Petition to Square Enix to create a new 16 bit FF game

[Bastian]

What's so important about it having "final fantasy" in its title? I really don't understand this. Could you try to explain?

I didn't say it was essential that it must include the words "Final Fantasy" but so long as it has Fira and Thundara and Chocobos and is styled like the Final Fantasy games from 4-6, then I'm good to go.

In my opinion, the brand was destroyed by all games post FF6.

Ah, and thus everything is explained. You don't just want nostalgia, you have it in your head that everything that is a 3D Final Fantasy is somehow a destroyer of all things FF.[/quote]
Well, okay, XI was pretty decent. But I still prefer the 2D style of the older games.

You're definitely in the minority.

Here, perhaps. But in my real world group of friends, not so much. My friend Casey is a HUGE Dragon Quest fanatic but refueses to play DQVIII because of the 3D approach. My friend Dylan won't touch any 3D styled games. We're old. We prefer our games 2D, thankyouverymuch.

For you to say that the SNES was the golden era would be a matter of personal preference, as there would be nothing to back up your claims when you consider ratings and sales.

I thought I'd made it repeatedly clear that it was only my opinion. :P

But yes, most of us who grew up on the NES and SNES feel that the golden era for RPGs ended shortly thereafter (there are still a lot of those who accept FF7 into the fold, but I'm not one of those).

But, again, to bring the conversation away from FFx is better than FFy silliness: the point of this thread, as far as I can tell, is that the OP wants people to sign a petition saying "Yes, we would like more retro-styled FF please! Specificially from the 16-bit era, thanks!" If that's not your cup of tea, fine. Don't sign it.

I didn't sign it for the reason that SE already made such a game (FFLegends) which may or may not end up being ported to a non-mobile phone platform at some point in the future and then may or may not be localized. So I feel to sign this would be to ignore that they are already trying to provide the very thing being asked for.