Lightning is set to return to the media spotlight in December By Erren Van Duine on November 29, 2012 at 10:48 PM

While we received no update yesterday from the Lightning Returns team, they’ve made up for it today by continuing their last little bit of review.

The marketing team admits that the current amount of information out there is quite insufficient, but promises to open the floodgates come December. Given that the official LRFFXIII Twitter and Facebook pages have ramped up in activity over the past two weeks, it only makes sense that they would confirm as such. That said, today’s recap topic focuses on the game’s new logo.

The team really wanted to make a new logo for the game – something completely different. The idea was to draw up this logo from scratch and create something different from the usual Amano outing. They went through several designs, all of which were eventually scrapped. Finally, the end result was born out of two concepts: “lightning” and “metallic.” In fact, the symbol used in the logo will appear at some point in the game.

What do you think of the new design? Do you prefer the classic Final Fantasy style logos?

  • hikari_lyte

    Well, it kinda looks like the Skyrim logo to me. As well as being similar to the Zanarkand Abes symbol in Final Fantasy X.

  • http://twitter.com/Azuardo Azuardo

    Oh good, not long to wait then. I was a bit miffed at the name and logo thing at first, but it’s just one of those things you get accustomed to. Was kinda obvious the logo would play a role in some way, but curious to know what it is. These kinds of things are pretty irrelevant, though – it’s the gameplay I’m looking forward to seeing!

  • awaiken

    isn’t that the same logo that this game has always had?

  • Protosin

    Yeah, too much like Skyrim. Would’ve preferred Amano. That’s okay though considering this game is supposed to be “different”.

  • http://twitter.com/Azuardo Azuardo

    Yes, by “new” she is referring to the fact it is different to traditional FF logos.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Humzah-Jan/100001147084979 Humzah Jan

    I think both ways would be fine. This feels like it can stand out in terms of boxart, but I also like the traditional simplistic style.

    I’m sure the Skyrim similarities were not intentional. It looks like the FNC symbol in some form to me.

  • Ehren Rivers

    It actually reminds me a little of the symbol of the Gorons in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It also, yes, does to seem to bear a striking resemblance to the emblem of the Zanarkand Abes. The only similarity I see to the Skyrim symbol is that it’s point and silver, and not even the same shade/pointy in the same places.

    It’s very pretty though. I prefer the older style, but I’m glad they decided to try something new.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nemer.aldabeek Nemer G Al-Dabeek

    Neeed FF versus XIII :( (

  • Type9

    Looks more like Transformers lol.

  • tenjyusei

    Mmm yeah, and both those (Skyrim and Zanarkand Abes) look like distorted logos of Shining Force III’s Destonia too.

  • Jonathan Blount

    One day this will be said about Versus.

    One day….