In addition to showing the common commands of Attack, Magic and Item, another option showed 'EX Arts', assumed to be some kind of Limit Break system or series of special attacks. The interface bore similarities to the menu system used in Kingdom Hearts. Some footage showed blood spilling from enemies when stricken. Noctis was shown wielding a myriad of weapons, teleporting, and even using a gun turret. Some gameplay was demonstrated in trailers ( see external links), but it is unclear whether the game ever had a fully playable form as the gameplay demonstrations appear to be scripted and possibly existed in 'proof of concept' stage.

6 Aspects of Final Fantasy Versus XIII in other titles.

5 Aspects of Final Fantasy Versus XIII retained for Final Fantasy XV.

The title instead passed to Hajime Tabata, known for directing Square's portable action role playing titles Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- and Final Fantasy Type-0. In E3 2013, the game was officially rebranded and re-announced as Final Fantasy XV, and in 2014 it was announced Tetsuya Nomura was no longer heading the project.

Although Final Fantasy Versus XIII was unveiled then, it stayed in preproduction stage for years and there were long periods of media silence on its status, harboring much speculation among fans. The trio of games for the series then called Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII was unveiled in 2006. However, Final Fantasy XIII-headed by Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama-ended up becoming a series on its own, Final Fantasy Agito XIII-headed by Hajime Tabata-became Final Fantasy Type-0 for the PlayStation Portable that spanned its own world and series, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII-headed by Tetsuya Nomura-never took shape, and its concepts were eventually reworked into Final Fantasy XV for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Bearing many originating themes carried on into its succeeding game, the theme of Versus XIII was 'a fantasy based on reality', and the game was to take place in a setting similar to contemporary Earth. The game would have been an action role playing game directed by Tetsuya Nomura, known as a character designer and director of the Kingdom Hearts series, for which gameplay footage resembled. It was intended to be a companion game to Final Fantasy XIII alongside the mobile game Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the three sharing from the same Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos. Final Fantasy Versus XIII was a game planned for the PlayStation 3 as part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series.

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