Last week we talked about yet another teaser site, with Square Enix hinting at what some believed to be a new Romancing Saga. It would seem that Saga fans will be disappointed, but Final Fantasy fans will be elated at the news that a brand new game, Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden is on the way, and it's heading to the Nintendo DS.
As usual, the teaser site's contents were revealed before the site could officially make the announcement, with Weekly Jump magazine detailing Squeenix's brand new game. Gaiden tells the tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who is summoned by a king on his birthday to rescue a princess. Highly original stuff, right!?
The game allegedly takes the form of a menu-driven traditional RPG, in which MP has been replaced by a new "Charge" function. No idea what that means for now, but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. Customization should also be part of the focus, with equipment changes having an effect on how your character looks. All RPGs should have this function, but barely any do, so that's good to know.
So, no new Saga news so far. Sad things for some. Still, we have another Final Fantasy game. We haven't had one of those for a few weeks.
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9:40 AM on 07.01.2009
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also, why does square enix insist on having the final fantasy name in so many titles they release nowadays? This could just as easily be Four Warriors of Light (or whatever other non final fantasy name they think of)? does having final fantasy in there really make that big of a difference at this point? i feel like the many nowhere-near-as-good-as-actual-final-fantasies-games-that-have-the-words-final-fantasy-in-them are really ruining the series' reputation...
Agreed. That's one of the reasons I love KOTOR so much,
I really hope this is a new old-school style FF with a job system. I've been wanting one for years, ever since playing Tactics PS1 and Tactics Advance.
Wasn't SaGa or Seiken Densetsu originally called FF Gaiden though?
@thisissami: But but look at the sales of FF7Dirge of Cerberus! That game sold off of the Final Fantasy (7) title alone. :3
Radiata Stories is one RPG I've played in recent memory where both weapons and armor change depending on what you use. Of course, this only applies for the main character and the only person you can outfit, but hey, it was a nice thing to toss in there. =P
(I USE CAPS TO MAKE OBVIOUS THE FACT THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE BILLIONTH REMAKE OF THE ORIGINAL FINALY FANTASY)
@Avalon51: Actually, I was originally going to say that I was in the hopes that this was going to be a remake of FF1 with a full job system like 3/5/Tactics, but I figured that might be an unpopular thing to say for my first comment ever on DToid. ;)
To clear this up, in Japan, Final Fantasy Adventure for Game Boy was called Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden. This was the first game in the Mana series and was eventually remade as Sword of Mana for GBA, though the Mana series would later drop the "Final Fantasy Gaiden" part of the branding.
Sorry Square, but I'm drowning in FF. What Square don't seem to realise anymore, is that they are oversaturating their market. Each game has so much time needed to play them. With all these games Square are pushing, and FFXIII due soon, I have no time for every game.
Square must be OCD or something, since everytime I request they cut down on so much FF, they seem to be pushing more. I know there's a recession on, but this is all starting to feel a bit desperate. Too many games from one dev can backfire, since we do want to buy other product besides theirs.
I pass on this one for now.
"With all these games Square are pushing, and FFXIII due soon, "
Did you miss the part that said this is coming out for the NDS, not the PS3? There's more then one "market" to gaming.
In that sense, you haven't failed me Square.
1) "SaGa" (except for "Unlimited Saga")
2) We've had a "Final Fantasy Gaiden": it began the Mana series.
3) "Charge" has been used to describe the original FFIs' and FFIII's magic system of so-many-casts-per-spell-level.
4) FFCC:MLaaD came out in Japan recently, if that counts for "a few weeks" (not for us, but whatevz).
The format is irrelevant, as its still FF.
Look at the list
FFXIII
FFXIII Agito
FFXIII Versus
DS games
There's too much FF, its that simple.
I think when you love something, you fear criticising it which is wrong, but some gamers think that way, like Square are gods and can do no wrong.
Like I've said many times before, Square have other jrpg series they can use. Saga and Bahamut are good, but we need to see more of the lesser known, and less of the FF cliche.
I'd rather see a new Vagrant Story, Live A Live etc.......than more fucking FF....AAAAARRGGGHHH!!!
Nope, not buying this one either, Square.
This better be something new.
-Remake one of the Romancing SaGas. I don't care which one, you have three to choose from... IN ENGLISH PLEASE!
-Can the guy in charge of the Mana games, and make a new one that doesn't suck. I've been thoroughly patient since Secret of Mana for a true successor to that series.
-Cool it with the FF blitz. This oversaturation is poisoning your product. Wu Tang did it. Billy Bass did it. Now you're falling down that same path.
-Get off your asses and bless this world with another Bushido Blade.
Didn't Minstrel Song get a US release?
Wow, I'm so glad Square decided to reach into it's massive throbbing sack of money and put the effort into--wait...what did you say Jim?
Well, fuck.
What I'd like to know is what they'll call it Stateside. We've had "Adventure" and "Legend", which seem to be the go-tos for localizing "Gaiden", "Side Story" sounds kinda heavy handed, "FF Fables" is taken by the CHocobo series, and just leaving it as "Gaiden" would prolly just make Englishers think of ninja actn (though, maybe there's sense there, given the Ninja class's recurrence in this series).
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