they are selling parts of story bits as novels.....
I'll just watch Japan version videos, boss battles and cutscenes, Toriyama really made such a half-baked FF with XIII, and now FFXIII-2 despite improving some of its gameplay aspects, is worsening parts of its battle system, party, and other things.
200+ monsters isn't going to make up for so many characters wasted and unused instead of being designed as more important story characters and actual party members. XIII-2 doesn't seem like it will be worth the grind.