Arc Rise Fantasia: refreshingly familiar

Im so ready for this game, I wish it would come here even faster!

Arc Tales of Fantasy Arcadia.

Way to forge a unique identity. I look forward to the many genericisms I will certainly encounter in this title.

Whoa, awesome!

I can't wait for this game! But it doesn't really look like Final Fantasy to me. The battle system and art sytle makes me think more of the "Star Ocean" or "Tales of" games. Though I do agree that the game can't be judged on what other games it appears to resemble. I'm betting that Arc Rise Fantasia is going to have awesome gameplay and a story line to boot!

As for keeping the japanese track intact I hope that they would at least try for a good dub first or have the option of an english voices. I think that there is no point in having the characters voiced if you can't understand them.

Played one JRPG you've played 'em all, but that doesn't make them any worse individually

Being a fan of color, i'm at least vaguely interested in this.

Yeah its obvious they are influenced by FF. what isn't nowadays? I did see a similar bahamut, the title reflects FF, the large castles and colors, and male and female leads hugging.

but god damn i need an RPG on the wii. Its not like being influenced by Squenix is THAT bad. I mean they coulda been influenced by Ninja Bread Man or is it Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing

I'm just glad to see that there's a JRPG that's not trying to deny that it's a JRPG. Way too many of them lately have tried to be different, and almost all of them have ended up just a little too different.

Cannot wait for this game.

Yes, it's definately a JRPG... Is it like Final Fantasy? Not even 10 scenes reminded me of it specifically.
Like said above the style in general reminds me more of Tales of or Star Ocean, but not to much I'd say.

Yeah, as we've concluded, this is a JRPG.
And I definately want it.

for many people anime+rpg will remind em of final fantasy in a way or another.Not that its neccesarily true or false.Its just a factor.Personally i find this much more like Tales than Fantasy.It still can be a good title on its own.As a matter of fact i have some faith in the makers of this title.

wether or not it reminds me of FF or any TALES OF games won't stop me (or many other Wii and JRPG lovers) from buying this game! it simply looks AWESOME (duh!! its a JPRG!!) and so intriging! plus the Wii NEEDS more RPG's/JRPG's! can't wait till they release this!

Yeah, no. It doesn't remind me of Final Fantasy at all. If I didn't know better, I would've confused it for an Arc the Lad game.

As usual Wii Fanboy proves itself a sterling example for journalism everywhere. This doesn't look remotely like Final Fantasy. Hell, I even tried and watched the trailer again to see if I could piece together similar scenes...Nope. I think you guys should just stop covering RPGs altogether, you horribly suck at it. Every time there's a niche RPG on here there's always -something- to bash.

Don't even get me started on the weeaboo "lawl japanese only plz" comments. Because of COURSE there's no such thing as a good English dub. Never mind the old standby Cowboy Bebop, Haruhi, Gurren Lagann, Air, Kanon, the list goes on. Freakin' japanophiles.

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I have to disagree with you, NWFanboy. The game doesn't look like Final Fantasy to me at all, but it does look a lot like a generic Jrpg. not that that's a problem. I love Jrpg's.

I know the game will be dubbed, and the chances that the dub will be be bad these days is pretty low, but just in case, it would be nice if there was a japanese language option.

..But the title doesn't look at all like Final Fantasy's. I'm not sure what you're getting at, Ty. You may also be shocked to discover that many people the world over do, in fact, hug those they care deeply about.

I'm baffled as to why some are so rigorously grasping for straws on this point. Unless we're calling any Japanese RPG that happens to contain swords, magic, monsters, and a plot "Final Fantasy clones," this certainly is not. More like a Tales game, which is understandable considering the director and scenario writer for the game.

I still say the character design and graphics style reminds me of the PS2 Arc the Lad games, though.