First up is the name reveal of the third playable character (previously known as "the archer chick" by some). According to this article, her name is Orba Dia Vanilla (Japanese = Woruba Daia-Vanira). Kind of a weird name, but what can you do.EDIT: After re-reading my pointless rant on name translation, I decided it was retarded and cut it out.
The second interesting point in this article shows off what looks like the game's battle system. If these screens are to be believed, it looks like Final Fantasy XIII will indeed be making some sort of return to traditional turn-based battles, and appears to be utilizing a modified form of ATB (active time battle) that had been a staple of the series since VI up until X. If so, consider me cautiously hopeful that this will be the first Final Fantasy since IX that I am actually hopeful for.
The game is set to appear at this weekend's JumpFesta where it is assumed that we will (finally) get to see the actual game in motion.
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I think they've said it will be like XII in that enemies are visible during exploration, but once you engage them it basically becomes ATB.
sounds like the best of both worlds! now I'm interested to see what they show off at JumpFesta...
can't wait for this one! The ATB was great in FF-X-2.
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