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Confirmed! Final Fantasy 4 coming to DS!

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rasufelle:
Why wouldn't FF VII fit?  The graphics are less than those of pretty much every single DS game- including both the FF remakes- and there really isn't that much more to the world than the older games, considering there are around 50 hours of gameplay in both FF IV and FF VII.  The only reason that it took three discs back in the day was due to poor compression- heck, uncompressed the Ultima edition for PC is maybe 150 mb total, and updated character models and textures wouldn't have to be that big- a polygon here and there, a few wrinkles drawn in, and it's all good.  Look at the number of DS games made in full 3d.  Also, from what I've seen the DS has a lot more cartridge space available than the N64 had, judging by the expanded content of some of the N64 sequels and remakes, and since that was the only reason the Final Fantasy games weren't on the N64 I don't think memory is a problem.

However, I do agree that FF IX would be a better game to have, though compressing it down to a memory card would be practically impossible.  Then again, that's my favorite FF game of all time, so I'm kinda biased.  To be honest, I have no particular affection for FF VII, the only reason I used it as an example was because it tends to be well liked by most all Final Fantasy fans.

0bsessions:

--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 21 May 2007, 16:44 ---There's no way that FF7 would fit on a DS cartridge, anyway. The thing took up 3 discs, and even 10 years later you wouldn't be able to compress that all onto a DS cart. Especially if you expected a graphical update along with it.

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Actually, it's quite feasible that it might fit in its original form. Compression technology has significantly improved since the game was made and a Nintendo DS "cartridge" can hold up to a full GB. It wouldn't be any great effort for them to port it over. Not that I'd care for them too, I never even particularly cared for it, but it could be done and it would essentially be a license for Squenix to print money. Their most popular RPG coupled with the current top selling (By a WIDE margin) video game platform? Shit, I'd green light that, from a financial standpoint.

mberan42:

--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 21 May 2007, 16:44 ---There's no way that FF7 would fit on a DS cartridge, anyway. The thing took up 3 discs, and even 10 years later you wouldn't be able to compress that all onto a DS cart. Especially if you expected a graphical update along with it.

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I couldn't have asked for a better comparison pic. An SD card that holds 4 gigs. FF7 was 3 CD-ROMs. 3x700mb = 2100mb = 2 gigs. They could fit FF7 onto a DS cartridge with updated graphics and gameplay and have tons of room to spare.

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