Final Fantasy 13 Characters

  Not many details have been revealed about the characters of the game. From the trailer shown at E3 the character shown was a young woman wielding a retractable gunblade-type weapon which can transform into a sword or gun, but does not function as both at the same time - instead it can transition from one to the other, as shown in a brief scene in the trailer.

  The character's name is rumored to be Lightning. Several screenshots of the battle screen display the name Lightning next to the ATB meter. "Lightning" appears in a consistent spot on the screen even as the character performs several different attacks. Another argument in favor is that Kitase/Nomura games have a tradition of aerial themed names for the main characters such as Cloud, Squall, Tidus ("sun" in Okinawan), and Sora ("sky" in Japanese). However, this word could also refer to a spell (though this is unlikely since a spell is listed to the left called "Thunder"), a Limit Break, or possibly a special sort of attack unique to the game.

  Other rumors give her the name "Natch". This appears to stem from an incorrect understanding of a review of the initial press conference; the word is actually mentioned in reference to Final Fantasy Versus XIII, and doesn't appear to be a name but a comment on the number of spiky-haired characters created by Tetsuya Nomura.