@Solid_hedgehog: Have you ever played a FF game before? FMV's have always been pretty few and far between. This isnt MGS, you probably get 1 every hour or two and they last anywhere from 1-2 minutes.

Scott3D

Single layer Blu-Ray disc is 25GB, dual layer is 50GB. Single layer discs can contain approx 2-4 hours of high def video.

Higher layer discs aren't used much yet, but working quad-layered(100gb)prototypes have been made.

(sorry, but sometimes I just can't resist feeding)

Is there any difference between the regular Advent Children movie and Advent Children Complete? Or is this just a way to sell more copies, by throwing in the demo?

Mienvard

good, an rpg demo that doesn't spoil every ability in the game with near-end content. I hate when they do that. The blue dragon one was the best in recent memory since you didn't get corporeal shadow finishers until the 3rd disc.
FF XIII needs to be the second coming of Jesus though if it wants to deliver on its own hype. Can't wait to try it!

Grumpz®

I'm not a FF fan, but, visually I LOVED this movie. I'll probably end up picking it up on Blu-ray; I prefer having my visually pleasing and intense movies on Blu.

def PD

@EGBTMagus: I love how everyone tells everyone else what is good and what isn't when its a matter of opinion. Just cause someone liked something doesn't mean that everyone should. I loved 8, liked 9 but couldn't stand 10. Wasn't a huge fan of 7 either. Everyone has their opinion, yours isn't the only one.

Reavyn29

Cumulous Cirrus, I'm sure of it!

fishbonez

@EGBTMagus:

7,8,9 were awesome games, I loved them all. 7 is actually my least favorite out of those 3 but thats besides the point. I was so hardcore FF and when 10 came out I was so disappointed. Just didnt do it for me, and neither did any of the sequels after.

Scott3D

I think I need to learn Japanese...

Ecks

2 hours isn't that long for an RPG demo is it? I remember Panzer Dragoon Saga on the Sega Saturn had the entire first disc as a demo (out of the three in total). Good times.

Agnates

@Solid_hedgehog: Except final fantasy intro FMVs are usually only 5-10 mins long...name one that had a intro longer than ten mins. (5 6 and 9 10 were the longest I believe...

acrana

@The Medicine Seller: Or you cant take a joke

Btw I think most blu-ray movies "special features" have a second disc as well...which makes no sense.

acrana

I bet that 1 hour and 50 minutes of that is FMV, and then a 7 minute tutorial on how to play, and the next 3 minutes running forward to the next bad guy but you won't make in time cuz THE DEMO ENDS NAO.

Solid_hedgehog

@daddybojangles
I doubt that the movie itself will be $60 unless they don't plan on selling any. New blu ray releases has been averaging $23 to $25 and $34 for a collector edition Blu Rays.

Octo1

@The Medicine Seller:

i think it's more of hate towards sony pr/fanboy spin

cyhborg

Give me the demo.... GIIIIVEEE!

Wahrheit

the apparent hate either Kotaku or a few of the staff have for the PS3 and Blu-Ray is getting more and more obvious.

The Medicine Seller

@iLov3: No U.

Thugmunk

@Scott3D: Don't know what your talking about, FF8 was total ass while 9+ were great. Hell I would say that 10 was one of the best in the series.

EGBTMagus

Being Final Fantasy, 1:55 of that will be FMV cutscenes.

Kral2

@iLov3: Call me crazy, but I think he was joking. While fanboys will probably leap on it, that's their fault, not his.

ShaggE

"(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)"

erm, games are region free, while the movie may not be?

adaorardor

The Final Fantasy 8 demo is what got me in to the series so cant wait for this. Havent played a FF demo since then. FF hasnt been good since after 9 came out.

Scott3D

I bet his name is Hurricane Katrina.

PyramidKazoo

"(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)"

Nice. Very mature of you.

iLov3

wow... that's a bit big for a demo. not like the game will come out anytime sooner anyways lol.

Akmed

the guy's name is gonna be storm?

oneshot_

Hm i bet in reality it will be a 45 min demo

NightMystic

I heard the price point for advent children blu-ray was 60 bucks, if thats the case they can keep there demo.

daddybojangles

The game still has way TOO MANY DUDES.

Duphman2

@metallicorphan: since we're slinging around opinions, not facts, I liked Spirits Within better. If they hadn't attached the Final Fantasy name to it, more people would too. I still watch it, good movie with impressive CGI for the time.

Grumpz®

@metallicorphan:
No, I meant Advent Children. It was ass. I made no sense at all and all of the jumping around and sword clanging was just annoying. It was utter shit.

At least The Spirits Within actually attempted to tell a story.

It's cool that you liked it though.

heretrix

@armless-phelan: More than likely a fair amount would have. While i'll admit that sadly packing a high profile demo with something is a a valid way to get something lesser known sold, like ZOE 1, its pretty stupid to pay that much money for just for wanting the demo alone.

Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert

@heretrix:

are you sure you mean Advent Children or are you thinking of Spirits within?...AC was pretty good IMO,spirits within,not at all

metallicorphan

hmm,yesterday i heard it was 90minutes

and i will say the same,i think its too long for a demo and has put me off getting it(still gonna get the thing though because i want the Blu-Ray of Advent Children)

all they need to do is put us in a field and cut off the exits and let us get to grips with the levelling up,this only puts me off because i dont want anything spoiled..and 2 hrs,something is gonna get through,that i would prefer to of found out when playing the full game

metallicorphan

What's the betting a 360 Demo will hit marketplace a couple of months later?

Tycoonalex1337

I'll wait. Spending more money on the abortion that is Advent Children is out of the question.

heretrix

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL):
How do you figure that? IMO EVERY main FF that Kitase and Nomura have touched have been gold! Think about it VI,VII,VIII,X were all great(I,IV,IX were great too by the way)! XI and XII they werent apart of and they were both pretty Meh. But from all indications,screens, and interviews both XIII and Versus appear to be great!

anime10121

@Mienvard: They re-did some scenes, re-cut some scenes, added more scenes, cleaned it up for HD, etc...

firelogic

Final Fantasy is a successful experiment from the Japanese: People will buy anything as long as it has some nice CGI cut-scenes.

Seriously, after IV (II in the states), the series was utter Jap-scat and fill with more poufy she-males and convoluted whimsy than a pride parade. I guess as long as people are distracted by the sparkles, it doesn't really matter.

resvrgam

I think it has more to do with SE wanting to put the demo on a separate disc than disc limitations. Because of piracy perhaps? (Blu Ray disc movies are now pirated).

I used to love the FF games. The last I played was FFX. I find that I don't have the patience to play JRPGs most of the time. That said, I might try this out if I can buy a PS3 in time. Then again the way they're developing this, it might take late next year before they release it. As long as GoW3 and whatever Team Ico's doing is released by the time I buy it. Then I'm good!

excaliburps

Hmm I think it'll just be like the 45 minute demo of Final Fantasy X that came with the Playstation port of Final Fantasy VI.

Gestahl

FFVIII's Girl With Pigtail Returns!!

TJF588

@armless-phelan: my dragon quest 8 didn't come with a demo (perhaps it wasn't packaged with the game in the UK), but i can safely say i've had more fun with DQ8 than FF12 as well.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

@Mienvard: i think i heard that the bluray release is going to be an extended version with more violence. not sure if that's true, just i think i remember reading that somewhere.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

Well, this is promising. With Squeenix promising to focus more on its international fanbase (i.e. the "non-Japanese bitches"), I would hope that when Advent Children Complete is released in the US, the demo will be as well.

Honestly, if it weren't for the FFXII demo, how many of you guys would have bought DQVIII? (I know my brother only bought it because of that, and we enjoy DQVIII more than we do FFXII.)

P.S. Before I set any fanboys off, I am proud to say that I am Squeenix's bitch. Makes more sense than being one for Sony or Microsoft. (Or Nintendo, but you usually don't see them...)

armless-phelan

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): Nope, no word on a PSN demo.

Candlejack

Damn looks like I might have to buy Advent Children over again.

Iramaj1

has there been any confirmation that they'll release the demo on the PSN as well?
i really hope this final fantasy will be good, even though all indications are that it's crapness will pick up where 12 left off.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

The guys name is.. wait for hit... RAINBOW! *cough*

Diablo 3, eat your heart out.

ray89

@LeLoi: Making little game children with DNF.

Candlejack

I remember when I used to enjoy Final Fantasy...

Harfold

Has that picture changed recently? I remember that exact screenshot being a lot brighter and less shadowed. Before it looked like generic Final Fantasy CG, now it looks like some kind of evil Carol Vorderman

Pombar

Wheres the Versus demo though?

LeLoi

@adaorardor: All games are region-free, but we can still play Japanese movies on American systems and vice versa since we share the same Blu-Ray region code.

GamePark32

Awesome, this sealed the deal on my upgrade to the HD version of FF: AC. I've got a PS3 and an HDTV, so why not show off their capabilities with a movie I dig?

I enjoyed the movie for what it was - an entertaining end to a game that pulled me into console gaming. Getting a demo with said movie, regardless of length, is an awesome bonus.

As for everyone spewing their opinions as though everyone around them should bend to their will: Get over yourselves. No one cares what FF games you enjoyed the best, nor do I care if you hate the movie or game series as a whole.

Flame away, as I'm not going to eagerly run back to this story to see if people love me. ROFL

GlibGamer

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): But 12 was directed by the Tactics team, Kitase and Nomura had nothing to do with it,XIII is going back to Kitase and Nomura and so far it looks as at least as good as VII, (which i feel was the worst of all the games they worked together on but still a top of the line rpg)!:)

anime10121

My bet's on her name being Rain.

And pigtails girl falling on tough times? She looks so happy in the screenshot(s)!

art_zombie

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): It's based on his shoe size.

2 hours? I'm not even going to touch that demo thats just waaaaay too big of a spoiler for me.

suya123

Bummer that it will be on 2 discs. I was hoping to just rent it from Netflix. If this is the case, Netflix probably won't carry the game disc.

Baff

@Grumpz®:

did i say it was a fact?...no not at all...those letters IMO...know what they stand for?

spirits within looked great,but the voice acting didnt do it any favours(perhaps if i watched it with the Japanese track may help..i have the DVD,has it got a Jap track?)...and the story was,well so-so

again all IMO(In My Opinion) ;)

metallicorphan

I heard that it's three hours long, so... Also, FF VII was shit, VIII was great, IX was God's gift, X was complete crap, XI was online so doesn't count, XII was complete crap (too mcuh politics)

Bandicoot

@BluFire: what's the deal with the name MR33CM, is he just well endowed?

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

Not paying for a demo.

cxplorer

@anime10121: i suppose to be fair, the main reason i'm worried about it is because of FF12 (the only 'true' final fantasy since the square enix merger) and the trend away from turnbased combat.
the story could be meh as long as the combat is entertaining (as is the case with final fantasy tactics).

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

@resvrgam:

Don't hate She-males they're fierce!

i_am_ben

@firelogic: Are they going to include the only "real" deleted scene from the DVD release where Tifa pretty much asks Cloud to choose between her and the ghost of Aerith?

If it has it or not, I'll probably buy the blu-ray copy and sell my brother the DVD. He loves the movie, after all.

armless-phelan

I know MR33CM is that blond guy because I read about it somewhere. And I'm assuming "Pigtails Girl" is the hot one with the red hair.

BluFire

@Octo1: That's in the US. In Japan I wouldn't be at all suprised if the disk was $60. Of course I'm hoping for something more reasonable myself as I plan on importing, but $50~$60 is pretty much what I figured I'd be spending when I decided to get it.

Lowbar

It.
We needs an editorr functions.on this sight.

heretrix

@WDYC:
This is a site to post videogame news and last I checked journalists were supposed to stay unbiased but hell if Fox news doesn't have to I guess kotaku doesn't either :p

SolidOni

@iLov3: @adaorardor: @JayD16: @ href="#c7269810">lilkao:

Do I smell fanboy? Lighten up guys, I don't know what you have up yer ass but take a breath and recognize a joke.

WDYC

The reason for the two discs is obvious. The movie disc is filled with the data needed for the PS3 to render it in real time so we can play with the camera angles and everything!

Wraithen

I'm thinking the second disc is to reduce production costs more than anything - ie no need to press the movie with the game and without

rubberknuckles

I hope it's not coming out too close to release then. I don't want to waste two hours on the game and have to replay them in the actual game.. seems redundant unless some items will carry over.

also - remember when the demo was supposed to be out 'no later than winter 2007? lololzolz'

sc00t420

"(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)"

how mature. and at least i dont have to buy a shitty 60 dollar game to play 1 min demo......
yea im talking about crackdown

lilkao

i think most of that 2hrs is tutorial and battling with some cutscenes and many moments of talking and pressing square to skip to the next segment. i'll wait for a free demo, not paying for FF7:AC mindfuck/crap again.

ruba-dub-dub

"ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!"

Obviously the reason is you can't have a disc that is formatted to be a blu-ray movie AND a PS3 game.

JayD16

Instead of getting FF12 when you put in the demo disc, you really get the demo for FF7PC with all the horrible MIDI-remixed music intact.

QUICK, THROW UR FENIX DOWN!11

Blues

@Jnas: been wondering that myself,but i am not that bothered if its 3 or 4,a lot of people complain about disc changing,but is it really that much of a chore?

Lost Odyssey was a great game,and the 4 discs didnt take anything away from it

FF7 was 3..8 and 9 were 4,and you got a sense of personal achievement when you got to the 2nd or 3rd disc etc

i will prolly still install the game on the 360 anyway(we'll have that choice by the time the game is out)..but those discs will still be needed when playing

metallicorphan

Yay, more characters with weather-related names!

SolidEyeSystem

(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)
Oh you :3

Well can't wait to get my hands on this demo. A 2 hour long demo AND a movie that already looks brilliant in SD so and HD buy is a no brainer. Thank goodness for play-asia!

SolidOni

Whoa...makes you wonder how many discs the 360 version will use...

Jnas

@The Medicine Seller: Totally unnecessary. Everyone knows the game is being developed on PC, and then ported. Fanboys are fine, but it's obnoxious ones like you that annoy me.

armless-phelan

@EGBTMagus: You sir, are weird. I've never heard anyone say anything remotely like that before. But I guess with FF8, you either love it or hate it. FFX, the voice acting really killed it for me, and I wasn't a fan of the story. I thought FF8 was much better, especially with the junction system. The junction system + materia system would be an awesome combination.

wicko

@LeLoi: 13% done:( (joke)
That games so far off from completion it doesnt even matter right now. Even tho im equally excited for XIII and Versus, the latter probably wont be released in America til atleast 2011:(

anime10121

@Pombar: thats what the 360 will do to a game,lol

The Medicine Seller

Why would you want to play two hours of a game only to have to play it again later? No thanks.

Desmondia

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

while a movie and game is possible on the same disc. they do they consideration that ps3 is not the only BD player out there, so it might be compatibilty issue to separate them. Also the way BD games and stand alone BD movies are read are different excutables. movie is a movie, game is game.
thats the reason why. FF7 is a movie first package, a game with a movie in it. two different things.

darktorns

I fail to see how the demo would be a selling point. Demos are meant to be free, allowing people to test the product before they buy it. Hell, a lot of less high profile games let you download the whole thing but with a timer or a lock on some content and then you pay if you like it and have the restrictions removed. Only fanboys fall for demos that you can't get without paying.

Then again, AC in Blu-Ray IS for fanboys anyway.

Nirual

I dont think they wil release a demo on PSN or Live. If the demo is over 2hr u bet the game must be over 5gb and so far i havent seen a demo on PSN or live that big.

mixem

@WDYC: i don't know why you lumped me in there, i was just offering a possible (and likely wrong given gamepark32's comment) explanation. i don't give a fuck if you, owen, or anyone else hate the ps3 or bluray. maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, i don't know. for the record, i don't make it a practice to fetishize media formats and multinational corporations. everybody's so goddamn defensive on the internet, take your own advice and lighten up.

adaorardor

@islandknight:

It is possible to have both a Bluray game and movie on the same disc. That's how the collector's edition of Hard Boiled was made (despite the movie not being Bluray quality).

My feeling is, the disc is separate because eventually they plan to remove that "bonus" demo disc away from the package. Another possible reason as stated above is the fact that Blu-ray movies aren't region free, while the game demo most likely is. They would have to put in separate Blu-ray movie discs for the different regions.

While I know Owen was just joking, I don't expect that kind of behavior from the writers here. What would be the point? It's only good as a flamebait/trolling comment. I mean just look at what the comments section turned into, because of that one immature comment. Do try and cut down on the flamebait guys, it's not your first time. There's a fine line between making small jabs, and creating flamebait statements.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@armless-phelan: lol, it was a joke, calm down, its funy how quick you are to mark me as obnoxious when you are the one being obnoxious, the way you are getting so butthurt, maybe you're the obnoxious fanboy....dont take these things so seriously.

The Medicine Seller

@adaorardor: Plenty of movies coming out are on two discs for Blu Ray. It indeed has it's limitations. (Indiana Jones is one of them and I think Iron Man is another.)

karasu is my homeboy

@ShaggE:
True, wth are people getting pissy about jeez.

XFiraga001

forgot to mention, watching cloud finish off sephiroth in HD is more than worth the buy. but a demo in march???? does that mean the game's in december 09??? please be in 09......2010 is too far.

islandknight

@GamePark32: ah good point, didn't know the region codes were the same.

adaorardor

Can't even make a joke without somebody getting all huffy. Here's one: Seems as though FFXIII is getting a 360 demo as well. It'll be just like the PS3 one, but there won't be any cut scenes, will take up 4/5ths of the Elite drive, and be seven minutes long. :D

Furysetzer

correct me if i'm wrong, wouldn't the demo and bluray movie have different formats? much like a game dvd and a video dvd? so seperate discs shouldn't be suprising...? idk, thats my 2cents, not worth a lot since i don't know shit about all the technical aspects of blurays/dvds

islandknight

@cxplorer:

Your paying for Advent Children. The demo is free.

LittleBigPlaneteer

I used to be a frequent reader of Kotaku but lately these kind of blatant anti-PS3 remarks are becoming all the more common - especially for a blog that claims to hate fanboyism. I don't know why I bother anymore. :(

ZeroBlitz

A 2 hour demo won't be bad, but if it's the first hours of the game, you should be able to save it and pick it up when the game actually does come out.

Furysetzer

@The Medicine Seller: Sorry about that, I'm just awaiting th inevitable flood of stupid fanboys on both sides showing up. :P

And I don't appreciate butthurt jokes. Homophobia is even more stupid than fanboyism.

armless-phelan

(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)

Games are region free, movies are not. People will import this just for the demo, and SE knows it. Why even take a stab at Blu-Ray, either way?

mfwahwah

@islandknight:

I was talking about Owen not you :)

(sorry for the confusion)

LittleBigPlaneteer

@RuneX21:
Man I never woulda guessed, here in the states I see bluray movies for $30 MAX. Well digital distribution will take over eventually and then that won't be a huge issue. but for the time being I'll be glad to pay that much for advent children in HD and for the ff13 demo (over 2hours long? I'm sold!)

SolidOni

a 2 hour demo...? That actually puts me off playing it. I want a demo to be around 15-20 minutes. It gives you a taste of the game. If it's 2 hours long that just means when I play the actual game there will be 2 hours I have already played, so 2 hours of skipping cutscenes, battles etc.

Zim

@Octo1:
New bluray movies are 4980yen for regular editions here in japan, where this demo is being released. That about $50. Its the main reason I hate bluray as a format, not only do they bill you more for rentals, but buying is expensive as hell and the quality isnt all that great. Ill stick with downloads and regular dvd myself.

In anycase, I fully expect this to be $60 or maybe even $70.(the equivelent of that is.)

RuneX21

@LittleBigPlaneteer: i wasn't flaming anything, i just didn't know you could put a movie w/menus and a game on the same disc. i was just speculating about why its seperated. thx for the info though.

islandknight

Wow, some people really are dense when it comes to Blu-ray disc. Do you really think they would compromise the quality of the movie just to put a 2 Hour demo on the same disc? Most high quality BD discs are 40+GB due to the extremely high video bit rates and the uncompressed LPCM sound. Like, you couldn't figure out this simple fact?

UdolfEspish

I find this IMPORT-WORTHY!

TheCleaningGuy

Demo will be over 2 hours, you will watch it for 1 hour, 50 minutes and play for only 10.

KirbyMorph

@ReignFury:

It's like saying: "ah ha! 360 has RROD too ya know!!!!"

It's not only old, it's also completely unfunny and serves as flamebait. Nothing else, but flamebait. I don't come here to read flamebait, because it clogs up the comments with useless comments like this one and others. I'd like to believe that Kotaku is above that, and would actually like to avoid saying shit that can start flamewars. Again, I'm not saying there isn't room for small jabs, but look at the way Mr. Good said that. It's not a jab, it's not a joke, it's flamebait.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@Octo1: [www.gamesradar.com]
this is why.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

Well, shit. Good thing I never bought that movie, it was disappointing.

If there's gonna be an North American release of this, I hope I can just rent it or something.

Griev3r

@Scott3D: VIII was one of the worst. IX, X (one of the best, up there with IV and VI), and XII were all great.

PC+Mac Coexist

@RuneX21
Wow. That sucks that you pay that much in Japan. Glad I am here in Canada. I'd love to visit Nippon though.

Octo1

@ZeroBlitz: It's just a joke, not a very good or particularly funny one but I don't understand why people are taking it so seriously. :(

ReignFury

@ Cxplorer
Of course you won't. Going by your comments on this thread:
[kotaku.com]
you hate Sony so why would you pay for a demo for the PS3???

Octo1

@mfwahwah: You guys do know that Japan and USA are in the same region for movies too tho right? Region 1 for bluray is USA and Japan,(sorry Europe)but Europes the only one left out.

anime10121

i bet his name is nimbus or something like that

featherblade360

Well at least we know the game won't be 6 hours like most this gen games?

Honestly though I think we shouldn't be getting excited over a demo coming in months, but a release date coming in months...

Suda51

Sweet, so we can play a two hour demo, then wait a year for the rest of the game.

mind in rewind

@The Medicine Seller: someone took a serious dose of the SERIOUS PILLZ today :(

shaunomacx

@Zim: Haha, that's exactly what I thought as well. I really don't have any business posting here, since I'm not an rpg fan in the least, but the obscene demo length drew me in.

Wolfers

dont know why you guys are getting excited, this is for Japan only. dont expect it anywhere else

josh11223

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

And by gameplay I mean cutscenes :P

LittleBigPlaneteer

Does anyone have the actual Famitsu article and/or can translate it? 2 hours seems a bit long to be honest. Perhaps the magazine says there will be 2 hours of content on the disc? The disc also has previews for a number of games including FFXIII Versus, Agito and Parasite Eve 3 among other videos. I know its the introduction of the game and all, but that's still a lot of gameplay.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@def PD: I prefer good movies, so I couldn't give a shit if it was on Blu-ray or not. As for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, that falls in to the 'crap' category and watching it in 1080p isn't going to change that.

Moomin

@oneshot_: Or Thunder (to go with Lightning)

TRT-X

FF: AC complete sales +1 :D

mr_big_nutz

@ noliferuin
BAZING!!

Octo1

@josh11223:

Oh that must mean it's impossible for anyone in the US to get it. This being the 1800's and all. *rollseyes*

LittleBigPlaneteer

@The Medicine Seller: Neither Kotaku as a whole nor any individual staff member hates the PS3. I would wager they actually own the system, unlike a lot of us here. But then again, if you look for it, you'll find whatever you want.

@UdolfEspish: You understand how absurd your last sentence sounds after your diatribe?

@WDYC: Exactly.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Last I checked Owen was a comedian, right? So joking kind of goes hand in hand with the job, right? Isn't interesting how Kotaku editors are held up as gaming journalists when they actually run a blog, a blog that includes opinions? Also, I know for a fact Owen loves the PS3 more than anybody. None of you here can understand the love he has for it. It's, like, eternal and shit.

Anarchist_Gamer

Oh baby. I don't think I'd last more than two hours when playing this. I'll probably be spent in 10 seconds.

MetaKz

@Anarchist_Gamer:

Aren't comedians supposed to be funny? Last I check there's a difference between a joke, and a flamebait comment. I don't give a shit if he is in love with the PS3 or not. That's not my point. My point is, he knows fully well (or he should) that such statements or going to ignite a flamewar. Doe she want his newspost to filled with that kind of shit? You can say that's out of his control, but just think about what this comment section would look like if he didn't say that one non-funny statemnent.

Note that I'm not saying he's favoring anything, I'm just saying he should think before writing something that's potentially trolling or flamewar inducing. Lord knows the internet is full of that shit already. Don't even give me it's a blog shit either

LittleBigPlaneteer

@KeroseneClimax:

Define around the corner. The US probably won't see FFXIII until 2010 due to the localization process and the delay due to the 360 port.

LittleBigPlaneteer

Why does the comment section always turn into 'why my favorite Final Fantasy game is great and why the others suck?' You've got some great fans Square. The type who can't even show enough class to respect other peoples preferences and know their words aren't facts.

@josh11223: Yes, for the time being this is only a Japanese release, but it is more likely to show up in other countries then not. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is almost guaranteed to be released outside of Japan, and what better way to entice even more people to buy this then with an exclusive demo? I don't see any reason why Square-Enix wouldn't want to take advantage of an opportunity to sell more copies of a re-released film then they normally would.

Either way, even if this does come stateside I personally won't be buying it. I'm content with my regular edition of AC and I'm not anxious enough to play the demo of a game thats practically around the corner.

KeroseneClimax

I can't believe how dumb almost all of you are for not realizing why the film and demo can't be on the same disk.

ValkyrJunkie

@RuneX21:

How much money are DVD's there? I'm looking at Amazon's Japan site and I'm seeing equivalents of $40US for standard DVD's. It's easy to just say Blu-rays are so expensive there, but it appears that standard DVD's also seem to be much higher there than they are here. That is, the official retail pricing of them.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I mean in the sense that the game is about to be released this year in Japan and also because it's likely to come out stateside next year, not 2012 or something. To me, when talking about Square-Enix, thats about as around the corner as we're going to get for a U.S. release and after all this time, I don't see it as a major wait anymore for me personally.

KeroseneClimax

"Mr.33CM's real name is based off of weather as well."

...

Stephen Colbert: RAAAIIIINNN!!!!!!

Honestly though.. I think it's going to end up being 'Thunder' to get that whole gay "Thunder and Lightning" thing... which will end up being a double tech move or something..

1st2nd3rd4th

Different region issues, compatability issues putting both a HD movie and a game on the same disk.. theres a lot of legtimate reasons but people love the cheap shots.

Murrytmds

@Moomin: Your opinion about FFAC is your opinion. My opinion was that the direction, choreography/action and soundtrack were some of the best ever. The story - no good.

somarix

@Mienvard: The differences between the DVD and BD of Advent Children, apart from HD renders are:
- remade many scenes
- added blood, wounds, cut clothes, more damage on environments
- even more action

$60 way is too much for a movie, if the rumor is true :S

somarix

For the record, FF3 (FF6) was the best of the series.

Also the demo may be 2 hours, but it will take 6 hours to install :D

balls187 upside yo head

"(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)"
Then we get more Final Fantasy 13 then xbox does for now. :p
You start telling me when every xbox 360 has bluray built in. :p

zkotaku

@1st2nd3rd4th: Oh lord. That just made my day. Colbert needs to have a rematch with Rain. I could also see his name being storm, like a Lightning Storm.

AngelMayLaugh

@TJF588:

Selphie didn't have pig tails. she has a weird like waved out hair thing, (its kinda hard to explain but i'm enough of a nerd to have a figure sitting in front of me lol, found a bunch of VIII figures at a toy show for like 2 or 3 bucks each and said "sure why the hell not" lol)

whoever pigtails is she reminds me of Selphie though, so naturally she'll be nothing like her so that any preconceived notions of the character are wrong lol.

as far as the acutal topic, has anything come out about this being released in america too, even if its a little later? (i know they're trying to work to at least lessen the gap between localization)

demonknightinuyasha

@tironabardheblu: Way to go, not wait to go lol

This is why we need an "Edit" button at Kotaku!

tironabardheblu

Is this 2 hours of GAMEPLAY? If so, wow, wait to go Square on selling yourself a Blu-Ray movie lol

tironabardheblu

*wonders*
which system is the demo for?
Pigtails girl is pretty.
Mr 33. CM can't be Cloud. Maybe he can be.. Rain.

... and he must dance for authenticity against Steve Colbert like character covered in zippers belts and frills.

Yumayah

Dude from Sega that always wants to be interviewed, hear my words now and believe them later. Get a proper single player Phanstasy Star V going pronto, I guarantee you print money with that. That is all.

Pornosaur

lol, and by 2 hours they of course mean half an hour of gameplay, and an hour and a half of pre-rendered cuttscenes.

iDeNoh

AC was great FF XIII when will actually COMES OUT..DAMN >,<
"ahem" XIII will be great as well but screw paying $60 bucks for a fanboy remake

Sony what the hell..what the hell o_0

dr.ρ£ρρ£r

I hope his name is Cumulus D. Washington. Of course, it will probably be something stupid like Storrm Fyte or Rayn Drawp.

Placentasaurus

"ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!"

You know...
... let's put a 360 game on a DVD movie disc! :D

God, I hope this is sarcasm. If not, these writers are incompetent idiots.

scarslasher

I want to play this game sooo badly now. I'm jealous of all the people with a PS3. Why is the demo PS3 exclusive? Meaan..oh well, we all have to wait for the final game anyway.

Rutt

Also, FF IX will forever remain the best FF, closely followed by FF VI and FF Tactics(PSP version, because of the retranslated story).

Placentasaurus

well at least that gives me a reason to purchase the bluray release of FFVII:AC

viscera

@Rutt:

It's exclusive because the game isn't coming to the 360 in Japan. There'd be no point to make a demo of it for that system. Not to mention a 360 port of any kind won't be ready by March 2009

LittleBigPlaneteer

@Kral2: i think you're talking about mgs

Jinra321

Is this going to end up like the hour long cutscenes in MGS4?

Chanthas

Umm I think they put it on a second disc to prevent people from renting it and playing it. Now you have to buy it in order to play it.

daschupa

The FFXII demo could be played for 2 hours if you wanted to. It's probably like that for FFXIII.

M

@Desmondia: then imagine buying the game and finding out that you really hate it

shaunomacx

(ah ha! Blu-Ray has its limitations too ya know!!!!)

It's cheaper to make 2 specific discs (one movie, one game) than to try to hybrid burn the two together kind of like those dvd movies with extras you can view on the PC, what a CF that would be.

SpeedNut

@Mienvard:

Advent Children Complete is technically a remake of AC, with more details, like blood, and special differences created specifically for the 1080p Blu-Ray experience, and I heard some extra scenes. Other than that, it's essentially the same movie you saw 2 years ago.

Ryuk

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I agree with you on some points, but also believe that they left everything uncompressed for the demo to the point where it used up disc space needed by the movie, since that too would be uncompressed. Plus a game is a game, a movie a movie. Just like darktorns said they could have two different executable different than the Strangehold one which was more of a bonus feature.

I wonder how much of this Demo is playing time though and how much is cutscenes. Either way, I want to get into FF13 because it looks great but I am terrible at RPG's, my weakest point in gaming besides Stealth.

kylo4

@oneshot_: Lightning i think

Synangel

Sad to say my boyfriend already has Advent Children, but im going to get him this anyway because i know he will go crazy as soon as he wakes up and reads Kotaku.

kirby302

@Scott3D:

I agree to me 10 was disappointing...

Elemence

Square has always relied on their demos to help sell their less popular products.

FFVII demo - packed w/ Tobal #1
FFVIII demo - packed w/ Brave Fencer Musashiden
FFIX demo - there was none
FFX - packed w/... OK, this was an exception, it came in a Sony PS2 Jump Pack
FFXII - packed w/ DQVIII only in NA and EU; DQ needs all the help it can get outside of Japan

Anyway, these new 20 year long development cycles are murder. Ah, the good ol' days... Square would announce and unveil the next FF, three months later you'd get a playable demo, and then six to nine months after that the game would come out. That was like instant ****ing gratification compared to these days. Le sigh...

Druffmaul

@Kral2:

...Uhhh, don't you people usually accompany Metal Gear games with that whining?

MoaM

Hopefully, one hour of that demo will not be cutscenes. I want A LOT of gameplay.

Ryodestined