If shes not the main then is he? [Archive]

Enedok

Jun 13 2006, 11:31 PM

We got a quite a bad news the girl from the trailer (I prefer to not call her Lightning yet) are not the main character in FFXIII. But then I wonder if the Versus Guy is not the main either. If you look at those two images you can see that they clearly have the same status in the game. Anyone else got the feeling?

http://www.home.no/imbilder/FFXiii/Dark.jpghttp://www.home.no/imbilder/FFXiii/Light.jpg

Kitmitsu

Jun 13 2006, 11:43 PM

I had the same thought. I dont understand why they didnt make it more clear she wasnt the main character. The same pattern could follow to versus. They said the guy was part of the royal family, I know the games dont relate but maybe she could also be part of the family. The picture of her sitting must have some significance.

THE_BLACK_MAGE

Jun 14 2006, 08:32 PM

oh, i know they both are!!! shes the main charcter in XIII and he's the main character and versus XIII

Nero_

Jun 14 2006, 09:10 PM

I think it looks too much like she is the main for them just randomly not to be. All we know about them not being the main roles is just a rumour.

Kadaj

Jun 14 2006, 09:12 PM

Where does it say they arent the main characters? I think it's painfully obvious...

Xelien_5.0

Jun 15 2006, 06:29 AM

y would they not make her the main character if they made a trailer starting her, there r many pics of XIII all of her, and as for the guy in versus he could be the main character or badguy, just because thoses pic look the same doesnt seem they have the same status

Blue

Jun 19 2006, 07:03 PM

The rumour that shes not the main character *refuses to call her Lightning* came from an interview over on GameFront.de didn't it?

But i've been hearing that it's a miss translation on their part. But we'll just have to see.

But with the guy from Versus, he is the main character, no doubt about that. I haven't re-read it all, but this is where i'm getting it from.

here (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/466-Final_Fantasy_XIII_Developer_Interview.html)

edit-

On the other hand, the main character who looks like a modern person, uses swords. This is the strange and unusual worldview whereby "FFVersusXIII" is set.

Hextan

Jun 19 2006, 07:43 PM

There's no way that their not the main characters. SE wouldn't have made those trailers for secodary characters. Oh and thanks for the article Blue.

Kadaj

Jun 19 2006, 08:51 PM

Despite the rumours i still think it would be stupid of them to misslead us like that. :/ Whats the point? Unless you play as an amazingly cooler person that they want to hide for some reason? O-o

Kitmitsu

Jun 19 2006, 09:38 PM

Well in Genmanga magazine some questions were answered by Square

The woman in the trailer is probably not the main character however the developers want to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman.

Seems pretty certain to me.

Kadaj

Jun 19 2006, 09:50 PM

The woman in the trailer is probably not the main character however the developers want to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman.

Not "is" :P

Kitmitsu

Jun 19 2006, 10:32 PM

Thats what i meant! :P I didnt mean she probably is the character.

Kadaj

Jun 21 2006, 08:56 PM

With the horrible name she appears to have i hope youre right. >_<

Hextan

Jun 22 2006, 02:11 AM

If she's not the main character then we better get someone like her. Strong independent female, who kicks guys asses who are ten times bigger than her just for fun. And not to mention hot. I'm kind of dissappointed now. I was attached to her in a certain way cause I thought she was the main character. Now she's not. It kind of sucks. Is there any chance that this isn't true?

Xelien_5.0

Jun 22 2006, 02:24 AM

i think she is the main character on the count of a magazine scan which is on another thread which calls her the main character

Blue

Jun 22 2006, 11:42 PM

If she's not the main character then we better get someone like her. Strong independent female, who kicks guys asses who are ten times bigger than her just for fun.

I'm guessing we'll have a male main character, they said in the scan, they just wanted to show a strong lead female.

She's been refered to as the Heroine enough times, so we already have the main girl. :P

Am I making any sense?

Kitmitsu

Jun 23 2006, 01:23 AM

Yea, they may not mean a woman will be the lead character but a main character instead like a party member. It kinda makes sense. Like Yuna had a very important role in X but she wasnt the main character but that applies to all FF games really.

Hmmm i dont think im making sense either :P

Desi

Jun 27 2006, 12:53 AM

I'm kind of disapointed if she wouldn't be the lead. So far in my opinion she is much cooler then our last five leads, including secondary such as Yuna or Garnet. I mean she even puts my character in FFXI to shame(sorry Desiderus but you're a bard). They done female leads before I don't see why they wouldn't start off with one in a new generation.

Unknown Kaze

Aug 01 2006, 04:36 PM

Kadaj

Aug 01 2006, 07:03 PM

Yeah, shes meant to be A main character and not THE main. :p

I think Versus bloke is though

Hextan

Aug 01 2006, 07:36 PM

Tifa wasn't in X she was in VII

Unknown Kaze

Aug 01 2006, 08:08 PM

I know I was taking examples from different Final Fantasies

Desi

Aug 02 2006, 01:25 AM

You know she could be one of the main protagonists, you know like Rinoa from FF8, Dagger from FF9, Tifa from FF10 etc. its quite possible to have more than 1 main protagonists, despite what Square says ;)
Sadly enough those characters were all pretty bland and redundant. I mean Tifa wouldn't even count as a main character since Aeris had much more importance in the story then she(and she even died!). We know this new girl is different but without her actually being THE LEAD she will just feel like another female player character.

Nero_

Aug 02 2006, 01:43 AM

Hardly. How can you call Rinoa redundant? O_o She was a pretty important character.

Desi

Aug 02 2006, 04:25 AM

She wasn't really all that important. Her being a Sorcercess was neat and all since they were the so called "main focus" of the storyline but she was the least important of them all. She didn't even have a connection(orphanage) to the rest of the characters which makes her even less a part of the group. I mean she only got herself Rosa style kidnapped and that was pretty much it, she did nothing really except walk up to Edea at the end of disc two. I mean without her the game would turn out exactly the same just without worrying about her staying alive during the boss fight with Adel.

edit: forgot to add that you wouldn't have to jump into space to save her. How did she even get out there anyway? pop open a lock or something?

Lightning

Aug 02 2006, 09:48 AM

very good:nod:

Enedok

Aug 02 2006, 10:08 AM

Hello! New member eh? Welcome!

In most final fantasy games we got the normal two most important characters. (The male and the female that usually fall in love.

What secondary characters do something important?

Auron, Vivi, (Rikku ffx-2) Cid? (Can someone tell me the ones in FF VI+VII?)

And it seems like (Lightning?) are doing pretty well in solo.

Unknown Kaze

Aug 02 2006, 12:20 PM

I started a lil mini topic didnt I? :)

Anyways (so this post isnt spammy) I couldnt really care less if she was the char or not but if she isnt, dont you guys think that the main character will be AWESOME?

Xelien_5.0

Aug 02 2006, 06:45 PM

even though i would have like her liked for the main, MAIN character of xiii, i wouldnt mind if it were a hot male protagonist:wub:

Enedok

Aug 02 2006, 06:54 PM

even though i would have like her liked for the main, MAIN character of xiii, i wouldnt mind if it were a hot male protagonist:wub:

Enjoy versus.:D

And it will be a female in ffxiii. Square said so.

Unknown Kaze

Aug 02 2006, 09:28 PM

When did they say that?

Megalixir

Aug 08 2006, 11:16 PM

Yeah, the main is female.

Im wondering wtf SE is doing too.

Nero_

Aug 09 2006, 12:20 AM

Enjoy versus.:D

And it will be a female in ffxiii. Square said so.

Link kthxs. :cunning:

Enedok

Aug 09 2006, 12:16 PM

Cant find it.:'(

But Kitmitsu agree with me.

Well in Genmanga magazine some questions were answered by Square

The woman in the trailer is probably not the main character however the developers want to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman.

Seems pretty certain to me.

Mikao

Aug 23 2006, 06:23 AM

It would seem that the two characters would have the same roles in their respective games, but then again Square-Enix always has a way of surprising us (or at least me).

Enedok

Aug 28 2006, 09:40 PM

Ok, now i'm confused:blink:

. In the japanese interviews with the staff they refer to her as the main character and the one interview that SUPPOSEDLY said she wasn't the lead (which lead to everyone believing this) turned out that that wasn't the case. "

In a translation of an Japanese article was that she isn't the main character, though this was a wrong translation... The PS magazine has read the wrong translation making the rumour only bigger...

It's still too early to speculate. She might not be the main character. There is still a high possiblity that she may or there will be a possiblity (I think) of a second lead.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=928790&topic=30168816

Kitmitsu

Aug 28 2006, 10:32 PM

I'm confused too >_< Nearly every site has a different opinion on if she is the main character or not. Many forums refuse to believe she isnt the main character and belittle members who dont agree (glad its not like that here). It's hard to confirm whats official or not because the magazines we use as sources have a tendancy to assume which is fair enough as we dont get nearly enough information from Square-Enix :P

Anyway it look like the Wikipedia entry for FFXIII has been changed recently

Not many details have been revealed about the characters of the game. It has been said that there is no 'main character' [citation needed], and that the game will center around multiple characters.
That would be a new move we havent seen before. Of course no proof of it yet.

Desi

Aug 28 2006, 11:18 PM

Sounds a little like what was did in Suikoden 3(more recent title). Even though you can beg to differ that Gadao is the lead of the three characters. Or they can use a approach like FFXII all the characters are "main characters" with them not overshadowing eachother as much.

Enedok

Aug 28 2006, 11:21 PM

Not many details have been revealed about the characters of the game. It has been said that there is no 'main character' [citation needed], and that the game will center around multiple characters.
That would be a new move we havent seen before. Of course no proof of it yet.

I read that one too. "It has been said" made it pure rumor:nod: IMO.

Kitmitsu

Aug 29 2006, 03:26 AM

Exactly. Whats weird is someones changed alot of little things on that article, Even the text for the link to our site :S not that it matters XD

Anyway, Pure rumor like you said :P

Meia

Sep 17 2006, 02:20 PM

Why would they put a character who is not the main character to show the game? I think that the girl is the main character in ff13 and the other guy the main character of ff versus 13, or? But come to think of it, if they are not the main characters, then they have to make the real main characters even cooler;

Desi

Sep 17 2006, 09:14 PM

But come to think of it, if they are not the main characters, then they have to make the real main characters even cooler;
No they don't, main characters are rarely the coolest character if you think about it. It is hard to name a RPG that the main is the coolest person you get.

Enedok

Sep 17 2006, 09:36 PM

Right Desi, if we follow the normal rules we have a main character that we can identify our self with, (or someone that is constanly confused and need to be explained everything so we can get the story = Tidus. How come he get Yuna. He's constantly saying Huh? What? Eh?) And some cool ones that is OMFG cool and have unormal cool skillz. Like this girl!

Kadaj

Sep 17 2006, 09:43 PM

I agree actually, the main is rarely the coolest. Save Cloud. :P He is pretty cool but maybe not the best character in the game, but then the coolest character would be someones opinion.

Kitmitsu

Sep 17 2006, 11:01 PM

Well i have no idea who she is or if she is the main character anymore. Magazines say she isnt from an interview with Square-Enix but there has been miscommunication before -_-

As for coolest characters. I think alot of them are pretty cool...but theres always one character that has to ruin it for everyone <_< Except for Rikku which everyone hates for some reason...shes cool...stop the hate!

Kadaj

Sep 17 2006, 11:04 PM

Shes a retard with no clothes on. Like that guy from Family Guy who used to be a lawyer. :cunning:

Hextan

Sep 17 2006, 11:12 PM

I love Rikku. I didn't know that a lot of people didn't like her.

Kitmitsu

Sep 17 2006, 11:12 PM

Shes a retard with no clothes on. Like that guy from Family Guy who used to be a lawyer. :cunning:

In X she had clothes on :rolleyes: You have to see past the outfit...that sounded perverted...shes just cool! >_<

Enedok

Sep 17 2006, 11:30 PM

Who hates Rikku? After Auron and Yuna she was my favorite in FFX. And she was the single good thing in FFX-2 :P

Meia

Sep 18 2006, 06:19 PM

so you are telling me that squall is awful; right tidus as well; and cloud ;; don't they put much more work on the main character instead of all the others;; what about yuna in ffx2?

Desi

Sep 18 2006, 11:11 PM

so you are telling me that squall is awful; right tidus as well; and cloud ;; don't they put much more work on the main character instead of all the others;; what about yuna in ffx2?
yes that is what I'm pretty much telling you

Yin&Yang

Sep 19 2006, 07:04 PM

Maybe this time there won't be any main character...In FFs there is hard to call someone a "main character" because there are so many lines and lives bonding you can't tell where one starts and the other ends. I don't like to call someone the main character just because you run around with them searching items and ask questions at the beginning.

Enedok

Sep 19 2006, 08:24 PM

so you are telling me that squall is awful; right tidus as well; and cloud ;; don't they put much more work on the main character instead of all the others;; what about yuna in ffx2?

Doono why, she lost "it." She was all focused and had a mission to do in X, and in X-2, she was all fun girl and careless. That's ok, but so are 90% of the girls in my class.>_<

Kitmitsu

Sep 19 2006, 11:57 PM

Hmmm maybe she was in denile and meeting Tidus at the end was a dream? Orrrrr at the end of the game it should have been Yuna waking up in an insane assylum because she was soo devistated. That would be sooooo great :P

I did here they werent gonna specificly have main characters in this game but like you say the other games dont entirely rely on them. But of course its just rumours....

Meia

Sep 21 2006, 11:13 AM

There is always a main character I think... either a group or someone alone. If there isn't a story around a character or a group, then what should the story be about? the nature? :P I think as well that the coolest characters are the ones around the "main". Of course there are and can be in the future as well characters that are cool away from the "main". But it does rarely occur that the main characters are awful and ridiculous. In my opinion anyways..:)

Yin&Yang

Sep 21 2006, 06:02 PM

Of course there will be a main character and a "cool gang" around. Just that I simply can't imagine her asking silly questions like "How I shoot this thing again?" Let's leave it to someone else, who has some room to develop during the game. And by saying no main characters I mean that everyone will be equally important and the story can be seen in different perspectives. She won't be "the main" but it seams like she has a big part in the story. I may eat my words in a few days, lets wait and see...

Hextan

Sep 22 2006, 01:59 AM

Yes one day left and a lot of rumors online will be smashed. I sort of agree, but was it just a rumor that she wasn't going to be the main character?

Meia

Sep 22 2006, 01:25 PM

Ok, I think I understand what you mean. Look, not everything is based around the "main" character, to move on with the story, all other characters have to take part as well. But what I am saying is that the main character takes much more responsibility and decides many things during his/hers adventure. ...Omg...

Yin&Yang

Sep 22 2006, 09:37 PM

Yes one day left and a lot of rumors online will be smashed. I sort of agree, but was it just a rumor that she wasn't going to be the main character?
You have information that confirms she will be?

Shalafai

Oct 18 2006, 06:40 PM

Kitmitsu

Oct 18 2006, 07:47 PM

Enedok

Oct 18 2006, 08:02 PM

It's strange to see her wherever FF13 is mentioned but she's not the main character.

I'd like to see her as the main character. She seems nothing like the typical main female, such as Yuna and Aeris.
We all do, but there is still a slim chance that she is. Rumors says that something got wrong in a interview and in translation from jap to eng. Don't trust it tho. -_-

The woman in the trailer is probably not the main character however the developers want to give a prominent role in the game to a strong, independent woman.
Now shes Probably not lead character, but the one that will be is a strong and independent woman. (thats her!!^^) If its somebody else we would still get this strong woman. (diffrent from others) But Square still call her the "heroine" :huh:

Shalafai

Oct 18 2006, 08:10 PM

I do think she would be a good main character because she does seem pretty different from any other leading role including male roles. She seems alot more sure of herself and strong willed then other characters who can get a bit emotional.

Of course she probably isnt the main character (clicky (http://www.forthereunion.com/05-31-2006/new-final-fantasy-xiii-info-tidbits)) and theres no real way to tell what shes like except from the tiny trailer we've seen :P

I agree with you. She reminds me of Lulu from FFX not her physical abilities but the fact that she looks emotionless and serious. I'm glad she's covered up though.

We all do, but there is still a slim chance that she is. Rumors says that something got wrong in a interview and in translation from jap to eng. Don't trust it tho.

Hopefully she is. I am tired of the typical, stubborn male who wants to protect everyone no matter what.

SummoningPrincess

Oct 28 2006, 10:35 PM

I agree with you. She reminds me of Lulu from FFX not her physical abilities but the fact that she looks emotionless and serious. I'm glad she's covered up though.

Hopefully she is. I am tired of the typical, stubborn male who wants to protect everyone no matter what.

I can't really see it being anyone else. Why show her as the main focus? Not even just that, but when I looked at the trailer again I noticed the part of her walking through the forest or whatever you want to call it and isn't it at least 99% of the time the main character that is shown walking, especially being alone like that?

Enedok

Oct 29 2006, 12:00 AM

I can't really see it being anyone else. Why show her as the main focus? Not even just that, but when I looked at the trailer again I noticed the part of her walking through the forest or whatever you want to call it and isn't it at least 99% of the time the main character that is shown walking, especially being alone like that?

The game is 13% done. And it could happen that soem part of the trailer is made up for the sake of a trailer. It's a bit unusual that the camera zoom at her in the forest. More like a trailer style then a game sequence.

Meia

Nov 27 2006, 11:51 AM

I think we should wait and see for more information, in other words, patience! the game isn't even completed yet and we try to find all kind of informations that doesn't exist yet.

Yin&Yang

Nov 28 2006, 03:23 PM

If the game is 3 % done then the have nothing else to show us and there certainly will be mayor changes in the game compared to the trailer.

Kitmitsu

Nov 28 2006, 04:59 PM

Yes many changes will be made to the game just like Advent Children in 2003. I do wish they wouldn't announce it soo soon but what else would we occupy our time with? :P

steamboat23

Dec 05 2006, 06:23 AM

I find the trailer downright jawdropping. To see what the PS3 can do with an RPG was something I'd really been looking forward to. One thing tho..the girl is really serious looking (which is something they havent had in a "lead" since squall), and the "battle sequences" look like the gameplay model in the first Madden 06 commercial for x360... I wonder if that is attainable or if its just an mpg file.

TEA TOWEL HOLDER

Dec 05 2006, 12:59 PM

Shana

Dec 09 2006, 05:13 PM

Tifa

Dec 10 2006, 03:11 AM

The main character is the protagonist. That's the easiest way to describe it. It's the character who the story revolves around and you see things mostly from their point of view, as well as reading their thoughts and knowing the things they really think. Normally, you don't know what other people besides the protagonist is thinking.

Kitmitsu

Dec 11 2006, 01:13 AM

Yes, you only usually know what the person you're playing as is thinking. It's how they try and get the player involved in the game on an emotional level. You always find out how other people are thinking through the protagonist.

VersusXIII

Dec 11 2006, 02:19 AM

they might be related by blood, just in diffrent times.

also, i think she isn't the main chara, and her name isn't lighting

the character designer designed her with cloud in mind, and lighting
comes from the clouds, the sky (you get it). so i think that's the direction
the took. also, Final Fantasy XIII is probably going to take a diff direction, and
not just have one main character, while Versus XIII will have only one

Versus in latin means "diffrent direction", so it'll be taking diffrent direction
from FFXIII. idk,i'm just guessing, but i sound right (i think)
~_~

Kitmitsu

Dec 11 2006, 09:30 PM

I don't think anyone in the games will be related. The games are supposed to be set in separate worlds but follow the same crystal theme and that’s all. Interesting idea with the Lightning coming from Clouds thing :P Alot of producers like to sneak things in like that. A different direction could be the being evil (probably too stronger word) in Versus which Nomura said or hinted at...I can't remember now :P *searches* and the Shakespeare quote hints at it in the trailer.

balthierxashe

Apr 10 2007, 09:25 PM

I don't know, this is completely random (Although I just saw that someone else said something about them being related), and I'm only drawing this from the fact that in Versus he's part of a royal family, and in those pictures they're sitting the same...but maybe they are related. Considering she's set in the future and he's set in more the 'present'.

I know that technically they don't have FF's connected, except FFX and X-2, and all the FFVII spin offs, and the FFXII spin off (Revenant Wings...), and the fact that FFXII has the same world etc as Tactics or whatever...

and I forgot what I was going to say. Basically, they've been doing things lately people thought they would NEVER do, but they are. Thus, it really isn't that far-fetched to imagine a bloodline, even if it wasn't an important part of the storyline.

Also, wasn't there some slight connection with FFIX's world and some earlier FF game? I can't quite recall it...but I thought there was.

Anyway, I mean, I don't really think they'll end up being related but it's just a theory that came to mind when I saw those pictures...

Perotonia-M.R

Apr 13 2007, 12:14 AM

NO!!nO! hIS THe MaiN cHARCATER!!

:D :crazy: :D :crazy: :D :crazy: :rolleyes:

:blink: :blink: :nag: :blink: :blink:

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TEA TOWEL HOLDER

Apr 13 2007, 12:38 AM

Stop spamming emoticons and that picture plz. :cunning:

Lifrasthir

Apr 13 2007, 12:40 AM

Yeah it is kinda gettin' annoyin'. You've posted it about.....5 times. ^_^ It's cool and all but like Dante said...

XxFeaRLeSsxX

Apr 30 2007, 12:38 AM