Square Enix wants more 3D Final Fantasy remakes on DS
Cubed3 noticed Square Enix’s RPG developers want to make more 3D remakes of 2D classic Final Fantasy games for the Nintendo DS, now that Final Fantasy III is finished (and coming out for the first time outside Japan on November 14th in the US).
1UP: The Wi-Fi features in the game — I haven’t really been able to use them much, but they seem to be based largely around Final Fantasy IX’s Mognet. What are some of the advantages of using the communication function of the game?
Asano: The Wi-Fi features allow players to communicate with other people, or to use Mognet to communicate with NPCs in the game, which lets you unlock special features in the game. The onion knights, which was originally the default job in the NES version, can actually only be unlocked through the wireless feature.
1UP: Playing through FFIII DS, it reminds me a lot of FFIX. The look and feel of it…. I feel like you’ve created something with an excellent sense of the classic Final Fantasy feeling. So I have to ask — if the opportunity arose, would you want to use the game’s technology to create remakes of other classic FFs, or maybe even original titles?
Asano: Hopefully, yes!
Tanaka: Given that the game has been received very well here in Japan, we’ll make something along the same lines.
This is further confirmed by Gamesradar asking: This is the first time for this game to come to the US. Alongside the plans for FFV and FFVI, we’ll soon have seen remakes of every classic FF game. Where do you go from here?
Tanaka: FFIV, V and VI have been ported to the GBA. As you have seen FFIII is not a port but more of a remake. In the future, since FFIII has been received pretty well so far, we’re actually considering remaking some of the other Final Fantasy games.
26 September 2006 19:28pete
can you leave voice messages?
1 November 2006 20:06Jesse R. from Canada
You i’d be just wonderful having all of the original final fantasy serie games, all imported and recreated on nintendo systems. Personaly my favorite game of all times is Final Fantasy IX. if that game ever has a chance of making it on the DS or maybe even on the new Nintendo Wii, I’ll be the first one reserving it everywhere. Just imagine graphics like that and the new ideas that they could bring to the game.
