Ah! Ah! So it was my argument that tipped the balance!

Wha? Nah. I wasn't even... 

*goes to youtube* 

... Dat Searching For friends 

Although FFIV's Theme of Love blows them both outta the water. 

Well, so do the other two choices.

@ c03n3nj0

Do let us know what you think about it. I've been planning on getting some Nintendo Points specifically for this game, but I'd like to hear some impressions from someone who doesn't have any nostalgic feelings toward it. Just in case.

Just played it for an hour. 

Nice music. All the tripical tropes of RPGs are there, but they're enjoyable. (THIS better be the game to have started the whole "pretty mysterious girl with memory problems" shit)

Only gripes so far is that you can't move diagonally and the ABS. I'll get used to controls by the 50th hour, probably. The Active Battle System is good, except when you only have one member in your party, because then you have to wait for your bar to fill up to attack. With multiple party members it adds a but more pace with the attack order not haveing to be, well, in order. Battle system feels the same as FFIV so far, so I didn't have to get used to it. 

Also, Edgar is freaking hilarious. I love that guy. 

Anyhow, I like it. its engrossing. 

Well if you can enjoy Chrono Trigger in all of its 16-Bit glory, you'll still be able to enjoy Final Fantasy III (VI).

-On another note, I'm playing the DS version of Chrono Trigger, too. I'm trying to remember where the heck Balthasar is with the Epoch time machine. I went to all the domes and I didn't find it!

Also, another thing to note is that today's story standards are actually lower than 16 bit's standars.

Go to the Sewers Access (Underground Sewer on DS) near Lab 32 if I remember correctly. Follow the path there, and you'll reach the dome with Belthasar.

Final Fantasy 6, 7, & 8 are my favorites in the series - The SNES version of FF6 (Final Fantasy III) is still the highest quality version of the game as future iterations all had issues with them (loading times on the PSX version ruined it, and the GBA version doesn't hold up graphically or audio wise and has bugs in it). Also the SNES translation is the best, and it was one of the first RPGs (if not the first) ever released that had a good translation (although Xenogears and FF8 were the first to have great translations).

It is also a FAR more rewarding game than Super Metroid and Link to the Past. In my opinion, a far superior game, and I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up over both of those games combined (same goes for Chrono Trigger).

On a side note about Chrono Trigger, the DS.version has bad inferior animations and the game ends up feeling less powerful as a result. I HIGHLY recommend playing the Virtual console version over the DS version. The DS version is good for the extra story bits; but I actually found them to be fairly dumb and unsatisfying, and actually kind of ruined the mystique of the unknown by presenting it as something much inferior to all previous speculation.

"Has the script of the original Final Fantasy VI held up by today's standards?"

No! It is still above standards, especially today!!