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[JoshuaJSlone]

I figured the same thing, it probably has to do with the marketshare in Japan more than anything else

Well, it was announced before either DS or PSP were released. Nor had DS reached its late-2005 explosion by the time FF III in its current form was shown off.

 

[threeball]

I've been gaming since the NES and have never played a Final Fantasy. I really don't like medieval/middle ages/renaissance style RPGs or RPGs in general. Am I missing out or should I start playing this series, and if so which game should I start with?

 

[Snaku]

I've been gaming since the NES and have never played a Final Fantasy. I really don't like medieval/middle ages/renaissance style RPGs or RPGs in general. Am I missing out or should I start playing this series, and if so which game should I start with?

Yes, you should at least give it a try. Rent Final Fantasy XII this Fall.

 

[Owed T'Alex]

amano loves him some spires

 

[Tony HoTT]

I really like the boxart. While the logo just kind of looks added and doesn't blend in with the picture's style overall, I still don't think it looks bad. Hopefully we get something similar in the states.

Boxart > Gameplay :lol

 

[Zeed]

I've been gaming since the NES and have never played a Final Fantasy. I really don't like medieval/middle ages/renaissance style RPGs or RPGs in general.

Would you prefer the high-tech industrial emo style RPGs like FFVII? What is it about the classical setting that you don't like? If you dislike RPGs in general, list a few games that put you off. Final Fantasy is a great series with a number of worthy titles, and FF3 is probably a great place to start, being based off of one of the older FFs.

 

[Madame M]

purdy

I could see this coming to America with this boxart, if FF4 GBA is any indication

 

[Chris Michael]

hope the US box looks this good

The Children of Mana boxart looked even better than this, but Square really dropped the ball for the US BA. I'm keeping my hopes low for the US version of this BA.

EDIT: by the way... does anyone else noticed that the main (male) character is in a VERY feminine position? Legs crossed and everything.

 

[Mau ®]

That's a beatiful box art. It does scream "Fantasy", no other FF box art has done that since FFX US box IMO.

Im getting a DSlite for this!!!

 

[Error]

Yes, you should at least give it a try. Rent Final Fantasy XII this Fall.

your avatar is awesome!

 

[Tabris]

Amazing box art... and heh, I never knew about the WiFi. Card game ala FFIX?



Compare hardware sales in Japan between the DS and PSP and you'll see why Square is releasing this on the DS. Oh yeah, I know this game was announced quite early on, when no one could really say how things would wind up. There was a long period of time where NO WORD was being spoken regarding this game, and suggest that perhaps SE was biding their time. Needless to say, it makes MORE sense to release this on the DS rather than the PSP, hardware limitations aside. The irony, of course, that SE essentially chose carts over disc media this time around.

Agreed on Boxart. Best box art I've seen for a handheld game. FACT.

Regarding your second statement, remember, SE is developing a FF (with the highest non-hardware based selling potential) for PSP on UMD. SE is sharing the FF love.

 

[NotMSRP]

You sure that is a guy?

by the way... does anyone else noticed that the main (male) character is in a VERY feminine position? Legs crossed and everything.

 

[Mejilan]

Agreed on Boxart. Best box art I've seen for a handheld game. FACT.

Regarding your second statement, remember, SE is developing a FF (with the highest non-hardware based selling potential) for PSP on UMD. SE is sharing the FF love.

A real FF, or some silly spin-off title? I haven't really kept up, since I don't think anything signficant was shown off at E3. I'm certainly not trying to be disingenous.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

your avatar is awesome!

and your avatar seems to be changing every 5 minutes, what the hell :lol

 

[Emotions]

Agreed on Boxart. Best box art I've seen for a handheld game. FACT.

Regarding your second statement, remember, SE is developing a FF (with the highest non-hardware based selling potential) for PSP on UMD. SE is sharing the FF love.

You couldn't resist making your usual comments. :lol

 

[Mejilan]

and your avatar seems to be changing every 5 minutes, what the hell :lol

He gets bored easily! ;p

 

[jj984jj]

Agreed on Boxart. Best box art I've seen for a handheld game. FACT.

Regarding your second statement, remember, SE is developing a FF (with the highest non-hardware based selling potential) for PSP on UMD. SE is sharing the FF love.

Yeah, all platforms get FF love, even GCN and 360. S-E loves us all. :3

 

[Zeed]

A real FF, or some silly spin-off title? I haven't really kept up, since I don't think anything signficant was shown off at E3. I'm certainly not trying to be disingenous.

Silly spin-off. They showed like three screen shots of it at E3. FF7: Crisis Core. Supposedly an action game.

 

[Mejilan]

Silly spin-off. They showed like three screen shots of it at E3. FF7: Crisis Core. Supposedly an action game.

Did we really need another Dirge of Cerberus?

 

[Tarazet]

The artwork is beautiful but I don't like the way they just slapped the logo on. It could have gone in the top right instead of hiding the most interesting part of the picture.

The horse's rear end?

Edit: Oh, you mean the FFIII logo. My bad.

 

[Greenpanda]

I've been gaming since the NES and have never played a Final Fantasy. I really don't like medieval/middle ages/renaissance style RPGs or RPGs in general. Am I missing out or should I start playing this series, and if so which game should I start with?

If you don't like medieval stuff, then I'd definitely recommend FF VIII, as it's basically set in the modern day. (It's a fictitious world, but it has a modern society and modern technology.)

 

[Tarazet]

If you don't like medieval stuff, then I'd definitely recommend FF VIII, as it's basically set in the modern day. (It's a fictitious world, but it has a modern society and modern technology.)

FFVII is pretty up-to-date, too, though not as futuristic as FFVIII.

 

[Snaku]

your avatar is awesome!

Only because Griffith is awesome.

 

[Raven.]

Bump cool jp boxart still can't believe someone made this thread so nsfw!!! :lol

 

[Splash Wave]

Yoshitaka Amano is brilliant.

 

[siamesedreamer]

MY EYES!!!!!

 

[EviLore]

MY EYES!!!!!

Why the hell are you making even more copies of the hotlinked image?

 

[Lee N]

People need to learn not to hotlink to images.. you never know what they'll turn into >_<

 

[Red Scarlet]

The "I'm gay" one was funny though. U2k was good at finding those.

 

[siamesedreamer]

Why the hell are you making even more copies of the hotlinked image?

Agreed.....but, I figured that it would get the mods' attention quicker.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

I just can't believed my eyes!!! He's so "yellow"!



Somebody must've been drunk when creating this art!

 

[madhtr]

http://patpend.net/manuals/box/nes/final_fantasy_iii_(japan).jpg


I just can't believed my eyes!!! He's so "yellow"!



Somebody must've been drunk when creating this art!

I think someone was drunk when they read this thread and yet still posted the actual image again.

 

[chinmonster]

So beautiful it needs its own thread. Any guesses what the US one will be like?

That... is so hot. If it's not like that (I know it won't be) in the U.S., I'm importing it just for the box art.

 

[ghibli99]

That J-box art is beautiful. Based on the FF4A one (I think we got the better one in the US), chances are looking pretty good that we'll get something similar.

 

[Zeed]

Yoshitaka Amano is brilliant.

Brilliant like a 6 year old with a crayon!

 

[jj984jj]

People are forgetting that Nintendo published FFIVa here, it's upto S-E USA this time if we get this boxart or not.