A Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Edition has been revealed exclousively for Europe announced Square Enix for next-year’s big RPG sequel.
There are actually two different limited editions that you can get your hands on, each of which include specific special additions. However remember that the PlayStation 3 is backwards compatible so you may want to consider importing one of these PAL editions, if they aren’t announced for other regions later on.
Here is what’s included in each of Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Editions:
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Limited Collector’s Edition
– Composer Selected Soundtrack: CD with selection of music tracks from the game, specially chosen by the composers.
– Artwork book “The Art of FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, featuring artwork across the production.
– 6 collectible postcards, featuring high quality CG artwork of main characters in the game.
– High Definition Lenticular Artprint, showing an iconic image of the Lightning character.
Price: £59,99/68€ (Amazon.co.uk) – £44,85/55,45€ (Zavvi.com)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Limited Crystal Edition
– All of the same content listed above, Plus:
– 4-Disc FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Original Soundtrack, with premium digipak packaging.
– Exclusive FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 T-Shirt from the SQUARE ENIX PRODUCTS range. Never to be available elsewhere!
– Artwork book “The Art of FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, featuring artwork across the production.
Price: £79,99/91€ (Amazon.co.uk) – 73,95€/£59,85 (Zavvi.com):
Pre-Ordering either set will net you an additional bonus: “Final Fantasy XIII-Episode i”, a special novella that details the gap between the first game and its sequel, as well as three special lithograph artcards that shows key moments from the game and a steelbook cover!
And that’s not all, pre-ordering will also net you a downloadable bonus, the “Fight In Style” DLC pack for free, which features:
– Recruitable monster battle: Defeat Omega, the famous FINAL FANTASY boss monster, and then have it join your party for further use in the adventure!
– Alternate costume for Serah
– Alternate costume for Noel
Only select retailers will offer the “Fight In Style” DLC pack depending on your region, in the UK GAME.co.uk has the exclusive.
In addition to all of the above, a Final Fantasy XIII-2 – NORDIC EDITION was also announced for Nordic countries including Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc. and it includes its own extras; although all of them are digital.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – NORDIC EDITION includes:
– A Copy of the game.
– Alternate Costumes for Serah and Noel
– A Unique Noel Exclusive Weapon with it’s own effects and special look.
– The famous Final Fantasy monster Omega, who you can face off against in a recruitable monster battle. Win and he’ll join your party.
Phew! That’s a lot stuff! The Final Fantasy XIII-2 release date is set for January 31, 2012 in America and February 3rd, 2012 in Europe for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Here’s the Final Fantasy XIII-2 “Despair” trailer.
Hopefully a lot of this will make its way to America with our own bundle.
