Track this topic | Email this topic | Print this topic

Square Enix announced earlier today that Final Fantasy Origins has been shipped to stores in North America

The release is a compilation of Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II (never released in North America) for the Playstation.  The games (which were originally published for the Nintendo Entertainment System) have been fairly reworked. The basic features of the compilation include:

Enhanced graphics (think of the WonderSwan Color graphic if you've seen them)
Cinematic movies
Updated Music
New Gameplay modes (There is an Easy and Original difficulty modes for FFI)
An Amano art gallery
An a bestiary of monsters from each game

For more information on Final Fantasy Origins, check past news updates here at the Caves of Narshe.

Source: Gamespot

/*****/

Final Fantasy Origins is definitely worth the purchase in my opinion (for what that's even worth).  I've only played Final Fantasy I on the compilation thus far, but I have really liked what I have seen.  It almost makes me nostalgic to get out my old Nintendo, but after fiddling around with FFO, I don't think I'd want to play the original Final Fantasy anymore.  It takes a lot of the peskiness out of the original.  For one, a run button has been added.  There is also no more "INEFFECTIVE" after one of your characters tries to attack an enemy that has already been dispatched.  Plus, it's two games in one. A bargain alsmost.

I know a few of the Staffers at the CoN already have it, but whom else here thinks they might be purchasing this?

(On an off-topic note, I believe this also leaves FFIII and FFX as the only Final Fantasies that cannot be played on the Playstation)

--------------------

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

I love FFOrigins, and I haven't even played FF2 yet.  It's worth FF1 alone if you're like me and always wanted to play it but never had the time, money, opportunity, or patience.  It's just awesome, although it's got super nintendo graphics, it actually makes it more fun than I think it would be if they had made it more like the playstation FFs.  The loading times are impressive for coming off of the CD.  My only complaint is that you can't save unless you sleep at the inn, unless I'm missing something.

And FFMQ hasn't been released on playstation, unless you're just talking about mainstream numbered FFs.

--------------------

Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

Neal, does that mean you can't save in cottages either? You could in the NES cart, right?

--------------------

"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

No, you can still save in those types of items.  I meant you couldn't save at the inn unless you slept first.

--------------------

Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I actually had the original FF 1 Cart for NES, I got it from a garge sale for 5 bucks and I heard it was worth a little bit of money because it was rare, but It was stolen from me, I guess origins will have to do(can't wait to get it!!!)

I absolutely love Origins.  I never beat FFI, and that's been hanging over me for the past seven years.  

Oh, and the battle theme in FFII is aural sex.

--------------------

"I sat alone and I didn't care,
I sat two years in the same old chair,
I saw three roads but didn't know,
Which way to go-go-go"
My Coco, stellastarr*

I have FF Origins, the beginnings are wonderful, though its a bit confusing on the game controls in the beginning.
Edit: I bought it on my birthday



--------------------

Shoot me with a gun
make it out of words
destroy my heart
obliterate my viens
disinegrate my bones
but leave me my mind
so I may go crazy
Thank you josh....AHHHHHH

I bought FF Origins and I LOVE it! Seeing these two classic games all redone rocks! I've beat FF1 Already and had 97+ Percent on the collections, and am midway through FF2 A definate Must-Buy for all FF fans alike!