A year or so ago I played Final Fantasy VI on an emulator (very naughty, I know); it turned out that, that game became one of my favorite games. Now I plan on buying FFVI on GBA as soon as possible, but why should I limit myself to just one great Final Fantasy game? Which Final Fantasy remake should I also get, and why?

Well, congrats on getting hooked on Final Fantasy VI. IMO, if you're looking for a Final Fantasy with a longer gameplay than VI, V for GBA would be it (at least the SNES version of the game felt longer to me. I should pick up V for the GBA as well sometime). While you don't have a free choice in characters, there's like 3 worlds in it, the amount of time you spend in each world sure feels like forever to me.

There is also IV for GBA

I would say FF III for the DS since its really a huge change from the nes one.

FFI and II, I guess I should say. Firion + Garland = fun

I recommend all of the Final Fantasy remakes for GBA pretty much. They're all worth it. Even FFIII for the DS. (will rock your socks) I finally obtained Dawn of Souls not too long ago, and I must say it's fun. I'm missing FFIV Advance to complete my collection.
On a side note, I was hoping the FFVI remake would have been in 3D like FFIII. Oh well...

V and VI. IV was and will always be garbage, IMO.

They're all worth playing especially IV, V, VI. dont have a DS yet so wouldn't know about III

If I was you, I would get FF I-II Dawn of Souls(and all the other remakes)

i hate the remakes.... way way too easy. the original are the way to go..... they at least could have put a difficulty that was worth playing on..... or just made them harder, and have the easy setting be no less than the original difficulty. they all suck but the graphics in III are ok. not too shabby for a p.o.s. handheld.

i know i hate it when they remake a game and make take away the donut

I was hoping the FFVI remake would have been in 3D like FFIII. Oh well...

Not on the GBA mate.

i hate the remakes.... way way too easy.
Well, if you're talking about the difficulty of the game, I beg to differ. I guess it varies from remake to remake. I'm not sure about the other FF-Advance games, but between FFVIA and FFIIIUS, FFVIA was definitely harder, with the vanish-doom and vanish-x-zone bug fixed and a lot of the bosses' scripts were enhanced as well (i.e. the Magi Master battle at Tower of Fanatics - the Magi Master now casts Ultima irregardless of being berserked or not).

I didn't like V that much. I did back when I played the Playstation port on Anthology, but when I got it for the GBA, I just didn't get into it. I guess tastes just change.

I haven't played FF I, II, and IV for the GBA. I heard they were horrible ports, with too much lag, glitches, and what not. Is that correct? Either way, I have the Playstation ports of those games, so thats good.

yeah, IV had lag...during battles. most of the time it worked in my favor though but a few times it didn't. if you level up you shouldn't have to worry too much about it. IV was boring to me though...i don't want to spoil it but lets just say not only was it boring but you had to change your team like every 30 min or so.

i don't think i'll ever play I and II.

Not on the GBA mate.
DS was out long before the GBA remake of VI, actually.

I've been playing Dawn of Souls, and they definitely didn't need to allow the player to save almost anywhere. It makes it a bit too emulator-like. Still, FFI is turning out to be plenty of fun. I have the FFIV remake now, and it isn't boring. The menu set-up is better than in the original, not to mention Cecil's white magic is a wee bit more effective. Tellah's Osmose takes less time to cast, which I think is convenient but unecessary. I think Yang got nerfed a bit, though. There's a bug this time that allows Rydia to take two turns consecutively, only a second or two apart. (pretty wierd) The lag in battles is negligible.

IV was boring to me though...i don't want to spoil it but lets just say not only was it boring but you had to change your team like every 30 min or so.



Yeah, that was annoying. Especially when it effected your hard earned leveling. But that ended eventually, and I thought the game was pretty fun.



DS was out long before the GBA remake of VI, actually.



Yeah, but I think he meant that because it was ported (or remade) to the GBA, there was no chance of it being in 3D like FFIII. They could have put it to the DS, however. Maybe one day down the road, all the 2D FFs will be remade :D

Yeah, but I think he meant that because it was ported (or remade) to the GBA, there was no chance of it being in 3D like FFIII. They could have put it to the DS, however. Maybe one day down the road, all the 2D FFs will be remade :D

http://ds.ign.com/articles/786/786625p1.html

its a start!

i'm stickin to the ORIGINAL VERSIONS of all the classic Final Fantasys..... never going to go with a handheld port because they all suck in my opinion.... they are either nothing like the original or just way too easy. i went through FFV on the advance and completed the game at level 10..... tell me that FFV on the advance wasn't easy. the super famicon version i have to be at least level 40 before i will be able to complete it.... so there is a huge difference on the difficulty level. the original versions are usually always harder than any ported version of the game.... like the famicon version of FFI, FFII, and FFIII, i had to be like level 40 before getting to the last boss then i just went ahead and maxed out the levels then finished the game. FFIV through FFVI were about level 70 before i was at the last boss. and those were on the super famicon..... so the japanese versions are for the true die hard FF players..... for those that aren't just stick to the ports for the handhelds or the playstation.... those are easier. i need to find my famicon and super famicon so i can play through all the classics again.

FF1 and 2 sucked ass. I'd avoid them.

I haven't played FF4 and 5 on the GBA, though I did have FF Anthology and still have FF Chronicles.

The script for FF4 was different than the SNES original in Anthology. This likely hasn't changed in the Advance version. I preferred the original, but it's really not a big deal. It's not as if the dialogue in the SNES version wowed me.

FF5 was never released on the SNES, so there's nothing to compare. The gameplay for both games features high encounter rates. You don't get many skill points from battles in FF5, so leveling up the classes (knight, ninja, etc.) is time consuming.

I wouldn't say either game is easy, but they're not terribly difficult like SaGa Frontier. Get the Advance versions if you want, but don't spend too much. They still have outdated graphics.

get on ebay and spend the money to get the original versions of any final fantasy..... even if you have to get a new system to play them you will not be dissappointed much if at all. i have all the originals so i know what the differences are.... they are monumental. thats why i stick to the originals.

Well, I'm not as fond of IV. The constant forced character switching thing isn't exactly to my taste. Sure, VI had some character switching, but you actually had choices as you're the one making the decisions on who to use most of the time. The IV storyline also felt too linear, but then again I guess that's because the EasyType version is the one I tried first (as Final Fantasy IIUS for the SNES) and I wasn't really too moved to play HardType after EasyType ruined my perception for the particular installment of the game.

I and II, well, I tried them but couldn't get into it and pretty much quit a after a few minutes.

you are pathetic..... never give up on a game until you are at least like three quarters of the way through it. and never play the US ported final fantasy's for the SNES...... break down and get a Super Famicon that will translate the Japanese text to English. not that hard, then you can get the original games. I hate people who don't give the first two or three Final Fantasy games a chance for being fun from the first couple minutes. they all have to be in their original versions.

All things considered, whatever. In the end it all boils down to personal taste. The high difficulty level in FFI and the password system in FFII just didn't cut it for me - both are equally frustrating as I dislike grinding and wandering around like an idiot telling everyone the password in hoping for something to happen (I only know of RPGamer back then, and they didn't have good walkthroughs for I and II when I was attempting the games). I have almost won FFIII for the NES (made it to the tower, but then the gamesave got wiped in a hard disk reformat). FFIV, I have actually played HardType (Japanese version with DeJap patch) and have made it halfway through. I like VI and VII equally as much, and while I have not played VII since my gamesave got wiped by a gameshark code, I am seriously considering replaying it again sometime soon).

As for US ported Final Fantasy for the SNES... It's FFIII-US that got me sold on the series, so I really don't know what you're trying to get at.

There is no such thing as a Super Famicom that will translate Japanese text to English to my knowledge. There are flash carts and cart-reader/writers, that allow you to copy a Japanese cartridge, patch a Japanese game into English and flash it back to a blank cartridge to play on a real SNES or Super Famicom, and there are so-called SNES clones that with onboard region bypass and a multi-shape cartridge slot that allow you to play games from any region (in fact, my cousin's SNES is just that. How he could play FFIII-US and some Japanese game called Go Go Ackman on the same console). As for getting the original game, I have no qualms in that. They're available here and are reasonably priced, but they're in Japanese, and as stated before there is no such thing as a SFC that will do translating for you. Plus, my Japanese is only of toddler-level which will not be of much help.

Check your facts, kthx.

what i mean to say is..... find a super famicon that has a mod that will translate, i have one that does. i know a few other people that have one just like mine..... they aren't that hard to come by.... just need to know the right people and have just a little cash to spend on a chip that will translate japanese to english.

soo sorry for not putting that out there before you went and wasted some space in your comment.

I suggest you get IV for the GBA and III for the DS. Im still playing VI so not so sure about it yet.......

ultimately i guess it comes to what you get and what you are able to live with.... easier games are the remakes and the harder games are usually the originals.... not FFII(US) or FFIII(US).... gotta play the originals for full experience.

you are pathetic..... never give up on a game until you are at least like three quarters of the way through it. and never play the US ported final fantasy's for the SNES...... break down and get a Super Famicon that will translate the Japanese text to English. not that hard, then you can get the original games. I hate people who don't give the first two or three Final Fantasy games a chance for being fun from the first couple minutes. they all have to be in their original versions.

I see a way more pathetic behavior in you then in any of RAMChYLD's comments.

Why don't you just shut the hell up? You seem to think the world will revolve around you because (for some reason you seem to think that) you're the only one who played the originals (and Holy Gilgamesh!!!, how cool are you for that!! OMFG, I'm sure you'll get a lot of followers!).


When you get some more space in that little brain of yours, why don't you try to put some common sense and modesty in it? You'll look a lot less retarded if you do so.

i'm just stating the fact that the originals are better than the remakes. and i know that the world doesn't and will never revolve around me just for me playing all the original versions of the games... i know there are alot of people on this forum who have played all of the games, even in the original forms.. and who do you think you are to tell me what to do.... i am just stating the fact that the original versions of all of the FF games are better than playing any of the remade ported versions.

That the remakes aren't better than the originals is your opinion, not a fact.

I think FF III DS is a lot better than the original version, and I played the original years ago.

Facts and Opinion is a grade school subject. Go to school and learn that. That is likely to improve your chances in a discussion around here.

wait.... explain to me why i should start to even argue with a Canadian?

Is there anything you want to say to the Canadians?

Go ahead, why don't you make yourself look even more stupid in the process?

Awesome thread 'till Slayerfreak decided to prance around with his dunce cap on backwards.

On-topic, I'd recommend FFIV Advance because it's both nice challenge and true to the original, mechanics and all.

fuck you all..... this forum is getting old really quick, so i think i'll just leave you fuckheads to whatever you do on here.

Yeah... you asying that the originals are better than remakes.. opinion, not fact. Sorry bub.

I like the remakes actually. Of course I've always been one to look forward to seeing classic games with updated graphics. I was happy to see, when I bought Final Fantasy for the PSP that the graphics were nicely updated to still keep that original feel, but made it "cuter" in my opinion. I enjoyed playing it. I'm gettin close to the end in the game, and having a blast with it.

The gameplay is still the same and that's what I enjoy the most. I think that If I ever get a DS and play FFIII and FFIV for it, I will probably be disappointed because of it's departure from the 2D sprites to the 3D world. Just seems to take something away from the way that the game was played and meant to be played. If they did the first six games in the same style that Square-Enix did the first FF for the PSP. I'd love to see that done to FFIV and VI especially. But I do know that it probably won't happen because those are already being reworked for the DS. To hell with the DS. :P

I bought all the remakes because I never played them on the old systems and here is the order I would rank them as from best to worst. (1 being best)

1. Final Fantasy V
2. Final Fantasy IV and VI (I'd say these are tied but you already said your
getting VI)
3. Final Fantasy III ? (I don't know if you have a DS or not)
4. Final Fantasy Dawn of souls

They all have new things added in as far as I remember so playing through VI again might be a little different.

Theres a final fantasy I, II, IV, V and VI for Adavance, im working my way through them, the graphics have improved quite a bit, just finished FFI, the final boss chaos takes a beating lol