Final Fantasy III: Old vs. New
Oct. 20th, 2012 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auronluI've been playing Final Fantasy III on iPad. I didn't realize that the original had ever been released in English, although apparently it must've since this playthrough shows it. Adorable 8-bit goodness:
Nintendo DS Remake of FFIII has given the characters personality, dialog, a dash of humor with letters being sent to you from NPCs via Mognet, some backstory and relationships, and FFIX style graphics. It's the same music if you listen closely, rearranged by Uematsu for a richer sound system:
The iPad (same as Android) graphics are brighter, clearer, and larger, but otherwise the same as the DS:
But the music sounds so, so much better on iPad:
I woke up with this running through my head and didn't even mind the earworm. I lurve me some Uematsu.
Like most early 8-bit games, we get the standard 3 guys, one tomboy gal mix, with Refia the smith's daughter a decent enough character (needs a little more development, as do they all, but her personality is clear enough). Arc -- ginger lad with freckles -- is charmingly non-buff and has a pen pal relationship going with a prince which would've gotten a lot of slashfic if this game were better known.
I am reminded that FFV's party started out with the standard 8-bit gaming 3 guys, 1 gal party, but quickly morphed into 2 guys, 2 gals thanks to some cross-dressing shenanigans, and wound up as 3 gals, 1 guy. Did anyone else ever notice this?
Nintendo DS Remake of FFIII has given the characters personality, dialog, a dash of humor with letters being sent to you from NPCs via Mognet, some backstory and relationships, and FFIX style graphics. It's the same music if you listen closely, rearranged by Uematsu for a richer sound system:
The iPad (same as Android) graphics are brighter, clearer, and larger, but otherwise the same as the DS:
But the music sounds so, so much better on iPad:
I woke up with this running through my head and didn't even mind the earworm. I lurve me some Uematsu.
Like most early 8-bit games, we get the standard 3 guys, one tomboy gal mix, with Refia the smith's daughter a decent enough character (needs a little more development, as do they all, but her personality is clear enough). Arc -- ginger lad with freckles -- is charmingly non-buff and has a pen pal relationship going with a prince which would've gotten a lot of slashfic if this game were better known.
I am reminded that FFV's party started out with the standard 8-bit gaming 3 guys, 1 gal party, but quickly morphed into 2 guys, 2 gals thanks to some cross-dressing shenanigans, and wound up as 3 gals, 1 guy. Did anyone else ever notice this?
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Date: 2012-10-20 04:30 pm (UTC)FF3 was never officially released in English until the DS version; I think there were fan translations floating around, though, much like with FF2 (which wasn't released until the PSX era here.)
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Date: 2012-10-21 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-22 03:28 pm (UTC)Just Google "Final Fantasy III IPad" since Google is being evil and giving me a Googletagged URL to copy when I try to search for it.
Or search for "Final Fantasy III" in the App Store app on the iPad. You may need to poke the "iphone" toggle to get it to turn up (It's really an iPhone app with the graphics at 2x on an iPad.)
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Date: 2012-10-22 04:28 pm (UTC)