Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection gets an even more complete trailer

@PS1

There's a perfectly good port of FF4 that came to DS a year or two ago that's worth playing.

@Killimus2188

I think I'd prefer the ds remake of this instead, but something tells me that guy's a playstation fan.

@Tab

But the DS port doesn't have the after years...

@Tab I do have a DS (well my sister's). But I think I prefer the original sprites compared to the worse than FFVII 3D models.

@VeeDeeVee

You stole the words from my lips. Like everything else SE does lately, this is the pinnacle of the "lazy port." You may as well put an SNES emulator on your psp and run the original ROM. The only real benefit this has over the original is the after years add-on, and those are all kinda meh (total fan service).

@harusame

No, not really. Almost all FFs have separate stories from each other, which is really remarkable for a game series.

@harusame

Just goes to show the people Square expects to want to play this game are the people that already have.

Now, to buy myself a PSP...

@harusame

The two women have a baby? Are you for serious?

The guy with the grey hair is a dude. The baby is a boy.

@melao

Because that would make sense. And Square doesn't want to make sense, they want to make money. And if people will buy Final Fantasy 4 over and over and over again, then they'll keep putting it out.

@melao

Cause they're saving a 3D port of FFVI for the 3DS, I'd wager.

@melao Let's see... After the localized the SNES version for the US, they re-issued in Japan as "easy-type" because the localization was so dumbed down. This was different than the US version slightly and had a different form of the final boss. That's 1. The PSX version - 2. The Wonderswan color version - 3. The GBA - 4. Japanese mobile release - 5. DS Remake - 6. This - 7. Not counting virtual console release. Oh and this is the third re-issue of after years.

The reason they re-release it so much is it is the first 'traditional' FF game which is more linear and story-focused. It's what made the series a hit in Japan (while FFVII is what made it a hit internationally).

But man, I'd love a remake of FFVI with 3D models based on Amano's designs like the PSX intro to FFVI had (Dissidia had them too but they had Nomorua influence which is barf). I want this more than FFVII remake. FFVII borrowed quite a bit from FFVI actually. Sephiroth infused with Jenova cells.... Kefka infused with magicite. Aeres theme even shares the first few notes with Celes' theme.

@Goity
the after years is really short and there is no point to exploring as even low level poorly equipped characters can finish the stories.

@Draco
I've played and finished it on the Wii. Yes, each characters' stories are only about 3 hours long, but there's plenty of worth in the secret dungeons, which you do have to train up for, and the final chapter alone lasted me well over 20 hours. It's quite a long game really, imo.

@Obyinlondon No you're right. But to be fair this version does not recycle the SNES sprites once more. It's re-drawn in the same style as FF1&2 anniversary editions with higher resolution artwork.

I don't know why they didn't just port the 3D models as is. The wider screen, higher resolution, and texture smoothing along with a better framerate would make FF4 DS even better on PSP. It's not like the touchscreeen added to the game or the 2nd screen was needed. At one time they were planning to port FF3 DS to PS2 in case the DS was a dud (it wasn't) so it's not like it would've been a technical challenge.

Then again, it wouldn't look very good for the game to transition from FF4 to after years going 3d to 2d because I doubt they'd want to render after years in 3d. It does look like the game will use the same CGI cut scenes as FF4 DS though. I would imagine it will use the updated music too, but probably not the voice acting.

FF4 DS gets a lot of hate for bad 3d graphics and slow gameplay but I suspect half the people who say that didn't even play through the game. The graphics are actually quite pleasent. I think the first airship scene had a bit of slowdown during the battle which is not present elsewhere in the game. People probably saw that and turned it off. The graphics and especially animations are great, the game runs slower but not THAT much slower and it's not a bad thing. It's not slow-down it just takes longer to do the same things as the 2D version. The re-mixed bosses and some enemies require actual strategy different that the prior versions and to me this is a great thing. I miss the addtions from the GBA game (which are present in the PSP version) but they were hacked into that game anyways and the augment system is nice.

I don't plan on buying this game, I won't feel bad pirating it for my PSP at all considering this will be the 5th version for me and the 2nd after years. No thanks Square, I've already paid you over $200 for these titles.