I've never played Final Fantasy III for the Famicom because I don't own a famicom. And even if I did, I don't speak Japanese, so I probably wouldn't do too well playing the game. I am aware that it's possible to play the game on your computer using an Emulator, but I'm also aware that it's illegal to do this. So I haven't done that.
So when I play FFIII for the DS, it will be my first FF3 experience.
But I've been looking over the screenshots, and they look really... good.
The version of FF1 on the PSX didn't look like the original NES version at all. But it was still the same basic idea. Aerial view, turn-based combat, and so forth.
But this version of FF3 looks NOTHING like the Famicom screenshots I've seen. It looks like a totally new game, loosely based around FF3. I mean, will it still have the same gameplay, as far as field and combat?
Keep in mind that I know VERY little about this game. I know that it has jobs, like FFV. I know that you start as Onion kids (or something like that) and I know that you get a lot of airships. I've heard that the original NES graphics look strikingly similar to the FF4 SNES graphics, only, NES. And I guess I can see that, judging by the screenshots I've seen.
I'm just wondering, though. If I get FFIII for the DS, am I actually getting FF3? I'd certainly say that FF1&2oS isn't a faithful representation of Final Fantasy OR Final Fantasy II (judging by the FFOrigins version). It was all watered-down and simplified. I played FF1 on the NES and it had a distinct feel to it. Apart from the 8-bit graphics and sound, the game just felt a certain way. I think that FFOrigins captured that feeling pretty well, but DoS did not.
So, to those of you who have played the original FF3, how does this new version seem to be stacking up as of now?