FFXIII On The Xbox360 And Why I Think People Are Overreacting

This Picture Is As Manufactured As The “War” It Represents

By now many people have probably heard about Square Enix president Yoichi Wada’s E3 announcement concerning a similtaneous Xbox360 launch for Final Fantasy XII.  Previously, FF XIII had been announced as a PS3 exclusive and obviously by name alone it was a high profile one at that.  A lot of fans have expressed outrage, but I have not and cannot comprehend the reason for this fury.  This is why (parts of this article are compiled and fine tuned from arguments I’ve made elsewhere):

Bonen No Xamdou Trailer (Now This Looks Awesome)

Bonen No Xamdou has always sounded appealing to me since it was first announced being a mecha series and all, but now that the trailer has been released my interest has shot throught the roof.  First of all it looks awesome not only because it’s in high definition and all, but also because it just plain looks incredibly well animated.  This is a bit of a different scenario from Macross Frontier which is mostly CG animated and in space (meaning not a whole lot of colour), whereas Xamdou’s setting looks very much terrestrial and full of life and colour.  The music is also very catchy and I kind of hope it’s the opening too.

Koihime†Musō Episode 1 (Romance Of The Three Kingdoms For Otaku)

Oh Shit….I’m Glad I Don’t Actually Have To Play This Scenario And Can Just Watch.  This Looks Like The Start Of One Of Those Unwinnable Battle Scenarios That Are Timed And Still Hard As Hell

So what do you get when you take Romance of The Three Kingdoms and turn it into an eroge and then eventually by the laws of anime nature it’s anime adaptation counterpart.  Why Koihime†Musō of course.  That’s right, that’s Koihime†Musō with the cross symbol in the middle or it doesn’t count.  I actually ummmmm have this game on DVD, but never bothered to install it because I heard the battles sucked the big one and that it was mostly and ADV disguised as an SLG, but whatever, this is the anime version.  Men do exist in this series, just not in any important capacity.  As people will see, all of the important figures of the classic Chinese story have been turned into female characters ala Ikkitousen and drawn in the moe style with lots of lush colours (mostly the popular turn on colours of Blue, Red, Pink and Purple).  In fact I might have mistaken it for a sneak Kyoani entry into this season if it were a little more Orange as the character designs have their feel to them.  Anyway let’s have a quick looksee here.