The time has come, folks! The countdown’s over – we wait no more!
As promised, the FINAL FANTASY XIII developer team put together a special message to celebrate with you the history of the series and reveal new details of its latest – and long awaited – chapter.
But I won’t say more and leave the stage to the game Producer himself, who wanted to write a few lines for the occasion, exclusively for the PlayStation blog.
Enjoy – and let us know what you think about it!
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Hello, this is Yoshinori Kitase, Producer of FINAL FANTASY XIII.
I am very excited that the launch of the latest chapter of the FINAL FANTASY series is just around the corner.
We have prepared a special video for FINAL FANTASY XIII including new footage and some very important information I am sure you will be happy about. It is now available for all of you to watch, so please check it out.









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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:31 pm by Silent_Gig
Exellent i love being first!
FFXIII YES!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:35 pm by yazter
Too quick.
MARCH!!!!
OMG OMG <3
Sorry for the rushed comment!!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:35 pm by AcidCrashX
so.. UK release date?
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:35 pm by Chrysus
Thank you for taking the time to come to the Blog, i for one can’t wait.
March is going to be pleasure overload. God of War III, Possibly Gran Turismo 5 and now FFXIII. The best new games month ever <3
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:35 pm by Cirran
ALL THAT FOR LEONA LUIS? OH GOD WHY
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:36 pm by aat08
Fantastic, i can’t wait!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:36 pm by necronzero
Dear Square-Enix… Go to hell you traitors. I’ve always been an FF fan, but now FF looks so retarded it would be dumb to get the game.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:37 pm by sowasred2012
Is that the US or UK date format?!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:37 pm by Roxas598
I think i’m gonna die
Woo!!! Worldwide release date!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:38 pm by Silent_Gig
Wow you goy Leona Lewis AND a release date!
I have to say im loving this!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:38 pm by VitalogyPJ
Well, this isn’t a ‘buy’ for me, I hate RPG’s, not my kind of game at all but still look forward to see the graphics on this one because they used to have pretty cool animations and effects.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:39 pm by englishgolfer
right! will be ringing in sick on the 9th of march! cough cough cough
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:39 pm by Cirran
That was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:40 pm by Cjdamon042
Awesomesauce!
I knew it was going to be an announcement of the release date, and I knew that’s how they were going to display the date (info detailing the video was leaked)…kinda thought it would be March too, so I’m happy!
But Leona Lewis? Wow, wasn’t expecting that AT ALL. I was happy with the Japanese theme song, but having Leona Lewis do it for us is even better, she’s amazing
*Is happy*
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:40 pm by Nagash_MalKaVian
release date is not such a big deal. We already knew it was around march 2010 =(. I’ve been defeated by my expectations
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:40 pm by ali922
OMG 9th march i cant wait
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by zerolaff
Just when I thought Leona Lewis was the big announcement..
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by loonytoon1982
3rd September 2010!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by ivanff12
A ver que me entere.¿El juego sale el 9 de marzo?
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by Dave-The-Rave
A lot of you guys are idiots !! WOO Game of the Decade launch 9th Oarch !!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by rospondek
sowasred2012 that’s a really good point! Wondering myself…
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by AlexanderTaylor
So is that the 9th of March or September 3rd?
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by HazelAM
is that date in the us format? with the month first
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:41 pm by Onna76_NL
OMFG!!!! THAT’S A MONTH AFTER STAR OCEAN!!! WHOOOHOOOO *CRIES*…. JRPG’s on the PS3… Finally!!!!!
@Yatzer, STHU!!!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Volcane7475
Is that 9th March or 3rd September?
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by RingoSmith
i take it the video is not playing because of the amount of people trying to watch it
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Ikkarus
9th March.
Cannot wait!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by BiosNova
Well we finally got a release date!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Cutz0r
I wonder if we’ll get demo this year.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Onna76_NL
No idiots March the 9th…
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Lucreto
March?
Boo I want the game now. Look at all the games coming out before March. I will be broke before the game comes out.
If that was a big announcement you mentioned before and got my hopes up you successfully dashed them.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Guillemots
March 9 in US
March 12 in EUROPE
Can’t wait!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm by beckyh
Why has it gone back to being number 8? (sorry not a follower of the series, so I do not understand the numbering).
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm by majorRaj
I thought there was a demo on the horizon. What an anouncement about an anouncement that yet has to be anounced.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm by talak666
They are releasing this info on a european blog….which format do you think its in.
9th of March….so it will be this fiscal year.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm by Agriel
about damn time NA and EU got the same release date
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm by person678
@ Post number 2, Yazter;
Did you even watch the video? They just announced the release date.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:44 pm by noruraeus
A full seven lines of text exclusively for the PS blog, I guess verbosity isn’t what it used to be
Glad to see a firm release date though, one thing I really hope for is that Square Enix has learned from Naughty Dog about this thing called caching, would love for Final Fantasy to not need an install or long load times.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:44 pm by beckyh
I wish I could delete my last message. I got my roman numerals mixed up. LOL sorry *slopes away shyly*
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:44 pm by DiscoMcDisco
I’m glad people have put this in plain text in the comments… people asking at the top what the release date is?? are you two? can you not read?
Sigh… i can wait for this, cos it’s going to be incredible.. don’t be all fickle because they’ve done something cool and suspense building.. i thought the vid was a nice idea…
Now, i wonder if we can chain in the shift to combo moves for ultimate effect
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:44 pm by ralph9994
wow great its my birthday in that month. Final Fantasy XIII was THE reason that i bought a ps3
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:44 pm by necronzero
Isamu: “I wanted anyone who stepped into the world of FF to get hooked on the extraordinary visuals”
LIES LIES LIES
Hypocrite, if what u said was true, why did u go multiplatform?!
“The blend of futuristic technology with the wild nature…”
He obviously never played Xenosaga.
MUSIC!? Talking about music… music in FF died after FFIX, after IX, ff music is pathetic.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:45 pm by GrimNebulinX
2 words just destroyed Final Fantasy for me.
-LEONA LEWIS-
WHY???? I dont want to have to have this talent show shrieker inflicted on me thank you very much
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:46 pm by spatsnaz
Ok then. That was nice I guess.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:46 pm by yazter
person678
Did you read the THIRD comment?
I retracted what I said! >.<
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:47 pm by zpaceball
This was the “BIG thing”, the great surprise? A release date?
…
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:47 pm by FacanferPSN2
Release date before Spring of 2010? Fantastic!
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:48 pm by necronzero
Their big announcement: “hey fans, we will continue to choke on M$ thingy for a while expect more horsecrap from us”
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:48 pm by Volcane7475
Good month for PS3 if it is March i.e. FF XIII, GT5 and GoW 3.
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Posted on 13 November, 2009 at 3:50 pm by O_277
Great news!
I am a happy chappy!
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