FFXII was one of the worst games I've ever played. I'm a huge FF fan, and that game was just a HUGE bowl of dissapointment.

Story was terrible.
Characters were awful. Penelo was especially a joke. A main character that has 3 lines in the entire game? Cool.

And to top it all off, a battle system that... plays itself. It's worse than button mashing- you literally don't even have to press one button in battle. I remember my friend playing the last boss, putting the controller on the floor, and winning. It was hilarious.

I'm sorry, but that game was a joke >.>

I could of got past the battle system flaws if not for the story, but it was so bad...

Since I never played it, I don't know the magnitude of these additions, but it seems awesome.

12 license grids as opposed to 1(!).

I assume Espers are summons and now, you control them? Damn.

16 more gambits.

Quickenings don't use MP but a Mist Gauge. If a Limit Break took my MP, I'd be pissed. That seems like a great change.

New Game +: Strong Mode (Start at LV90), and Weak Mode (Never level up from LV1)

No existing damage limit. Not like 99999 in FFX, it can go as high as you can make it.

I looked up the changes on the Final Fantasy wiki while waiting for this!

Yes, these changes are enormous.

You should stop exciting yourself though. It's in Japanese so importing wouldn't really help and it has virtually 0% chance being released here.

I looked that up too.

Sometimes Square sucks.

Still. Maybe one day they'll take the extra five, ten minutes to stick the English text into the International version and release it over here as a compilation or something.

I've been hoping like that for Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix. Never going to happen.

Of course, using the menu would be a lot easier than a full-out JRPG, but I don't have a realistic way of reliably playing it.

And why the hell was FFX international not released in NA? The PAL version has English, just release it!

You heard it right my friend. There's kind of a fan translation on the internet, but it's hardly worth it.

Square can sometimes suck.

meh.....I'll say it has the best battle system of the Final Fantsy franchise

EDIT: scratch that, I thought he meant XIII

Dear Square:

All future hate of you will be forgiven if, one day, you release a compilation of Final Fantasy games that includes the international versions in English. You dont' have to change anything else! Just.... stick 'em all in the collection.

I will pay a stupid amount of money for this collectiton.

XII's my favourite. Love the battle system. Reminded me of KotOR. Great characters like Baltier and Fran (or Han and Chewie as I like to call them). Liked the hunts. Great game. Best FF.