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"Final Fantasy XIII will be released on Xbox 360 in Japan, it has been announced. Square Enix has confirmed that the Western exclusive will be released in the region due to increasing popularity of the system. &amp;quot;Because we feel that there are a lot of 360 owners worldwide, and a lot of people in Japan who own nothing but 360s,&amp;quot; producer Yoshinori Kitase told Famitsu (via 1Up). &amp;quot;Thanks to the new [slim] system and such, the situation&amp;#039;s a lot different than it was in July 2008.&amp;quot; The release will feature English voices and European subtitles, &amp;#039;My Hands&amp;#039; by Leona Lewis as the theme song, an easy mode that increases item drop rate and a booklet featuring art concepts. It will also include scenes cut from the final release and an episode that takes place after the events of the game. &amp;quot;The scenes we removed had to be cut for tempo-related reasons,&amp;quot; explained Director Motomu Toriyama. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a scene where Serah and Snow are buying a birthday present for Lightning; that got cut because showing Snow going to the bathroom didn&amp;#039;t really match with how serious the story was getting!&amp;quot; It was also revealed that DLC was planned for all versions of the game post-release &amp;quot;but that plan wound up not happening&amp;quot;, according to Toriyama. Final Fantasy XIII: Ultimate Hits International will be available in Japan from December 16. &amp;gt; Click here to read our review of the game "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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