[News] FFIV Sequel... yes for cell phones :/

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

I hope S-E's next RPG is set on the moon. I hope it's a Rad Racer game. That's the best kind of RPG.

This is actually not a bad idea.

RAD RACER: LUNA LAPS

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I have to agree with Deni on what he said above.

My job is currently to test Cellphone games, look for bugs, make sure they pass Carrier Tests, and other things. I can't disclose what exact games I'm testing (Non-Disclosure Agreement)... but I have not come across anything remotely in-depth, even on the newest phones (LG's Razr, for example). All of the games I've tested so far have been SHIT. The ONLY reason that Square Enix is apparently making Cellphone games is because its a Japanese company and the Japanese are one of the highest (If not #1) Cellphone users, and they usually have the most advance handsets which allow for minimally fun cellphone games (From a gameplay standpoint on Before Crisis, it was a nice move to have the phone's camera be built into the story-line, because you create new Materia (Which allows Magic & other things) from taking pictures of various items, and judging by the primary color of whatever you take a photo of, it creates a Materia of that color), with few exceptions to that (Before Crisis looks to be one of these, as in somewhat fun).

The games I've seen are usually very easy or not very long, but the cellphone as a platform for games is a poor one, if you're dealing with anything complex (Such as an RPG or anything graphically intensive). I'd like to say its good for quick puzzle games or something, but honestly until the hardware and carrier restrictions loosen up (Google's Android may be that key change) and we (USA, Europe?) get the same kind of hardware around the same time that the Japanese do, all the games coming out for Cellphones will generally be crap.

tl;dr: Cellphone games are SHIT.

Now, I understand WHY Squarenix is making Cellphone games period, but what I don't get is why they would make it exclusively for the cellphone. I mean, shouldn't the recent string of DS Remakes and Ports on the PSP indicate that those handheld devices are the place to go for Old-School Final Fantasy?

At the very LEAST, another version of this sequel on the DS or PSP would make this news much much easier to take in.

tl;dr: This is a bad business decision.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Megavolt

I didn't see any FF4 hating. I did see you going off on a tangent by launching into your usual vendetta against FF6.

Exactly. I did a quick look of the thread, and his first post brought up complaints in regards to FFVI, which BEFORE his post, FFVI was not mentioned at all.

Borg, if you have some sort of issue against FFVI, then make a journal entry about it. It has no place in this thread, which is about a sequel to Final Fantasy 4, NOT 6.

Anyway, the phone from the picture is the FOMA 903i (FOMA if you might recall, was the brand used by Cloud in Advent Children, specifically the Panasonic FOMA P900iV). Its also using (Possibly some variant) of BREW, which is short for Binary Runtime Enviroment for Wireless, and is an application development platform for Mobile Phones. There are games that use BREW at my work, so its certainly able to be ported over to the US, should Square Enix go that route.

If they do, they have the option of releasing it themselves, or outsourcing to a third-party publisher, such as Namco Wireless, EA Mobile, or THQ Wireless, among others.

Here's a pic of the phone itself (& Link)


Three major questions remain: Will Square Enix make with a DS/PSP Version,will the game even see the light of day across the Pacific, and why... why make a sequel?

I just don't get it. Are they strapped for cash more then we might have thought? I thought they were doing pretty successful with Dragon Quest IV, VIII, Final Fantasy XII, etc., Oh well, I guess not much can be answered at this point.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

mortis reminded me of something: I wouldn't mind playing a FFVI Prequel, detailing that War of the Magi that so gets referenced so much. Make it a Tactics-based game on the PSP, it'll sell very well in Japan, and enough in the US from Old-school fans to break even.

How ya doing, buddy?

Wow, this is really starting to look like a quick cash-grab. Interest is seriously low now.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Nall

FFIV Advance was the last 2D remake.

Unless you mean for FFIV by itself, in which case never mind.

FELIPE NO