Yakuza PSP.

Square Enix announces new Final Fantasy title for the Nintendo DS

Square Enix today announces Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, for the Nintendo DS system will be released in Autumn 2010.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light is a brand new Final Fantasy game for the Nintendo DS boasting beautiful picture book visuals and an easy to control battle system that will appeal to both old and new fans of the series. Designed with the concept of a traditional RPG brought up-to-date with the best of today’s technology, the game goes back to the basics and origins of the Final Fantasy series, with a classic story of four young heroes embarking on an unforgettable adventure; a tale of dragons, kings, princesses and witches.

Innovation and tradition are seamlessly blended with a classic turn-based Battle system with players able to set their own battle commands designed to perfectly match the user-friendly Nintendo DS Touch Screen controls. Players can join their friends’ adventure with up to four players able to share the fun and conquer dungeons together. While the unique new job change“Crown System” allows players to freely switch the character’s class simply by changing the hat each character wears. There are over 20 jobs to choose from including the traditional Black Mage, White Mage, Ranger and many more.

Larry Sparks, Vice President Brands PAL Region of Square Enix comments,“The Final Fantasy series has a rich history of offering unforgettable adventures and exciting new experiences. Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light  continues this famous tradition, with an adventure that boasts incredible ease of play and a gorgeous art style that should prove to be extremely popular with fans.”


Story
In the small kingdom of Horne, Brandt awakes on the morning of his fourteenth birthday.

Today is the day he becomes an adult, and the custom of the realm says that he must go to the castle to present himself to the king.

Yet when he arrives at the castle he finds the kind distraught and the youngest princess missing, abducted by the Witch of the North. With no one else to turn to, the king makes a shocking request: will Brandt save the princess?

And thus Brandt’s adventure begins…

Eventually he is joined by three other brave young souls. Together they will experience a journey full of joyous meetings and sad partings.

Though at first they don’t always see eye-to-eye, these four Heroes of Light will build bonds of trust and affection so strong that, in the end, they may even save the world.

This is the tale of their legendary fantasy.
Features.
• A Brand-New Final Fantasy For Nintendo DS: Experience an original story set in an all-new world created by the team behind the Nintendo DS versions of Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV.

• Beautiful Picture-Book Visuals: Akihiko Yoshida provides world-class art direction, lending the game’s cast and environments a charming picture-book style.

• User-Friendly Controls: A simple Touchscreen interface offers easy access to the game’s extensive arsenal of physical, magical and summoning abilities, meaning that players can forget about the controls and focus on the enemy.

• Near Limitless Customisation: Thanks to the game’s Crown System, characters can now switch their class at the drop of a hat or, more accurately, the change of a hat. Simply by changing the crown a character is wearing, players can assign them different abilities, and with over 20 crowns to discover (including Black Mage, White Mage and Ranger crowns), the strategic options are practically limitless.

• Share the Fun with Friends: Using DS Wireless Play, up to four friends can team up to tackle challenging dungeons. Apart from being a lot of fun, multiplayer mode allows players to collect Battle Points which can be exchanged for rare items, and these can then be used in single-player mode.

robio said:

Archangel3371 said:

Oh man I'm really loving the look of Marvel vs Capcom 3, it's looking awesome.

You're a sick sick man. You probably like to slap babies, kick puppies, and push old people down the stairs too, huh?

 

Absolutely. Mwahahahaha.

Agnates said:

Yakuza PSP.

Awesome.  The PSP is the system that just won't die.  I guess it's being sustained just by the Japanese market.  

They've yet to even show the Wii version at all but it can't be too bad if they're having a bundle, right?

It's a good thing that exagerated moves don't necessarily diminish a game's quality then, and can actually add to that in a game about motion controlled sword fighting then. You should have checked the back of the box or the numerous reviews mentioning how the controls work and how much of the game's value relies on them.

Agnates said:

It's a good thing that exagerated moves don't necessarily diminish a game's quality then, and can actually add to that in a game about motion controlled sword fighting then.

But they can diminish a game's quality, just like bad controls can diminish the quality of any game.

I don't have a problem playing motion controlled games. As I said Metroid is one of my favorite games of the era and I had no issue with it at all. As I also said a few posts ago, I have RS2 up in a much less annoying setting now, and I do in fact like the game! So I don't know why you keep trying to chip away at my stance. I feel like I'm on fuckin Gamespot here.

So Matrix Software was making Four Warriors of Light instead of that FFVI remake we've all been wanting. I know Four Warriors of Light is a year old, but they since went on to do Avalon Code, Nostalgia, etc., which all pretty much sucked.

They need a guiding hand like Square-Enix to make something good. Hope Four Warriors of Light is good.

I'm also looking forward to Lufia!

There are some great DS JRPGs coming out this year and it starts with DQIX! Awesome year for DS JRPGs!