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FFXIII countdown begins...

...but to what?
In just under seven days' time, Square will announce something Final Fantasy-related to the world.

A teasing countdown website has appeared online which reads, "The countdown has begun. A new vision will soon be revealed to the world. Register now to ensure you're there for the unveiling."

Whatever it is, Square says it won't be rubbish
Okay, you've got our attention Square Enix. But don't let us down by announcing a deal with Chewits for Final Fantasy branded packets of our favourite soft chews.

Check out the countdown here and sign up. Whatever it is it'll probably be revealed in Famitsu first.

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i know this wont happen but it would be cool. They say that they have working on the game longer then we think, and they have translated the game for every country, and announcace a world release within 6 month. before people mock me, i know there is 0% of this happening, but everyone would love it if it did
The Icon on 21 Jan '09
Man, I haven't had Chewits for years. I used to love them, but that was back in the day when they still advertised them with plasticine dinosaurs Smile

Oh yeah, FF. Um. Countdown, ooh mysterious. Yeah.
Dajmin on 21 Jan '09
Its a countdown untill the official countdown begins.
The Kool Kid on 21 Jan '09
My money is on Final Fantasy: The N-Gage Wars!

I would be amazed if it turned out to be something that was of interest to me, I am hopeful though. Wink
StonecoldMC on 21 Jan '09
Man, I haven't had Chewits for years. I used to love them, but that was back in the day when they still advertised them with plasticine dinosaurs Smile

Oh yeah, FF. Um. Countdown, ooh mysterious. Yeah.

Remember the ice cream flavour ones? Mmmmmmm....

On-topic though, I think it's the timer until they announce the rest of world release date.
BattleMoose87 on 21 Jan '09
"This site requires a minimum resolution of 1024x768 to display correctly. Please resize your browser or adjust your display settings"

I hope the game is coded better, my work laptop is widescreen (1280 * 800) which last time I checked is higher than 1024*768....Hmmmm

Anyway, you can still get Chewits, I had some the other day!
Mortey on 21 Jan '09
I would kill for any native FF game on the PS3 Shocked. But I doubt that is going to happen this year.

Instead it will probably be like a iPhone game, which I must confess I would buy though only because there is not PS3 FF.
morikaweb on 21 Jan '09
It's Final Fantasy 7 remake on 360. Believe! ;o)
romeolovesyou on 21 Jan '09
it's a merger with Bungie to announce the Halo RPG starring Cortana. It plays like Tetris
WingForward on 21 Jan '09
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crimbo on 21 Jan '09
FF VII remake?

Now that would be cool!!
Barca Azul on 21 Jan '09
mmm, interesting this. cant see the countdown cause i have to alter my screen resolution and i cant be bothered with that just to look at a clock. however, would be effing ace to see a FF7 remake! or it could be 13 already finished, i mean seriously, they have been working on it for aaaages...like alan wake
spuggz on 21 Jan '09
mmm, interesting this. cant see the countdown cause i have to alter my screen resolution and i cant be bothered with that just to look at a clock. however, would be effing ace to see a FF7 remake! or it could be 13 already finished, i mean seriously, they have been working on it for aaaages...like alan wake
spuggz on 21 Jan '09
It's probably a whole new screenshot!!! Very Happy
Rens11 on 21 Jan '09
I stopped caring for Final Fantasy after number 12 its a terrible franchise now.

microsoft really wasted their money on this one, its not going to change the abysmal situtation the xbox 360 is right now..
Jast3r Rogu3 on 21 Jan '09
prototype had a big countdown clock aswell......it was a countdown for a new trailer and website goin live. Woo"f**king"pee
spud-o on 22 Jan '09
its the countdown untill crystal chronicles is released in america???

How about an FF VI remake for the ds.

Or failing that they'll be releasing shots of the ds remake of V that is supposed to be in production.

doubt its anything XIII related. be nice if it was that they've got uematsu to do the music for it though. the soundtrack to XII was utter b******s.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 22 Jan '09
I'm sure it IS XIII related. Otherwise they would put it on the Square-Enix site instead of the FF XIII one surely? Razz

Edit: I'll bet it's a trailer.
Thalanos on 22 Jan '09
FF7 remake? FF6 remake? FF6 DS remake?? Sure sure. On finalfantasy13game.com ... Rolling Eyes

Call me Captain Obvious, but the announcement is going to be FF13 related. Last time I checked, FF7 and FF6 have nothing to do with FF13.

I guess it'll be either in-game trailer for FF13 (with the demo coming to japan in a while I would say they want to show the in-game graphics themselves rather than by some nobody on youtube) or release date for US and EU
Vyvrtka on 22 Jan '09
i#d rather speculate about something completely out of the obvious than blatheron about trailers.

Maybe they are announcing that Final Fantasy vs XIII is now coming out for the 360 as well.

Or Square have decided its for the best to can the PS3 version.

Maybe some kind of handheld spin off. like revenant wings.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 22 Jan '09
I think that when the clock reaches zero, Square will suddenly realise that making exclusive games for 360 was the stupidest thing that they have ever done.

Mind you, I realised a while ago that they had entered the average RPG extroardinares section of my brain. Sure, the new FF will excite everybody with lovely looking screenshots for the next year....
Mark240473 on 22 Jan '09
whats all the mystery and talk of remakes about? its a final fantasy 13 countdown.

which means trailer (a proper one),screenshots or release date
J1GSAW on 22 Jan '09

Last time I checked, FF7 and FF6 have nothing to do with FF13.

FF6 + FF7 = FF13
ripcorder on 22 Jan '09
I think that when the clock reaches zero, Square will suddenly realise that making exclusive games for 360 was the stupidest thing that they have ever done.

Mind you, I realised a while ago that they had entered the average RPG extroardinares section of my brain. Sure, the new FF will excite everybody with lovely looking screenshots for the next year....

Infinite Undiscovery is only exclusive as that was a MS/Tri-Ace game to begin with. Last Remnant is appearing on the PS3, and I believe Star Ocean will end up on the platform too.

What have I missed?
Black Mantis on 22 Jan '09

Last time I checked, FF7 and FF6 have nothing to do with FF13.

FF6 + FF7 = FF13

Congratulations! You are able to count, your math teacher must be really proud of you.
Were you just practicing your math for a test or actually wanted to say something?

EDIT:
from kotaku:
Forum member byoushinn discovered two files called "ff13-trailer-sd.flv" and "ff13-trailer-hd.flv" in the official FFXIII site's flash. So two trailers, we assume, one HD.
Vyvrtka on 22 Jan '09
I stopped caring for Final Fantasy after number 12 its a terrible franchise now.

microsoft really wasted their money on this one, its not going to change the abysmal situtation the xbox 360 is right now..

What situation you talking about? Have we had 100% proof that MSoft paid for this?
lonewolf2002 on 22 Jan '09
I think that when the clock reaches zero, Square will suddenly realise that making exclusive games for 360 was the stupidest thing that they have ever done.

Mind you, I realised a while ago that they had entered the average RPG extroardinares section of my brain. Sure, the new FF will excite everybody with lovely looking screenshots for the next year....

But I'm sure you have posted on these forums that the PS3 exclusive WKC is already a winner in your book, even though you have not played that either. I seem to remember you saying that people should make their minds up by "actually" trying the games first, whats changed?
lonewolf2002 on 22 Jan '09
whats all the mystery and talk of remakes about? its a final fantasy 13 countdown.

which means trailer (a proper one),screenshots or release date

Exactly don't know where talk of the other FF's is coming from.
lonewolf2002 on 22 Jan '09

Last time I checked, FF7 and FF6 have nothing to do with FF13.

FF6 + FF7 = FF13

Congratulations! You are able to count, your math teacher must be really proud of you.
Were you just practicing your math for a test or actually wanted to say something?

EDIT:
from kotaku:
Forum member byoushinn discovered two files called "ff13-trailer-sd.flv" and "ff13-trailer-hd.flv" in the official FFXIII site's flash. So two trailers, we assume, one HD.

No he wanted to waste forum space like your posts do.
lonewolf2002 on 22 Jan '09
The announcement for a remake of FFVII is a few years off I'd say- they're going to save that ace for a time where they're not doing so well- I think they'll remain content to release more films and spinoffs, as well as the stellar amount of merchandise they're shifting off the brand.

Obviously this is a world trailer for FFXIII; might we possibly see the intro to the game here, who knows.
MuramasaEdge on 22 Jan '09
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