Well, it was inevitable that
Final Fantasy IV DS would see a stateside release, but it's still nice to hear date and details officially confirmed by Square. We can now mark our calendars for July 22nd, although there was no mention of Japanese voice option (I'm guessing there won't be one) or episodes of
Final Fantasy IV: The After. Although I have to admit curiosity about the latter, I'm happy enough to see the game itself, which looks like a solid remake.
A few small changes have been made from the Japanese version to the US that we currently are aware of. The ability switching system that was known as Decant will be known as the Augment system in the US version. Also, Rydia has a summon that you can play through as a little mini-game called Pochika, but this also gets renamed stateside as Whytkin. Just some little here and theres, although if you can read Japanese and did a side by side comparison I'm sure there would be many more to be found.
To hype yourself up until April (as if you needed any help), go back and check out secret superstar Dale North's
hands-on of the Japanese version way back from last year's Tokyo Game Show.
[Via Siliconera -- Thanks Adam!]
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9:12 AM on 04.11.2008
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@welkstar, I totally agree. I am not sure what Square Enix is thinking. I mean, they could release FF4 on both Virtual Console and the DS and I am sure there would be enough fans that would buy both.
not mad ticked... like checked, circled, you know, marked...
That said: I'd kill for Japanese voice and English subtitles and an unlockable version of the original SNES game. That game is tiny in size and would satisfy the old-school, pixel-love in me.
Cecil. Kain. It's good to have you back.
I'll buy it when it's $20 or less.
Cecil. Kain. I too have my Red Wings.
And like I said in another article, considering what a great job Square-Enix did with Dragon Quest VIII and Final Fantasy XII's English voice casts, I'm not worried at all for what they'll put together for FF IV.
Its super effective.
What's in April? Is something happening this month?
I was hoping it would be out before I went on my Summer vacation
oh well i guess i could play FFIII on my PSP instead :(
(sorry the RE5 controversy pisses me off)