Final Fantasy XIII-2, though, looks all set to improve all the mistakes of Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix has promised that they will be fixing everything that was wrong in XIII with XIII-2. But what do you people think should be the most important changes of all?

Given below are five changes we think must be made in Final Fantasy XIII-2 for it to hold any meaning in our hearts, and for the Final Fantasy brand name to be revived to its former glory. Enjoy the article, and don’t forget to leave your comments behind!

No spoon-feeding

There was a shitload of tutorials in Final Fantasy XIII.

 There were a lot of tutorials in Final Fantasy XIII. The game went on for hours and hours, and never did the tutorials stop coming. It held our hands and spoon-fed us like amateur gamers, telling us how to do everything in excruciating detail. Not only did that hamper the pace of the game, it was also extremely frustrating and irritating. Square Enix has to improve on this in Final Fantasy XIII-2. Maybe they will have to cut back on the unnecessary complexities, or not explain everything to us in such detail, or just let some simple things be and not explain them at all. Either way, Square needs to cut back on the tutorials in FFXIII-2.

No irritating characters, please

I. Hate. Vanille.

What was it that people hated most about Final Fantasy, apart from the extremely linear dungeon design and zero focus on exploration? Vanille, of course. The bafflingly happy, carefree girl with the chirpy voice who was always jumping around must have been designed for the purpose of connecting with the audience with a cute and lovable character. Vanille was anything but. She was irritating, and she got on everybody’s nerves everytime she spoke, move, or was as much as shown on the screen. Where are the days when Final Fantasy used to cast characters like Cecil or Cloud or Kain? Bring back those good old days, Square, and give us some characters that are actually likeable, and, you know, “cool”.

More exploration, better level design 

Move forward. Battle enemies. Defeat boss. Watch cutscene. Repeat several times. Game over.

All dungeons and environments in Final Fantasy XIII sure looked expansive and grand in scope, but they were extremely linear, so much so that you would never ever see a branching path. The most you would see would be a tiny little sub path, like an offshoot, which would end a few steps later with a treasure chest. So basically, all the dungeons were the same, with just differently plastered environments. The level design was bland, levels were straightforward, and in general, it was what pissed of Final Fantasy and RPG fans the most. Yes, the game opened up about 25 hours into the adventure, and gave you this huge world to explore, but most sane people had lost their patience by then, since the game didn’t even have something as simple as towns. Final Fantasy XIII-2 needs to improve on that- heavily. Bring back the level design and dungeons from the days of Final Fantasy IX or X, or even XII for that matter. Give us vast fields to explore, huge cities to wander and countless NPCs to talk to- from the very beginning of the game. After all, this is what defines an RPG, eh?

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A  user calling himself Daxter241Originals over at youtube has uploaded an rather solid video comparison of Final Fantasy XIII Vs Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Everyone should check it out.

FF XIII released last year while Versus will be releasing next year.

A sequel to FF XIII known as FF XIII-X2 was announced by Square to be in development last month in Japan.

Square Enix has launched the official website for their recently announced Final Fantasy XIII-2. The website only carries a high quality logo of the game for now but expect it to get the trailer and other assets for the game soon.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be releasing for PS3 and Xbox 360. Square’s confirmed it’ll be getting a 2011 release, atleast in Japan.

You can read about the announcement over here.

Square’s confirmed that a new trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be released for the public on Jan 20. It’s the same trailer which was shown during the closed door event in Japan today.

It’ll feature Noctis and gameplay footage from the game.

Versus remained a worldwide PS3 exclusive with no announcement being made of it going multi-platform during the event.

No release dates have been given yet yet.

Oooh Yeah!

Square’s announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 during its Japanese event today. The game will be directed by Motomu Toriyama, who also directed FF XIII and will be produced by Kitase.

The first trailer showed a new character alongside Lightning. We have the logo for you, and will have the trailer soon.

The game will be releasing in 2011 for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Internet’s very own Sherlock Holmes of videogames, Supernnuation has discovered that Square’s registered the domain name “FinalFantasy13-2game.com”, which ignites fresh rumours about a follow-up to last year’s FF game.

The detective had more to share:

“The registering body, Corporation Service Company, was also behind Square Enix’s Mindjack.com domain – and Unofficial Final Fantasy Site did a little snooping of their own to turn up three more Square Enix registrations from the same firm, for Nier, Front Mision Evolved, and Gun Loco.”

It was registered as early as Jan 11 this year.

Could this mean something? Anything? Well, stay tuned!

Final Fantasy XIII debuted on the Xbox 360 in Japan this week, but it had a somewhat disappointing performances, failing to make it to even the Top 20 games sold in the region. it sold even less than 22,500 copies.

Even Black Ops, which is a first person shooter (Japanese don’t like shooters) managed to claim the 18th spot, yet Final Fantasy XIII, an RPG and the thirteenth game of the FF series- a complete win-win combo for the Japanese people- failed to sell properly.

It sold even less than Mario Kart Wii, which sold 22,579 units so many years after its release.

To be fair, people must be really busy with Monster Hunter Freedom 3 and Pokemon Black/White to indulge in an RPG that was already released such a long time ago on a much powerful system.

Here are the full charts:

Weekly hardware sales / previous week’s

PSP: 164,507 / 159,933 |
NDS: 148,177 /119,011 |
WII: 99,681 / 79,424 |
PS3: 49,515 / 41,882 |
360: 3,726 / 3,695 |
PS2: 2,188 / 2,054 |

Weekly software sales / lifetime sales

1. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom, PSP) – 581,543 / 3,161,801
2. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco, PS3) – 185,908 / NEW
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5, DS) – 175,604 / NEW
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii) – 152,990 / 316,300
5. Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co, DS) – 115,438 / 4,744,211
6. Shining Hearts (Sega, PSP) – 106,733 / NEW
7. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii) – 92,949 / 1,411,824
8. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii) – 87,114 / 299,534
9. Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5, DS) – 74,329 / 244,877
10. Mario Vs, Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo, DS) – 54,628 / 163,929
11. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii) – 46,392 / 304,600
12. Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo, DS) – 41,103 / 161,748
13. Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami, DS) – 38,140 / 175,195
14. Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo, Wii) – 37,239 / 123,348
15. Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo, Wii) {21/10/10} – 29,872 / 742,861
16. New Super Mario Bros, Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 27,543 / 4,106,019
17. Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami, PS3) – 27,155 / NEW
18. Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco, Wii) – 26,970 / 77,509
19. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix, PS3) – 23,253 / NEW
20. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 22,579 / 3,044,425