Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
I'm not going to count out the possibility that playing it on a handheld might have something to do with your take on the game. Playing Shining Force II for the first time in 12 years upscaled on my HDTV with the ps3 sonic collection made me realize that these games were meant to be played on a TV.

That being said, I played and beat CT on my laptop, using a usb controller of course. I still thought it was one of the best RPG's I've ever played, and the best thing to come out of the Super Nintendo.

Also, it might be the cutscenes. I've never seen it, but I hate that crap. Thinking about it to myself right now just makes me think it would ruin the whole thing. Thinking about facing the boss at the end of the first time you play the Middle Ages part, then heading back to the future (no pun intended, probably not really a pun), makes me cringe at the though of them throwing in an animated cut scene in the middle of that. I love akira toriyama art in video games just as much as the next guy (not sure how many actually do) but I don't want no Dragon Ball Z BS thrown in the middle of it (and i grew up with Dragon Ball Z dammit).
Hold it, there was a handheld version of Shining Force II? When did it come out, and how did I miss it?

And, yeah, you can deactivate the cutscenes (and the touch controls) on the DS version, and play through just the game. I too felt that the cutscenes detracted from the game more than they added to it, so I was pleased the option to turn them off was there.