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I'd be fairly surprised if we don't get a release window at E3.
You'll be surprised, then. I wouldn't bet on it. Not saying it isn't going to happen, but let's keep in mind that if the game is indeed a 2016 release, there's no need to announce a release date/window.
 

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You'll be surprised, then. I wouldn't bet on it. Not saying it isn't going to happen, but let's keep in mind that if the game is indeed a 2016 release, there's no need to announce a release date/window.
They have to give a "2016" at some point this year and there's no better place to announce it at than E3. Keep in mind that the "2009" announcement for XIII was ~17 months before the game came out.
 
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You'll be surprised, then. I wouldn't bet on it. Not saying it isn't going to happen, but let's keep in mind that if the game is indeed a 2016 release, there's no need to announce a release date/window.
Actually announcing a release date a year in advance is very common at E3. If the game comes out late 2016, announcing the release date at E3 2016 is way too late, and if it's early 2016... they can't announce it at that year's E3. This year's E3 is ideal for a 2016 release window reveal. Plus, they skipped E3 last year, I think they need to make a big presence at E3 this year, there's no better way of doing that then announcing a release window of some kind. With a demo only a few weeks away, there's not much they can surprise fans with at E3, they need to do something big.
 

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That's a possibility, but not a probability.
Maybe it's the surprise in the end of the demo Tabata-san mentioned, but I highly doubt that.

So what do you think this "surprise" will be anyway? I'm thinking maybe it's a Stella Re-reveal, with a cutscene or even a boss battle! But at this point I'll be satisfied even if it was the fishing mini-game lol.
 
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So what do you think this "surprise" will be anyway? I'm thinking maybe it's a Stella Re-reveal, with a cutscene or even a boss battle! But at this point I'll be satisfied even if it was the fishing mini-game lol.
Like the fishing mini-game, let's think oustide the box on what the surprise maybe. My guess would be the overall map. If it's story-related, I might guess it's the other Cid, since Tabata mentioned that we would know in the demo, if Cidney is the real Cid. If that's the surprise, then it's not a surprise at all. Also, my other guess would be the intro of the full game. Thoughts?
 

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Like the fishing mini-game, let's think oustide the box on what the surprise maybe. My guess would be the overall map. If it's story-related, I might guess it's the other Cid, since Tabata mentioned that we would know in the demo, if Cidney is the real Cid.
Something Cid related is not a bad idea! Iirc he said that it's something that every Final Fantasy fan would appreciate.

If that's the surprise, then it's not a surprise at all. Also, my other guess would be the intro of the full game. Thoughts?
Nah definitely won't happen and I even don't want it to happen.
 

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Maybe it's the surprise in the end of the demo Tabata-san mentioned, but I highly doubt that.

So what do you think this "surprise" will be anyway? I'm thinking maybe it's a Stella Re-reveal, with a cutscene or even a boss battle! But at this point I'll be satisfied even if it was the fishing mini-game lol.
I think the idea of the release date has been discussed ad nauseam at this point, it's not going to happen.

I'm not sure about the surprise... I'd love to see Stella, maybe some teaser at something new. Who knows, only a few more weeks to go!
 

Solid Sora

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Teasing Stella wouldn't make sense. That's something that only some of the versus XIII fans would understand. It wouldn't have any impact on everyone else.
Well, they were pretty silent about the whole "Stella/Luna" miss since TGS and that didn't make any sense. They answered - literally - every question the fans asked about the game except for the ones about Stella. So I'm thinking maybe they're saving her glorious return as a nice surprise for the fans who've waited 9 years after finishing the demo.
 

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Well, they were pretty silent about the whole "Stella/Luna" miss since TGS and that didn't make any sense. They answered - literally - every question the fans asked about the game except for the ones about Stella.
If you've followed the last ~5 months closely you will notice that they barely talked about story and characters at all. They don't need to reveal every character biography right now. They're heavily advertising Episode Duscae and the core gameplay mechanics atm.

So I'm thinking maybe they're saving her glorious return as a nice surprise for the fans who've waited 9 years after finishing the demo.
She never left.
 
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If you've followed the last ~5 months closely you will notice that they barely talked about story and characters at all. They don't need to reveal every character biography right now. They're heavily advertising Episode Duscae and the core gameplay mechanics atm.



She never left.
Yeah but when people speculated about Cor's being missed in TGS trailer, they showed him in the JF trailer and talked about its role in the story and gameplay, but they never did the same for Stellal. That makes me thinking that they're saving her for a big re-reveal later, maybe in the demo's ending, maybe at E3.
 

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Yeah but when people speculated about Cor's being missed in TGS trailer, they showed him in the JF trailer and talked about its role in the story and gameplay, but they never did the same for Stellal.
Because they already talked about his role in the game at E3 2013. They didn't talk specifically about Stella at that time, obviously because of story reasons.
 
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Maybe it's the surprise in the end of the demo Tabata-san mentioned, but I highly doubt that.

So what do you think this "surprise" will be anyway? I'm thinking maybe it's a Stella Re-reveal, with a cutscene or even a boss battle! But at this point I'll be satisfied even if it was the fishing mini-game lol.
Was his exact words " A surprise at the end of the demo?" Or was it " There's a surprise waiting in the demo?"

If it's the first sentence, then that's the type of thing to say when giving a release period.
If it's the second sentence than, that could be anything, including a release period.

I understand people have been waiting for 8ish years for this game, but whenever someone says ( It's coming out this year), the other person says "not a chance".
Is it because they been let down so much that they don't want to be let down again by thinking such optimistic thoughts, or is it for an actual reason?

I am still thinking this game has a "chance" to come out late 2015 early 2016. I am not saying it is :p.
 

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Was his exact words " A surprise at the end of the demo?" Or was it " There's a surprise waiting in the demo?"

If it's the first sentence, then that's the type of thing to say when giving a release period.
If it's the second sentence than, that could be anything, including a release period.
I don't follow that logic... they could easily tease something else at the end of the demo. They will NOT announce a release date at the end of the demo.