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Cornellius
02-10-2007, 08:02 PM
Taken from Wikipedia:

Final Fantasy VI was rereleased as Final Fantasy VI Advance (ファイナルファンタジーVIアドバンス, Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu Adobansu?) in Japan on November 30, 2006, and in North America on February 5, 2007 on the Game Boy Advance. It includes additional gameplay features and enhanced visuals. Four new espers appear in this re-release - Leviathan, Gilgamesh, Gigantuar (a giant Cactuar), and Final Fantasy VIII's Diablos; along with a new dungeon called the Dragon's Den, as well as a Soul Shrine, a place where the player can fight monsters continuously. Three new spells also appear: Flood, Valor, and Gravija. In addition, like the other handheld Final Fantasy re-releases, a bestiary and music player are included. The game is packaged in a new boxart illustrated by series mainstay, Yoshitaka Amano. The North American release contains a new translation, and is rated E10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

From a technical stand point, the game plays largely like it's original version with some minor slowdown issues during larger battle animations and the new translation is largely a combination between Ted Woolsey's original translation for the Super Nintendo (with minor changes to the script and other changes to rectify the original content editing) and the original version in Japan (many of the names for spells, enemies, espers, and items were renamed to more closely reflect the Japanese version). However, one new edit has been made to the game: the beating that Celes receives during Locke's Solo Scenario is removed. This edit, however, stems from the orginal Japanese version and therefore is not a result of the localization.
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puzzl
02-10-2007, 08:52 PM
I would much rather have some kind of portable SNES and play the original than this, if its anything like FFIV Advance.<img src=smilies/headshake.gif>
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Cornellius
02-11-2007, 12:45 AM
> I would much rather have some kind of portable SNES and play
> the original than this, if its anything like FFIV Advance.

I know but I'm curious about the new stuff. Never tried IV Advance.

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Kitsune Sniper
02-11-2007, 01:46 AM
> I know but I'm curious about the new stuff. Never tried IV
> Advance.

IV Advance had its quirks, but it was still fun. That goddamn bonus dungeon is a killer.

FFVI is my favorite game of the series... I just bought it, and so far the script has been changed. It's a bit bothersome but it's not too distracting. Other than a few weird sound samples, things look fine so far.
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Cornellius
02-11-2007, 05:07 AM
> FFVI is my favorite game of the series...

VI is also my favorite of the series, not to say my favorite game ever.
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mFC
02-11-2007, 05:48 PM
i can't wait to play this
too bad i left it in my friends car the night i bought it :p
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SivakDrac
02-12-2007, 04:26 AM
I just now beat final Kefka. Didn't really have the über party... Mostly level 40's, a few 50's. I didn't like how they did the final battle music transitions.

The biggest complaint is the lag that occurs whenever certain spells/abilties are used. Flare, Holy, Cure 3... Surprisingly not Ultima though.

Overall, it was pretty fun to play again. I actually haven't tracked down the new espers, just the Cactuar one. The Cactuar provides a +2 to Speed bonus at level up, which makes it incredibly useful.
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pipes
02-12-2007, 05:48 AM
you just finished this game?!?!?!?!<img src=smilies/eek5.gif>
I remember it was long as shit.
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Kitsune Sniper
02-12-2007, 10:33 PM
> > FFVI is my favorite game of the series...
>
> VI is also my favorite of the series, not to say my favorite
> game ever.

By series I meant the pre-PSX games.

Everything went to hell after Sephybishiepoopoopants. :(
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SivakDrac
02-13-2007, 02:19 AM
> you just finished this game?!?!?!?!
> I remember it was long as shit.

My time before reaching final Kefka was between 24-25 hours. I didn't spend a lot of time leveling up a few chars. Setzer has like jack for magic and is about 5 levels below everyone else... Gogo is like 10 levels below...

I haven't played the bonus dungeon yet.
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thegodofhellfire
02-25-2007, 09:31 PM
Nineteen hours in and my flashcard's SRAM went wobbly and forgot me. Farthest I ever got into the game. Occupational hazard when you copy, but I couldn't be bothered waiting for the European release.

That's annoying.
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