Final Fantasy GBA series

[Reenee]

I've never had any portable RPGs before (barring Pokémon...if you call it one) so I was wondering what's the general consensus with the FF GBA games...excluding Tactics. Bleagh.

[Eggman]

People complain about FF4A but I still found the game perfectly playable and with a much better translation. Great music. One of my favorites. Pick it up.

FF5A basically fixes what people complained about in FF4A (the battle slowdown, most of the scrolling) and also has a great translation. Great music. Pick it up.

FF6A comes out like....next week. It's FF6 with some extra Espers and an optional dungeon. Perhaps my favorite. I don't know too much about the translation aside from them fixing spell names (Pearl back to Holy) and enemy names (Doomgaze back to Deathgaze) but it's a fantastic game anyway. Pick it up.

[Reenee]

What about Dawn of Souls?

Please note I my first FF was FF8, which was my first RPG. :3

[Kyosuke Kagami]

Dawn of Souls is also highly enjoyable... if you don't mind those games to be highly simplistic, considering today's standards. I didn't and I liked it, though it has a small detail that made me say "lawl ez":

It may be dissapointing for the fans of the original NES games, because they're way easier (changing FF1's magic system, among other things)... of course, the extra dungeons are a totally different story, and some of the new bosses there are stupid as hell.

But anyway, yes, Dawn of Souls is good


About FF6A... MORE ESPERS AND A NEW DUNGEON? They made VI even more awesome (best FF IMO) than it already is.

[rmz]

I'm going out of my mind waiting for FF6A.

Like three or four new espers (let's see...Cactaur, Diabolos, Leviathan [not Bismuth], and one other one I think...), two new dungeons (Dragons' Den and Soul Shrine), a long overdue redone translation, and more. Plus they actually made the 8 Dragons sidequest worth doing now that the extra dungeon is in there.

One of the biggest things that I'm looking forward to about it is that all of the names of items, monsters, and descriptions have like twice the number of spaces available compared to the SNES version. No more vague or confusing item names or descriptions.

[finalfan2cwiz]

Final Fantasy is defienetly by far the most player friendly Rpg out there. Personally ive been playing for over 10 years... since the first one came out.

[Eggman]

Originally Posted by rmz

I'm going out of my mind waiting for FF6A.

Like three or four new espers (let's see...Cactaur, Diabolos, Leviathan [not Bismuth], and one other one I think...), two new dungeons (Dragons' Den and Soul Shrine), a long overdue redone translation, and more. Plus they actually made the 8 Dragons sidequest worth doing now that the extra dungeon is in there.

One of the biggest things that I'm looking forward to about it is that all of the names of items, monsters, and descriptions have like twice the number of spaces available compared to the SNES version. No more vague or confusing item names or descriptions.

Gilgamesh is the fourth one. There are also new spells. Brave from Gilgamesh (he gives +2 to strength), Flood from Leviathan (+2 to stamina) and Gravija from Diabolos (+2 to something I don't know). Jumbo Cactaur gives +2 to speed.

Also, I guess there are now ultimate unique weapons for each character and Umaro gets a new accessory.

Oh, and you can steal the Ragnarok sword from tier three of the final boss now and since the game continues after the ending, you don't have to make the choice between getting the Ragnarok Esper or the Sword since you can get infinite of the swords. Hooray for Illuminas for all!

[桜の色]

Originally Posted by rmz

a long overdue redone translation.

I found nothing wrong with the original translation for FF6. Granted, it's nice to see some of the issues raised with censorship in the early 90s being repaired, but the general Ted Woosley translation was nice, on a whole.

[Altoid27]

You know, the only thing I heard about FFVI for the GBA was that the opera scene was sort of tweaked. Fine by me seeing as how portable FFVI is the greatest thing ever (though IV and V were good times). Now I hear about new espers (Cactuar wins) and a new deal for Umaro (regardless, I loved using this guy). Now the wait is even more difficult but damn, when this finally comes out, I will be set.

[rmz]

Originally Posted by ColorOfSakura

I found nothing wrong with the original translation for FF6. Granted, it's nice to see some of the issues raised with censorship in the early 90s being repaired, but the general Ted Woosley translation was nice, on a whole.

Well, yeah. I just mean various corrections to bring various things in line with the rest of the FF games (Atom Edge -> Zantetsuken; Vicks -> Biggs; etc.) and the de-censoring (Pearl -> Holy, etc.) Other than those things (and the aforementioned lack of space for full monster names, items names, and descriptions), the original translation was pretty good.

Originally Posted by Eggman

Oh, and you can steal the Ragnarok sword from tier three of the final boss now and since the game continues after the ending, you don't have to make the choice between getting the Ragnarok Esper or the Sword since you can get infinite of the swords. Hooray for Illuminas for all!

!!!!!

Getting the Ragnarok esper or the Illumina is always the hardest choice I face every time I replay the game. Getting both would be seriously great and I can see how having an Illumina would probably make your time in the Soul Shrine easier (for those who haven't heard, the Soul Shrine has you face 100 waves of enemies in succession). If only there were a way to get multiple Paladin Shields

And, off the current topic, but...

I wish that they had taken out the ability for you to nurse Cid back to health. The second half of the game seemed more poignant if you play it where Celes tries to kill herself.

[Kyosuke Kagami]

IIRC You can get Paladin Shields from that strange golden dinosaur in the 2nd half of the game.

... or did he give you Economizers? Heck knows.

BTW, that Soul shrine would be easier if you could get 4 Economizers for your characters... and Gogo

[sports]

Originally Posted by Reenee

What about Dawn of Souls?

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[rmz]

Originally Posted by Kyosuke Kagami

IIRC You can get Paladin Shields from that strange golden dinosaur in the 2nd half of the game.

... or did he give you Economizers? Heck knows.

I imagine Economizers; the only way to get a Paladin Shield IIRC is to de-curse the Cursed Shield which as far as I know is a one-time item.

[Eggman]

Yes. Brontosaurs only drop Economizers and Tintinabars.

The Paladin Shield was a one time thing.

[Kyosuke Kagami]

Heck, the Economizer is worth enough. Best add-on for your characters IMO.

Being able to use Ultima with just 1MP = Priceless.