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The original Final Fantasy is being released over in Japan on the new WonderSwan, will we see it over here? With the hope of not starting the Japan get games first argument again, we can only hope. the graphics are a lot better and the story is the roots of Final Fantasy. So I for one would jump at the chance of getting my hands on the original. Perhaps now more than ever Developers are realising that there is a future in the past. With Mario Kart on the GameBoy advance and now FF1 we are seeing some games make a return, and hopefully it will be the start of something great.
There are many games we didn't get the chance to play being as they weren't released over here and hopefully now we may get the chance. I would love to play some of my older games as well again, perhaps with more enhanced graphics, (Secret of Mana) and I would love to get the chance to play Secret of Mana 2 which never made it over here. So with the news that a couple of older games are set to return we all must have our fingers crossed as we hope we see many games return. What games are you wishing to see again with better graphics?
There are many games we didn't get the chance to play being as they weren't released over here and hopefully now we may get the chance. I would love to play some of my older games as well again, perhaps with more enhanced graphics, (Secret of Mana) and I would love to get the chance to play Secret of Mana 2 which never made it over here. So with the news that a couple of older games are set to return we all must have our fingers crossed as we hope we see many games return. What games are you wishing to see again with better graphics?
With no chance of even getting half the Japanese hardware over here, WonderSwan as case in point, it's not suprising that we don't get half the games. Half the battle is the type of games UK & European gamers like to play, the Japs release a lot of games and some are plain weird to us (mind you, normally the ones that do get released go down well because they're such a breath of fresh air - Bishi Bashi special is a good example)
The other part is to do with translation. This, however, does not excuse the games that the Americans get but we don't. Again that can be down to what sells well, too many NFL games would not sell half as well in the UK.
Portable systems like Gameboy Advance and WonderSwan should be compatable the world over (bar language problems) and ordering Japanese games would not be difficult. Actually, if you own certain import Action Replay cartridges for the Playstation/Dreamcast or N64 then you can play all those import games straight away (assuming your TV can show 60khz) But I guess everyone already knew that?!
The other part is to do with translation. This, however, does not excuse the games that the Americans get but we don't. Again that can be down to what sells well, too many NFL games would not sell half as well in the UK.
Portable systems like Gameboy Advance and WonderSwan should be compatable the world over (bar language problems) and ordering Japanese games would not be difficult. Actually, if you own certain import Action Replay cartridges for the Playstation/Dreamcast or N64 then you can play all those import games straight away (assuming your TV can show 60khz) But I guess everyone already knew that?!
The original Final Fantasy is being released over in Japan on the new WonderSwan, will we see it over here? With the hope of not starting the Japan get games first argument again, we can only hope. the graphics are a lot better and the story is the roots of Final Fantasy. So I for one would jump at the chance of getting my hands on the original. Perhaps now more than ever Developers are realising that there is a future in the past. With Mario Kart on the GameBoy advance and now FF1 we are seeing some games make a return, and hopefully it will be the start of something great.
There are many games we didn't get the chance to play being as they weren't released over here and hopefully now we may get the chance. I would love to play some of my older games as well again, perhaps with more enhanced graphics, (Secret of Mana) and I would love to get the chance to play Secret of Mana 2 which never made it over here. So with the news that a couple of older games are set to return we all must have our fingers crossed as we hope we see many games return. What games are you wishing to see again with better graphics?
There are many games we didn't get the chance to play being as they weren't released over here and hopefully now we may get the chance. I would love to play some of my older games as well again, perhaps with more enhanced graphics, (Secret of Mana) and I would love to get the chance to play Secret of Mana 2 which never made it over here. So with the news that a couple of older games are set to return we all must have our fingers crossed as we hope we see many games return. What games are you wishing to see again with better graphics?