Final Fantasy XIII Official Site Open, Character Details Ensue

If you can remember all the way back to last July, you'll remember that Square Enix opened a Final Fantasy XIII teaser site around the time that they announced the game's debut on the Xbox 360. There wasn't much there, so that's kind of where that ended.

Well, just this morning, Square Enix went ahead and officially opened the site up with screenshots and short character descriptions of the first three playable characters. I figure you can look at the screenshots yourself, but I have taken the liberty of translating the character descriptions for those readers who can't read moonspeak. Check them out below.

Lightning

She doesn't say much, and it's not certain if that's even her real name. She just goes by 'Lightning.'

Snow Villiers

A hot-blooded man who plunges forward using his strong body as a weapon, Snow is forward in his speech and honest with his feelings. There are many who adore him for his cheerful and optimistic atitude.

Oerba Dia Vanille

A cute girl who is hard-working and cheerful, Vanille hides a strong commitment to something, but keeps it well hidden for some reason.

In addition to the opening of the site, teaser sites for both Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII have also opened, and can all be found via the new Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII portal site. Good times.

Final Fantasy XIII will be available on PlayStation 3 sometime this year in Japan, and eventually on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America and Europe. No release dates have been confirmed for Versus or Agito yet.