Final Fantasy 6 coming to PSN in Japan April 20

by Griffin McElroy on Apr 15th 2011 1:30PM

We're at the end of our wit-rope, you guys. We're not sure how much more of these injustices we can suffer -- we thought that, with the North American PSN release of Vagrant Story and Xenogears, we were on track to catch up to the Japanese PSN's RPG offerings. However, Square Enix's Shinji Hashimoto revealed on Twitter yesterday that Japan would be receiving the PSOne remake of Final Fantasy VI on the PSN's Game Archives platform on April 20.

For those keeping score, that means the only pre-PS2 Final Fantasy title missing from the platform will be Final Fantasy IV -- though, considering it got its own PSOne remake in 1997, it's really only a matter of time before it shows up. And once it does, you'll be able to hear our anguished cries across the globe.

Via: Siliconera
Source: Square Enix Members Twitter feed

Tags: final-fantasy, final-fantasy-vi, japan, playstation, playstation-store, ps3, psn, psp, sony, square-enix

Reader Comments (83)

And the circle is now complete.

The PS1 version of FF6 wasn't a remake...

+1

When are some people going to get this through their thick skulls? Ports are not the same as remakes.

And why would I care? Because each time someone talks about a remake of some game that I like, I get my hopes all up, and then it turns out to be a port. Damn you people! >:(

FF6 has never had a remake. I wish.

@skeldare

They added cutscenes to it...so that KINDA counts. Though, yes the meat of the game is exactly the same lol.

@acefondu

CutsceneS? Wasn't there just the one, the intro FMV? I don't remember exactly.

@skeldare

Ports are considered remakes. They're remade for the system using it. It isn't a rebuild, but a remake none-the-less.

Also, I found it hard to call the PS1 version a port. They cleaned up a lot of dialog and fixed a lot of the localization gaffs. The GBA version still reigns supreme though.

@acefondu - Those cut scenes are from the PS1 version.

@Punkrawk Bbob

"Ports are considered remakes. They're remade for the system using it. "

Ugh please don't. That's an extremely nitpicky definition and using it only spreads confusion.

@bm111
Didnt the GBA 'port' have improved sprites and two new summons?

New summons, yes, but that's all as far as I know. The rest was still the same. I know FF4 and 5 have had their graphics redone at least once, but 6 already looks pretty great, there's not much to polish unless they were to go for a full on remake.

Gah the best final fantasy and it's only coming to japan :(. Show the love Sony.

@Mrblonde57

FF9 has already been released in the US...

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I'm wanting in on my console. I do have the GBA version.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Haha, I see what you did there, Ezio...and I kind of agree.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

IX is an amazing game, but nothing beats VI.

Bring it, VII fanboys.

@Mrblonde57

Wait, XII wasn't released outside Japan?

Okay yes I had to go there, bracing for an onslaught of downvotes

@FuriousMailman
Mailman, and imma let you finish but VI...

@FuriousMailman

Where did XII come from all of a sudden? First 6, then 9, then an indirect acknowledgement to the popularity of 7, now 12?

Remake or a direct port?

That's pretty cool and all, but... can we get a FF6 remake on, say, 3DS?

Also, It's probably been pointed out, but this isn't a remake, but a port. And a pretty bad one, at that.

@PSOCecil

If that happened, I would buy a 3DS. Already plan to buy one, but it would give me even more reason to.

@PSOCecil

If you're asking for a 3D remake ala FF3/FF4 on the DS, screw that. FF3 was alright since it was foreign to me and it was a new experience all around. FF4 felt look it took the game I love, removed its soul and I watched puppets play out the story I knew so well while botching the whole emotional attachment to the characters bit. Don't know why, but the FF4 remake just felt subpar compared to the original SNES or GBA versions.

@PSOCecil - No, no we can't.

@Punkrawk Bbob it was the terrible voice acting.

Anyway, FF6 is my favorite Final Fantasy, I am glad to get a remake. I hope it is a polished one...

Japan, Japan always Japan

The sad part is that they'll probably charge more than $3 for this.

@foxhound

It might be sad if you already paid $30 when it came out. Otherwise, it's really still worth £30. Be thankful if they charge less than £10.

@Design by Adrian

Having paid $30 for the SNES cart about a year ago, I must say this is a little sad, but at least I don't have to sit through incredibly long loading screens.

@(Unverified)

Amen.

@(Unverified)

Truer words have never been spoken.

Which will be longer? The wait until FF VI hits US PSN or the first loading screen once we buy and play it?

The PS1 port was oddly laggy a lot of the time. It never made sense to me how there'd be loading in the middle of a SNES game when you could essentially play Ridge Racer without the disc. Still, this needs to hit the US. Now.

@RickGhastly

I never finished the game because of the load times, but I wonder if they will be fixed due to the fact it's on the hard drive instead of 2x CD-rom?

That, and FF4 is coming out on PSP soon

@Drew327 - I hope you're right!

@XenoSilvano Or is the numbering incorrect like it has been?

http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-Complete-Collection-Sony-PSP/dp/B004LLRYOY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1302898463&sr=8-4

Meh. I'd rather have Parasite Eve 2. There's so many editions of FF6 out there there's really no excuse to not own a copy.

@Faceless Troll

It's so true. It's not like FF games haven't spread to enough platforms.

@Faceless Troll In fact I'll do one better. You can buy a copy of FF6 and use it on your PS3 right now. It's even in English. http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-Anthology-Playstation/dp/B00002R28C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302890295&sr=8-1

"For those keeping score, that means the only pre-PS2 Final Fantasy title missing from the platform will be Final Fantasy IV"

Huh? That's not true at all. FF3 isn't out on Japanese PSN is it?

OMG!!! Now I can finally replay this MASTER PIECE. The best of the best. but please update it a lil bit =)

If they ever bring this over, they better do a new translation and not the truncated original.

@Aerothorn

There's nothing wrong with the original translation. You're not one of "those" people are you? Who think Chrono trigger's translation is "butchered" because Frog is named Frog and nor "Kero"? lol

@bm111 - I kind of agree - Ted Woolsey's translations were usually pretty good considering the crazy restraints they would put on him (here! translate Chrono Trigger in thirty days!) and they're generally pretty charming and funny, and to a degree, defined the writing style of the 16-bit era.

With that being said, what's more irksome is missing content and the censorship that Nintendo imposed back in the day - more of a problem of localization than translation I guess.

@MatthewBlackwell

Is Ted retired? If not can you pass his number on to CAPCOM?

@MatthewBlackwell

There is no missing content. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. What you heard is weeaboos arguing over different wordings translated from Japanese that all essentially mean the same thing, and then declaring that "half the script is missing".

It's bulls***. There's nothing missing.

@bm111 Ted Woolsey - you know, the guy who ACTUALLY TRANSLATED it - says differently.

http://www.playeronepodcast.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=145

"At any rate I had to get the thing done. I pounded through that as fast as I could and unfortunately my first deliverable to Tokyo, they took it and saw it was three or four hundred percent too big. And I was dumbfounded because I tried to be very concise and I think I did a pretty good translation. I felt really good about having captured a lot of the scatological humor, which of course would have to be expunged anyways for Nintendo's purposes. Some of the references to pop culture stuff that I thought were pretty cool and clever had to be ditched for branding and licensing and registration issues and stuff. At any rate, they said go back and shorten it. So I did another pass at the text and gave it back to them and it was still much too large. So I went back again and this time I threw my original translation in the trash can and just looked at each section and tried to re imagine it."

@bm111 Read: even ignoring the stuff cut for censorship reasons, the writing is severely truncated. It may include all "content," but the writing ends up eternally concise. Unless, of course, your argument is that Only Content Matters and delivery is irrelevant.

@Aerothorn

I can't upvote you enough.

Ah, I see. You're one of "those" people who think different line delivery equals missing story. I know your precious interview, nothing in it says that anything was cut, just re-worded. Have fun playing your retranslations where "we'll go kill the monster" is wonderfully redone as "henceforth we shall slay this vicious beast of beastly evilness". See? Like 200% missing script added back right there!

I'm not getting into this any further again, you idiots can just go boil in your own little stinky stew.

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