Sequels, Prequels, and Franchises

[Skyblade]

If there's one big moment where you could say they "sold out" it'd be FFII. Final Fantasy was to be their last game after all! They only made a second because the first got them monies. And boy am I glad they did. Those first few in the series weren't really my thing.

(Also, Crisis Core is pretty awesome if you both like FFVII and can ignore the existence of Genesis. He is by far my least favorite villain in the series, maybe even ever.)

Crisis Core is fine as long as you can ignore every character it retconned in. Every character who was actually part of the original story was brilliant and excellent. Every single character it tried to add just wound up painful. And Genesis was the worst.

Oh, and JRPGs are only going away because their developers are idiots who aren't paying attention. There are still plenty of awesome JRPGs being churned out and getting incredibly positive reviews. The games are doing brilliantly, and the demand is there, the developers just don't seem to notice how well they are doing. Probably because they are all for handheld systems. Now, if you'll excuse me, my DS calls.