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Final Fantasy - Crystal Chronicles GC Details

Posted by simoniker on from the we-lived-to-see-the-day dept.

An anonymous reader points out Gaming Age have a transcript of last night's Square Enix Japanese conference call regarding the forthcoming Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for Nintendo Gamecube. Revelations? The game is more arcade-like than conventional Final Fantasy titles, and can be played by up to 4 people simultaneously. Also, the Gameboy Advance can be used as a controller, with added secret/personalized information appearing on the GBA's screen during play. And most obvious of all, it's a new Final Fantasy game.. for Nintendo.

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  1. Maybe It'll be like Secret of Mana by brave1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Secret of Mana for the Super Nintendo is one of my all time favorite games. I still dust off the SNES sometimes to play it. (As long as the battery backup holds out...) I like 'action-oriented' RPGs. I especially like the multiplayer aspect. There's nothing like a good boss battle with some buddies:

    "Don't stand there!"
    "Watch out! You're gonna get smushed!"
    "Aaarrrgh! I got smushed!"
    "Hurry up and bring me back to life!"
    "Heal me! Heal me!"

    I have been trying to resist buying a GameCube, but I've run out of good (non-racing) games to play on my XBox.

    --
    - http://www.braveterry.com/
  2. Re:noooo by Stephen+Williams · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The FFVIII magic system wasn't so bad once you'd acquired enough consumable items to refine into magic. You could take a half-hour break from the story, play cards against NPCs, refine the cards you won into items, and refine the items into magic. Random battle draw-a-thons were still sometimes necessary, but the alternative methods of acquiring magic broke up the monotony somewhat.

    I've got no complaints with a return to the draw system if there are other ways to acquire magic besides drawing.

    Incidentally: when I first heard about FF:CC's use of magic crystals/stones which could be combined to alter their effects, the first thing that came to mind was FFVII's Materia system.

    -Stephen