His name: Mr. 33 cms. That refers to, uh, his shoe size. Besides large feet, he also has a humorous fighting style. (Don't we all?) In a recent interview with Japanese game mag Gemaga, Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura dishes on Final Fantasy XIII. What we learn:

• Versus XIII has a myriad of combat types which incorporate styles from Kingdom Hearts and Dirge of Cereberus. The player's POV changes according to their weapon. So if you have a gun, the perspective might change to FPS. A sword could be third person.
• Nomura says he can't concentrate on two games at once. So after he finishes Versus XIII, he'll jump into Kingdom Hearts 3. Apparently, he'll incorporate elements of Versus into KH3.
• Versus will be the last Final Fantasy for Nomura, who wishes to concentrate on the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

If that Versus XIII combat system pans out as cool as it is in my head right now, that game seems very exciting. The key word here though is "if." And it always is. Brian Ashcraft

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