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Final Fantasy V & VI DS Delayed

04.05.2010

Final Fantasy V & VI DS Delayed on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Those of you waiting for Nintendo DS versions of Final Fantasy V and VI may have to wait a little bit longer, but the chances of them eventually appearing have no longer been thrown completely out of the window. An update from Shinji Hashimoto of Square Enix on the official Twitter account, has really stirred matters up.

First up, one fan asked Hashimoto-san about the idea of Square Enix's Ever Heart Odyssey appearing on anything other than iMode, to which the response was, "This is at present undecided." This was followed up by a question regarding the Japanese-only release Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2) and whether it would eventually be appearing on Virtual Console, following the success of the original Secret of Mana on Nintendo's Wii retro channel. The response given here was almost exactly the same, "This is also at present undecided."

Finally Hashimoto-san was mobbed for information regarding if Matrix Software was continuing its sterling work on the Final Fantasy DS remakes. With Final Fantasy III already a multi-million seller worldwide, and the even more impressive update of Final Fantasy IV from the SNES and Game Boy Advance out for a long time now, fans have been wondering where FFV DS and FFVI DS are. According to Hashimoto, "For FF5 and 6, there are technical issues as well, so at present these are also undecided."

Could this be related to the lack of power behind the DS? Given how stunning Final Fantasy IV is, though, Matrix Software certainly knows how to squeeze more out of the DS, yet perhaps Square Enix would prefer to use the extra power of the DSi or even the impending release of the Nintendo 3DS.

In light of this news, Cubed3 will soon be revisiting the DS remake of Final Fantasy IV for review.

Would you rather wait longer for Final Fantasy V / VI to come on another system, or would Final Fantasy IV's engine suffice for these remakes?

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J4K 04.05.2010#1

I have been dying for years for them to finally remake six. A remake on 3DS would be worth the wait.

Just do it Squeenix, please?

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Trepe 04.05.2010#2

I'd love to see V and VI on the DS using a bigger game card so they can add more cut scenes and voice work for the story.

Then they could move on to all the Playstation Final Fantasies for 3DS (in my dreams).

( Edited 09.04.2013 21:43 by Guest )

jesusraz 04.05.2010#3

That's exactly what I was thinking. Level-5 is using the new 4gb DS cards for both Ninokuni and Inazuma 3, whilst Konami is using them for Love Plus +, so I don't see why S-E can't do the same for FFV and FFVI. Matrix finished Nostalgia, FFIV: The After Years and Avalon Code a long while ago now, as well as a Japanese-only DSiWare game for S-E, meaning surely there is a chance it has been hard at work on FFV with the aim being a pre-Christmas launch.

We'll see...Unless S-E is indeed waiting on the 3DS unveiling to announce it.

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JoshSL 04.05.2010#4

I wouldn't say "delayed", since we knew nothing of them before, I'm just excited at the possibility.

The 3DS is out so soon, I'd much rather they announce remakes of V and VI on that, since they probably have dev kits available already and whatnot.

I really didn't think the DS could do FFVI justice, the 3DS is exactly what it needs.

As for FFV (my favourite Final Fantasy game ever that I've been dreaming for a proper remake of since the FFIV was announced), as long as Lenna and Faris have pink and purple hair respectively, I don't care what system it's on. Smilie
3 blonde gals in one party is awfully boring.

( Edited 03.05.2010 22:30 by SuperLink )

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jesusraz 04.05.2010#5

SuperLink said:
I wouldn't say "delayed", since we knew nothing of them before, I'm just excited at the possibility.

I think it was hinted at in one of Matrix's dev blogs when FFIV was being pimped before release. Don't quote me on that, though Smilie

The 3DS is out so soon, I'd much rather they announce remakes of V and VI on that, since they probably have dev kits available already and whatnot.
I really didn't think the DS could do FFVI justice, the 3DS is exactly what it needs.

I'd be happy with FFV on a 4gb DS cart using a tweaked FFIV engine. I'm just going through FFIV DS again at the moment and it looks stunning. Only Tales of Innocence comes close it in terms of DS 3D. The thinner character models look FAR better than the chunky/chibi FFIII ones.

As for FFV (my favourite Final Fantasy game ever...

I love FFV on GBA...fantastic Smilie

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JoshSL 04.05.2010#6

jesusraz said:
I'm just going through FFIV DS again at the moment and it looks stunning. Only Tales of Innocence comes close it in terms of DS 3D. The thinner character models look FAR better than the chunky/chibi FFIII ones.

I do agree that it looks nice, but it's still far too chibi for me. I'd much rather it got a more traditional FF look (just not FFVII map-models thanks ;P), and that could be much more easily achieved on 3DS.

Something like FFIX, even though that was pretty chibi, it was the kind of chibi I could take seriously.

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jesusraz 04.05.2010#7

SuperLink said:
Something like FFIX, even though that was pretty chibi, it was the kind of chibi I could take seriously.

You know, I always preferred the look of FFIX to VII and VIII.

I think there was also something about how FFIV really pushed the DS harder than Matrix thought it could be pushed in order to make the characters look more realistic. I think originally they planned to simply make it look just like FFIII. Glad they didn't!!

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RudyC3 04.05.2010#8

I wouldn't mind FF5 with FF4's engine. But i'd rather see Final Fantasy VI be remade for the 3DS though. With theoretical power equal to the Gamecube, it would look awesome ^^.

jesusraz said:

You know, I always preferred the look of FFIX to VII and VIII.

Definitely ^^ !

Oh i have my cart of Seiken Densetsu 3 already ='). Beaten it some time ago now.

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Elrinth (guest) 04.05.2010#9

I'd love to see FF6 remade for PS3 or 3DS/NDS.

Zora (guest) 12.05.2010#10

I don't own either a PSP or a PS3 and am not prepared to shell out for either, the only console I'd probably be buying in the future is the 3DS. On that point, I'd prefer the remakes to be DS-based.
Final Fantasy V is my favourite of the "retro" FF games and I would kill to see it updated, so I do hope this actually happens.

StevenJKpower (guest) 23.09.2010#11

I think this should be released for the 3DS. I would also like them to keep the gameboy advance bonus dungeons. Them removing the bonus dungeons for the IV remake, was a big mistake in my opinion. Left 'me' especially bored with doing nothing but replaying the game 3 extra times... Some nice bonuses would be pretty kickass Smilie