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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call |OT| Once more, with feeling!
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I bought a 32GB a couple months ago. I'm going digital because I think it's going to be nicer to have it always on the system in case I ever just want to play a song or two while I'm playing something else on the cart.
Not having the game on the store at midnight (or even 8am!) is kind of annoying though.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Invest in a 16 or 32GB microSD card with an adapter, they're shockingly cheap, and you'll be ready to stick it in in a New 3DS if you ever decide to upgrade.
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Picked up my copy & listened to the Selection Remix on the drive home. Surprised to see they still include Square Enix Members codes, considering they stopped with the yearly rewards last year or so....now I just gotta remember what my log-in info was.
Hoping to play a few songs before I gotta go back to class.
Hoping to play a few songs before I gotta go back to class.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
This is exactly why I will only ever play with no EX Bursts online. They're way too random and unbalanced IMO.
There might still be a few that do this (I haven't played anywhere near every song yet), but so far I can say that the song cuts are much better this time around. For example, while I remember being incredibly disappointed by The Extreme (FF VIII) and The Final Battle (FF IX) cutting out in the original Theatrhythm just as they were getting to the good parts, in Curtain Call they fade in just after the long intro segments and let you play the entirety of the actual song. I have yet to find a song in Curtain Call that cuts out mid-song, and I've been looking!
The demo just gives you an additional 10 characters to choose from for your initial starting party, while the others are stashed away to be unlocked later. Locke might be among the ones you can choose from; I can't remember. Either way, Curtain Call lets you choose which character you want to unlock each time you gather enough of the right-colored shards for them, so once you get enough shards of whatever Locke's color is (can't remember), you can unlock him first if you want.
They're SO FUN. I'm so glad Mystic Quest's music is finally getting the Theatrhythm love it deserves. I deeply, deeply hope the final battle (BMS) and Doom Castle (FMS) themes are eventually added as DLC.
There's a much smaller focus on EMS tracks (the ones with the clips in the background) in Curtain Call; not only do you have to unlock all of them to begin with, you'll never randomly encounter or be forced to play them in Quest Medley or any other mode (from what I've been able to tell so far, at least).
That said, the splash image for Final Fantasy VI in the main song selection list is an image from the ending, so... you might be kinda hosed there. Though I'm now wondering if you'd even know it was from the ending if I hadn't told you... kind of a Catch-22 there, huh?
I just got my new 32GB microSD with adapter yesterday. Fortunately I made sure to check my remaining space last week before I tried to download Curtain Call. It's really impressive that I had ten 3DS retail games, a ton of VC games, and several indie games all on a 16GB SD card. Now I'll be good to go for a lot more games and the New 3DS.
Wolf Akela
Member
Yes, I love this change! I always thought it was silly for them to offer a fairly complex RPG system (for a rhythm game) but completely discourage you from even using it.
darkjedi187
Member
going to be downloading this soon, hope I have enough space on the card.
Is it true that the songs in this game are of a lower audio quality than in the first game? I feel like I read that somewhere last night, that someone thought the songs were only 128kbps.
Not that it matters because I have no willpower and bought this game the moment it hit the eshop
Not that it matters because I have no willpower and bought this game the moment it hit the eshop
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
That warning in the beginning about not being able to play my save on another DS or sd card doesn't count if I do a system transfer when the new DS comes out right?
I'd imagine that will be fine since you'll be transferring the save license over as well.
I'm right there with ya. But I'm at home, still slow as fuck.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
I'm hoping so..I was going to go ahead on an XL
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Hey, I thought you all might like to know that, similar to my prior Smash 3DS / Wii U giveaways, I'll be giving away packs of Curtain Call CollectaCards on my Twitter (@AshPaulsen) throughout the week! The packs were exclusive to PAX (wordplay, ha!) and include Ace, Rem, and Machina from Final Fantasy Type-0.
If interested, the giveaways are happening at 7pm PST from today through Friday, and all you need to do to win is be the first to correctly answer a Final Fantasy-related trivia question on my Twitter!
If interested, the giveaways are happening at 7pm PST from today through Friday, and all you need to do to win is be the first to correctly answer a Final Fantasy-related trivia question on my Twitter!
I accidentally pushed A and didn't get to finish reading what the game said at the start regarding the initial party you choose and how that affects your music. Are you initially limited to the tracks from the games that your party is from until you unlock more, or something?
Also: who did everyone choose? Should the leader still be someone who is best suited for the Field stages like in the original game? I used Bartz originally, since he was perfect for that (naturally).
Also: who did everyone choose? Should the leader still be someone who is best suited for the Field stages like in the original game? I used Bartz originally, since he was perfect for that (naturally).
robotzombie
Member
From my experience, when you pick the free shipping the estimates are ridiculously overstated. I tend to get games one or two days after release, even while the tracking status is acting like its going to arrive the next week. This also depends on where you are compared to shipping hubs however.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Basically, the characters you choose for your initial party determine the music you initially have access to (so if you choose Cecil, you get FF IV's music unlocked to start with). It really doesn't matter, though, because after you play 30 more minutes or so you'll have unlocked every game's music and like 95% of the whole songlist.
And yeah, having your party leader be someone best-suited for FMSes is the way to go once again. I basically just chose my initial party based on my favorite FF games and characters: Tidus, Lightning #2, Terra, and Zack (not huge on FF VII itself but Zack is far and away my favorite part of it). Looking back, though, I should have just chosen the original Lightning, because her stats are much better (or at least they were in the original Theatrhythm) and I love FF XIII but wasn't so hot on Lightning Returns...
As long as it doesn't blatantly scream ENDING to me, it doesn't matter. I understand a picture means nothing without context, so if I don't know the ending of VI right now, will the image that they have chosen mean anything to me at all?
Starwolf_UK
Member
I hate how it checks funds then free space while on Wii U does opposite (so you can empty the fridge before filling the wallet).Oh no
WHY GOD WHY.
The sound files are identical to the first game for unchanged songs. If it sounds different than it is the game at fault (I think the demo is lower quality for less fridge space or whatever).
Bitrate is not as easy to place as it uses a Nintendo custom bcstm codec (a derivative of one used since the Gamecube) but it is 32KHz (this is as high as that codec goes, Kid Icarus is 24KHz so it can be worse) so 12 bit instead of 16 bit.
Basically if you thought the first game sounded fine there shouldn't be any issue here.
Could it be free for a limited time? First party games have been seen to do that with the first piece usually...
Napalm_Frank
Member
No.
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Forgot I had this preordered until it showed up today. Whoops!
Well, I played a ton of this yesterday, so I'm having a bunch of fun with it. I picked up the original just a couple of months ago for cheap, so I was excited when I realized this was coming out now!
Starting to see more people in the vs mode now it seems. Played ultimate score no ex burst against someone but I really need some more practice, most of the battle ultimate scores are just a little beyond my level atm...
I like the quest medley mode but I kind of miss the old system for the dark notes where different parts of the song would be different difficulties, that was kind of cool.
I like the EX Bosses in the medley mode that use the EX Burst skills against you, was a cute thing for them to include.
Back to playing, though!
Starting to see more people in the vs mode now it seems. Played ultimate score no ex burst against someone but I really need some more practice, most of the battle ultimate scores are just a little beyond my level atm...
I like the quest medley mode but I kind of miss the old system for the dark notes where different parts of the song would be different difficulties, that was kind of cool.
I like the EX Bosses in the medley mode that use the EX Burst skills against you, was a cute thing for them to include.
Back to playing, though!
ladyluthien
Member
Very nice. I think this was the same free song when it released in Japan.
Sweet, will have to grab this when I get home. I was wondering if there was DLC already up.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Any idea how much the DLC songs cost in EU? Do we have a list of em? Or is it all the Japanese ones in OP?
You have given me hope where there was none. I am prepared to be dashed upon countless rocks of despair.
Vyse The Legend
Member
While I can't recall who they were off the top of my head, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you only get 10 more OPTIONS to start. They're not permanent unlocks. Once you create your first party of four, all the remaining characters get locked.
I played yesterday and had 24 characters to choose from at the beginning. After a few songs, I got red shards, and it gave me the option to unlock people I thought I already had. I was super confused at first, but when I went to edit party, I saw that there were only my chosen 4 plus the new unlock to choose from.
ladyluthien
Member
Yep, this is correct!