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Originally Posted by Karellen

As nice as those FMVs look, there is only so much room you can work with on a DS cart. I'm glad they're not filling space that can be used for the actual game on lavish FMV sequences.

Also, has there been any extra mentioned on how the character system is going to work? With this whole 'inheritance' thing I'm beginning to wonder whether you'll be stuck with the same five characters end-game that you were in the original.

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They could just have, you know, used a bigger cart like Mistwalker did for ASH, a game that's also filled with voice acting and FMVs, on the DS. Sure, would be more expensive for the gamers to buy, but FF IV is a fan favorite in Japan, people will buy it anyway, regardless of the price.

If they are only are going to do one FMV then I would prefer no FMV at all. It gives the player wrong expectations. I would have loved some FMVs in FF III DS, and I knwo some occasions where it would greatly help the game. But instead we got a beautiful but still pretty useless intro FMV. FF IV DS is a highly story driven game and by the looks of the entire game, it's going as far as rival FF VIII and IX IMHO. In-game FMVs would be a really welcome thing and make me fondly remember the first time I played FF IX, my first 3D FF and also the first 3D RPG and Playstation game I ever played, albeit on my PC with ePSXe 1.5.2

I'll never forget that moment with that beautiful opening FMV of FF IX. Having something likewise on my DS but with FF IV would be a moment just as memorable. Instead, we get another beautiful but useless intro FMV that makes all those great CGI versions of the characters go to waste. Bad move, SE. At least the directors of Revenant Wings knew better.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Note the scene with Kluya attending to baby Cecil and his mother, as well as the scene of Cecil, Cain, and Rosa as children. The developers are making good on their word to add back story aspects originally left out of the game back in '91.

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That's what I was talking about. ^_^
But I'm all for FMVs, if nothing else because they're beautiful. I highly appreciated all the FMVs in old Square games, because they marked reaching an important part of the story in the game, and because I loved to see the characters done in high quality. For me, the more the better, unless they slow down gameplay too much - which, I believe, is not going to happen, because of the limitations of the DS card.

The DS carts actually have the potential to hold considerable amounts of memory, as Elpizo mentioned, ASH is going to use an even bigger cart than most games. I really don't think fmvs would have too much of a limitation on the rest of the game.

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Originally Posted by Bolivar

The DS carts actually have the potential to hold considerable amounts of memory, as Elpizo mentioned, ASH is going to use an even bigger cart than most games. I really don't think fmvs would have too much of a limitation on the rest of the game.

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I think so far they can hold up to 2GB's in size, which is a hell of a lot of space for a DS game (pretty much the same size as the Playstation FF games). Oh and by the way, they get to work with lower resolutions, which means they have even more room than your typical 4-disc PSX Final Fantasy.

By the way, this looks incredible, I can't wait to get it.

It isn't 2 gigabites. It's just over 2 gigabits, or 256 megabites.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Elpizo/Sc...ts2/120902.jpg

It was revealed in the developpers blog today that the voice-acting can be switched-off, the cut-scenes can be skipped but can also be rewatched with a theatre-option in the game.

FINAL FANTASY IV 開発室
There are some more screenshots on the blog as well. Including a screenshot of a maths mini-game with child Rydia and a poochika? 0_o?

Ha ha. I like the cartoonish versions of the characters in that screenshot.

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Originally Posted by Evastio

Ha ha. I like the cartoonish versions of the characters in that screenshot.

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xD It's awesome having Palom doing shadow puppets.

Cid with popcorn. xD

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The official site has been updated with new character videos of Yang, Edward and Rydia. Note that the Jeux-france link is missing the SECOND Rydia video, which shows Rydia as an adult. To see that one, you'll need to go to the official site I fear.

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Originally Posted by Elpizo

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The official site has been updated with new character videos of Yang, Edward and Rydia. Note that the Jeux-france link is missing the SECOND Rydia video, which shows Rydia as an adult. To see that one, you'll need to go to the official site I fear.

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the use of the camera for cut scenes looks great... hopefully the battles are as well done as the storytelling promises to be.

It was also good to hear the battle theme kick up for the yang scene....

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Originally Posted by Bolivar

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Originally Posted by Elpizo

Final Fantasy IV en images

The official site has been updated with new character videos of Yang, Edward and Rydia. Note that the Jeux-france link is missing the SECOND Rydia video, which shows Rydia as an adult. To see that one, you'll need to go to the official site I fear.

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the use of the camera for cut scenes looks great... hopefully the battles are as well done as the storytelling promises to be.

It was also good to hear the battle theme kick up for the yang scene....

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Agreed, the battle theme still sounds good:)

Man, I can't wait for this game to come out, and for a good DS emulator and a ROM to appear :D This game just looks so cool, so nice. So far, I love every moment I've seen of it. ^^ Even the lack of FMVs during the playthrough won't ruin my impression, I think, because of the nicely done cutscenes.

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Those videos are awesome. I really like the new versions of the FFIV songs.

What I'm really hoping for eventually is the translation of the lyrics to the Theme of Love Song. (or even better having the lyrics of that song translated in the English Version)

Here's a new Creator's Voice whateverish, all in Japanese, so no good for those of us who can't understand Japanese. Howeve, this site contains many videos of the game, including Golbez' grand entrance in Fabul, battle footage, naming way (he can still change names it seems) and other stuff. You can also hear the in-game music in the videos, so it's worth to check it all out.

It's interesting that bosses have a different battle-view than normal random encounters...

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Oh yeah, lastly, Famitsu gave the game 9/9/8/9, or 35/40. Not bad eh?

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Famitsu has reviewed the game and her is a translation from NeoGAF.com:

9/9/8/9

Changes are on a massively different scale than the GBA port.
3dification makes it seem almost a different game.
Lower-screen map is very easy to read.
Upgrades in event direction are great.
Variety introduced in upgrading characters through Decant Ability is really good
New episodes added, but the main plot is about the same.
Auto-Battle makes combat easy
Change of viewpoint for boss battles increases the effect.
"Portica"-raising minigames are also on there.
Portica are the Pohchika mentioned in previous post.

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