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    Junior Member KyoSerahKo's Avatar
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    FF13-2 Cover Confusion

    The cover for the FF13-2 is slightly confused with who should be on the cover, isn't Serah Ferron supposed to be on the cover of the game that is based on her and not her spot light stealing sister. I dnot know, just a thought

    http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=final+...R4aTXDQ&zoom=1

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    You have to see the overall picture, as I see it. I half-agree with you though.
    Lightning is fighting for the world just the same as Serah, and she is the original main character in XIII. In a way you could say she is the main character of the XIII universe in common. Her battle against Caius symbolizes a lot of what the game is about. It is the core. And her value to the story and franchise makes her fitting for the cover.
    Don't forget she also narrates most of the core story lines.

    Another thing is to look back at XIII and what they did with Serah. She was technically the last unlockable Wallpaper. Serah represented the core of XIII's story despite not being the main character. Her importance was above all and stood for the story in itself. Even the Platinum trophy was an icon of her Crystal tear. It's that kind of symbolic stuff that makes me find Lightning fitting.


    On the other hand though - and this is where the part about agreeing comes in - I do think this a marketing thing. They showed a lot of Lightning material when they started publicity for the game. Every marketing aspect has included some sort of Lighting focus. They definitely wanted to put a lot of emphasis on her new cool look and battle against Caius. So I definitely also believe it's a marketing thing. They couldn't do it the same way if they used Serah this time around. People didn't know her as much + Serah was just a cute and vulnerable girl.

    I want to point out that I see this as exactly the same thing they did with Metal Gear Solid 2. Snake was on the cover and on the main screen of the game. And like with XIII-2 that started with Lightning, MGS2 also started with Snake. It was as if he was the hook they wanted to use in order to attract people because they might have been afraid that Raiden wouldn't get as much attention. Especially if you look at the Western response, you'll see many MGS fans loathe Raiden or at least consider him inferior to Snake. It's a very smart marketing move to do these things, really... But it's sad for those who are expecting something and end up disappointed or cheated.



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    Lightning on the covers is obviously bait for fans until they start playing and go oh wait.

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    Lightning is still the main character of FFXIII-2, the whole story revolves around basically. You are only fooled into thinking Serah is the main character because you play the story from her perspective, she is the Vaan of FFXIII-2.

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