Final Fantasy Gaiden DS Details, Screens & Videos

By Adam Riley 02.08.2009 15

Final Fantasy Gaiden DS Details, Screens & Videos on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Square Enix and Matrix Software's Final Fantasy Gaiden for DS will launched in October in Japan and more details have now been revealed. The new exclusive DS RPG is being worked on by the same staff that brought the 3D remake of NES game Final Fantasy III to reality, as well as the massively upgraded version of Final Fantasy IV from the SNES. Many presumed Matrix, which has also recently completed Avalon Code for Marvelous Entertainment and Nostalgia for Tecmo, would be hard at work on a 3D DS remake of Final Fantasy V, but considering the proximity between the release of Final Fantasy IV Advance and Final Fantasy IV DS meant sales of the latter reached nowhere near the dizzy heights of FFIII DS, thankfully it appears Square Enix has decided to hold off and instead get the talented group to work on an old-school style FF adventure that mixes traditional NES role-playing features and aesthetics with the feel of newer RPGs. Final Fantasy Gaiden: Four Warriors of Light will hit Japan on 29th October.

The game revolves around four main characters, the Four Warriors of Light, with a young hero from the village of Horn being tasked with attempting to find a Princess who has been kidnapped by the North Witch. Fortunately, the protagonist joins forces with three others (making a team that consists of Jusqua, Unita, Aire and Brand) to make his adventure somewhat easier. This new adventure comes with art work from Final Fantasy XII's Yoshida Akihiko who has tried to capture the imagination of gamers with the visuals. A sample of the game's music can be obtained here, the official website is here, and two video clips can be seen below:



Additionally, the latest issue of Japanese magazine Jump has confirmed that there will be no Magic Points in the game, with focus being on Ability Points instead, with each member of your team accruing one AP per round of battle (a maximum of five can be had at any one time). During fights, the lower screen will show character panels with varying numbers of dots in the top left of each respective person's box, which represents the number of AP required to use various spells, special moves and even standard attacks (one AP point is used for a normal attack, for instance). As well as ditching the idea of using MP, Gold is not dropped by enemies either, with a variety of gems being up for collection instead. They can then later be sold on for cash or, alternatively, placed on players' Crowns, with only specific gems fitting in certain Crowns (these Crowns level-up to a maximum of four and provide new abilities as the game goes on).

There is no word on a Western release just yet, but being a Final Fantasy-themed title, there is absolutely no doubt about it eventually heading to the West, and with any luck will arrive around the Christmas period. Until further news is obtained, be sure to check out the latest screenshots and art in the media folder below.

Box art for Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Developer

Matrix

Publisher

Square Enix

Genre

Turn Based RPG

Players

4

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  5/10

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  8/10 (7 Votes)

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I really would prefer a remake of FFV. Smilie

Still, this does look good. The graphics are nicely done and I love the little things like the birds flying over head etc. Smilie

( Edited 02.08.2009 21:26 by wAyNe - sTaRT )

It does look and sound nice, but god do I hate the huge heads. =_= Doesn\'t give me much hope for a future \"lovely looking FF\" on DS if S-E has settled on the ridiculously chibi thing.

Still waiting on that FFV remake. With non-rage-inducing hair colour plz.

( Edited 02.08.2009 21:34 by SuperLink )

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Looks better visually then zelda in my opinion.

Speaking as someone who thinks the shift to more dark and mature storylines and abandonment of generic fantasy conventions (a.k.a. FF 6-8) was the best thing that ever happened to Final Fantasy, it\'s awfully hard for me to get excited about this. In short, original Final Fantasy with FFV-style battle system and no MP = good. Trying to imitate the tone and storyline of the 8-bit Final Fantasies = lame.

Is that bloody FFVI remake too much to ask for??

( Edited 02.08.2009 21:55 by gatotsu911 )

Looks amazing, like paper mario, windwaker and animal crossing had a baby.


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gatotsu911 said:
Is that bloody FFVI remake too much to ask for??

Yes, because only home consoles could do a 3D FFVI justice.

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It's weird how reluctent they seem to be with remaking Final Fantasy games from about FF6 onwards.


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Mario_0 said:
It\'s weird how reluctent they seem to be with remaking Final Fantasy games from about FF6 onwards.

FFVII is pretty much agonising and bleeding all over the floor in need of one.

Especially since some people just can\'t seem to accept that Aerith is her true name, not Aeris.

( Edited 02.08.2009 22:32 by SuperLink )

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Thing is though I don't trust Sqaure Enix after the movie and all the spin offs to do the remake any justice.


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Crisis Core had a great story though. Gameplay wasn't fantastic, but as far as story goes it's a welcome addition. Also the voicing in the series has generally been good.

I think they could do it justice, so long as they don't try to darken it up by taking out all the funny background things (like NPCs hitting each other or jumping around like crazy in the background of a cutscene, I always imagined that would translate to a new version... Smilie)

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meeto_0 said:
Looks better visually then zelda in my opinion.

Artwise, Phantom Hourglass was massively better.

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Mario_0 said:
Looks amazing, like paper mario, windwaker and animal crossing had a baby.

I agree with that look, not too bad. Though I would pefer news on the V and VI remakes, especially VI, HURRY UP!

Looks nice, but I don't like the globe overworld. It annoys me that it's so round that I should have gone a whole circle and ended up where I started.
It's a psychological thing. Smilie

SuperLink said:

FFVII is pretty much agonising and bleeding all over the floor in need of one.

Smilie Smilie

I like the technical aspect of this very much. The 3D scrolling and running seems so much next-gen-DS... I don't know how to describe it more accurately.

You need to like the chibi-thing. I would like to go for more mature, too. But the problem with this is, that you have to define a chibi-mature-darker look Japanese won't agree with. It's agonizingly painful to watch their schoolgirl-chibi-sweet-attitude for years without having more then one approach. I think they are as conservative as we all are.

Still graphic's great. I would buy this game right away for one thing: I am tired of oldschool isometricals. This one's lovely...

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
RLLBcheese (guest) 12.03.2010#15

FFVII is pretty much agonising and bleeding all over the floor in need of one.

:-x How can you say that??!! Final Fantasy VII has TOO many sequels/prequels. SQEX should just give it a rest. the fanatics are getting too big for their boots, and the characters are getting absolutely pathetic by now. 1 or 2 spin-offs is fine, but SQEX went too far with VII, and gave the game my eternal hatred in return. I would much rather shove the game disk up my a*se than play it again. If you want a good FF game, go play III, IV or VIII

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