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Goli · (08-23-2012, 02:38 AM)

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/smart/ffdl/en/
Same day as FF 25th anniversary event.

Wario64 · (08-23-2012, 02:40 AM)

And the price is gonna be like $15 I bet

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 02:40 AM)

It's about time. Didn't really understand why it was delayed so many times. Especially since the Android version is still not coming out simultaneously.

RedNumberFive · (08-23-2012, 02:40 AM)

Here's hoping it won't be obscenely priced.

Goli · (08-23-2012, 02:41 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

And the price is gonna be like $15 I bet

Probably gonna be free with $15 IAP to unlock all chapters or something like that.

Originally Posted by Aeana:

It's about time. Didn't really understand why it was delayed so many times.

Maybe Apple certification issues... Guardian Cross' Japanese release got rejected thrice.
Or maybe they just wanted to time it with the event.

Ratchet · (08-23-2012, 02:43 AM)

It's gonna be in English, right?

Kagari · (08-23-2012, 02:44 AM)

Originally Posted by Leos:

It's gonna be in English, right?

Yes.

Toth · (08-23-2012, 02:44 AM)

I was JUST wondering when this was going to come out lol

The game does look like old school fun.

Seda · (08-23-2012, 02:45 AM)

Now will the game be any good

Wario64 · (08-23-2012, 02:45 AM)

It's on Android and iOS in Japan but iOS only for English, heh

Ratchet · (08-23-2012, 02:45 AM)

Sounds good. Looks like a fun game.

udivision · (08-23-2012, 02:45 AM)

RPG Maker fan games have really come a long way. They ported this to iOS even, nice.

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 02:49 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

It's on Android and iOS in Japan but iOS only for English, heh

I guess because of the Square Enix Market on Android in Japan. I suppose that means it won't be coming to Android in the west any time soon.

ferr · (08-23-2012, 02:50 AM)

I'd pay $15. I'm stupid for Square.

antitrop · (08-23-2012, 02:50 AM)

I'll play it on my new iPhone 5.

Slime · (08-23-2012, 02:52 AM)

So is the Western Android version cancelled? I've kind of been preferring the form factor of my Nexus 7 over my iPad when it comes to games lately and was looking forward to playing this on there.

Goli · (08-23-2012, 02:52 AM)

http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201208230011/
Free prologue and other chapters purchased separately, confirmed. Also some new screens.

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 02:54 AM)

Originally Posted by Goli:

http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201208230011/
Free prologue and other chapters purchased separately, confirmed. Also some new screens.

Yep, expected.

xtrasauce · (08-23-2012, 02:55 AM)

*regrets selling iPod touch*

LiK · (08-23-2012, 02:56 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

And the price is gonna be like $15 I bet

actual game is 99 cents, SE tax is $14

Synless · (08-23-2012, 02:58 AM)

Originally Posted by Goli:

http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201208230011/
Free prologue and other chapters purchased separately, confirmed. Also some new screens.

It is not one full game? I mean, I will buy it anyways, but for how long it has been worked on I thought it would have a complete game.

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 02:59 AM)

Originally Posted by Synless:

It is not one full game? I mean, I will buy it anyways, but for how long it has been worked on I thought it would have a complete game.

The game was released as chapters originally in Japan for feature phones, just like FF4 The After Years. They're all done, but they're still charging per chapter with this version it seems. Just like FF4 TAY on WiiWare.

To Far Away Times · (08-23-2012, 03:00 AM)

Looks like the old Final Fantasy games. Is it any good?

Goli · (08-23-2012, 03:01 AM)

Originally Posted by To Far Away Times:

Looks like the old Final Fantasy games. Is it any good?

Pretty much nobody here has played it... but it has FFV's Job System so it can't be bad!

Synless · (08-23-2012, 03:01 AM)

Originally Posted by Aeana:

The game was released as chapters originally in Japan for feature phones, just like FF4 The After Years. They're all done, but they're still charging per chapter with this version it seems. Just like FF4 TAY on WiiWare.

I see, I'm not a fan of that kind of business structure, but whatever.

chickdigger802 · (08-23-2012, 03:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

And the price is gonna be like $15 I bet

$25 for 25 years!

Seriously if SE are gonna stick with sprites, give us fucking filter options! Chrono Trigger looks like butt on ios.

ZombiePlatypus · (08-23-2012, 03:04 AM)

Wait, so is this really not gonna bother with an Android release at all? Smartphone gaming almost never interests me but I'd probably pick this up if it's not an iOS exclusive.

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 03:05 AM)

Well, the Japanese price is 250 yen for chapter 1 and 850 yen for chapters 2-4, or 2500 yen for the whole thing, but there's no way it'll be over $20 for the entire thing here.

Esnel Pla · (08-23-2012, 03:06 AM)

Very interested in it. Even if it looks like a bad up-res of an RPG Maker game, it has a lot of charm to me.

Sadly, I don't have my own iOS device yet. Me and my wife share an iPad so I might do that (if it's not like Tactics or Chaos Rings and isn't a Universal App), and get my own iPad Mini down the line if that rumor turns out to be true. Otherwise, my T-Mobile contract isn't over until July, and who knows? Maybe by then, they'll have ported it to the eShop or something.

PixyJunket · (08-23-2012, 03:06 AM)

They fooled me with this "Old School Final Fantasy" dance once already (The After Years), so I think I'll sit this one out.

ferr · (08-23-2012, 03:06 AM)

This will hold me over until Versus for sure.

Link1110 · (08-23-2012, 03:08 AM)

So, 8/31 is gonna give me some old school SMT on my 3ds and old school FF on my iPad? Gonna be a great day.

Goli · (08-23-2012, 03:08 AM)

Originally Posted by ZombiePlatypus:

Wait, so is this really not gonna bother with an Android release at all? Smartphone gaming almost never interests me but I'd probably pick this up if it's not an iOS exclusive.

It is, just not outside of Japan at the moment.
Seeing as how FFIII was recently released on Google Play and has been selling well, it doesn't rule completely out the option of it ever releasing there outside of Japan.

ULTROS! · (08-23-2012, 03:08 AM)

Is this game any good? If not how long is the game?

carfo · (08-23-2012, 03:08 AM)

Will buy

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 03:09 AM)

Originally Posted by ULTROS!:

Is this game any good? If not how long is the game?

I would be shocked if anybody here played the original version, considering it released after most people were already upgrading to smart phones.

Eusis · (08-23-2012, 03:13 AM)

Originally Posted by PixyJunket:

They fooled me with this "Old School Final Fantasy" dance once already (The After Years), so I think I'll sit this one out.

Part of that was the fact it was tied down to being basically FFIV-2. I want something that's like a forgotten 16-bit title. But not only would that work better as a single purchase I imagine, but it seems they're redid the graphics for the iOS/Android version so it DOESN'T look like a forgotten 16-bit game anymore, but rather a cheap mobile cash in (which it really seems to be admittedly). Seems more like an idea I would've liked built for the ground up on GBA or DS, but we're past that now and they seem to have no interest in attempting it on anything beyond older Japanese cellphones anyway.

bluemax · (08-23-2012, 03:21 AM)

Originally Posted by Goli:

Pretty much nobody here has played it... but it has FFV's Job System so it can't be bad!

It was on display a E3. I looked at it and shuddered. I played some of SE-E's other mobile stuff though.

CorvoSol · (08-23-2012, 03:21 AM)

Originally Posted by PixyJunket:

They fooled me with this "Old School Final Fantasy" dance once already (The After Years), so I think I'll sit this one out.

But The After Years was old school Final Fantasy? It had disgustingly high encounter rates that were all back attacks and ridiculously rare drops, even!

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 03:23 AM)

Originally Posted by CorvoSol:

But The After Years was old school Final Fantasy? It had disgustingly high encounter rates that were all back attacks and ridiculously rare drops, even!

His point was that it wasn't a good game.

djtiesto · (08-23-2012, 02:45 PM)

Sucks that the Android US version has been cancelled. Game looks like such a halfhearted cash-in but I was still curious (not curious enough to buy an Apple product though).

GaussTek · (08-23-2012, 03:08 PM)

Just woke up and saw this.

Siliconera says this one is coming to Android devices, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad on August 31. But, I guess they got it wrong, right? :/

Dark Octave · (08-23-2012, 03:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

And the price is gonna be like $15 I bet

Why shouldn't it be?

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 03:11 PM)

Originally Posted by GaussTek:

Just woke up and saw this.

Siliconera says this one is coming to Android devices, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad on August 31. But, I guess they got it wrong, right? :/

Well, it is coming to Android in Japan.

Seda · (08-23-2012, 03:12 PM)

Originally Posted by Aeana:

His point was that it wasn't a good game.

I liked After Years :/

Aeana · (08-23-2012, 03:13 PM)

Originally Posted by Seda:

I liked After Years :/

I would have liked it a lot more if it had any sort of consistent balance.

PapaJustify · (08-23-2012, 03:13 PM)

Why shouldn't the game be worth 15$?

GaussTek · 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Aeana:

Well, it is coming to Android in Japan.

Ahh right, forgot about that. I thought this was about the English release only :(

Edit. Well, at least the NA page still shows "Android". Hope it isn't outdated -> http://na.square-enix.com/finalfantasydimensions

jiji · (08-23-2012, 03:36 PM)

The words this brings to mind are "deviantArt" and "RPG Maker." Kind of embarrassing, honestly.

ULTROS! · (08-23-2012, 04:47 PM)

Originally Posted by Aeana:

I would have liked it a lot more if it had any sort of consistent balance.

And less recycled stuff.

I did like the multitude of characters plus the combination attacks.