Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIII would be released first in Japan on PlayStation 3 in 2009 then released simultaneously in North America and Europe on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Final Fantasy 13 will use the Crystal Tools engin.
The concept for Final Fantasy XIII's battle system is to maintain the strategic nature of command-based battles. The system stemmed from a desire to create battles similar to those found in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.[2] Like those in Final Fantasy XII, battle sequences are integrated into the world environment.[3] The Active Time Battle (ATB) system will return, but is expected to work differently from its predecessors.
During battles, players input commands by selecting an option from a wheel that appears on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. Each command has an ATB cost, which reduces the total ATB bar. Selected commands are placed on a row of upcoming moves, above the bar. As characters fight, each command is used in turn, with the current command in use highlighted yellow. Commands can be chained together for certain effects. The environment also plays a role in battle; for instance, in released footage of the game, the main playable character, Lightning, has been seen sending a soldier into a light, electrocuting him and multiplying the damage. Once the ATB bar has reached zero, it must replenish before the player can input more commands.
Here's the trailers!
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