Final Fantasy fans are psyched for the Final Fantasy XIII demo, affectionately referring to it as the awesome demo that also comes with a movie. Part of the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete package, this is arguably the most anticipated demo of the year. The very excellent and very tall Kevin Gifford at 1Up has unearthed some details on the demo. He has reported:

For the record, I thoroughly enjoyed Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and I'm really looking forward to Advent Children Complete. For me, the FFXIII demo just adds to an all-around brilliant set.

Source: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693532/Final-Fantasy-XIII-Demo-Details-Emerge.html

Source 2: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172975

FFXIII Demo Details Divulged

Play as Lightning, Snow and the funkalicious Sazh very soon.

By Kevin Gifford, 02/25/2009
After Square Enix head Yoichi Wada vaguely suggested two weeks back that Dragon Quest IX's multi-month delay could affect the release date of Final Fantasy XIII as well, gamers on both sides of the Pacific were understandably a bit up in arms. As far as FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama is concerned, however, everything's still right as rain with the game's schedule.

"Development is currently proceeding along smoothly for a 2009 launch," he told Weekly Famitsu magazine earlier this week. "The demo went gold right on schedule last December as well."

What about that demo, however, the one slated to packed with the first run of CG movie extravaganza Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete (due out April 16 in Japan and America)? According to Toriyama, the disc will be "about an hour long" and "include the basic elements of the full game's battle system, but even that will be enough to make you want to play it several times through." Storywise the demo will be divided broadly into two sections: one starring rebel leader Snow, and another featuring heroine Lightning and the afro-styled Sazh Katzroy as they fight together.

Speaking of that funky sidekick, Toriyama expressed some measure of surprise to the massive response Sazh has received so far from FF fans. "I suppose the fact there's never been a character quite like this in previous FFs had a pretty big impact on gamers," he said. "Sazh has a very bubbly personality; he's extremely expressive and a bit of a comedian character-wise, so he's the type who sticks out. He's got the most lines out of anyone in the game, and his voice actor's a veteran in the field, so we're giving him a lot of leeway to ad-lib as he likes."

And as for the chocobo chick who hangs out around Sazh and apparently has taken up residence in his 'fro (really)? "He got a pretty huge response too, so we're considering having him appear more often in the game than we originally planned. I'm negotiating with the battle-system team to see if I can't make him part of battle presently," Toriyama added with a laugh.

yay another awesome rpg for this generation

Don't worry. There'll be torrented recordings of a full playthrough available.

why are there helghast in this game? just playin