During the pandemonium that was the Tokyo Game Show, Games Radar managed to get an interview with two head honchos on the Final Fantasy III project. In speaking with Hiromichi Tanaka, Senior Vice President of Software Development and Tomoya Asano, Producer, it's revealed that due to the already insane success from the game's launch in Japan, Square-Enix is looking to adopt a strategy of just outright remaking classic Final Fantasy titles, as opposed to just porting them as they did with Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI. So with ports to the GBA, remakes hitting the DS, as well as brand-new spin-off games, Square-Enix is staking a mighty large claim on the DS. We couldn't be happier, to tell the truth.
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9-26-2006 @ 1:07PM
Abe said...
Please remake Final Fantasy VI for the DS like Final Fantasy III. That would make me very happy.
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9-26-2006 @ 2:02PM
_habit_ said...
So...there aren't anymore to remake in 3D, unless they remake a remake >_>
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9-26-2006 @ 2:32PM
Kia said...
Oh god, -please- let us see IV and VI remade!
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9-26-2006 @ 2:33PM
RandomDouche said...
Square enix loves the DS, they are making a killing from it....it's borderline ridiculous. Oh well, at least those PSP fanboys have yet to recieve any FF games! 0wn3d
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9-26-2006 @ 3:04PM
Spaz said...
This is a wish granted. I never played the "old" Final Fantasy games, and I would definitely buy them anew on my DS if they were remade in 3D glory, ala Final Fantasy III.
Bring it on, Square - my wallet is waiting.
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9-26-2006 @ 3:04PM
Taltos said...
So is this supposed to be telling us that we can expect a FF:VII remake in the near future for the DS?
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9-26-2006 @ 3:22PM
nugget said...
I wish this happens, I'm a great fan of FFI and would love to see that made into 3D for the DS. I have the FF1&II dawn of souls and I've just about finished it all up. I can't wait for III to come out here, and I'd love for IV to VI to be in the FFIII style of remake.
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9-26-2006 @ 3:29PM
FSK405K said...
FFIII will tank. I'll love it, and you'll love it, but its release date is Nov 14 and so it will get lost under the Wii rampage. Children of Mana is released Oct 30 so has a chance to catch its retail breadth before the chaos ensues.
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9-26-2006 @ 4:11PM
Steinmania said...
My thoughts exactly, Taltos. Even if the game had to be on 2 or 3 carts, I'd be totally fine with that!
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9-26-2006 @ 5:26PM
Inspired said...
@FSK405K
Yes, FFIII, having already sold over half a million copies in Japan, will tank. Good call.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:56PM
mike said...
they should so make a remake of FFVII
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9-26-2006 @ 8:19PM
Reeve said...
Forget Final Fantasy, remake Chrono Trigger first!
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9-26-2006 @ 8:28PM
Dylan said...
I would kill for some final Fantasy VII ports. Can I get an amen Mike? Amen!
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9-26-2006 @ 9:02PM
moofree said...
I would like games yet-unreleased in America first. Star Ocean, Seiken Densetsu 3, Dragon Quest 5 and 6.
FF7 wasn't that good of a game, but a FF6 remake would be awesome.
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9-26-2006 @ 10:18PM
Sinergy said...
man just thinking about an ff6 remake makes me wanna .... well, release some sort of a bodily fluid...
seriously. that would rock.
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9-26-2006 @ 11:43PM
Sri Lumpa said...
I got a couple of questions fro Final Fantasy fans.
First, why is FF3 so anticipated? Is it only because it was previously unreleased in the west or is it known to be a very good iteration in the series?
I mean I have read several comments saying FF2 wasn't that good a game and I was wondering if people would be as excited about it if it had not been released in English on PS1 and was redone like FF3 is despite the critics it seems to get.
And this ties into my second question. I am currently playing FF2 (on the PS1) and am wondering why it is people are panning it. Sure I liked FF1 better (and its music seems to stick more to my mind than FF2's) and I have read that it was the leveling system that they didn't like but I have never seen any specific reason why so if someboy could explain that to me I would be grateful.
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9-27-2006 @ 12:16AM
Taltos said...
I am painfully reminded of how several Chrono Trigger fan remake projects were shot down now. Alas, Square is still touchy about that subject.
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9-27-2006 @ 12:56AM
Kevin said...
If FFVII was remade onto the DS I will shit myself.
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9-27-2006 @ 1:22AM
Geoff said...
heres an idea, a port of FF7 on the VC, do that and i'd cream my pants
and i'd rather FF6 be a VC remake too, i can't see FF VI lookin right using the FFIII engine (not that it has to) and realism is not the DS' sharpest point
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9-27-2006 @ 1:37AM
Matt said...
As long as they don't make another Children of Mana, I'll be glad to buy the rest of their DS games.
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