Final Fantasy III gameplay footage
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Jul 13th 2006 at 10:55AM }
A Final Fantasy III (DS) video -- minus the fluff -- has surfaced on YouTube. Although edited, this clip is 3:44 of gameplay footage: a lil' exploring ... a surprise skirmish ... some more explorin' ... a lethargic giant-tortoise boss battle ... a shiny crystal -- you know, classic Final Fantasy. Sure it's garden variety, but it's a proven formula and looking extremely polished at home on DS.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zero @ Jul 13th 2006 11:04AM
Garden variety? The core game is 16 years old, cut it some slack :P
Pheonix Gamma @ Jul 13th 2006 11:07AM
Wow. I heard that the maps were unchanged, but man, watching the first cave in 3D is really something. I never finished FF3, so maybe I'll stop, that way this game feels a little newer to me.
Also, I'm intrigued by the changes they're making to the story. Hopefully it's up to FF standards.
Woody @ Jul 13th 2006 11:15AM
Wow, personally, this looks awesome, so excited. The sounds were great too!
Baboon @ Jul 13th 2006 11:20AM
Mmmmmmm... tasty. Now if only they will do the same treatment for FF7. I never got to play that one either. (I did borrow it and a PS2 from a friend once, but the disk failed every time I tried to leave the first city)
Sam @ Jul 13th 2006 11:23AM
FF7? No, they need to do the same treatment for Chrono Trigger.
Baboon @ Jul 13th 2006 11:26AM
-Sam
You're right. Or, you know, they could do both...
I really hope Crono Trigger is on the Wii virtual console.
Pheonix Gamma @ Jul 13th 2006 11:27AM
FF7 has gotten so much treatment that I will smack Squenix if they even hint at another game. It's gettting old.
I would kill for a CT remake, but I doubt the DS could make the whole game 3d.
On an unrelated note, Mischief Makers needs to come to the DS.
Baboon @ Jul 13th 2006 11:29AM
- Pheonix Gamma
Correct me if I am wrong, but the reason it looks so different from Final Fantasy III is... it is. This is tha real Final Fantasy III, the one that did not come out in the US. Our III is the real VI.
Tony @ Jul 13th 2006 11:45AM
Final Fantasy...gameplay...oxymoron anyone?
crono141 @ Jul 13th 2006 11:59AM
boss "bottle"?
Woody @ Jul 13th 2006 12:12PM
OMFG, if they release Chrono Trigger on DS I'd wet myself...oh wait...
Pal @ Jul 13th 2006 12:12PM
Looks interesting, but I would have rather had it on the PSP. No problem, I have a DS as well, but personally I don't think that a FF remake of a game three generations ago needs two screens (I can't imagine Square getting too creative with dual screens on an RPG). Just give me better graphics and sound!
Ah well, back to Chrono Trigger, emulated on my PSP.
Gerwurztraminer @ Jul 13th 2006 12:29PM
Ah, Chrono Trigger! The best SNES game I ever played on my PS2. Well, that or FFVI. Remakes of either game would be pretty neat, but not likely. Still, imagine Chrono Trigger looking like Dragon Quest VIII.
burn23 @ Jul 13th 2006 12:47PM
I can't wait for this to get released.. maybe then I will quit playing FF Tactitcs advance on my DS.. There really needs to be more roleplaying games for the DS.. sooo much potential there with the hardware that could be taken advantage of..
Dylan @ Jul 13th 2006 1:12PM
I am now a little scared, I can see getting really tired of that battle system real fast, so slow, no flair at all, and the beasts simply fade away, in the old days they would at least crumble or something.
Please tell me this isnt finished, or that you can crank the speed WAAAAAAY up.
Petrie @ Jul 13th 2006 1:22PM
I can't wait for this game. That is all.
Petrie @ Jul 13th 2006 1:22PM
I can't wait for this game. That is all.
striderhayasa @ Jul 13th 2006 1:28PM
@ Pheonix Gamma
I'd go for a Mischief Makers on DS.
Hell, I'd go for a Legend of the Mystical Ninja on DS too.
@Pal
Hmmm, I'd have to agree with you on this one even though I'd put DS head and shoulders above PSP in terms of library (of course) This remake really doesn't need two screens unless there is something in there that hasn't been revealed.
But, If Camelot made a Golden Sun sequel for DS, I'd take that before FFIII on PSP and not care one bit.
revo4life @ Jul 13th 2006 1:29PM
SOOOOO what is the final fantasy where u start with 4 brothers and each 1 can change into a mage, ninga etc.
stagl @ Jul 13th 2006 1:44PM
i still don't understand how someone can stab someone from 10 feet away. would it be that difficult for the characters to run up and hit each other?!
billychaos @ Jul 13th 2006 2:01PM
LOL stagl, I dont understand how in any FF game planets can colide, the sun can crash into the earth targeting the enemy and it only do 127 damage and everyone else is fine....
*the sun colided with the earth...
Chronogears @ Jul 13th 2006 2:33PM
HOLY CRAP THOSE BACKGROUNDS WEREN'T PRERENDERED...!! Awesome. I totally thought they were, judging from screenshots. I'm actually impressed with the DS' 3D grapical capabilities! What's going on!?
stagl @ Jul 13th 2006 2:37PM
good point chaos, but i guess that was one of my favorite features of phantasy star 2...the characters would actually go up and attack each other. wow, i'm a real dork.
korey @ Jul 13th 2006 3:12PM
i belive i am the only kid that like ff8 damn i played that game so much the discs dont read i had the illest gunblade everrrr remake ff8 now!
moofree @ Jul 13th 2006 3:21PM
I wish they could go back in time and Unrelease FF8.
I'd like to see a remake of FF6 on the ds with enhanced graphics, but that's not going to happen. Oh well, FF5 and 6 on the GBA will be sweer :)
I'm still praying for Bangai-O on the ds.
josh @ Jul 13th 2006 4:11PM
Star Ocean DS anyone?
TeamAwesome @ Jul 13th 2006 5:32PM
Can someone definitively answer this for me... is this "FF III" remake a new version of what the Japanese called FF III or what we in the U.S. were told to call FF III?
/Ashamed I don't know this...
Draco @ Jul 13th 2006 8:23PM
I remember them saying they wanted to make this game completely controllable with the stylus.
I was expecting bigger command box in battle or something.
moofree @ Jul 13th 2006 8:42PM
Teamawesome, this is the Japanese Final Fantasy 3 originally for the Famicom.
FF3 here in the US was Final Fantasy 6 in Japan.
Jonn @ Jul 13th 2006 11:35PM
That's way too cute.
Kwipper @ Jul 14th 2006 5:18AM
Oh come on! You mean to tell me that even though that this game has made the transition to 3D, they still are lacking the ability to have the character actually run up to the monsters and actually hit it?
The look of the combat in ths game looks severaly outdated by todays standards, which sucks IMHO. I was hoping that they would at least upgraded this when they made the transition from 2D to 3D.
I am clearly not impressed... but this is me.
Yukeake @ Jul 14th 2006 10:07AM
Looking pretty darned good to me.
The combat, though, looks like it could have used a bit more work. I'd much have preferred the FF7-style "run up and attack" than the old "step forward and swing the sword 20 feet away, yet still hit".
The part where the character looks "up" at the text on the upper screen made me chuckle a bit.
Darcrequiem @ Jul 14th 2006 11:00AM
To 7
Pheonix Gamma, have you seen the screen shots of the DS Dragon Quest Monsters game? Its full 3D and looks nice. Its reminiscent of DQVIII on PS2. Chrono Trigger could be done in 3D on DS. I'd rather them do it in 2D though...but it can be done.
Lionel @ Jul 14th 2006 12:18PM
Excellent preview! I'm sure if they remade FF 4, 5 and 6 for the DS that it would sell well.
Ryoji @ Jul 14th 2006 4:01PM
Quick question: why wasn't this remade for the PSP, anyway? I'm pretty damn happy because it's for the DS -- which is the only handheld I own other than a Game Boy Pocket -- but I've been curious ever since this was announced. Why DS?
Caldaren @ Jul 16th 2006 2:11AM
Yeah, I'm flashing my geek badge here, but that's very reminescent of the opening of US FF3. Make all the arguments you want, but those of you that remember US FF3 remember Biggs and Wedge losing Terra down a hole? Where you then fight a basic encounter or 2, and then the first "Boss," a lightning based turtle/whelk where you had to use magic on the soft part of the creature as opposed to the shell?
It's been years since I played it, but it was the first Japanese style RPG I ever played...probably 1993-1994.
Angi-Kaiser @ Jul 23rd 2006 12:25PM
Actually, Caldaren, They didn't lose her down a hole. They found an Esper, which killed them, and Terra was rendered uncounsious. The Whelk boss came before that. When she fell down the hole, Lock and the mogles came to rescue her, and Biggs/Wedge had already died. Sorry, I'm a bit of an FF VI nut...
Anyway, FF III is starting to look really good! Can't wait till it comes out!
FFVI crazed @ Jul 28th 2006 11:45AM
oh man oh man, i remember FF series became really good at around 2, and VI was so frickin outstanding so im guessing that JAPFF3 will be really good... one thing that really threw me off was that whole FF3 of japan and engrish thing....
im not sure how accurate this article was, but apparently, Squenix (learned it on this thread and i will now and forever call it that) is gonna release every FF game on the ds up to VII (or prior to.... im not sure) but i've read that they WANT to or have plans to do that, and whether its gonna be in 3d (which i hope) or not (which is ok) is still up for questioning.... no news about a CT remake, but THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN SWEEEEEEEET and as for dragon quest..... meh..... and they NEED to release the MOTHER 1+2 for the GBA out in AMERICA!!!!