Final Fantasy XIII/Trivia

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  • Dueling Games: With Tales of Graces, another fantasy JRPG of a long-running series, which was released on the same month for the Wii. XIII had slightly better critical reception and vastly superior sales, but the user scores were substantially higher for Graces.
  • Fan Nickname:
    • Sazh has been dubbed both "Chocobro" and "Chocofro" by his adoring legion. And thanks to Gadot's expy mention he is now called (by the fans that hate him) "not-Wakka".
    • Snow was nicknamed "Mr. 33cm" as mentioned above due to his rather large... feet.
      • And at 6'5/6'7 (accounts vary), his "feet" are actually small for his size.
    • Galenth Dysley / Barthandelus has recently been dubbed Superpope/SUPAHPOPE!, mainly due to his fondness for transforming into a mechanical monstrosity and beating the party to a bloody pulp. His own Menvra is also called Hedwig. He's also been dubbed "Barty" by some.
    • Snow's Gestalt mode has been dubbed "The Motordyke" by a portion of the fandom.
    • Orphan, the final boss of the game, was referred to as Oprah rather frequently during early squabbles over its name.
    • Aster Protoflorian has been given the name Bulbasaur.
    • The chocobo chick, or Let's Player nickname at least: "Frocobo says NO/YES!"
  • Hey, It's That Voice!:
  • Killer App: Or, it was supposed to be. Its absence for the first four years of the Play Station 3's lifespan, as well as its hop to international multi-platform release, has blunted its impact. Total sales of the game are more-or-less on par with Final Fantasy XII (which is no mean feat on the Playstation 3, which has the lowest userbase of the Big 3 consoles of this generation.)
  • The game is full of Mythology Gags (many more can be found here):
  • Name's the Same: No, "The Undying" are not the same ones from Final Fantasy XII, of which one acted as the Final Boss.
  • Relationship Voice Actor:
  • Shout-Out: One of the frightened Purge victims can be heard reciting part of the Litany Against Fear.
    • The epic battle scene that kicks off Chapter 12 wouldn't look out of place in the Transformers universe. In fact, mute the background music and put on some ROCK, and the whole thing feels like the Beast Wars all over again.
    • Chapter 13 has you facing off against the Jabberwocky and the Bandersnatch as a duo of mini-bosses.
  • What Could Have Been: According to the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, the development team at one point considered making Vanille the official main character of the game, but dismissed the idea as they had already released a trailer and art featuring Lightning in that role.
    • The fal'Cie Siren wasn't just in the Pompa Sancta, but is Bodhum's fal'Cie. However, since the player never gets visit Bodhum properly, the only time one can see Siren is in cutscenes.
    • Fang was originally supposed to be a man, but was changed to a woman when the developers had to drop Serah from the party. Noel was likely based off those designs.
  • Gilgamesh was intended to appear as a regular character; a fal'Cie with giant swords. Fridge Logic dictates that he was likely supposed to be the ultimate opponent of Titan's Trials as opposed to Attacus, as Attacus uses the exact same progressive battle tactics that Gilgamesh did in Final Fantasy XII, and you are arbitrarily given the store Gilgamesh Inc. as a quest reward for finishing half of the Trials fights. Getting this store as a reward for beating their namesake would have made more sense.