FFVI mobile port looks gross

[Fynn]

Is it just me, or are the ATB gauges gone?

[Flying Mullet]

I always turn them off when I play FFVI. I'll turn then on for a couple of battles and grab a screenshot to show how that looks.

[Pumpkin]

Sabin and Edgar look like big breasted ladies from the side.

[Topaz Flare]

The longer I look, the stronger my migrane becomes and nausea takes over.

Why bother making it look like this after they spoiled us with FFIV:CC?

[Flying Mullet]

Sabin and Edgar look like big breasted ladies from the side.

When I first saw Locke I thought he had a beer gut.

[Ayen]

Sabin and Edgar look like big breasted ladies from the side.

When I first saw Locke I thought he had a beer gut.

He really let himself go.

[Spuuky]

I still really, really, really, really hate the character sprites. I think they're disgusting.

But I also really like the character portraits.

[Jiro]

I still really, really, really, really hate the character sprites. I think they're disgusting.

But I also really like the character portraits.

Yeah. Some of the background environments look neat too, but in a totally different style to the characters so ugh. I will hate this forever.

[Spooniest]

Let's face it.

It's hard to ruin Final Fantasy VI.

If I have opportunity to get it, I'ma get it.

[Flying Mullet]

And the beat goes on...
(SPOILER)
Turns out there is no ATB gauge in this mobile port. Each character's command menu slowly rises up from the bottom of the screen and when it's reached full height that character can act.
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Mr. Thou...
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So far I like Cyan's portrait the best.
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OMG, I loved you in Blade Runner!
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Battling in the Imperial Camp:
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Battling outside on the Phantom Train:
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Battling inside of the Phantom Train:
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A sample of using items and the item management screen:
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OH.HELL.YEAH!
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What was that, you missed it?
SUPLEX!
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Falling the down waterfall, where the background is rushing past you:
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Gau
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The Veldt battle screen:
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Aww, Gau's all done up for his 80's glamour shoot:
(he has a mullet, he has my heart)
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[Pumpkin]

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That pic is great.

[Jiro]

Shadow looks like he has weird growths

[Slothy]

Shadow looks like he has weird growths

They're called tits.

Why do so many of the dudes look like they have tits from the side?

[Mirage]

I haven't really changed my opinion. I still think the sprites look too flat and bland

[Mirage]

I'm actually warming to this now. The monsters are drawn really well.

After some playing around with photoshop today, I'm actually not sure how much drawing has been done to them. I'm currently playing around with certain upscaling and interpolation filters to see how close I can get an original sprite to the phone-version sprites. So far, I've gotten very very close and I haven't really spent a lot of time on this yet. I'm also far from a professional at photoshop or whatever.

It is possible that they just upscaled the original sprites, cleaned up the outline borders and added a tiny bit of detail by hand on top of that. Then again, I've only played around with the Lobo sprite so far, and I suppose important bosses could have gotten a more complete makeover.. The proportions and details on the lobo line up so perfectly that I'd say at least this sprite is very likely to be mostly not drawn anew for this version of the game.