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[These were from the GameFaqs board:]

These were from the GameFaqs board: http://img306.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xst14sb.jpg
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I know there has to be some XS fans over here. *eyes Philemon* Is anyone looking forward to this one(despite Shion does look skanky *shrugs*). Or did some people just give up on the series after one and two?

Infos from Gamespot site:
"Monolith Soft is developing the third--and final---installment to its popular sci-fi RPG series.

Besides giving the public their first look at Metal Gear Solid 4, the latest issue of Famitsu magazine has the first details on Xenosaga Episode III. Bearing the Nietzschean title Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra, the game will be the final installment in the Xenosaga trilogy. Like the previous two Xenosagas, Episode III is being developed for the PlayStation 2 by Monolith Soft and will be published by Namco. No release date has been announced at the current time.

Xenosaga Episode III will take place one year after the end of Episode II and will once again focus on the adventures of series heroine Shion Uzuki and her friends. Party members confirmed to be in Episode III include JR, KOS-MOS, and Ziggy. The graphics in Xenosaga Episode III will be in the more-realistic style of Episode II, as opposed to the cutely deformed look of Episode I.

Episode III takes place after Shion resigns from her job as chief engineer of Vector Corporation's R&D Division when she discovers the company is involved in the destructive Gnosis Phenomenon. She now works together with an underground organization called Scientia, which is attempting to expose Vector Corporation's wrongdoings. After her departure from Vector, Shion learns that her old employer has canceled its KOS-MOS project--just as a mysterious android named T-elos that strikingly resembles KOS-MOS appears. It's expected that Episode III will reveal many of the mysteries surrounding the series, such as the Vector Corporation's true objective."

Rufus...his hair reminds me of Paine.

Official site: http://phantasystaruniverse.com
Lots of pictures: http://rpgamer.com/games/ps/psu/psu.html

Haven't played any game from the series but this one looks really good...well, judging from the pictures that is and movies(but I can't get the newest one to work). Anyone here looking forward to it? Insight on the other games maybe?^^

Rufus looks like Paine...*hides from Rufus fans* THOUGH I THINK HE IS COOL! >_>;

What to be called = BEST THING EVAR. Just the way Angel says her line in the second panel makes me giggle.

Haha, people seem to like that one out of all them. Especially Reality.^^

If you all think that's crazy, I should post the one where Sera's in a Varnani-like sailor suit with a Brahman rod. I forgot what she called herself...Seraphita something. D:

I guess we'll all find out when it's released when the press goes to TGS tomorrow. D:

Music: Yuki Hajiura - "Communication Breakdown" Really cool song. D:

The DDS2 site looks great, but I wish you could turn off that music.

I was thinking the same thing.^^; No off button, huh?

Pictures I took from the magazine, ugly quality but oh well:
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=devisumpic014xo.jpg
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Kouli also had some information about Kaya and the battle system, too:
"She just kind of go in the Detective Office, and ask them to kill her :P Of course, the other guys took her away... Her father is sick and she is probably the one to inherit all that money. The special thing about the female in this family is, well, rumored to be that, devils can attach to them... Maybe she does got a devil within and those baddies interest in that ability.

As for system, god, you can get devils to gather information! As for elements, I am seeing Silver Ice element and Thunder&Lightnigh element... what the... Anyway, the battles, as like ever, still Raidou and the devils in the party only."

Haha, I was thinking the same thing, too. They also had a different main page(not for DS:KR) up but it looks like they went back to the old one. Guess they weren't done fixing it.^^;

Kaya seems like a mysterious character. I wonder what secret her family is holding about a certain incident? I like her look, too though it seems typical. She reminds me of Gimmel...o_o;


Raidou and Kaya also remind me of the hero and heroine from "Megami Tensei". Yay for high school teens battling out demons?


I was wondering why Gouto wasn't on there either...maybe the last character will be someone else? Kaya's father? Or maybe an enemy considering we haven't had really much information on them. There was also a man named Gouto/Goto in SMTI: here. But no, they're not the same people considering they're from different series and all. D:

Haha, did anyone notice the screen where Raidou just leaves one of the school girls to the monster?^^; And after looking through the magazine, looks like we'll have 2-D maps again. Not sure whether VAing will be put in or not(my guess is not) but the game is back to 65% so who knows what they'll do.

Philemon, if there's no pictures by tomorrow, I'll post some. I only bought Famitsu PS2 though because Weekly had less pages/pictures.

New character is shown, too. Rich school girl(like we all didn't see this one coming XD). She looks like a younger version of Naomi from Soul Hackers. D: A small translation of what my sister gave me.
大道寺 伽耶/だいどうじ かや/Daidouji Kaya
"She's a 15-year old rich school girl. She's a very peaceful person. Her friends and maid love her very much. Her family also carries a secret to which this will unlock the key to the incident..." She's the key to 'unlocking' everything I guess. Like you know Sera is the key to getting to Nirvana(yay for RPG clichés!)

Or maybe she told me accident, I don't remember. Something about her father, too. *needs to have a better memory*^^; She seems important though because she's being carried off by those men in red in one of the screens.

I think they'll be giving out DS1 wristbands(?) at the TGS this year if you bring in this(9/9) issue of Famitsu. This issue states that the game is 65% complete while last issue of FPS2 stated it was 85% complete. We can probably expect this game late in the year or early of next year.

Site has been updated with Victor and Kaya. Check out the column section and they have more details on them as well as Gouto. Victor is ooold. They even say the DS:SH Victor is about 200 years old(and stuff about vampires which is probably how he managed to live for so long). D: But I'm still not sure if they're the same ones of not. :<

Did anyone watch O'Reilly Factor? (Omg, yes I watch his little show.) There was some lady saying the reason Bush didn't want to help was because he was racist or something? o_O;

Then there was something about it not being Bush's fault because the governor(I think it was someone...or maybe it could be the governor) of Louisiana didn't want help from anyone so she's pretty much responsible for all the people starving and dying in the city...

Going to the store in a few hours, the next Famitsu weekly and PS2 are suppose to contain information.^^ Unless, Philemon can find us some scans soon~

Kouli posted news about it as well at the DS:KR GFboard so I'm excited, too. But a PS3...they're really going to eat my wallet. XD;

Spoilers of the whole movie:
http://flaregamer.com/b2article.php?p=107&more=1
http://www.final-fantasy.it/venice_redux.html

Sounds good and yay for more Aerith! (If you read it and want to post about the reviews, please mark spoilers...)