NDS Final Fantasy III - First Information

The first real information on Square-Enix's (yet another) remake of Final Fantasy III. This time, about the battle system.

Rumors have circulated that the developer is planning on a major overhaul of the game's battle system. While the turn based structure will remain intact, the title is set to put much less emphasis upon a character's health points. Instead, the game will focus on a character specific defense meter.

A character or monster's defense meter will decrease upon being attacked, as a blocking animation is shown. As the battle progreses and the meter is depleted, it is finally possible to deal damage to a characters hit points.

With the Tokyo Games Show coming up, we might see Square-Enix's Final Fantasy III make an appearence.

Posted on 07-07-2005 by skarma

Comments

  • TGS, uh, Sony paraded it with there PSP last year. I hope Square-Enix have some ninty-goodness to show.

    skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Damn, I was hoping Kawazu wouldn't change anything but the graphics. Oh and BTW this game is the original FFIII from Japan, it's never been released outside Japan muchless been remade.

    Jay, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • So, the shield point is like the shield in Super Robot Taisen Destiny. If only they remke Final Fantasy VI instead of III, my life will finally complete.

    LeSomeGuy, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • they better include cutscenes!!! didn't you guyz post something about video compression?? well if you did they have no excuse not to!!! they could have made FFVII instead....but i havent played this so i cant complain

    tiamat1990, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Your text is contradictive, Skarma. First you say "The first real information" and then all there is are rumors. =P

    J-Fox, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Good point, care

    skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • I just wanted to say this because it wasen?t on this site (well i didn?t see it)- "PSP Outsells DS in May" For the month of May, Sony is the clear winner of the DS vs. PSP battle in the United States, with 250,000 units in PSP sales, compared to 57,000 units in Nintendo DS sales. That means that Sony sold four times as many PSP units as Nintendo sold DS units. While Sony may have won the battle, it hasn't won the handheld wars. When sales of the Game Boy Advance SP are taken into account, Nintendo can add an additional 223,000 units to its total handheld sales, giving it a lead of 30,000 units. June looks to be an interesting month in handheld sales as Nintendo has introduced the Electric Blue DS and also began a promotion where Super Mario 64 DS is being given away for free with the purchase of a Nintendo DS." Interesting, but I think the DS is still ahead in total sales? There's definately more REASON to buy a DS right now, but I still think, at some point, once the really good games start to come for the PSP, it might start to pull ahead. It's also been mentioned that Sony have reconsidered the stupidity of not releasing a 'standard pack' in the US and may do just that maybe sometime before Xmas. The standard pack will only include the PSP, battery and charger and will retail for less than $200, just as it did in Japan. This will definately help 'level the playing field' a bit... I think this 'war' is about to get much more interesting. ---------------------------------- HA!! PSP OWNS DS SUCKS!!!!!!!1

    gogobrent, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Oh, no... Another "ds_gmr"...

    Nintendude, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Dude, Video Compression technology is Sega's prototype. I am not sure if Nintendo got the right to use it or not.

    LeSomeGuy, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • Yes, I still like how the originating source for that 57,000 figure is a blog and the original number from NPD only states a combined number for DS/GBA hardware sales in May.

    Jay, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • i?m not a DS gamer! i just copied this fron a forum and didn?t see the "There's definately more REASON to buy a DS right now, but I still think, at some point, once the really good games start to come for the PSP, it might start to pull ahead." crap! i love my PSP!!!!!!!!

    gogobrent, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
  • No, "ds_gmr" the person who use to post on this site talking about how PSP ruled. He got kicked off... >:) And you are definitely reminding me of a "ds_gmr"...

    Nintendude, 30-11--0001 at 00:00

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