Is the GBA version worth it?

[Wolf Kanno]

I would hate it if they wasted their time on remaking V, by giving new graphics and spanking it up. What's the point? There are more important projects to attend to.

Quiet you

After the IV remake, I better be seeing some screenshots of 3D Faris in her full crossdressing glory...

The GBA version pwns the Anthology version, IMHO. NO loading times, great new translation, updated graphics, greatly ported soundtrack and an all new dungeon with some new super bosses and super weapons. It's totally worth it.

Agreed on everything but the new translation and the soundtrack. Without headphones the sound is terrible (but that is an easy remedy), and although I haven't gotten that far in FFV Advance yet, I prefer the Anthology translation so far.

The soundtrack is not nearly as off as the GBA version of VI and I feel it was pretty good. The translation is definetly better as it really begins to define the characters personalities way better. Besides Faris no longer does stereotype pirate talk... that alone makes this version way better.

As for the extra content... I haven't tried the optional dungeons yet but I did find the new job classes to be rather disappointing. They arrive so late in the game that they aren't really worth using, and though I haven't unlocked Necromancer yet... I get the feeling it's a class I would have loved to use in the actual dungeon I acquire it making it utterly useless but then again I could be wrong