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Platform: Nintendo
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Final Fantasy III
While all three of the SNES Final Fantasy titles (4, 5 and 6) are getting slightly enhanced for the GBA, Square is finally bringing Final Fantasy 3 to American shores. But rather than simply retrofitting the old Famicom game with some new graphics, they’ve completely redesigned the game from scratch, hoping to make the old school game a bit friendlier for newer RPG gamers.
In the original iteration of Final Fantasy 3, all of your characters were blank, nameless templates, which could then be customized as you progressed through the game. Your heroes are finally given names - Luneth, Arc, Refia and Ignus - as well as their own unique |
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designs, giving some identity to characters that previously had none. The story has also been greatly expanded, even in the short E3 demo. Instead of simply stumbling into a cave, your crew is send to check it out by the townsfolk, and you’re given free reign to walk around town before you enter the first dungeon.
The entire game is now 3D, and despite some blocky textures, looks pretty decent for a DS game. The super deformed characters seem like a cross between Crystal Chronicles and Final Fantasy 9. Battles are your traditional Final Fantasy fare, utilizing the turn based system of old. Characters simply take a step forward and swat at air while block text pops up indicating |
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damage, showing that the game is still conscious of its roots. Although there was no character customization, the original Famicom game let you choose and switch classes throughout the game, and is basically a precursor to the Job system in Final Fantasy 5 and Tactics.
Add in some nicely remixed music from one of the best soundtracks on Nintendo’s 8-bit system and you have a must-have RPG, especially if you’re sick of playing that translated ROM that’s been floating out there for years. The DS version is currently due out in America in December.
Kurt Kalata (May 22, 2006)
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