Square developing Final Fantasy IV remake for DS

DS News | To utilise the Final Fantasy III DS engine.

Square Enix is developing a remake of the classic Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS, if reports from the latest issue of Weekly Jump are to be believed.

The remake will utilise the engine used in the recently released Final Fantasy III for the DS. The original creators of Final Fantasy IV are supporting the DS remake, and will apparently feature much more than spiffy new 3D graphics.

As has been a growing trend over the last couple of days – expect more news this weekend at the Square Enix Party.

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11 Comments

ret the roman

2 years ago

Another Final fantasy IV remake?

Oh well i mised out on getting it on GBA.

critter2003

2 years ago

FFIV is one of the few Final Fantasy's I've never gotten around to playing and am enjoying III at the moment. Would definitely be interested in picking this up.

Does anyone know if IV was any good?

ppjim3

2 years ago

They should have done this in the first place. Why did bother with the GBA "remakes" when this is clearly a better way to 'remake' these old games. I don' think the GBA 'make the screen smaller, don't change anything for the better, and destroy the sound' qualifies as a 'remake' as much as a 'shoddy port' anyway.

Besides they just finished up to the 6 so why not start again instead of giving people 7? -- who would want that re-done...

renegadesx

2 years ago

I dont understand why they dont just put them as is on XBLA, VC and PSN. It will give them more resources to concentrate on new titles.

ppjim3

2 years ago

renegadesx wrote

I dont understand why they dont just put them as is on XBLA, VC and PSN. It will give them more resources to concentrate on new titles.

Simple. VC/XBLA/PSN games cost ~$5-10 where as "remakes" cost $50-100. That is exactly why. Square seem to have more remakes planned than new games! They announce a new game every month and yet.. they're all the same games!

thebigm

2 years ago

renegadesx wrote

I dont understand why they dont just put them as is on XBLA, VC and PSN. It will give them more resources to concentrate on new titles.

Because the actual art assets would normally need to be re made entirely, and into a higher resolution, well at least for the HD consoles. That and money as ppjim3 pointed out.

Having finished 4 on GBA, I'm somewhat interested in how this turns out, and it makes me somewhat glad that I didn't buy the game (won it from vooks).

click here

2 years ago

First pics

http://www.enregistrersous.com/images/2/173404900920070509143020.html

http://www.enregistrersous.com/images/2/134805949420070509143435.html

tootie_kicks

2 years ago

well, this pisses me off that i bought the first one on gba, people with it should some uber special suprise by having it in the gba slot when playing ds version (only when it's in the slot to prevent people merely renting gba ver. to unlock

Chrono Blue

2 years ago

Wow those screens look really nice.

If they remade FF7, 8 and 9 for the DS I would be in heaven!!

Cerebral

2 years ago

I'll pass until they get to remaking VI.

Also mekky, they redid all the sprites for the PSP remake of FF1. I doubt it would take much more for true HD versions of them.

Crestfallen

2 years ago

ppjim3 wrote

renegadesx wrote

I dont understand why they dont just put them as is on XBLA, VC and PSN. It will give them more resources to concentrate on new titles.

As the price of the games they sell goes up however, quantity sold goes down.

You cannot conclude that the new equilibrium level will produce larger profits for Square, but you can bet that they've done alot of number crunching to back up their decision.

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