Fans of Final Fantasy outside Japan will not have to wait six months longer to play FFXIII. The official release date for North America and Europe is now March 9th, 2010 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. That is much better than the original June 2010 date.

Prior to the announcement Square-Enix released a week ago, Square-Enix President and CEO Yoichi Wada stated that the international versions of FFXIII is “on schedule” and would be released by the end of the 2009 fiscal year: April 2010.

In the announcement trailer, a new version of the theme song will be preformed by British singer, Leona Lewis, called “My Hands”. Of course, this has set off a firestorm from fans who prefer “Kimi ga Iru Kara”, preformed by Saguwara Sayuri. There’s no word yet of an option to hear the original Japanese version in the NA and EU versions…

Lastly, fans with Twitter accounts getting the Xbox 360 version will get a bonus feature by Re-tweeting about it to your friends who are interested. More details are on the Xbox 360/FFXIII official site. The more tweets, the sooner it will be unlocked.

FFXIII Announcement Trailer

“Kimi ga Iru Kara” by Saguwara Sayuri

“My Hands” by Leona Lewis

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