• 16-bit Story Recap of FINAL FANTASY XIII/XIII-2


    The North American and European launch of Lightning Returns: FINAL FANTASY XIII is now less than couple of weeks away. Perhaps you never played FINAL FANTASY XIII or XIII-2, or you just never finished them? Well just incase you were wondering what the story so far was, or even if you'd just like to see both games re-imagined as 16-bit classics, Square Enix have decided to indulge you. Nearly 8 minutes of sprite artwork and MIDI-fied music await you!


    This article was originally published in forum thread: 16-bit Story Recap of FINAL FANTASY XII started by Aulayna View original post
    Comments 29 Comments
    1. SirPrizes's Avatar
      SirPrizes -
      This is so awesome! I wish they had used SNES music instead of 8-bit music, since it clashes with the 16-bit SFX in some places, but overall I'm very surprised modern Square even had it in them to put something like this together. The spritework is fantastic! Maybe someday we'll get a new FF game with this look as a spinoff or something.

      Also, are these versions of the songs new tracks, or did they come from the chiptune albums they put out a while back? I could have sworn I'd heard that Blinded By Light before.

      Very pleased with this video. This is how you cater to the fans, not by offering a million outfits for Lighting!
    1. Pumpkin's Avatar
      Pumpkin -
      Wow this was great
    1. Omni-Odin's Avatar
      Omni-Odin -
      Very cool.
    1. Freya's Avatar
      Freya -
      Oh haha that's so awesome of them.
    1. Lone Wolf Leonhart's Avatar
      Lone Wolf Leonhart -
      Hahaha I like the part with Caius in Valhalla. "20 years later" *broken heart* "500 years later" *broken heart*
    1. Skyblade's Avatar
      Skyblade -
      Well, there goes my idea of making a thread to explain the story to all those people complaining about not understanding it.
    1. Dr Unne's Avatar
      Dr Unne -
      Why couldn't this game really exist? The feeling with those sprites running around is so whimsical and FUN.

      Some of the music is from SQ Chips - The Final Fantasy Wiki has more Final Fantasy information than Cid could research Highly recommended, it's a great album, along with SQ Chips 2.
    1. Spuuky's Avatar
      Spuuky -
      This really would have been a great game.
    1. Skyblade's Avatar
      Skyblade -
      Maybe we could find a way to petition Square for a 16 Bit Final Fantasy XIII?
    1. radicaledward124's Avatar
      radicaledward124 -
      that was great!
    1. Sefie1999AD's Avatar
      Sefie1999AD -
      Funny how the 16-bit version almost has a better storytelling than the original.
    1. Spooniest's Avatar
      Spooniest -
      It's the lack of voices.

      Shoot, I'da played the bejeebers out of it if they'd just released it like that.
    1. Jessweeee♪'s Avatar
      Jessweeee♪ -
      omg that was so cute
    1. Del Murder's Avatar
      Del Murder -
      One of the best things SE has made in a while. I probably would have enjoyed the XIII games more if they were in this format. But man, that story is convoluted as smurf. XIII was ok but when it got to XIII-2 it was almost a parody of itself.
    1. Jiro's Avatar
      Jiro -
      That's pretty incredible, wow.
    1. NeoCracker's Avatar
      NeoCracker -
      ...Why was Lightning the Guardian of Souls in Valhalla? o_O
    1. Omni-Odin's Avatar
      Omni-Odin -
      Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post
      Well, there goes my idea of making a thread to explain the story to all those people complaining about not understanding it.
      You could still do this ya know for all the real backstory. The 16-bit video is fun, but really explains nothing.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      Music is 8bit, sound effects and graphics are 16bit. Maybe it's just me but that makes it lose all credibility
    1. Noctis Caelum's Avatar
      Noctis Caelum -
      Lmao. The fact that so many people are calling this the best thing Square Enix has done in a decade leads me to believe that people don't hate XIII series because it's trout. They hate it because they can't get over 16 bit. I PERSONALLY find that hilarious.

      I love the homage, but no, it is not better than the XIII games. I'm sorry. Still a unique idea to try and get another nostalgia trip out of FF fans that are mad at their former masters.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      Which masters? I have no brand loyality .

      In fact, I am one of their masters. SE is a slave to our money.
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