• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

FF games on DS

Myoclonic Jerk

Myoclonic Jerk

Member
what's the scoop? why S-E are supporting Nintendo's handhelds instead of their beloved company's one?

GBA has:

-FF I&II
-FF V
-FF VI

DS:

-FFIII


is that the full list? as an Nbot I know I'm very happy about that, but ...why DS/GBA and not PSP?
 
Because they want as much profit as they can get. That's why. Their mayor fanbase for their IPs is in Japan where the DS has the upper hand. Combine this with cheaper development cost and you have the answer.
 
Add FFIV to GBA and add FF:CC to the DS list.
Why Nintendo handhelds? Simple. They're the market leaders.
 
Xellotah said:
Well to be fair... FF at least before VII seems to be more suited to the DS.
Click to expand...
Other than FMV (which is only a storage/compression issue), I see absolutely no reason why FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX could not appear on the DS. In fact, I believe that we will see them on the DS.

I, II, IV, V, VI - GBA

III, VII, VIII, IX - DS

Hey, I'm allowed to dream right?
 
Gaia Theory said:
Other than FMV (which is only a storage/compression issue), I see absolutely no reason why FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX could not appear on the DS. In fact, I believe that we will see them on the DS.

I, II, IV, V, VI - GBA

III, VII, VIII, IX - DS

Hey, I'm allowed to dream right?
Click to expand...

Well VII onwards feel ... very playstationy. I know its just a feeling ( rather than technical reasons) but I just don't see SE putting them on a nintendo system.
 
Gaia Theory said:
Other than FMV (which is only a storage/compression issue), I see absolutely no reason why FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX could not appear on the DS. In fact, I believe that we will see them on the DS.

I, II, IV, V, VI - GBA

III, VII, VIII, IX - DS

Hey, I'm allowed to dream right?
Click to expand...

Why "dream" about inferior versions of the PSOne FFs when PSP ports could be so much better?
 
Ceb said:
Why "dream" about inferior versions of the PSOne FFs when PSP ports could be so much better?
Click to expand...
You hit the nail on the head, the PSP would likely only get ports.

The DS, would likely see new content (eg: FF III, Xenosaga DS)
 
Gaia Theory said:
You hit the nail on the head, the PSP would likely only get ports.

The DS, would likely see new content (eg: FF III, Xenosaga DS)
Click to expand...

So you think that a DS port of, say, FFVII would be massively retooled, yet a PSP port wouldn't receive ANY improvements or additions?

Listen, I own a DS and a PSP. I'm not denying that FFIV-VI ports are better suited for the DS, due to the lack of loading times. However, I would absolutely NOT accept watered-down DS ports of FFVII-IX... and no sane person should. Jesus, you even mention Xenosaga DS as a "good" example of new content. Would the PSOne FFs be better if you stripped them down to that level? The likely answer is NO.
 
Ceb said:
So you think that a DS port of, say, FFVII would be massively retooled, yet a PSP port wouldn't receive ANY improvements or additions?

Listen, I own a DS and a PSP. I'm not denying that FFIV-VI ports are better suited for the DS, due to the lack of loading times. However, I would absolutely NOT accept watered-down DS ports of FFVII-IX... and no sane person should. Jesus, you even mention Xenosaga DS as a "good" example of new content. Would the PSOne FFs be better if you stripped them down to that level? The likely answer is NO.
Click to expand...


Well then, they wouldn't be ports. They'd be remakes.

With that in mind, it would be interesting to see FF VII retooled for 2D sprites and tiles for shits and giggles.
 
Akitoshi Kawazu digs Nintendo (see his attempt to get Square to return to making Nintendo games in the previous generation), therefore FFIII->DS. Since the GBA hardware is perfect for SNES ports, therefore it was logical to just port the SNES FF games to GBA as well.

That's why PSP doesn't get them.

And that's why we can expect FF7-FF9 ports on PSP instead of GBA.
 
Ceb said:
Listen, I own a DS and a PSP. I'm not denying that FFIV-VI ports are better suited for the DS, due to the lack of loading times. However, I would absolutely NOT accept watered-down DS ports of FFVII-IX... and no sane person should.
Click to expand...
Why would they have to be watered-down? Compression's come a long way in a generation and the DS can use 512MB cards IIRC. Most of the content on the FF discs on PS1 was just repeat data for things like the world map, towns, battle animations, etc.
I mean, not that I actually care about FFVII or FFVIII (I did like FFIX), but I don't see any reason they can't be ported to the DS completely intact.
 
I think FFVII-IX would look quite nice on the DS, looking at how well FFIII is coming along.

The second screen could be used to view all your characters, rather than just seeing Cloud on screen, for instance.

Square-Enix simply will support which ever platform takes Japan. It looks like they hedged their bets on the right horse in this case.
 
the year 20XX said:
Okay, so if SE supports the handheld market leader, why did they support the WonderSwan? Part ownership?

(this is not a trolling question)
Click to expand...


They were forced into that, because at the time there was a bitter rift between Square and Nintendo which developed after Square made some disparaging comments about the N64 and then Yamauchi took some shots at Square/RPG players.

Square got a new president after the FF movie flopped, and he made it a point to re-open ties with Nintendo a few years ago.
 
the year 20XX said:
Okay, so if SE supports the handheld market leader, why did they support the WonderSwan? Part ownership?

(this is not a trolling question)
Click to expand...
Because they didn't have a GBA license. And as soon as they realized all the fat sacks of cash money they were missing out on, they decided to make kissyface with Nintendo and get one.

(this is not a trolling response)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Best-selling DS games reported to have sold at least one million
Sales-Age 
28
877
Impotaku replied
I think I finally understand Square Enix's problem with side-quests in the latest FF games ...
45
911
Myths replied
Most rated Switch games on Amazon
11
656
electricmastro replied
Has the dust settled on College Football games?
2
119
Spearheadz replied
Are there strategy games on Switch or PS5?
22
441
Deerock71 replied
Top Bottom