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"Final fanatsy"

Finaly Final fantasy is returning to nintendo and its looking amazing! Its even going to have a link up with The GBA games. Looks like nintendo has had a talk with squaresoft. The GC games (Crystal Cronical) is looking great. But the gameboy games (FFtacttics advance and chocobo:a game of dice) with my oppinion aren't looking that good. Well at least FF is returning to Nintendo.

I think Square are returning to their Secret of Mana Snes roots.

Don't worry if it sounds a little Zelda like, it merely takes the best from both worlds:

What makes the Final Fantasy series so great?
The nice graphics, involving story and building up characters with experience characters.

The flaws? The random battles and turn based combat was designed for the make-do power of 8/16 bit machines.
It's also REALLY antisocial when you have friends round.


What Secret of Mana is keeps the epic story, the character building, and nice graphics, but gives you real time fighting as well.
Yes, you still have a team, they're controlled by the computer AI, UNLESS (and this is the best bit!) your friends comes along and feels like taking control of one of them. You can play up to 4 player co-operatively in this new Final Fantasy game.

It's fantastic!

No random battles.
No out-dated "choose your move from the list", which millions of other RPG's use. This is how it should be.

Vandal Hearts style maybe?

I've never played Secret of Mana (always wanted to though) so I don't know what that style is like.

And who would hold down Cyclone when it's time for his 'treatment'?

Indeed.


I wouldn't be able to find uses for them all by myself

Indeed I am. And if we didn't stick together, what would we do with all those pins?

gerrid wrote:
> I agree. Very much so. ABout the combat.

Are you agreeing with me?

Us sane people have to stick together you know.


I coulnd't care less about it feeling like a team, Secret of Mana worked perfectly well, taht is what it's going to be like.

Without the turn based I can see it turning into some Zelda style game, I say keep it turn based, it's what makes it Final Fantasy it's the games difference.

And yep, calling aeons and having all those lovely magic attacks just won't be the same. It won't feel like a team you're in either if it's not turn based, think about it.

Anyway I suppose it's a new direction etc etc

I agree. Very much so. ABout the combat.

The previous combat system in FF games is crap, I absolutely hate it.

Oh look lets sit around and wait for this meter to fill up, the I can select an action and do it all over again. Of course the computer doesn't have to search through all the damn menus....


That system is probably the only reason Chrono Trigger doens't make my top 5 RPGs list.

Either it's proper turn based, or real time. Anything else and I won't buy it.

The really overblown but cool attacks.

Like that one Sephiroth uses agaist you in the final battle.