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Bolivar
12-16-2009, 08:08 PM
Destructoid - Final Fantasy VIII coming to US PSN (http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-viii-coming-to-us-psn-157994.phtml)

Already been out in Japan. I wish Dragon Quest VII would come as well.
Rad Bromance
12-17-2009, 03:15 AM
That's cool, even though I already own the game.

That didn't stop me from buying the PSN release of FFVII though. :D
Sephex
12-17-2009, 04:28 AM
Hmmm, I may get this. FFVIII isn't one of my favorites, but the battle system/card game would be a great time killer on the go.
Rostum
12-17-2009, 07:51 AM
Awesome! Can't wait to see more Square games get on to PSN (like FFIX, Chrono Cross, etc.).
jammi567
12-17-2009, 09:34 AM
As PSP games are region free, does that mean a European would be able to buy it?
Jecht Shot
12-17-2009, 07:27 PM
I don't know how that works exactly, except for I think you'd have to have a US PSN account to get it.

This is awesome news. I love the game, but Triple Triad will be a great time killer too. My second favorite mini-game next to Blitzball. :D
Bolivar
12-17-2009, 09:56 PM
I would hope so, I'm pretty sure people got the Japanese version of FFVII when it wasn't out yet in the US, I would look that up before you try.

But yeah, as long as you make a US account you should be good to go.

I'm a sucker for this. I own the games, but having them as PSP games, for 9.99, is a great thing.
Rocket Edge
12-17-2009, 10:22 PM
Hopefully It'll come to Europe at the same time, if not then I'll resort to making a US PSN account, because I am definitely getting this.
Shadowdust
12-18-2009, 08:33 PM
Well it's officially out today. I'm already downloading it. Can't wait to play it on my PSP.
Jecht Shot
12-19-2009, 12:33 AM
Wow so soon. Gonna start on downloading that right away.
Jiro
12-19-2009, 05:43 AM
Excellent. Another reason for me to get a PSP
qwertysaur
12-19-2009, 06:09 AM
This means IX will come out eventually too most likely :hyper:
Rad Bromance
12-20-2009, 02:12 AM
My friend got it and was playing it at work today. It looks absolutely gorgeous on the PSP screen. :D
Rocket Edge
12-31-2009, 01:15 AM
Where is this! :(

If it's not in by Friday I'll go berserk.
Skyblade
12-31-2009, 09:38 AM
Where is this! :(

If it's not in by Friday I'll go berserk.

Playstation Store, under PS1 classics. Since they're alphabetical, right under FFVII.
Karifean
12-31-2009, 10:28 AM
but not in europe, yet :(
Skyblade
01-04-2010, 05:23 AM
My friend got it and was playing it at work today. It looks absolutely gorgeous on the PSP screen. :D

I have to agree with this. A lot of the problems with VIII's graphics gets ironed out when it gets squeezed to the smaller screen with lower resolution. The objects don't look nearly as jagged or pixelated as they do on my PS1 or PC version.
Bolivar
01-13-2010, 11:49 PM
My friend got it and was playing it at work today. It looks absolutely gorgeous on the PSP screen. :D

I have to agree with this. A lot of the problems with VIII's graphics gets ironed out when it gets squeezed to the smaller screen with lower resolution. The objects don't look nearly as jagged or pixelated as they do on my PS1 or PC version.

same for FFVII.

It just sucks that playing them on an HDTV with a ps3, even with smoothing on, has the complete opposite effect. some games with 2d elements like FFTactics look better, but VII and VIII sure could use the "God of War Collection" treatment.

Maybe they should do this for IX before it comes out... that or a firmware patch, get some of the best and brightest on this thing and improve their emulator.
Rocket Edge
02-04-2010, 06:47 PM
Finally arrived in Europe today. :)
Mo-Nercy
02-06-2010, 11:59 AM
Neat. This game is great fun.
Jessweeee♪
02-09-2010, 12:28 AM
Portable FFVIII! My life is complete.
Peabob
02-13-2010, 01:37 PM
I kind of wish they'd released trophies with this (and FFVII on PSN). I've more or less 100%'d both games but would do it again with trophies just because I'm a massive whore.
hitman1984
02-20-2010, 07:44 AM
yeah kind of a shame they didn't add trophies for the release of VII and VIII didn't stop me from buying it and playing it again on PS3 though, hopefully IX will shortly follow.
Lightening
02-22-2010, 06:56 PM
Trophies for FFVIII would've been awesome!! Too bad that didn't happen :(
cloud21zidane16
02-22-2010, 10:26 PM
Trophies are awesome and who knows it might happen one day. But Final Fantasy is just one of those games that are to great to NEED trophies to give you the desire to complete every challenge everything possible.
Bolivar
02-23-2010, 04:37 AM
I don't think they can release trophies for them, they're essentially the original PSOne file running on an emulator in the PS3, and not a great one at that. I love my PS3, but let's be honest here:

there's emulators out there that can make these older games look even better than they originally did on your computer screen. Computer screens are a lot higher-resolution than HDTV's. So there's really no reason the PS3 can't have a half-way decent emulator to not make the games look so jaggy on an HDTV.

BACK TO trophies... b/c it's just the PSOne file, you can't add trophies into things like that. I suppose what would have to happen is for the game to be packaged as a PSN game instead of a PSOne classic. I'd personally like it to happen, my player/trophy level would shoot up from all the classics I'd be playing.