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1UP: Final Fantasy Agito XIII Hands- On Preview

1UP writes: "Square Enix's DKS3713 fan event in Tokyo brought with it a few surprises, all of which were welcome. In particular, the news that Final Fantasy Agito XIII (the mobile phone installment of the Fabula Nova Crystalis franchise) will be released for PSP echoes E3's revelation of Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 as a move that guarantees far more western fans will have access to the game. We're not entirely certain if Agito is exclusively PSP-based now, but it seems likely given the brief glimpses of gameplay shown in the revised game trailer.

And what a trailer it is. Where previous glimpses of the game showed what appeared to be a sort of card-based battler with the usual Tetsuya Nomura style CG art -- young beautiful people looking heroic -- the new teaser for the game is considerably darker. It begins with heavily stylized CG footage designed to resemble World War II-era newsreels (sepia tinted, high contrast, and a highly militaristic feel) as a Hitler-esque leader commands a stylized army to symbolically assault a castle-like structure -- the magic academy depicted in the prior game trailer. Inside, the academy's crystal cracks and fragments, and a team of young students stands at bay as they're surrounded by an army. It definitely has shades of the Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer, with almost-real world magic users overwhelmed in a standoff with realistic military forces, yet it has a feel all its own and stands apart from anything that's ever borne the Final Fantasy name before."
Updates:
New Link is here:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3169133&p=7
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Published: 512 days 20 hours ago | Preview | Sony PSP | Mobile
 
 

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Old Snake - 512 days 19 hours ago
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Jesus I've lost count of how many FF games there are
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ceedubya9 - 512 days 18 hours ago
2 - card based????
I hope I read that wrong. I wish the PSP would stop getting these off the wall concepts for RPGs, and just give me a straight up Final Fantasy that doesn't look like it was made in the 16 bit era.

DS can get good ones, why can't the PSP?
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Steven Colbert - 512 days 18 hours ago
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I'm simply amazed that this has happened.I cannot wait for Final Fantasy XIII to arrive on the PSP
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ustayclassyn4g - 512 days 18 hours ago
4 - ....
link's not working
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Mr Fancy Pants - 512 days 18 hours ago
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^
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darkside - 512 days 18 hours ago
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Great another games i can't wait to buy!
My wallet is going to cry XD

Play beyond!
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Sonics020 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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Wow this and Kingdom Hearts Birth By sleep next year PSP is going to do very well in japan next year
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thePatriot - 512 days 17 hours ago
6.1 - lets not forget
1 kingdom hearts
2 agito 13
3 parasite eve
4 loco roco 2
5 patapon 2
6 resistance
and maybe I missed a few but this is first time that you could make a list of psp games thats bigger than 2.
and when is mgs2: digital graphic novel comming out?
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vhero - 512 days 17 hours ago
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agito for psp was great news since the originally cancelled the mobile version. Of course its a Sony machine again not the DS which is a bit amazing but as great as the ds is for graphics it sucks and moder ff games need graphics power.
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gano - 512 days 8 hours ago
8 - Good Times
Are coming, good times....
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badz149 - 511 days 9 hours ago
9 - PSP...
WOW!! SE is going all out on the PSP and at least in Japan, the PSP will continue the domination from this year to the next! I need to get another one of this little monsters!
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