Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Final Fantasy: Nerds in Paradise > Final Fantasy IV > FFIV DS: Is it worth it?

[Vyk]

Its actually fitting (though has nothing to do with their reasoning) that it comes back to a Nintendo system

After watching some videos on YouTube I'm actually really interested, and just may get it next week. A DS game that's not all gimicky and pick-up-and-play'ish. Something that's going to be long and mature'ish

[Yaridovich]

Originally Posted by Avarice-ness ^

Who are the people who are going to buy FFIV-DS? The one's who have the nostalgia factor (like me and people my age), The one's who have bought ALL the ports and remakes of FF games solely to have played them all (AKA the die hard fans), and those who just want to see an old game be remade into a 3D wonder (AKA those going after the graphics aspect.).

People like me! People who've played Final Fantasy before that game VII that I hear was a dull roar in the gaming industry.

Then I'm sure there is some kid who's heard of Final Fantasy, has a DS, but never has played it. He'll see this game in say a GameStop and hopefully buy it.

And maybe we can get those people who say "I-VI suck because they're not 3D wah wah wah" to play it because, hey, it's 3D.

[Avarice-ness]

Originally Posted by Yaridovich ^

Originally Posted by Avarice-ness ^

Who are the people who are going to buy FFIV-DS? The one's who have the nostalgia factor (like me and people my age), The one's who have bought ALL the ports and remakes of FF games solely to have played them all (AKA the die hard fans), and those who just want to see an old game be remade into a 3D wonder (AKA those going after the graphics aspect.).

People like me! People who've played Final Fantasy before that game VII that I hear was a dull roar in the gaming industry.

Then I'm sure there is some kid who's heard of Final Fantasy, has a DS, but never has played it. He'll see this game in say a GameStop and hopefully buy it.

And maybe we can get those people who say "I-VI suck because they're not 3D wah wah wah" to play it because, hey, it's 3D.

Exactly, but not only that, with the.. well nice number of years in between FF games (numbered series games) these kinds of releases can easily bring some of the newer gamers in for the sole fact that they may have played VII-XII and now, other than spin off's the only numbers left are the one's before VII, with FFIV being on a well-bought handheld-console, it increases the chances of the younger gamers picking this game up (as they did with FFIII) to see what FF games were about BEFORE FFVII or FFVIII.
Squeenix is at least smart enough to know to release all these games a good time inbetween the numbered games, most people have beaten FFXII so now they're just waiting around for something else even interesting to pop up, I'd say this would be pretty interesting.

[vga518]

Originally Posted by Yaridovich ^

Originally Posted by Avarice-ness ^

Who are the people who are going to buy FFIV-DS? The one's who have the nostalgia factor (like me and people my age), The one's who have bought ALL the ports and remakes of FF games solely to have played them all (AKA the die hard fans), and those who just want to see an old game be remade into a 3D wonder (AKA those going after the graphics aspect.).

People like me! People who've played Final Fantasy before that game VII that I hear was a dull roar in the gaming industry.

Then I'm sure there is some kid who's heard of Final Fantasy, has a DS, but never has played it. He'll see this game in say a GameStop and hopefully buy it.

And maybe we can get those people who say "I-VI suck because they're not 3D wah wah wah" to play it because, hey, it's 3D.

I'M WITH YOU THERE AMEN! (FFVII isn't the holy grail of Final Fantasy! get over it!!) Final Fantasy IV was my first and most favorite, so i for one am going to get it!

[Yaridovich]

I don't feel this deserves it's own topic but it has added to its "worth it" value for me: Multi-language support!

Switching the DS' language will change the language allegedly, and I desperately am trying to learn French. Now must buy.

[EagleDelta1]

I have the game & there are enough changes to the way it's played to make it seem like a whole new experience. I don't know how many times I fought Scarmiglion before beating him cause the difficulty has been ramped up so much. I died in the story event to get Yang back in Baron of all things. You have to develop new strategies for alot of bosses. Not to mention the augments are nice (I gave Cecil the Counter Augment, great for boss battles).

Anyway, in short - it is definitely worth it.

[sora_lion_heart]

I see your point but I didn't mean an uproar to break out. I was just saying I can play FF 1 - 12 on my PS2 except for 3. So I'm just kind of disapointed that its breaking off to other companies. I'm just one of those people who don't wanna buy a system just to play one game and FF is really all I play.

[Jowy]

You should broaden your horizons then.