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The main playable characters in Final Fantasy VII are Cloud Strife, Aerith Gainsborough, Barret Wallace, Tifa Lockhart, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Cid Highwind, and two secret characters: Vincent Valentine and Yuffie Kisaragi. Sephiroth is ... an in-party character during a flashback, but cannot be controlled or developed.
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Keep in mind, that Final Fantasy XIII is not a prequel or sequel to the other two FFXIII titles in the traditional sense. As Square Enix explained, the trio is linked through a common mythology but do not have any common characters, worlds, or stories. They all take place in the same universe, but aren't related to each other directly.
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Georges Fornay, president of Sony Computer Entertainment France, has made an important comment in a recent interview: “Final Fantasy XIII’s exclusiveness is still being discussed”. In the same interview, Georges Fornay mentioned that the Playstation 3 has made Sony lose a tremendous amount of money.
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FINAL FANTASY Agito XIII arrives as an entirely separate entity for mobile phones, offering players easy on-the-go access to the FINAL FANTASY XIII universe. Utilizing gameplay functions only available through mobile phones, this title provides players with a unique take on a story accessible anywhere their real-life adventures may take them.
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