Final Fantasy XIII: Odin is a Horse and Other News

Posted on Monday 27th July 2009 at 23:19 by sweetdude

At the San Diego Comic-Con, a model of a large horse was unveiled by Square Enix as Sleipner: Odin's armour-clad, red-eyed mount. Odin himself will be in Final Fantasy XIII, but not atop his trusty steed of old. Rather, he will transform into it for Lightening et al to ride, much like Shiva changing into a motorbike.

According to certain sources, familiar summons Ifrit, Carbuncle and Siren have been revealed in non-public trailers of Final Fantasy XIII. What could they possibly transform into? Siren the dolphin? Ifrit the bull? I, personally, would be thrilled to see Carbuncle the helicopter.

Aside from this, there have been more screenshots made available for our collective criticism to feed on. Most notably, we see Hope's dual boomerangs and Vanille's fishing hooks in action. The battles do indeed seem very similar to those of Final Fantasy X-2, with individual positions changing and a more fluid succession of actions than the typical Active Time Battle. Interestingly, we can also see what looks like Bravery and Faith from Final Fantasy XII returning on the character's status in the battle alongside old favourites such as Protect. Overall it still looks like The Bouncer, but with more to do in battle.

Final Fantasy XIII is currently due for a Japanese release in the fourth quarter of 2009, and the second quarter of 2010 for all other regions.

Source: FF-XIII.net, Destructoid (screenshots), Destructoid (Odin)

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Comments

Messier17	Comment 1: 2009-07-28 04:40
	Transespers, More that meets the eye! Sounds interesting though, I wonder if you're going to use them as vehicles. I could picture it now, look mum I'm riding a mythological god!
yelanates	Comment 2: 2009-07-29 00:44
	I dunno, the whole summons-as-vehicles thing still seems pretty gimmicky to me.
TlockhartV1	Comment 3: 2009-07-29 13:44
	it sounds pretty wierd at first like the whole shiva being 2 entities and a motercycle but who knows might be quite entertaining and a new unqiue way of playin the series
Neal	Comment 4: 2009-07-29 17:01
	Great post! Sweetdude, this is exactly what we like to see in news posts - actual interesting content, good sources, and your own personal spin on it. You had me rolling with Carbuncle the Helicopter. Looking forward to this game, actually, even though this stuff sounds kind of bizarre. I'm glad it appears to be going back to a pre-FF12 battle system.
Bum Rush Blitzer	Comment 5: 2009-08-03 07:31
	According to everything I've read Carbuncle transforms from a disc-like object, similar to a CD.
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