Why do the FF remakes on the DS have chibi graphics?

**Mirage** · 11-10-2010, 10:32 PM

Also because if heads were gonna be realistically scaled to the rest of the sprites, they would be too small to have any distinct features and all heads would look like an unintelligible mess. Either that, or sprites would have to be really huge. Perhaps huger than the SNES hardware would be comfortable with.

***Del Murder*** · 11-13-2010, 01:21 AM

It's cuter that way.

**Raven Riley** · 11-14-2010, 05:32 AM

I don't mind either way really, I think they look adorable though!

**turikkusta4** · 11-16-2010, 12:54 AM

haha I guess you're right about the heads. The new Golden Sun's sprites have that problem. ..but the summons look great! XD
The 3DS should be able to make character models as good as KH: Birth By Sleep. Honestly, if it couldn't as a next-gen handheld, that would've been pathetic.

I wonder what Square Enix will do with the soon-to-be-announced PSP2's supposed HD graphics.. :O *daydreams*

**turikkusta4** · 11-16-2010, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by Elly

that whole superdeformed thing was only an attempt at an angled, top-down forced perspective anyway, hence the big head - tiny body thing going on there, the remakes are only trying to recapture that...

Rrmm! *squirms* But.. but, they can't do that to FFVI! I don't want 'em to.. It deserves at least a little more realism with it's story, in my opinion.

**Elly** · 11-17-2010, 01:32 PM

i totaly agree, i think FFVI should get a total facelift, i just hope that they don't do like the GBA port and remove or change some scenes, all VI needs is better graphics and translation... that is if they even do a remake for it...

**Roto13** · 11-17-2010, 05:48 PM

Any remake of VI or any other game that's just the same game with prettier graphics doesn't need or deserve to be made. Reimagine it or make something new.

**Elpizo** · 11-18-2010, 05:51 PM

VI doesn't deserve a remake in the first place. V, now that's a whole other story. I want a copy of that game that doesn't erase all my savegames whenever I remove the cardridge from my DS Lite. Had a full bestiary, was in the Void, to boot. There went my save, my hours of work, and my patience with V Advance. It's eating dust for all eternity now.

**Roogle** · 11-18-2010, 06:02 PM

I assumed that this was because it is much cheaper and easier to develop stylized graphics rather than true high definition graphics.