1. FFXIII and FF Versus XIII are completely different games, and were announced at the same time, along with FF Agito XIII for the PSP. A quick look on Wikipedia would have sorted that out for you. EDIT: Ninjaaaa'd!asinann said:Console exclusives and the wanting of them is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.
It only hurts two groups of people: the developers and the consumers (and the consumers are hurt more than the developers.)
The ONLY reason FFXIII vs. is coming out, is because Sony threatened to sue Square for breach of contract when they decided to port FFXIII over to the 360. That means it's probably going to be FFXIII with a few added features, maybe an added in half developed character and a quest or two.
But maybe, just MAYBE if Square would make a good FF game (they've all been garbage for one reason or another since VII) people would buy a console just to play the game.
Reasons for dislike of recent FF games since people will probably freak out:
VIII- Squall, everything about squall made me want to find the guy who came up with him and beat him to death with the flat of a gunblade.
IX- The game was way WAY too cutesy. And why make the game about a bunch of bloody 9 year olds other than it was FFIX?
X- RPG's should NEVER be that linear. That and Tidus was a punk.
X2- It was a fan service game, I like to call it Pretty Princess Dressup.
XII- The battle system and the story were both atrocious.
And the biggest problem I've had with them since VII: they keep getting shorter and shorter every game (though XII was an improvement on X2.)
2. Plenty of people will disagree with you about which one's are good or shit, best to add a simple "IMO" to avoid a fanboy flame war
3. The games are as long as you make them, XII I think can technically be the longest because of all those hunt sidequests, even though they were boring and repetative as shit.
If they do remake, they ought to do it multiplatform, I'm not particularly fussed. I reallt hope they get rid of random battles though, they actually make me want to break the disc in half whenever I think about them.