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The Lost Final Fantasy
Lost Levels has a great piece looking at the never-released Final Fantasy title. Really nothing more than a tech demo from the N64 days, it's an interesting bit of videogame history nonetheless. From the article: "Other gaming magazines, including Nintendo Power, also ran articles on the demo with different information, helping to fuel the rumors of an upcoming Nintendo 64 Final Fantasy title. When no further information about the game appeared and Square subsequently announced that a game titled Final Fantasy VII would be released on the Sony PlayStation, fans cried foul and accused Square of betraying Nintendo ... Most of these claims were nothing more than rumors that were spawned as the result of some shoddy journalism; however, many people accepted these rumors as fact, and these faux facts were perpetuated as being truths. But many rumors are based in fact, and the rumors surrounding Final Fantasy 64 are no exception. The images of the demo that were shown in GameFan, Nintendo Power, and other magazines were real, which meant that the demo itself was real. So what exactly was the demo, and where had the information in the magazines come from? "
Read that article a long time ago.
Circumcision is child abuse.
Most of these claims were nothing more than rumors that were spawned as the result of some shoddy journalism; however, many people accepted these rumors as fact, and these faux facts were perpetuated as being truths. But many rumors are based in fact, and the rumors surrounding Final Fantasy 64 are no exception.
Yikes... So
Fact > Rumors > Claim based on fact
Faux Facts > Rumors > Claim based on fact
Right?
The video is kind of neat to see what Squaresoft could have done on the N64, but it's unpolished due to it being just a demo. The only real issue is that this news is from several years ago as the job I was working at the time I remember first reading about this was from 2003 at the earliest. Oh well, the real lost Final Fantasies were the translated versions of FF2 and FF3 for the NES that were never released. FF2 from my understanding was completed; however, I'm not sure how far FF3 got. And before you say they were released FF2 and FF3 on the SNES were just renames of FF4 and FF6.
With such quality writing, it's truly a shame that this is only the second article posted to that site this year.
Ho-lee crap.
Do you think Nintendo will include this if the Revolution includes the entire back catalog?
Also, what other hidden gems might be included if the former proves positive?
You have to love how those screenshots in the article look FAR superior to the Final Fantasy VII that finally came out on the PlayStation. Too bad they went with Sony, they could have created a far superior game on the N64.
Ah well, the move to Sony started the downfall of a once great company.
I am not a video game freak (IANAVGF). How can something be the "Final Fantasy" if it is not the last one? Wouldn't it be something like "Second to the Last Fantasy" or "Almost the Last Fantasy", etc?
Most of the claims were nothing more than rumors, which some people accepted as fact, which was then perpetuated as truth? How many ways do we need to say "rumor"?
Translation: Rumors started based on the tech demo, but the final game never got released on N64.
"Fundamentalism" isn't about divine morality. It's about human authority.
I remember seeing this demo in full years ago after downloading it from a gaming community. I was quite impressed because I thought that perhaps Square was presenting some work that would suggest that they were reworking FFVI in 3D, but I was dissappointed to discover that it was only just a demo.
One of these days I'd like to see a VI remake; I'd buy it.
FF7 and others were great to be sure, but with the 3D era I feel like they have basically sacrificed the story in favor of juicy 3D graphics. FF has steadily degenerated until we get crap like FF:Tactics and FF:Crystal Chronicles - games that could be retitled under any series and had absolutely no story. "Umm...we can only think of a lame-ass story this time, so lets stick judges in to spice up the battle." Crystal Chronicles was worse. Bad evil fog that you have to save your town from once a year. No ending. Utterly boring. Probably the worse $50 I have ever spent, and I have bought some real stinkers. FF7 was pretty good, but I couldn't ever get addicted to it like I did FF6. I'll still play through VI and have just as much fun as I did the first time. I suppose this is to be expected. When gaming is brought to the mainstream, companies follow the masses. And the masses don't want a story. They want a game with juicy graphics that they can finish playing in a few hours.
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Your 6 remake will probably be on the GBA soon enough.
They re-released
Breath of Fire I and II
Final Fantasy I and II
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy III on the DS
Final Fantasy VI on GBA is mentioned on several gaming sites but I bet it will be out next year about this time (last year they re-released I and II, this year IV, and next year it will be III an VI if current trends hold).
My Speculation for Re-releases:
Secret of Mana with Wireless Support on the DS/GBA
Chrono Trigger
LL is now down because you caused them to exceed heir bandwidth. Thanks a fucking lot.
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