However, seeing that a full-speed GBA emulator was released for the PSP i then thought i might as well play one of the remakes for the GBA. Enter FFIV. What can i say?. Although i`m just at the part in which i take the bard into my team i can already see that it`s going to be a wonderful game. Also, i love the relationship between Rydia and Cecil, it`s a relationship that i can see being a memorable moment and one that genuinely struck up a little emotion in me.
Also worth noting is that i`m really impressed with the music and battle system. For some reason i can`t stand the battles in FFVI while in FFIV it seems to be more easy on the eyes and generally more enjoyable.
Anyways, i`m just wondering how different is the GBA version from the SNES version?. Am i getting anything extra?. And please, no spoilers. ๐
Yowza, FF just got interesting again~ ๐
It depends on which version of the SNES game you’re talking about. If it’s the original Japanese version, then the advantages are fewer. If it’s the American version, then there are a ton of reasons to play the GBA game instead.
For one thing, the original difficulty is intact, whereas it had been nerfed for the American release. The GBA version has a better translation, a new dungeon, graphical tweaks, and is generally the best version of the game ever released. However, I would really recommend buying it since it’s commercially available right now, even if you just intend to emulate it on your PSP.
But yeah, i`m totally loving this game, it`s fantastic!.
Basically, there really is no real reason to play the original SNES version over the GBA remake if you’re just going to emulate it on your PSP. Battles are a lot faster in the Advance version, the graphics look nicer, the game is harder (well, more so than FFII US anyway), has a significantly improved translation (namely because the original was God-awful) and, without giving anything away, will provide you with MUCH more flexibility at the end of the game. The only problem with the game (apart from, you know, still being FFIV :p) is a few bizarre glitches with the battle system which generally doesn’t affect much.