Of all the games in the “Fabula Nova Crystallis” series, Final Fantasy Agito XIII may be the one with the least hype surrounding it. That may be misguided on the part of gamers, though, because as the latest gameplay update shows, this PSP spiritual followup to Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII has killer visuals, killer gameplay, and some killer (and fully controllable) summons.

The heroes of Agito are all trainees at a magic academy, each with his or her own choice of weapons physical and magical. You pick a group of three and build them up RPG-style, either playing by your lonesome or in online co-op, but the big story with this update is the summon system. Every character has the ability to cast summons in Agito, and you’ll be directly controlling the creature you summon right on the battlefield. Lots of the traditional FF summons will be appearing in Agito — screens revealed this week show Odin dismounting his horse Sleipnir and kicking ass with his sword in ways that would look rather painful if this were real life.

Agito XIII is due out 2009 worldwide.

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