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 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!
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.
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.
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