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[Stone Ocean]

Can we start coming up with nicknames for every character that isn't Noctis and Ignis? Their names are so.. urgh.

 

[Clevinger]

The Noctis Five are gonna be the hottest boyband in Lucis

 

[RyoonZ]

Ignis looks boss!

 

[Currygan]

One Direction - the game


hopefully it's gonna be better than XIII

 

[Aokage]

is, is, us, is, is

Such originality in character names...

It's called Latin.

 

[Jarmel]

Noctis seeing the death of things? Sounds like something Nasu would do.

 

[Frumix]

Prince of the Lucis Kingdom, possessing eyes which can sense the death of others.

Misaki, that you? Is that some sort of Japanese thing?
Well anyway, agreeing with the lacking female presence. For one FF characters look like actual people, so deliver on it SE, goddamit!
Maybe in the sequels though.
Stella Returns or something.

Nah I'm just being grumpy this is pretty cool.

 

[daniels]

Hey FFx-2 had an all female cast and now we get a all male cast why the hell not? awww yeah bromance Maybe even a gay relationship again like in FF13?

 

[Discotheque]

the dude with the open shirt is clearly the aj in the crew

 

[Mory Dunz]

FFX-2.

Only Yuna, Rikku, and Paine.

I guess I meant main games without spin-offs/sequels. Great battle system though.

 

[genjiZERO]

The character designs are an improvement over the last few games... But we'll see what their personalities are like. I know it's all black, but hopefully that's just an aesthetic and not a representation of their tortured souls.

 

[YAWN]

If we can freely select our party, I'm going for Gladiolus, Cor, and Ignis.
Red hair guys my fave so far, but I doubt he'll be playable.

 

[Mutanthands]

Get the feeling that the cast was selected as a contrast to the more female centric cast of XIII. Now that the games are no longer connected, it does seem a little off balance.

 

[Zaventem]

This game looks great. I really wasn't one of those people that obsessed over the reveal but i'm a believer now. Day 1 for me.

 

[Seven Force]

Anybody get the sense of friendship and togetherness that wasn't at all present with the XIII cast?

Yeah. There's definitely a good sense of camaraderie present.

 

[Meccanical]

I'll take a guess who the English VA's are

Spoiler

Troy Baker
Troy Baker
Troy Baker
Troy Baker
Troy Baker

Your probably right, lol.

Troy Baker
Yuri Lowenthal
Steve Blum
Nolan North
Johnny Yong Bosch(Aeana's favorite)

There you go.

 

[KimonoNoNo]

I see we have the voice actor for Hooin Kyoma himself from Steins;gate here with Mamoru Miyano. Awesome, huge plus for me! Love hearing the voice actors in that game in other works.

I'm sure I heard Yuuichi Nakamura (Oreki from Hyouka among others) also.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

SE should mix things up a bit and get some British V.A.

 

[MCD]

Eye powers.

How fucking original Japan.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

If we can freely select our party, I'm going for Gladiolus, Cor, and Ignis.
Red hair guys my fave so far, but I doubt he'll be playable.

I'm going to hazard a guess and say Noctis will be required to be in the party at all times, but the other two slots are open except for plot events.

 

[Ala Alba]

I'm pretty sure every single final fantasy game (with the exception, so far, of LR:FFXIII) has had 3 playable/party member female characters, so I doubt this one will be any different.

 

[Famassu]

Oh, which one was that?

Well, it's only a sequel to a mainline release, but X-2 only had Yuna, Rikku and Paine. Versus didn't start as a mainline release, so even if SQEX had some "we need to have some boobiez in the team too in every mainline FF, no sausage fests allowed" principles, XV could get a pass.

 

[Bladenic]

Get the feeling that the cast was selected as a contrast to the more female centric cast of XIII. Now that the games are no long connected, it does seem a little off balance.

But XIII was evenly split? Although the female characters did feel more important than the male ones (plus the three girls were the best end game team)

 

[kayos90]

Anybody figured out whose the VA for the female voice in the trailer? Sounds similar to Miyuki Sawashiro.

I think someone also said it sounded like Sawashiro. Forgot who tho.

Your probably right, lol.

Troy Baker
Yuri Lowenthal
Steve Blum
Nolan North
Johnny Yong Bosch(Aeana's favorite)

There you go.

Fucking. Score.

 

[Meccanical]

SE should mix things up a bit and get some British V.A.

I'm hoping for this.

Or any European natives who can speak English well.

I want non-American accents on everybody.

 

[ezekial45]

Your probably right, lol.

Troy Baker
Yuri Lowenthal
Steve Blum
Nolan North
Johnny Yong Bosch(Aeana's favorite)

There you go.

Let's add Jennifer Hale and/or Kari Wahlgreen for the female characters for good measure.

 

[Zoe]

Eye powers.

How fucking original Japan.

At least he no longer looks like this:

 

[duckroll]

Wow, good thing I was editing in those images. I fucked up Ignis and Gladious. That's what I get when I copy and paste my own posts from two posts with different character orders! LOL. >_<

 

[UnblessedSoul]

Troy Baker will be voicing all of them in english

 

[spookyfish]

is, is, us, is, is

Such originality in character names...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT1yOrEtRs

 

[Frumix]

I think someone also said it sounded like Sawashiro. Forgot who tho.

You mean Stella's voice? It's absolutely not Sawashiro, she never sounded like that.

Really interested about Stella's involvement. It's actually good she's pretty much the only main female character? In the setting of a bros team being bros That One Girl really makes sense. Praying here they write her well.

 

[raven777]

I wonder what weapon Rionis use.

 

[BlueWord]

I'm surprised they went for an all-male cast.

Nomura said a long while ago that the story is like a "buddy movie" of sorts. So, a story about some bros doing bro stuff. I'm down.

 

[Dinda]

Bah Final Fantasy: Boy Band Edition.

Yes there are other characters, but they are not party members, only those guys are. This together with the fact that's an action RPG really dissapoint me.

 

[Lavalamp1138]

Your probably right, lol.

Troy Baker
Yuri Lowenthal
Steve Blum
Nolan North
Johnny Yong Bosch(Aeana's favorite)

There you go.

We need some Travis Willingham up in here.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

No female leads? Interesting.

 

[KimonoNoNo]

SE should mix things up a bit and get some British V.A.

For the villains, no doubt.

 

[duckroll]

I wonder what weapon Rionis use.

Maybe his fists? It'll make sense if he's one of the strongest fighters in the kingdom.

 

[kayos90]

I posted this in the other thread but might as well mention it here again.

Considering the Shakespearean influence in the game I actually am not surprised about the Latin naming scheme for the characters. Specifically meaningful naming scheme. Nomura probably went to bed thinking "What's in a name?" and realized that character names should have actual meaning. Lol. This is a serious comment btw.

Also, duckroll, is Rionis the actual spelling or is that just a guess. I have a feeling it's most likely Leonis. If it really is Rionis I guess it means Mountainheart.

 

[Pooya]

death eye power? not cool character?
Sasuke+Shiki = Noctis

not sure about the all dudebro cast, eh.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Bah Final Fantasy: Boy Band Edition.

Yes there are other characters, but they are not party members, only those guys are. This together with the fact that's an action RPG really dissapoint me.

Why make assumptions?

 

[DR2K]

Dude bro the party we goin' after dem western sales dawg.

 

[Dresden]

Gladiolus Amicitia (Kenta Miyake)
The eldest son of a household tasked with protecting the royal family from generation to generation. A close friend of Noctis who is closer to him than a true brother.

betrayal

Ignis Scientia (Mamoru Miyano)
A childhood friend of Noctis who grew up recieving gifted education befitting a staff officer. He understands Noctis well and is his confidant.

Yosuke

Prompto Argentum (Tetsuya Kakihara)
A friend who has been a bad influence to Noctis since his school days. While he can get carried away easily, there's another side of him which is driven to help friends in need.

dies halfway through the story

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Your probably right, lol.

Troy Baker
Yuri Lowenthal
Steve Blum
Nolan North
Johnny Yong Bosch(Aeana's favorite)

There you go.

Liam O'Brien should voice Ignis. He already has a history with voices in Square games, and he's really good at "serious, intellectual-type" characters.

I really don't know who could voice Noct though. He sounds too young for Troy Baker to work. Maybe they'll cast a real actor to voice him, since developers love their celebrity voices - and Nomura's a big fan of Hollywood actors.

 

[Thorgal]

What a shitty super power.

yep.

blessed with suck.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

dat bromance.

would love dual audio, but not expecting it.

 

[nelsonroyale]

How about that...? This was my most anticipated game this gen, and it is now my most anticipated game next gen...;(

 

[ULTROS!]

This game is really yaoi fandom bait.

My yaoi loving friend was ecstatic when she saw the reveal.

Maybe his fists? It'll make sense if he's one of the strongest fighters in the kingdom.

Whip.

 

[Maxim726X]

Good. No more annoying little fucking kids.

 

[H_Prestige]

Noctis, Ignis, and Cor look good. Prompto and Gladiolus look stupid.