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Motomu Toriyama, the director of Final Fantasy XIII, divulged bits of information about the upcoming RPG in an interview with Famitsu PS3. We already know the demo is lengthy, but now we also know that it will allow players "to play from the opening through the prologue," similar to the Final Fantasy VII demo. Besides Lighting, players will also be able to play as the blonde male (shown above) in the demo. He remains nameless, but whatever his name is, it will be weather-related as well.

Toriyama then talks about a "new style" where FFXIII will not have an actual main character. Instead, players will experience the story from the viewpoints of different characters. One of the main focuses of the demo will be to allow players to try out this "new style." The battle system also allows you to switch characters; it will be party-based and the player will switch between each character during combat.

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So the whole "no main character" thing is being continued, hey? Didn't they say that about XII? Either way, there will be a main party. Which has always been in FF games.

As for the switching between characters during combat... I dunno what that could be pointing towards.

Blond male weather related...

cloud,cloud,cloud

What can be said, Cloud Strife and Final Fantasy VII in general was a super massive success. And rightly so.

No main character? I think Lightning is already seen as the main character so I don't know how they can change that. The only way I can think of is giving the ability to change the on-screen character, and whichever character you choose to be displayed is the one talked about in the story/shown in the cutscenes so essentially you're choosing the main character.