM 24/7/08
@Black-Dog-Howls: Ahh, I only assumed it was personality...seeing as everyone I meet say this game is going to have an emo lead and then comparing him to Sasuke <_<;
I do see a physical resemblance between the two though.
libregkd
Alexander_the_Badger
Posted 8:00 PM 24/7/08
@Grahamunculus: I thought I would have been the only one to see Alan Rickman in there, reprising his role as the token British bad guy.
Alexander_the_Badger
Pepek
Posted 7:52 PM 24/7/08
Fucking brilliant.
Release date plix, k?
Pepek
iceketch
Posted 7:51 PM 24/7/08
Fuck yeah!
Mafia themed story confirmed!
I knew this would this would become useful one day!
[i33.tinypic.com]
iceketch
TheNexusRebound
Posted 7:45 PM 24/7/08
I am suprised this looks like the version of FFXIII I figure would be better suited to the mass audience of 360 fan. I guess there must be some reason.
TheNexusRebound
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 7:42 PM 24/7/08
@libregkd: Nobody is talking personality. In fact, the trailer really doesn't show any.
He just looks like Sasuke.
Or maybe a weird cross between Katsura and Shinsuke from Gintama.
Black-Dog-Howls
libregkd
Posted 7:37 PM 24/7/08
@Tyrannical: But they can afford to keep games exclusive to the 360?
Also, I hope all those saying this is 'Sasuke' knows that the main character has an upbeat and positive attitude <_<;
libregkd
Cemboi
Posted 7:35 PM 24/7/08
True lol, but the graphics look amazing
Cemboi
Grahamunculus
Posted 7:34 PM 24/7/08
It looks like Uchiha Sasuke vs. Alan Rickman
Grahamunculus
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 7:32 PM 24/7/08
@manabu: That isn't Cloud.
Go read Naruto.
It's frigging Sasuke.
Black-Dog-Howls
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 7:30 PM 24/7/08
@Tyrannical: SE can't afford to keep anything exclusive to Xbox360 either when you think about what regions actually buy JRPGs.
Black-Dog-Howls
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 7:30 PM 24/7/08
@Phiphenomenon: Watch any J-drama, anime, Japanese movie post 1970. The fascination with pretty men extends far far far back in Japanese media.
On the other end of the spectrum, western men pretty much suffer from the opposite. Big, brawly, sweaty, muscle heads.
Guys don't look like guys in all areas of media. They're either pretty or horrendously muscular. Unless they're older actors or going for very particular styles.
-but hey, Nathan Drake looked like a guy guy.
Black-Dog-Howls
Tyrannical
Posted 7:29 PM 24/7/08
SE can't afford to keep anything exclusive to the PS3
Tyrannical
LeLoi
Posted 7:26 PM 24/7/08
@mendo: Its not italian, its Latin :P
LeLoi
LeLoi
Posted 7:25 PM 24/7/08
This is the trailer they should have shown at E3!!!
LeLoi
mendo
Posted 7:24 PM 24/7/08
Why is everything in Italian? (not that I complain about it since I'm Italian ;)).
Maybe because the city you see in the middle of the video is clearly Venice? :)
mendo
Sheky
Posted 7:22 PM 24/7/08
This should've been the vanilla XIII.
This looks way cooler.
Sheky
somarix
Posted 7:21 PM 24/7/08
I love the art. This LQ trailer is a thousand times better than what they've published officially.
I see a lot of potential about the game, but then there was Dirge of Cerberus and that upcoming shitty game where you're a whiny spoony bard. Oh well, thanks to CG, FF7:DoC is almost worth renting, despite the torture of a gameplay it has.
somarix
Zunnoab
Posted 7:20 PM 24/7/08
Good lord that music was grating to me. I'm glad to hear it's not from this game!
The whole desert highway thing makes me go, "huh?" This confused me more than anything else to be honest.
Zunnoab
ara
Posted 7:13 PM 24/7/08
o_O Looking all that footage makes it clear why their development times are so long. All that material doesn't just generate itself, and the assets are way beyond current generation realtime ones. Don't think most are awed seeing pre-rendered stuff, but I sure as hell am.
ara
Phiphenomenon
Posted 7:12 PM 24/7/08
If square-enix knows how to do anything it is trot out the CGI. That being said they are very good at what they do, of course I can't tell the quality of the game by the CG alone. The concept is interesting, but too often with games that aren't direct FF titles it's like watching a movie with bits of game to interrupt it, Dirge of Cerberus anyone?
Also, my own personal gripe is that men no longer look like men in games anymore. It annoys the crap out of me. Although I'm sure that is a fight I will lose.
Phiphenomenon
Dante18
Posted 7:08 PM 24/7/08
i would love to see some real gameplay.....
Dante18
manabu
Posted 7:08 PM 24/7/08
@Irafe: Cloud has black hair in Versus XIII....or is it just the rebirth of Zack.
and in regular XIII, Cloud is a hot woman :O
manabu
Irafe
Posted 7:05 PM 24/7/08
Looks like Cloud with black hair?
Irafe
kagebutsu
Posted 7:04 PM 24/7/08
@libregkd: Whats their logic behind it though? Uhh we could show it to 100 people or put an HD version up on the internet and get millions of people excited about our game? wtf square
kagebutsu
digiwalsh
Posted 7:01 PM 24/7/08
Are they actually making a game? Or are they just waving CG infront of people until the next consoles come out. Colour me unimpressed.
digiwalsh
Black-Dog-Howls
Posted 7:01 PM 24/7/08
...I still stand by my claim that this is Sasuke: The Game.
Black-Dog-Howls
libregkd
Posted 6:56 PM 24/7/08
@kagebutsu: They have closed door trailers for anything and everything nowadays.
I'm not expecting any trailers for their event to make their way onto the internet anytime soon :/
libregkd
kagebutsu
Posted 6:54 PM 24/7/08
It really pisses me off how square enix always has "closed door" trailers for ffxiii.
kagebutsu
Polysics_2004
Posted 6:53 PM 24/7/08
@dirkxxdiggler: What about Valkyria Chronicles? Although I have to admit, this does look like it could be the best FF since IX but I still have this niggling feeling that I'll be horribly wrong.
Polysics_2004
shrek187
Posted 6:53 PM 24/7/08
@108: Wait there are commercial awards?
shrek187
shrek187
Posted 6:52 PM 24/7/08
Ooooh can't wait.... So when are they going to announce it for 360?
Just kidding. Xbox already has Star Ocean 4.
shrek187
Xero_Azmea
Posted 6:51 PM 24/7/08
I'm psyched for this... hopefully it will be for 360 as well... but most likely it will keep its PS3 exclusivity. BOO!!!
Xero_Azmea
108
Posted 6:51 PM 24/7/08
man i find it hilarious that "the fugitive" guy has his gun resting on his shoulder as he rises out of the car.
man, squeenix really needs to actually have some gameplay before they show these things.
either way, nice CG, if a little bit on the "Fucking Ridiculous" side.
with this kind of talent, they're sure to win some television commercial awards in the future.
108
T-Mac
Posted 6:48 PM 24/7/08
I wouldn't be surprised if we find out the main character and guy with the gun are brothers/twins. It's kinda hard to tell cause of the small screen, but they look basically identical aside from the hair colour.
T-Mac
frumplstlskn
Posted 6:47 PM 24/7/08
The girly boy main characters are in full-swing with this one. Makes me cringe.
frumplstlskn
dirkxxdiggler
Posted 6:47 PM 24/7/08
Wow, this looks amazing! I guess the PS3 still has one exclusive to get excited about.
dirkxxdiggler
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
Posted 6:47 PM 24/7/08
Meh I'll wait for the gameplay vid before getting exicted.
However, if that's his quirk (holding that gun over his shoulder) and he does that constantly I'm going to go insane. It just looks like hes trying soooooo haaaaaard
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
libregkd
Posted 6:44 PM 24/7/08
Looks awesome, yes. But its just a whole bunch of scans we have seen put into motion. But being about 6 months old, I guess that's to be expected :/
I personally just want Square to show something new on the game. It doesn't even have to be gameplay. Hell, I'd be happy with them showing a brief glimpse of a new environments outside of the city.
Nevertheless, the game looks awesome.
libregkd
MentalNote
Posted 6:41 PM 24/7/08
Words cannot describe how awesome this looks.
MentalNote
remanance
Posted 6:41 PM 24/7/08
"Howl of the Departed" Lost Odyssey. :3
With that said, it was a pretty good "leaked" video. Though I seen it yesterday, I'll be more than happy to come here to rewatch it. =D
remanance
TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4
Posted 6:35 PM 24/7/08
The top video won't play for me, I'm guessing its getting a lot of views.
Anyway, I hope we see more of VersusXIII at DK(Sigma) whatever the hell it is.
TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4
kingdong6
Posted 6:34 PM 24/7/08
This one actually looks cooler than regular XIII
kingdong6
NightMystic
Posted 10:13 PM 24/7/08
Those graphics are just ridiculous. I don't understand why Square Enix refuses to release these trailers to the public. Honestly, it will only help the company.
NightMystic
Lainface
Posted 10:39 PM 24/7/08
The first leak is not working for me. And...is this music serious?
@NightMystic: Why waste time and money doing that when your huge following of fanboys can spread the news for them?
Lainface
mendo
Posted 11:16 PM 24/7/08
@LeLoi:
Trust me, it's Italian. I live in Italy, I speak Italian and studied Latin at school. I know both, very well :)
mendo
Llost
Posted 11:59 PM 24/7/08
I'm more interested in FFvs13 now, I'm surprised they keep the garage kids but atleast they have some guys that look like cloud and the turks (I like that visual style and character design so it leads me to the conclusion that the visual style will be to my liking).
Too bad it was all CGI though. You'd think they'd have something real to show by now. CGI is slowly getting caught up by real time graphics so it's becoming less impressive. It just serves as a stall tactic for showing real stuff now.
Llost
lilaliendog
Posted 12:18 AM 25/7/08
im more exciting about this one than the main ff13 simply for the awesome factor.
lilaliendog
PsycheE
Posted 1:02 AM 25/7/08
Final Fantasy XIII: Modern Warfare.
Seems like the latest crazy.
PsycheE
The_Foo
Posted 12:51 AM 25/7/08
I was hoping this would be Final Fantasy vs. XIII.
As in "Thirteen" the game: [en.wikipedia.org])
The_Foo
ShinjiKinomoto
Posted 1:17 AM 25/7/08
Hmmm...originally wasn't looking forward to FFXIII Vsddidn't care for the portable options (minus Tactics).
Still too early to make judgment till we know the battle system, plot, etc. If it plays anything like FFXII I will not buy it! <.<
ShinjiKinomoto
Mikolai
Posted 1:13 AM 25/7/08
I should correct myself by saying that there are in-game cutscenes in previous Final Fantasy games (i.e., FFX, FFXII) but it'd be interesting if they could pull off a Final Fantasy game without CG cutscenes and do them all with just the game engine.
Mikolai
bobtheduck
Posted 1:13 AM 25/7/08
Dude... THIS is GotY 2013
bobtheduck
Mikolai
Posted 1:10 AM 25/7/08
I see the soldiers in this game went through the same training as the Storm Troopers from Star Wars...
With all of them shooting at one spot, none of them can hit the main protagonist once as he takes his time putting his sword through a guy and turns slowly as he shoots the some of the other soldiers, then jumps on the guy's head and throws him on the ground. XD
The CGI trailer looks awesome (like all Square-Enix cut scenes), but no in-game cut scenes? They should really try their hand on that some time. Sometimes CG cutscenes just takes you out of the game and make you realize that you're still only playing the game and not taking a part in it.
The music is nice, though. I got that feeling of awesome from it, like I did when listening to music from Final Fantasy 6 and 7.
Mikolai
ddollar
Posted 1:05 AM 25/7/08
I dont get why people like this series no matter what i do i cant get in to it i find the stories so common and the gameplay is a snooze fest
ddollar
Shadowmist
Posted 1:36 AM 25/7/08
This was the one being worked on by the KH guys, right? Really looking forward to it. Hope it comes out soon, so 1) I can play it and 2) they can start KH3! Honestly, I'm more pumped for Versus than FF13. It's just better from what I've seen thus far.
Shadowmist
SolidOni
Posted 1:49 AM 25/7/08
@Rembrandt:
Ya I think they took the videos down
SolidOni
Rembrandt
Posted 1:45 AM 25/7/08
Can't get either to play.
Rembrandt
dead_red_eyes
Posted 2:42 AM 25/7/08
For those of you who can't see the video ... go here:
[www.gametrailers.com]
dead_red_eyes
hrabbit
Posted 4:33 AM 25/7/08
WOW! this game looks so amazing! Looks more industrial compared to XIII <3 Kinda reminds me of 7 and 8. I can't wait to play it!!!!!
hrabbit
TJH518
Posted 4:47 AM 25/7/08
The only reason I'm interested in playing this is because I read that the people who worked on Kingdom Hearts are working on this game. So its like Kingdom Hearts minus Disney, which to me sounds awesome.
TJH518
Legna
Posted 8:26 PM 24/7/08
@LeLoi:As an Italian myself I can assure you, It's not Latin, it's really Italian, which doesn't surprise since it seems the game contain a mafia-like component.
Legna
Kairne
Posted 8:03 PM 24/7/08
@LeLoi: Believe me it's italian (my native language). Latin hasn't got articles and so on.
Kairne
Solidus
Posted 10:10 PM 24/7/08
I'm actually liking the versus a lot! Altho I prefer the character in XIII, this one still amazes me.
Solidus
Kaioshin_Sama
Posted 7:46 PM 24/7/08
The fact that Nomura is directing this still scares. I can't imagine him coming up with anything particularly inoffensive on any level.
Kaioshin_Sama
Ladi
Posted 7:06 PM 24/7/08
That music was brilliant, I'll have to persuade one of my Xbox owning friends to pick up Lost Odyssey. Despite being a really big Final Fantasy fan, I really have to agree that actual gameplay footage is needed to get me excited. Also ditto the Sasuke comment, he even looks like him.
Ladi
shinchrono
Posted 6:58 PM 24/7/08
Good to see Liam Neelson's made it into the game.
shinchrono
josh924
Posted 6:49 AM 25/7/08
@Zunnoab: Without having played FFvsXIII, I can guarantee that Howl of the Departed (or any other song from the Lost Odyssey soundtrack) is better than any song that will be in that game. That is, unless Nobuo Uematsu is composing the music for FFvsXIII.
josh924
BassForever
Posted 7:06 AM 25/7/08
Both this and FFXIII look amazing, I can't wait to pick them up. Wonder how long till a 360 port of FFvsXIII is annouced.
BassForever
Aetherium
Posted 7:21 AM 25/7/08
Both the videos have been pulled :(
Aetherium
FigNewton
Posted 8:29 AM 25/7/08
Both pulled but it's all over youtube.
FigNewton
zkotaku
Posted 9:47 AM 25/7/08
exclusive for ps3 only, no xbox. I'm betting a million bucks on PS3 and one Bluray disc.
zkotaku
mufasa95
Posted 11:50 AM 25/7/08
>.< Pulled, too late!
mufasa95
ShadowScale
Posted 5:49 AM 27/7/08
The graphics r great
ShadowScale