UFF Site - News: FF13-2 and Type-0 Import Pre-orders Now Open!

FF13-2 and Type-0 Import Pre-orders Now Open! \| September 28, 2011 There's two major Final Fantasy titles out before the end of the year in Japan - Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 and Final Fantasy Type-0 on Sony's PlayStation Portable system. If you can't wait for their Western releases, our sister site RPG Site has featured them as part of their Holiday 2011 Import Guide: Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Out Dec 15th With Lightning nowhere to be found and many of the old heroes either out of action or busy with other things, Final Fantasy XIII-2 catapults Lightning's sister Serah into the limelight. Accompanied by newcomer Noel, a transforming Moogle and the help of other allies in the form of old friends and recruitable monsters, Final Fantasy XIII-2 sees the universe of Final Fantasy XIII explored in-depth with revisits to familiar places in the past, present and future through a new time travel mechanic. We've interviewed the game's Producer and Director, Previewed it not one, not two, but three times, and have a pretty packed Media Vault full of Screenshots, Videos and Artwork from the game... but checking all that out isn't really going to compare to checking it out for yourself by actually playing it! With a Western release slated for late January or early February depending on exactly where you are in the world, Japan will get to find out exactly what's happening to Lightning around a month and a half before those in the West. If you want to set up an Import Pre-order for Final Fantasy XIII-2 the guys at Play Asia have the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions both up for Pre-order as well as an all-new figure of Lightning's new costume from the game. There's a special edition PlayStation 3 available, too. Final Fantasy Type-0 - Out Oct 27th Final Fantasy Type-0 has had an interesting life over the past five years, but now it's finally ready for release. Announced as Final Fantasy Agito XIII alongside Final Fantasy XIII, it was initially conceived as a game for cell phones that'd only launch in Japan. As the project ballooned it became a fully-fledged PSP title and eventually became Final Fantasy Type-0, dropping the association with FF13. It's now grown to be so large that it actually stretches onto two UMD discs, meaning players will have to swap discs mid-way through the game. That's a hell of an upgrade from a cell phone game. Disc swapping isn't the only similarity to old-school Final Fantasy titles in Agito - it'll feature a fully-fledged world map, traditional style summons and a school of mercenaries set against a backdrop of a world at war that is more than a little reminiscent of Final Fantasy VIII. This is clearly a game quite deliberately aimed to be a little more similar to the PS1 era of Final Fantasy than anything in the main-line series since. Developed by many of the same staff who made Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, there's a staff pedigree and feature set here that is leaving many old-school Final Fantasy fans very excited. It's no surprise our Tokyo Game Show hands on was rather positive. You can see Screens, Videos and Artwork over in the Media Vault. Sadly, though, it hasn't been announced for the West at all despite the Japanese launch being mere weeks away! But have no fear - the PSP is region-free and Play Asia have the Asian and Japanese versions of the game available for preorder. In addition to that, two versions of the soundtrack by Crisis Core composer Takeharu Ishimoto are also available for Preorder.