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At only one day of the Japanese release of Final fantasy XIII, some lucky people managed to get their hands on a copy of the game. Being generous, they share some informations, like, for example, the 13 first trophies that the player will be able to win in the PS3 version of the game. Theses aren't spoilers, since the ones simply involving an advancement in the storyline won't be shown. The translations of the titles aren't official.

Platinum :
- ???

Bronze :
- Battle against Fate: Start the battle against an unfair fate

- Assault Ruby : Completely master the Attacker role
- Destructive Sapphire : Completely master the Blaster role
- Protective Topaz :  Completely master the Defender role
- Exorcism Jade : Completely master the Jammer role
- Encouragement Amethyst  : Completely master the Enhancer role
- Healing Emerald :  Completely master the Healer role
+ 15 unknown trophies

Silver :
- Limit Destructor : inflict more than 100000 damages at a foe
- Giants Slayer : Kill an over-sized beast
- Omnipotence Diamond : Master all the skills

Gold :
- Master Collector : Obtain all the equipments and accessories
- Omniscient Sage : Having full informations on 100 foes

This last trophy shows us one of the principles of a battle system. Thanks to the Libra magic (Scan in FFVIII, etc.), it will be possible to obtain informations on the foes. But, the more you use it on the same enemy, the more detailed infos you'll get. So you'll have to make several scans on 100 foes to obtain this one...

 

To celebrate the release, Square Enix launched a really precise countdown, which allow us to see this really beautiful artwork:

Everybody will agree, the Internet is fabulous tool. The trouble is sometimes the imagination of its users. Small example: Sonia Im, in charge of the public relations of the American Branch of Square Enix, published yesterday  on her twitter the first of the following pictures, indicating that the memo mentioned something "cool in which most of you will be able to participate in a few days". The first paragraph is half-hidden, so a lot of websites have announced a demo. It isn't the case, since it was in reality cookies, nice cards and probably the picture below. The rest of the memo visibly mention the official Facebook and Twitter page of Final Fantasy XIII, which should be opened in a few days. Maybe she was talking about that.


But, a demo for the Western players can't be excluded, as Yoshinori Kitase said at the gamescom that SE is thinking about it.
Final Fantasy XIII is scheduled for the 17th December in Japan ad the 9th March for America and Europe.