DS Final Fantasy Gaiden Announced

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US, July 1, 2009 - Square Enix's teaser game was identified in advance today via the expected source: leaked scans from a major Japanese publication. The offender this time is Weekly Jump, which managed to get the scoop on Hikari no Yon Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden, or Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden ("Gaiden" means "Side Story" -- but we're not sure if there's a need to translate it).

Final Fantasy Gaiden is a DS RPG in which players take control of a 14-year-old boy tasked with saving a princess. The game kicks off on your birthday as you're summoned by a King whose daughter has been kidnapped by a witch.

The game appears to be a standard menu-driven RPG, with parties of up to four consisting of characters that you encounter along your journey. Of particular note in the battle system is the lack of MP and the presence of a "Charge" command next to standard fight and item commands.

There appears to be a customization element to the game as well. Equipment changes to your characters result in changes to physical appearance.

Final Fantasy Gaiden hits Japan this Fall. You can get a first look at presumably two of the warriors of light at Square Enix's teaser site. Two more characters should end up appearing on the back of that dragon over the coming days.

Jump confirms that those characters, as many have guessed based off the teaser site artwork, are designed by Akihiko Yoshida, who previously worked on Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII.

Those who know their Final Fantasy history will recall that the Japanese version of Game Boy's Final Fantasy Adventure was released to Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden. There doesn't appear to be any relation between between that title -- the first entry in the Mana series -- and the new game, as Jump refers to the new title as a completely original game.
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Wow, that was a surprise.
 
Final Fantasy Gaiden is a DS RPG in which players take control of a 14-year-old boy tasked with saving a princess. The game kicks off on your birthday as you're summoned by a King whose daughter has been kidnapped by a witch.

The game appears to be a standard menu-driven RPG, with parties of up to four consisting of characters that you encounter along your journey.
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So it's Mystic Quest 2?
Bah, I might play it. But it sounds so... standard.
 
I enjoyed Mystic Quest very much and I will most likely buy this.
 
I wouldn't call it Mystic Quest II, MQ was a spin-off and a gimped RPG to make it easy for entry level players to get into the genre. MQ was ok, but the music was the only awesome thing about it.
4 Light Warriors: FF Gaiden is a side-story.

I'm excited about equipment affecting character's appearance, though more looking forward to that feature in DQIX.
 
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Cool stuff. I'll have to watch for info about this game too. =)
 
Square Enix’s back-to-the-basics handheld RPG Final Fantasy Gaiden isn’t just some ragged bone being thrown at fans of the company’s old-school fare. According to the game’s Japanese web page (as translated by Nintendo Everything), Gaiden’s being meticulously constructed by former Chrono Trigger dev Takashi Tokita, among others.

Also playing key roles in the game’s development are Tomoya Asano (producer), Akihiko Yoshida (art director), and Tomohiro Kamiya (sound director).

Additionally, the website lists multiplayer as one of the game’s features, but keeps mum on everything except player count, which will be four.

More info soon, we hope.
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http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/06/fin...chrono-trigger-dev-game-features-multiplayer/

Freaking sweet.

Edit: Official site:

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/hikarino4sensi/
 
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OMG That is so cute, I'm definitly gonna have to get me some of that action
 
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