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NiKKoM on 23 February 2011

For the 5 people excluding me on this site who cares about it:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/23/ff3_iphone_detailed/

Final Fantasy III iPhone is Remake of DS Version

First details on what's new for the latest iPhone Final Fantasy.

The big question when Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy III was being remade for iPhone was sprites or polygons. Famitsu provides the answer this week: polygons. Final Fantasy III's iPhone version is a remake of the 2006 DS title, the magazine reveals.

It looks like Square Enix is remaking quite a bit, though. The game's visuals are being redone in high resolution for the iPhone version. The sound is also seeing an update. One of Famitsu's editors who was given an early play chance says that the sound is incredibly high quality.

The iPhone version's control system includes a virtual d-pad which appears wherever you choose to touch the screen. During battle, you can directly select commands then tap the enemy you'd like to attack.

Also being updated for the iPhone version is the monster viewer gallery. This has become easier to use, and the monster cards have been redesigned.

Famitsu lists the same general March release time frame for Final Fantasy III that Square Enix listed in its announcement yesterday. With Famitsu getting a first reveal, we can probably expect official online screenshots to surface later this week.

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w00t can't wait for it! gonna buy it again.. but what's keeping my FF tactics for the iPhone? and chrono trigger?



 

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-Newcloud- on 23 February 2011

knowing SE its going to be expensive



Xen on 23 February 2011

Ha, I guess it does need some retooling for the iPhone... still, a remake of a remake is exactly SE!



famousringo on 23 February 2011

That's nice of them to put some serious effort into it.

But yeah, I'm more interested in Final Fantasy Tactics. Can't wait to demolish my enemies (and a couple of my friends) with calculators again.



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NiKKoM on 24 February 2011

screenshots:

 


looks sharp!



 

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MrT-Tar on 24 February 2011

so a remake of a remake eh?




TheBardsSong on 24 February 2011

Doesn't look very different from the DS game.



jarrod on 24 February 2011
-Newcloud- said:

knowing SE its going to be expensive


For an iOS game maybe, but it's still $19.99 on DS afaik.  I expect this version to be half that probably.

 

Smart move on SE's part imo.  Hopefully we see them porting other old PSP & DS remakes after this, like FFIV, Tactics Ogre, Front Mission, Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean 1-2... RPGs and SRPGs are two of the few genres that really translate well to touchscreen controls.