This game is set in midgar to start of with (final fantasy 7 world/town) only for the begining as that is where the japnese demo takes place! The main character in this game is Lightning, so far seeing as this post is quite old (coz u will reading this in 2010 when the game is out)only a few characters have been named, i don't know the black guys name (i forgot it) but there is Lightning, Snow Viller (Mr.33ft)and thats all i know so far, seeing as the demo is in japanese, and when the time comes when this game is released, please comment info down here for new people, by then i will already know information but for others who don't...post here