Well, if you weren't quite convinced that Final Fantasy III DS was worth getting excited over, then try this on for size: rumor has it that the same team has taken on an update of Final Fantasy IV -- one of three Final Fantasy titles heralded as a contender for the title of best game ever.
Whereas the original FFIII was passed over for a U.S. release and featured, prior to update, a nameless band of warriors, the next entry in the series originated many of the qualities that turned the franchise into a global powerhouse. The game debuted the Active Time Battle system and featured an epic storyline that's still held dear in the hearts of RPG gamers everywhere. It's been remade several times -- most recently (and we mean recently) for the GBA -- but a remake using the FFIII engine could give the game new life and improve the only thing that needs to be improved, which is the graphics.
If this is true (and it wouldn't surprise us), we'll most likely hear confirmation on it soon, since the Square Enix Party is this weekend in Japan. According to the rumor, the game is nearly finished as well, so if it's coming, we won't have long to wait.
[Via NeoGAF]
21. @3: They wouldn't port it (although if it wasn't for the ammount of CGI and audio the game has, it could have been a possibility(Resident Evil DS was just a port of the PS1 version and a lot of the princibles used in RE were used in FFVII). Removing the real audio and using the DS sound chip would cause up-heaval from the fanbase). If they remade FFVII they'd have the DS' capabilities in mind, and maybe do a deal with Nintendo like they did for Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (32mb GBA cartridge, biggest cart size out there), it's not improbable that Nintendo could make a bigger DS card, hell, SD Micro now pushes 3Gigabytes and they're puny compared to the DS card.
However, I think Square went a bit crazy on the porting bit. FF1&2 remake on PSP, FFIIIr on DS now FFIVr on DS? I'd have liked all of them on one or both consoles, not mish-mashed between the two, personally.
Posted at 5:37AM on May 9th 2007 by ssuk