Author Topic: Final Fantasy (Read 20050 times)

LinkMaster3000 · « **on:** June 03, 2003, 08:46:51 AM »

What do you guys think of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, also do you think Square will make FF 12 for gamecube? What do you guys think of FF? I like it, but it will never top Zelda in my list for favoirte games.

JSasky · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:51:53 AM »

Sounds like it could be a very fun game. Speacially that it sounds like you have to work together in the game, like a team. Sounds like a funner version of guantlet, and Gauntlet was a fun game.

I dunno about having to use a Gameboy for the it though, way too much hardware for one game. I wish Nintendo would get off of this Gameboy connectivity kick, I think it is lame. Give me online gameing baby!

Sasky needs food, badly.

Zeth · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:56:29 AM »

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do you think Square will make FF 12 for gamecube?

Hell will freeze over before that ever happens.

DRJ · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2003, 09:52:57 AM »

I think the game will be good, but the GBA connectivity thing needs to be optional. I personaly dont care since in my house we have 2 GBA sp and 3 GBA so no prob playing either way, but a lot of people will not have GBA to play and that is one expensive controller.

I really want a nice turn based RPG like FF7 for the Gamecube. Maybe pokemon will deliver if they ever make pokemon RPG.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:11:44 AM »

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Originally posted by: Zeth
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do you think Square will make FF 12 for gamecube?

Hell will freeze over before that ever happens.

Well, nothing I have read about the game from Square-Enix has specified which system the game is going to be one. It has so far just been assumed is going to be on PS2

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:39:25 AM »

I'm sure it will be on PS2. On that note though, I think that FF12 might actually be something worth playing. Square's Final Fantasy team isn't making it, and the task has been given to Quest. Quest has yet to make a game that I don't like, and let's not forget that Quest was behind one of the greatest Final Fantasy games of all time. (Tactics)

ShockingAlberto · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:45:33 AM »

Due to legality and exclusivity reasons, FF12 (or no part of the Final Fantasy main series) will not see it's way out of the Playstation 2's gaze in this generation.

I don't particularly mind - it's my opinion that the best games are usually system-specific.

-- ShockingAlberto

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:46:05 AM »

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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
I'm sure it will be on PS2. On that note though, I think that FF12 might actually be something worth playing. Square's Final Fantasy team isn't making it, and the task has been given to Quest. Quest has yet to make a game that I don't like, and let's not forget that Quest was behind one of the greatest Final Fantasy games of all time. (Tactics)

Oh I don't doubt for a minute its not going to be on the PS2, but I find it funny that without anything concrete about it sites are listing it as a PS2 game. As for Quest making FF12, that's new to me. Hopefully it will give the series a boost of creativity. I liked Final Fantasy Tactics and ordered Final Fantasy Tactics Advance last week.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:48:24 AM »

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Originally posted by: ShockingAlberto
Due to legality and exclusivity reasons, FF12 (or no part of the Final Fantasy main series) will not see it's way out of the Playstation 2's gaze in this generation.

I don't particularly mind - it's my opinion that the best games are usually system-specific.

-- ShockingAlberto

What exclusivity reasons?

ShockingAlberto · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:53:36 AM »

I should have been more clear.

It's not exactly a contractual agreement, but a large amount of Square-Enix is invested in by Sony. As such, Square agreed (under the table) that every non-online Final Fantasy main series would go to Playstation 2. Enix has also pledged to be nearly Playstation 2-exclusive with their games.

Finding a cite on old gaming news is difficult. I'll edit this post if I can find the above stories.

-- ShockingAlberto

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:59:11 AM »

Enix is in operational control of Square now isn't it? Enix develops for the system with the biggest userbase. Simple as that. I don't think that there are any legal concerns with that anymore, as Sony only owns like 8% of their stock now.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2003, 11:02:02 AM »

If you are talking about the money Sony invested because of the failure of the FF movie, Sony invested like $127 million and got like 19% shares of Square Soft. After Square and Enix merged that 19% was reduced quite a bit I think into somewhere between 5 to 7 % and any contracts paper or otherwise basically mean nothing now.

DrForester · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2003, 11:41:10 AM »

Square doesn't care about the gamecube, FFCC is jsu tbeing made so they can get to the GBA, that's all Square wants from Nintendo.

rpglover · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2003, 11:57:07 AM »

as much as i dont like it we may never see any exclusive rpgs from square for a while on a nintendo system
i dont like to admit to it but drforester is right- square really just wants the gba
they want to put games on the gba since developement costs on the games for that system are low and they will make a good profit
but i dont know if square will stop developing on the gc- it depends on how ffcc will sell
it is a most wanted on many charts in japan so hopefully it does sell well
if the game could turn out good and sell about a million then square may rethink their strategy and put more games on the gc

Ninja X · « **Reply #14 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:15:35 PM »

I pray GBA connectivity is optional. That would ruin such a great game, as having mandatory GBA connectivity is going to kill most of the GCN market for this game.

SatansNemesis · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:16:36 PM »

While its true that square desires the gba the most, they are also highly interested in the gc/gba connectivity options. they are, after all, the ones who decided to implement the gba into ffcc. they stated from the beginning that they wanted to heavily implement it in their games for nintendo systems. heres hoping we start getting 'enhanced' ports of future main stray ff games, and maybe even gba companion games that can link up and trade your characters from one game to another. kinda a neat idea.

minor incident · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:39:24 PM »

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I pray GBA connectibity is optional. That would ruin such a great game, as having mandatory GBA connectivity is going to kill most of the GCN market for this game.

Unfortunately, the only report I've heard to date that would make you happy has been IGN's initial misconception. Fortunately though, committing retail suicide does not detract from how fun this game is going to be.

Ninja X · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:42:24 PM »

Very true. The game will be fun nonetheless.

Just finding three friends with a GBA and some connection cables is my problem...

telaris · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:02:59 PM »

"I pray GBA connectivity is optional. That would ruin such a great game, as having mandatory GBA connectivity is going to kill most of the GCN market for this game."

Very True. I will be very angry if square or nintendo make it final that you must buy a gba plus the conn. cord to play multi player FF:CC. I will hate them forever!

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:21:20 PM »

I like when my friends summarize them for me, but I'd die of boredom if I were to play one alone. I am definitely not a fan of your typical game RPGs (the genre that's generally considered RPG, I mean).

minor incident · « **Reply #20 on:** June 03, 2003, 06:44:42 PM »

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I like when my friends summarize them for me, but I'd die of boredom if I were to play one alone. I am definitely not a fan of your typical game RPGs (the genre that's generally considered RPG, I mean).

From my point of view, even playing alone should be great, it looks like a top-notch Square action-rpg. Did Kingdom Hearts lose anything by not giving you the ability to pass control of Goofy or Donald over to a friend?

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2003, 06:47:25 PM »

Sony has very little vested interest in Square-Enix, they didn't have a lot in Square. And the little they had in Square became smaller when it became Square Enix. (I think it was cut almost in half because the shares were given out 1:2 (One Square share to every 2 enix shares.)

And any contracts that Square had with outside sources were liquidated.

)Dark-LInk( · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2003, 07:07:28 PM »

Yea FF.CC looks very nice and hopefuly the GBAthingy wil be optional(im not really worried i have a sp) because it wil really cut sales(We can always be wrong tho, SINCE the japanese love FF and probably WILL buy gbas to play multiplayers..)

And for the FFXII i sure hope NINTENDO gives a downpayment to Square/enix to put it on GC to.

Don'tHate742 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 03, 2003, 08:16:57 PM »

I'm sure Nintendo has heard our complaints and is doing something to fix it....

Also, any other FF game that maybe made for the Gamecube or next gamecube is greatly impacted by the sales of Crystal Chronicles.

So get the FREAKING game! I'm sure its great 1 player too!

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2003, 09:28:16 AM »

I doubt they will do something about it. They are not in controll of the game Square Enix is. And its not like they comb through boards to find out our opinions, and usally unless their mail servers crash because of all the negitive response to a game idea they won't do anything about it anyways.

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Author Topic: Final Fantasy (Read 20050 times)