I just looked at a magazine scan which said this. And I can't seem to paste the link

Yep, I have read it as well, she is not the main character. They just decided to use her for the trailer.

Maybe they meant it in a ffxii kinda way?

I've heard several times from several Internet sources that she is not the main character, but the main character is in fact a female.

I prefer male characters. I guess because when I play video games I play through the character instead of controlling them.

It's actually a big issue for me, I might skip over FFXIII and just wait for Versus. The character being portrayed for that game looks awesome.

FFXII was made by a different team entirely though -- or atleast, it wasn't headed by Nomura. And Nomura has a totally different style and takes different approaces to things. I think we'll see a main character, but it won't be the girl in the trailer, even if she looks cool.

I wouldn't mind it if they went with a female main character for FFXIII and a male main character for Versus though (which they are). That way we could have both guy and girl and people would be equally as happy?

What I am thinking is that she is the Vaan of ffxiii.

Vaan didn't have a major role. He just strolled along with the other characters because he had nothing better do I guess. Though the death of his brother, Rex did come into play a few times. It just wasn't as strong a role for him to be the main character.

So I am guessing they meant it story wise than playibialty.

I'm not really borthered if the main character is female or male either way i'll still buy it. I'm just looking forward to both FFXIII and Versus they look great so far