Two More Final Fantasies Heading to GBA

Posted on Wednesday 5th October 2005 at 18:06 by SilverFork

Yoichi Wada, the current president of Square-Enix, made what many fans would consider an exciting announcement yesterday at Japan's Nintendo DS Conference: Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI are now in the process of being re-released on the Game Boy Advance. Much like Final Fantasy IV Advance, the games will receive extra content unfamiliar to both their Super Nintendo and PlayStation versions. Both titles are scheduled to be released sometime next year.

On an interesting note, Wada added that the Final Fantasy III remake for Nintendo DS is indeed well into development. The reason for the slower than anticipated progress? The graphics, specifically those of the characters and fields, are now being made up with polygons, giving the game an authentic 3D look.

(Big thanks to SSJ_Cloud for providing the link)

Source: Games Are Fun

Posted in: Square-Enix News, News from Japan

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footbigmike	Comment 1: 2005-10-05 18:09
	YYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! I knew it was coming! Now i will save my money...for once.
NeoEx-Death	Comment 2: 2005-10-05 19:05
	Thank you, God!! THANK YOU!!! Now I'll finally be able to play FFV and FFVI, my two fav ff games in my GBA emulator! Man, I'm so excited, I can't stop myself from jumping.
Kane	Comment 3: 2005-10-05 19:42
	That makes me very happy . I wonder what the new content will be?
Mimic	Comment 4: 2005-10-05 20:12
	I'm actually pretty excited about this. More 'n' likely, it'll encourage me to use my GBA somewhere other than long boat and car journeys, having these games, especially FF5, so close to hand. And extra content! I'm sort of hoping for a Soul of Rebirth sort of thing, if I've got my facts straight and that was the FF2 content that added backstory to many of the characters. Unless they mess it up royally, which, given FF1 & 2, I'm thinking will be quite hard to do, this oughta be great.
karasuman	Comment 5: 2005-10-06 00:47
	Quote (NeoEx-Death @ 5th October 2005 14:05) Thank you, God!! THANK YOU!!! Now I'll finally be able to play FFV and FFVI, my two fav ff games in my GBA emulator! Man, I'm so excited, I can't stop myself from jumping. Yes, because emulating games instead of buying them provides excellent incentive for companies to rerelease old favourites. I can't imagine content that would make me want to buy these. I don't like FFV, and I already have FF6. The price of a new game doesn't justified improved load times, and I can't think of what content they could add that would make it worthwhile. I guess it is a good sign that more old games are coming out, though. Gives me more hope for SD2 and Earthbound.
MogMaster	Comment 6: 2005-10-06 03:02
	Excited? You bet your sweet ass. I may be getting a GBA now.
Kotestu	Comment 7: 2005-10-06 03:03
	these are the ones with locke and batz right? if so i really hope they improve shadow's picture and sprite cuz hes one of my fav chars but he looks a bit wierd on the game @.@
Elena1999	Comment 8: 2005-10-06 04:38
	Quote (karasuman @ 5th October 2005 17:47) Quote (NeoEx-Death @ 5th October 2005 14:05) Thank you, God!! THANK YOU!!! Now I'll finally be able to play FFV and FFVI, my two fav ff games in my GBA emulator! Man, I'm so excited, I can't stop myself from jumping. Yes, because emulating games instead of buying them provides excellent incentive for companies to rerelease old favourites. Good point there but I also wondered, and you couldn't play them on a snes emulator?
Glenn Magus Harvey	Comment 9: 2005-10-06 05:11
	Quote (Kane) That makes me very happy. My hearing that Final Fantasy III is actually being worked on, and most likely this time being worked well on (as opposed to butchering the quality inherent in the older versions) and (hopefully) significantly improved and updated but in keeping with its original spirit (again, hopefully) makes me very happy.
SilverFork	Comment 10: 2005-10-06 07:43
	Now that I've had the chance to really think about it, there's one very crucial thing I'm counting on Square-Enix to do here - that is, I hope against all hopes they leave FFV's music intact this time 'round, unlike the rotting cesspool that was its soundtrack in FF Anthology. If they can pull that off, everything'll be peachy keen as far as I'm concerned. By the way, the following are two low-quality, blurry image samples of the FFIII remake as it was seen presented on a large screen at the Nintendo DS Conference (you can find 'em by following the link in the original post, but ya have to scroll down through the comments quite a ways): Appears to be the inside of a cave, possibly near the beginning. Most likely in-battle shots showing off the 3D visuals. And lastly, Akihiko Yoshia - the notable character designer for several RPG's including Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII - has apparently replaced Yoshitaka Amano as the image illustrator for FFIII. The characters will look excellent, I'm sure, even if my unwavering bias in favor of Amano causes me to be just a li'l disappointed.
Spiffyness	Comment 11: 2005-10-06 12:30
	Awww... I loved Amano's stuff! Having Nomura for the newer games wasn't that big of a deal, but if you're REMAKING a game, you should keep the same character designer. Oh well. Yup I'm excited, although I'll have to wait and see what the "extra features" are before I actually buy IV, V, or VI. But III is a must.
Barrylocke	Comment 12: 2005-10-06 13:01
	If the gods answered our prayer's for FFIV GBA, then the god's of the god's answered our prayers for FFV and FFVI. Keep posting new on this PLEASE. I'm happy. I'd love to see the extra features. Let's all guess. I think the Bestairy of DoS may make an apperance. Edit True I'm only going to emulate them if I don't get a DS in time, but still
laszlow	Comment 13: 2005-10-06 14:04
	Quote (Barrylocke @ 6th October 2005 08:01) I'm happy. I'd love to see the extra features. Let's all guess. I think the Bestairy of DoS may make an apperance. You mean like the Bestiary in the FF Anthology system file? But seriously, I'm very curious as to what kind of special features they could include. Probably one or two optional hidden dungeons, almost certainly new weapons, possibly but doubtfully new Espers or playable characters, the list goes on.
footbigmike	Comment 14: 2005-10-06 16:08
	Maybe since FF DoS did secret bosses from 6, 6 will do secret bosses from 1. OK, maybe not, but it would be cool to see Kraken, Lich, Kary and Chaos on FF6. I hope that they don't make it too easy like the FF1 version.
sax_russell_the_green	Comment 15: 2005-10-06 18:23
	Hmmm, $130 for a DS (give or take), let's say $30 per game plus another say $40 for a 3D III... Cost of the complete Final Fantasy series on Nintendo: ~$300. Value of an orgy of Final Fantasy on a portable system, playable anywhere: Priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's my MoogleCard
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