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    Image of Kris Kris
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Well, that was a lot easier that all that twitter nonsense. So thanks, Twitter people, for doing all the work for the rest of us.
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Hmmm bullshit I tweeted this back on Nov 15 and still don't have my free avatar item. I call shenanigans.

    [twitter.com]
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    Image of sqlrob sqlrob
    11/25/09

    @Dr Durdon: Because they haven't emailed the codes yet.
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    OrigamiNinja promoted this comment sqlrob was starred sqlrob was unstarred
    Image of Americo Americo
    11/25/09

    @Dr Durdon: I call shenanigans on your double checking of the webpage. "Register Now... to receive a download code to redeem your free Chocobo avatar item! Download codes will be sent via email this Holiday season."
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/25/09

    @Americo: I did double check it, and I registered the day I tweeted it. So whats your point again? This article makes it seem like most users already have theirs. Those who decide to register today or after receive it in December.
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    Image of Mike Fahey Mike Fahey
    11/26/09

    @Dr Durdon: The article doesn't make it seem like that at all.
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    Image of Rathus Rathus
    11/27/09

    @Mike Fahey: Agreed, it even says the pictured chocobo pet isn't even final yet.
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/27/09

    @Mike Fahey: I respectfully disagree. Judging by the comments, I'm not the only one who thought this either. Nowhere does your article state any release date info for those of us who already tweeted this promo. It only says that the retweet goal was reached and the Chocobo was unlocked. Then it goes on to say those who haven't yet registered will get theirs in December. The message came across to me as "they're out already, and if you didn't register you can do it now, and you'll get yours in December.

    However, the M$ site doesn't give much detail either, and it did let me re-register when I have already registered once to tweet the promo.

    Just my perception of how it's written.
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    Image of andrewwyatt andrewwyatt
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    I thought Chocobos "kweh"ed.
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    Image of Hiroken Hiroken
    11/26/09

    @andrewwyatt:

    They wark AND kweh. Depends on the 'bo.
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Groovy, baby.
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    Image of NewSpecies NewSpecies
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO: Is it just me, or does that not sound very good?

    Maybe I'm just imagining it, but doesn't the simple chocobo themes of the past kick the crap out of this one?
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    Image of Tacticalspoon Tacticalspoon
    11/25/09

    @NewSpecies: I agree. I blame lack of Nobuo.
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    Image of Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D
    11/25/09

    @NewSpecies: Yeah I have to agree that rendition, although awesome, doesn't beat out the original one.
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    GohanGVO promoted this comment Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D was starred Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D was unstarred
    Image of LucasFFXI LucasFFXI
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO: That is groovy!
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    Image of BristolRuss BristolRuss
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO: I actually LOVE that! Wasn't sure at first, but it's catchy as hell.
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    Image of bkchurch bkchurch
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO:

    Damn, I can dig it.
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/25/09

    @NewSpecies: At first, I did think that it felt too "arranged" or "remixed" compared to the short and sweet Chocobo themes of old.

    But, I think this track will work in the end if the overworld is expansive enough to support such a lengthy rendition.

    And, honestly, the track has grown on me. It sounds like a faithful homage done in a playfully adult way.

    I sure hope the rest of the OST can deliver.
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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO: ZOMG SPOILERS
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    Image of NewSpecies NewSpecies
    11/25/09

    @GohanGVO:
    As a piece it is all right. But the problem is that because of the complexity it's not memorable.

    Tracks like this, I might notice them once. And then they'd fade to white noise during gameplay.
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    Image of Hiroken Hiroken
    11/26/09

    @Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D:

    Awesome video, but they didn't get the right one for FFVII, FFVIII or IX. VII's is the chocobo farm theme, VIII's is the one taken from the Chicobo minigame, and IX's was taken from Chocobo's Paradise.

    Still, awesome to listen to!

    The one for XIII sucks, sadly. Makes me sick, to be completely honest. Smooth jazz for the fucking LOSE. I've been so pumped for XIII for ages (have been an FF fan forever) but the more I see of it, the less I like it.

    Still...I'm hoping it has some redeeming features that will make it worthwhile.
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    GohanGVO promoted this comment Hiroken was starred Hiroken was unstarred
    Image of Hiroken Hiroken
    11/26/09

    @GohanGVO:

    This seriously sounds like corporate Christmas party music. Ughhhh.
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    GohanGVO promoted this comment Hiroken was starred Hiroken was unstarred
    Image of Erghantar Erghantar
    11/26/09

    @GohanGVO: Oh snap! That's a tune! At first whilst loading I thought this will probably be some kids in high pitched voices trying to sound like birds. But I am amazed. Thanks! :)
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/26/09

    @Hiroken: Well, the game IS being released a week before Christmas. ;)

    (... in Japan!)
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    Image of Tpadz Tpadz
    11/26/09

    @GohanGVO: That's pretty cool, FF13's music is certainly looking better than FF12's.

    The timing is important though a track this complex/long serves no purpose if your riding for only 30s-1min at a given time since you won't even have time to hear that familiar jingle.
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    Image of Strife Fox † Strife Fox †
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    -sigh- It seems Microsoft have yet again forgotten that there are more countries in the world than the United States.
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    Image of Toothball Toothball
    11/25/09

    @Strife Fox †:

    Yeah that's a shame. They're normally quite good at remembering about the rest of the world too. Maybe next time.
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    Image of ComputerMonkey ComputerMonkey
    11/25/09

    @Strife Fox †: it works for Canada, just replace the "en-US" in the link to "en-CA" and BOOM (link should look like [www.xbox.com]) :)
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    Image of Chirotera Chirotera
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Now, an ethical question? Do I give my avatar a Chocobo pet even though my full intention is to purchase the game for the PS3?
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    11/25/09

    @Chirotera: Eh, see what home does in response? Clearly we're entering the avatar wars.
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    Image of Chirotera Chirotera
    11/25/09

    @Black-Dog-Howls: Begun, the Avatar Wars have. ::hums the Imperial March::
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    Image of liquid_kore liquid_kore
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Link for Canadians eh

    [www.xbox.com]
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    Image of coneboned69 coneboned69
    11/25/09

    @liquid_kore: Thank you. I was just about to do the mandatory "canadians get screwed" post.
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    Image of liquid_kore liquid_kore
    11/25/09

    @coneboned69: No problem. It might be available for everyone you just gotta change the region in the URL. For anyone in the UK I posted a link for that a few comments below this one.
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Eh, it's free, and it'll probably beat the Halo lightsaber training droid knockoff I've got orbiting my avatar's head at the moment.
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    11/25/09

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You
    Yeah my friend told me about this earlier.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    I think this should be addressed more as 'Final Science Fiction' than 'Final Fantasy'. Were the summons ever robots before?
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    Image of Suzaku Suzaku
    11/25/09

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: In Japan, fantasy and sci-fi are generally pretty linked as "SF". A lot of fantasy series used to be published in Japanese Sci-Fi pulp 'zines.
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    Image of Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
    11/25/09

    @Suzaku: oh I just though Japan really like robots.

    #speakup
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    What the hell is Vanille's summon?
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    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    I tried to "picture" watching all the custscenes without the sappy J-pop in the background when I watched it a second time (since I'm assuming that kind of music won't be playing that much in the game at all), and now I'm significantly less turned off. I'm not a fan of Japanese pop culture. At all. The ridiculous hairdos and effeminate men really don't appeal to me in the least bit, but I'm willing to move past that if there's a great story in the background. And by "great" I don't mean "sappy as hell" but an actual story. I'm giving the trailer the benefit of the doubt in that I'm assuming the game won't be ridden with sappy anime melodrama.

    Maybe I'm seeing things that aren't there, but I'm willing to give the game a chance if it's not too much like the trailer.
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    Image of kyuubireign001 kyuubireign001
    11/25/09

    @RockyRan: I guess this is a generalisation, but the majority of us from the asian half (or greater than half) of the planet prefer that kinda hair, character design and music. And the hairstyles arent at all ridiculous for us, even in HK university and high school kids have hair similar to that.
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    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    11/25/09

    @kyuubireign001: Yeah, I guess that's the "pop" part in J-pop. I'm sure that kind of music, character design and hair is massively popular. Otherwise we wouldn't see it in Final Fantasy. I just don't care for it.

    I can't help but feel self-centered in saying I wish the game weren't so centered around that. I'd just like SE to go back to the style of the old FF game. FFXIV looks kind of like that, but it is, unfortunately, an MMO. I'd like a traditional JRPG with that style like in FF9. No J-pop in sight there.
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    Image of kyuubireign001 kyuubireign001
    11/26/09

    @RockyRan: yeah i know what you mean, i grew up on games where the characters looked like they could actually carry a 10 metre sword. But Final Fantasys always been a "main stream" RPG, so I guess, like music, its always just going to try and fit with the trends.
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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    ..hair-spray occurs naturally in the atmosphere on this planet, it seems.
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    11/25/09

    @nipsen: As opposed to Lost Odyssey, where hair care products don't exist at all...
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    I'm getting this just because I haven't played a FF game since 8. I loved 7 and played lots of the NES/SNES versions with an old childhood friend.

    That said, I wonder if anyone who's familiar with JRPGs can fill me in on something. I bought Star Ocean: TLH and couldn't stomach it. It was extremely boring with all the running around and ridiculously repetitive battles. Loot drops were low, but I know most JRPGs aren't centered around loot. There was just too much story and not enough other stuff to keep my interest.

    Is this a common thread among JRPGs or is Star Ocean an exception? I'd love to pick up FF13 and love the hell out of it, but if it's more running, boring fighting, cut scenes and chatting with your teammates until you're blue in the face, maybe I've outgrown the JRPG genre.
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    Image of RealmRPGer RealmRPGer
    11/25/09

    @Dr Durdon: That for most part sounds fairly typical of JRPGs. I personally never liked the battle system of those Star Oceans, so they were particularly boring to me. I'll try to break things down a bit more try to give a clear picture of more recent Final Fantasy games.

    Loot drops: It's not supposed to be particularly common, other than "simpler" items. Item drops are also preset, unlike most western RPGs. A beetle always has a chance to drop, for example, a potion. Most enemies don't have anything too cool to drop.
    The flip side of this is that a lot of the more recent Final Fantasy games have had really good steal items. You played FFVII and VIII. FFVII had several good steals from random enemies (usually humanoids), and VIII I believe started the trend of boss-stealing equipment before you could normally purchase it. This was huge in FFIX, since you could never had a character in your party who COULDN'T steal.

    Story: There's always been a ton of story, and I think it's "supposed" to occupy 30-50% of your time, as far as JRPGs -- and Final Fantasy -- is concerned. Recent games allow you to skip cutscenes, but then you're missing story.

    Other Stuff: Final Fantasy games are notorious for being decently filled with sidequests and other things to do apart from the main story and gameplay.
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    11/25/09

    @RealmRPGer: Thanks for the details. From what I've read here, it sounds like Star Ocean was just not the best one for me to pick up on a whim. I'm a big fan of looting, changing equipment often, juggling my inventory, etc. Fallout 3 and Borderlands had lots of that, and I liked that aspect of it.

    I will probably give this one a chance simply because it's the first FF I will be able to own since the PSX days. How times have changed.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Does Not Skimp On The Cinematics
    Oh my ghod. It looks great but it reminds me of those Japanese or Korean soap operas..
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    Image of Bluesnow222 Bluesnow222
    11/25/09

    @heretrix: I'm glad I'm no the only one thinking "J-Drama" when I saw this xD

    I'm not really liking this direction though... I get more and more worried after every new preview. Gameplay looked decent at least.
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    11/25/09

    @Bluesnow222: Same here. I have a "decent" tolerance for cheese and that went way above my level. It looks amazing though. I'm worried that it's going to be one of those games where I just start to zone out on the cutscenes and start pressing buttons to skip.
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