Final Fantasy III on the DS: fully 3D! (Evolution)

Title: Final Fantasy III on the DS: fully 3D!
Description: ..and FF 4-6 being ported to the GBA

BrotherEstapol - October 7, 2005 04:54 AM (GMT)

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Nintendo's DS press conference in Japan today provided Square Enix with the perfect opportunity to solidify some of its recent moves with the Final Fantasy series. We were most interested in learning what is up with DS Crystal Chronicles and all the Final Fantasy port projects now in development.

First off, the ports. The first two FF games are already available in one package for the Game Boy Advance. An updated version of part IV was recently announced, also for the Game Boy Advance. So that leaves III, V and VI as the pre-VII Final Fantasy games that are still screaming for a revival.
Final Fantasy III was announced for the DS months ago, but today Square Enix showed that the game is more than just vaporware. The company shared a trailer for the game showcasing, surprisingly, 3D visuals for both characters and fields, a far cry from the original's 8-bit graphics.

Producer Hiromichi Tanaka, who's heading up the game's DS conversion (Tanaka is also known for his more recent work on Final Fantasy XI) took the stage at the press conference to explain some of the background behind the port project. According to Tanaka, Square Enix has considered remaking FFIII multiple times in the past, but the plans never came to fruition due to various conflicts -- a system's life span running out, the inability to gather the requires staff members, and so forth.

The game's visuals have changed considerably, Tanaka admits, but in order to preserve the image of the original, staff members from the original, including Kazuhiko Aoki and Koichi Ishii, are supervising the remake. New members are also playing big roles in the game's development. Tanaka revealed that FFXI's Ryosuke Aiba is serving as art director and FFXII's Akihiko Yoshida is serving as character designer on the project.

FFIII was the main focus of Square Enix's presentation today, but the company also made sure and provide some closure. Following the release of FFIV on the Game Boy Advance, the company will be brining V and VI to the system as well. As with the conversion of IV, the games will be updated for the conversion.

Sadly, the DS version of Crystal Chronicles wasn't addressed today, although the game is still known to be in development for release some time in 2006. The company is also at work on Dragon Quest Monsters and Seiken Densetsu DS Children of Mana for the DS, both of which were previously announced.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/656/656107p1.html

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http://revo-europe.com/news.php?nid=8319

Manny M - October 7, 2005 05:32 AM (GMT)

Ok, that's it... DS time.

Comrade Natrak - October 7, 2005 09:34 AM (GMT)

*hugs his Nintendo DS*

Fyuusii - October 7, 2005 12:37 PM (GMT)

Any ideas where I can get the trailer? IGN doesn't seem to have it... :cry:

JJJames7 - October 8, 2005 08:42 AM (GMT)

I'm not getting any of these games, I'm too scared I'll get addicted... The stories of gaming memories either involve Final Fantasy or Zelda. :P

borgster101 - October 9, 2005 01:01 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (Manny M @ Oct 7 2005, 03:32 PM)

Ok, that's it... DS time.

:lol: You had to crack eventually.

Man the DS is really getting a lot of killer games lately, this is great :D

/backslash - September 14, 2006 09:41 AM (GMT)

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: RPG
Origin: Japan
Release: TBA

Square Enix announced a new Nintendo DS RPG called Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, a new adventure of Vaan and Penelo from Final Fantasy XII to the unknown, floating continents. The younger looks of both characters suggest that the story takes place before the stories of FFXII for PS2. The character designer is not Akihiko Yoshida this time.

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Was thinking about posting this as a new topic, but seemed kinda pointless when there's one so similar

Final Fantasy III trailer

Click here, look for one dated May 19, 2006

Spartan - September 14, 2006 02:45 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (/backslash @ Sep 14 2006, 07:41 PM)

Saw that on IGN, pretty interesting. These are just all more reasons why the DS pwns the PSP.

g1ggy - September 14, 2006 10:26 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (JJJames7 @ Oct 8 2005, 06:42 PM)

I'm not getting any of these games, I'm too scared I'll get addicted... The stories of gaming memories either involve Final Fantasy or Zelda. :P

I'm pretty sure that's a good thing...

Still, I won't be getting it, I'm not a huge fan of FF :(

Jiro - September 17, 2006 03:42 AM (GMT)

man this game looks so awesome, ive been tracking it for a while now and im definatley getting it straight away. the conversion theve gone through to get it full 3D from the original NES version is amazing.

i just wanna know how they will use the touch screen. anyone have any ideas?

borgster101 - September 17, 2006 04:43 AM (GMT)

I think I saw in videos you use the touch screen to move your character around, it works pretty well, but you can also use the buttons if you prefer.

Damn, the DS is getting some major Square Enix love, I will most likely pick up FFIII when it releases.

/backslash - September 17, 2006 04:46 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (borgster101 @ Sep 17 2006, 12:43 PM)

Damn, the DS is getting some major Square Enix love, I will most likely pick up FFIII when it releases.

You much of an importer borgster? Might be more ideal, plus you wouldn't have that annoying classification logo on the front covering up 50% of the artwork
edit: Ok, wouldn't matter because DVDCrave is getting the US version

borgster101 - September 17, 2006 04:50 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (/backslash @ Sep 17 2006, 02:46 PM)

QUOTE (borgster101 @ Sep 17 2006, 12:43 PM)

Damn, the DS is getting some major Square Enix love, I will most likely pick up FFIII when it releases.

If I do buy import games I would buy them from an Aussie importer, like DVDCrave, in fact they have the US version set for November, and I was probably going to get it from them anyway, due to the lack of Aussie release details, and it would be great to pick it up before the Wii :D

So yeah, in the case of this game I'd very likely get the US version.

edit well it seems you noticed DVDCrave is getting it :P

NismoR34 - September 17, 2006 05:19 PM (GMT)

Add me to the list of people who will probably import it via DVDCrave as well. Been interested in this title for quite some time now, not to mention the other ports that are going to the GBA. About time I (we) got some old school Final Fantasy love again. :)

Machiavelli - September 23, 2006 03:27 AM (GMT)

FFIII Review

Disappointing. I definitely disagree with some of his comments though. First of all the game is not a dungeon crawler. Since when is challenge a bad thing? Finally, if you can't get over the turn based system, then just stop playing RPGs. Seriously.

borgster101 - September 23, 2006 03:58 AM (GMT)

Yeah I read that review, but it seems a bit off, in an interview with the developers they mentioned that if this was a new game it wouldnt be so challenging, but to stay true to the NES original they decided to keep the challenge how it was back in the good old days.

Sometimes reviews are just wrong, they are only an opinion after all.

Nags - October 13, 2006 04:05 PM (GMT)

Im really excited to play FF3, but what i really want on the DS is a Final Fantasy Tactics or even a Ogre Tactics(Was a pretty good GBA game) But this will definalty fill in some handheld time for me.

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