Small note here on the term "Memory Grade" - the term in Japanese is simply メモリ. This is a pun though and can either be read as the English word "Memory" or as the Japanese word for "Gradation." I decided to combine the two meanings into one term to try and carry over the double-meaning.
Next up is the
Move List for all of the characters included in the demo. There are three modes available - "Intro," "Normal," and "Hard" with different move sets for all. Everyone also has an Assist Partner (the smaller protrait under them), most interesting being Sephiroth assisting Cloud and Zidane assisting Kuja. Right now, we will have to see if this always means cross-faction assists... or if this is being done to stay away from revealing new characters. And while we know the moves for the returning players, I did go through and translate the move lists for Kain and Lightning in Hard Mode, and its under the cut -
Kain Highwind
Brave Attacks
Ground: Spiral Blow
Ground Towards: Piercing Lance
Ground Away: Cyclone
Air: Thrust Lance
Air Up: Celest Shooter
Air Down: Crush Dive
HP Attacks
Ground: Jump
Ground Towards: Dragon Fang
Ground Away: None
Air: Gugnir
Air: Rising Dive
Air Up: Sky Grounder
EX-Mode Special Attack
R+囗 Dragon Sword
HP Damage will restore HP
Lightning
Color Guide -
Commando/
Ravager/
Medic
Brave Attacks
Ground:
Smash Up/
Army of One/
Cure
Ground Towards:
Area Blast/
Fira
Ground Away:
Ruinga/
Aerora/
Cura
Air:
Impact Break/
Thunder/
Cure
Air Up:
Blitz Rush/
Blizzara/
Air Down:
Ruin/
Watera/
Cura
HP Attacks
Ground: Lightning Strike
Ground Towards: None
Ground Away: Stormblade
Air: Razor Gale
Air Up: None
Air Down: Crushing Blow
Combo Note
Smash Up leads into Flourish of Steel
Cure spells do not heal HP, they instead raise Brave
(BTW, having not played FFXIII in English, much less Japanese, I'm not entirely sure that I got all the attacks right. If anyone wants to correct me, please feel free to do so.)