You would like them Olly.That was nice, very relaxing
I've never really got into the Final Fantasy games, but would like to get one or two of the SNES ones to give a proper go, but they're generally quite expensive
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Square have pretty much ported them to every single device in existence, should be easy enough to pick up.That was nice, very relaxing
I've never really got into the Final Fantasy games, but would like to get one or two of the SNES ones to give a proper go, but they're generally quite expensive
Sure my watch has Final Fantasy II on it...
That was nice, very relaxing
I've never really got into the Final Fantasy games, but would like to get one or two of the SNES ones to give a proper go, but they're generally quite expensive
Surprised a ROM hasn't found its way to you yet.
http://www.coolrom.com/
Never ever go on that website.
Do you have some of them? Can I have, er... borrow one of them?
I'd like to get the 2D ones (ideally the NES of SNES ones), but apart from those and the GBA every other system's version seems to be 3D. Luckily the ones on the GBA aren't as expensive, so maybe I'll get one of those some time.
I don't like emulators TBH. I'm not a fan of not playing on the original system and not having an original copy of the game
Apart from using them to make sure a game isn't completely shit before I buy it or recording a short bit of gameplay for some reason I rarely use them. Maybe I'll just end up getting one, play it on the PSP and pretend I have the GBA version 
I have them downloaded on my PS3 if you have one I can let you log in with my account and download them.
Skip Final Fantasy II, it has some awful game mechanics.
I'd stick to the pre-PS2 ones, Olly, before the series started getting silly.
I do have one and have had you as a friend on there for years
Wouldn't you risk getting your account banned by doing that?
So which FF actually is that? I know they renamed some of them outside of Japan and apparently Final Fantasy IV is actually the same as Final Fantasy II... but then they changed the name back to the original Japanese title... or something 
Cool thanks for the tip
I mean the original Final Fantasy II. Real shame as the story seemed quite good.So which FF actually is that? I know they renamed some of them outside of Japan and apparently Final Fantasy IV is actually the same as Final Fantasy II... but then they changed the name back to the original Japanese title... or something
IV is a brilliant game, but some ports(and the original IIRC), have a glitch that if you pause during battle, the enemies still attack. I know for sure it's on the PSX version.
What? what's your PSN Olly? I genuinely didn't know this
what's your PSN Olly? I genuinely didn't know thisGo for it.I don't like emulators TBH. I'm not a fan of not playing on the original system and not having an original copy of the game
You're missing out there! As for the PS2 FFs, FFX is excellent, FFX-2 is pretty good but a step in the wrong direction (and a bit silly like Aboutreika18 says), and FF12 was just dull from memory. Will probably have to give it another a chance I think but it seemed a poor version of the more recent Xenoblade back then.It's also worth creating a US PSN and downloading Final Fantasy Tactics, if you're avoiding emulators.
StaticAge. Must have added you in about 2009, I even sent you a messageWhat?
Hardly ever go online and must be about two years at least since I last logged on though.
Ah, I still have Xenoblade sitting on my shelf ready to be playedGo for it.
I'll give that a shot some time too
Forgive me for forgetting Olly. If you want my login details to download them just PM me. Think I've got 5,6,7,8 and 9 purchased.
That's a fantastic collection of old FF games to cut through, 5 never seems to get much credit, but it's pure quality.
Wait, you can get them all on PS3?
You can get 1-9 on PS3/VITA, 1-4 And Tactics are VITA only though. X and X-2 are coming soon
Yup! Also the Vita and PSP, should you have one.
Can't wait for X and X-2 HD, can't decide if I want them on PS3, or Vita yet, seems they should be experienced on the big screen, but I love my portable RPG's.You can get 1-9 on PS3/VITA, 1-4 And Tactics are VITA only though. X and X-2 are coming soon
I have no Sony stuff. For fecks sake!
I thought you were cool man...
Only problem is they're the 50hz versions if they're from the EU PSN, I think.
I have nothing against them at all, i had a PS2 and i'll probably get a PS4. I just have no Sony stuff right now. Maybe a VITA might be in the offing then if i can find a cheap one.
I probably enjoyed 5 more than 4. Does seem to not get the love it probably deserves.
My wireless doesn't seem to be working properly at the moment so I'm not sure I'd be able to connect to download them. Thanks though, I appreciate the offer
Yeah, that's a niggle. I did forget, FFVII is glitchy as feck on both PSP and Vita, dunno why Square don't fix it.
Yeah, I get ya mate, I was just taking the piss, like usual. Vita just went down in price too, and has a new model coming out, should be some sweet 2nd hand deals about soon.
It's strange, it's probably the most polished FF of the pre PSX generation, story was good, and the Job system was fantastic and varied. Absolutely no downsides.
StaticAge. Must have added you in about 2009, I even sent you a message
Hardly ever go online and must be about two years at least since I last logged on though.
Ah, I still have Xenoblade sitting on my shelf ready to be played
I'll give that a shot some time too
That has a soundtrack.
It might even be the best, I don't know. It's up there!I wish Xenoblade came out on like, any console other than the Wii. Bah.
Yeah I've heard a couple of tracks on Youtube that were nice. Didn't want to listen to too many though before playing the game.That has a soundtrack.
Looks to be some fairly decent deals about now actually, can you just quickly explain what they mean by the WiFi Vita? Also, some have 8GB memory cards, is that shit?
I can't understand why it didn't! The whole release was a disaster. The first print sold out almost immediately but then it wasn't printed again. It then took literally about 2 years to get to both North America and Europe, where it was an instant hit and is now very expensive and difficult to get hold of. I then read the other week that that they recently 'found' a load of Xenoblade copies and are selling it at some absurd price. I can't get to grips with why the whole thing was so restricted and silly - it's a quality game! Drab characters for the most part but everything else is at least very good.
Wise move.
Some Vitas have 3G capability(and Wifi), ones marked as Wifi don't do 3G. I thought 3G was pretty pointless myself, tbh, though you can often find the 3G ones cheaper for some reason....
8 isn't good if you plan on doing a lot of downloading, I have a 16 full, and at least two thirds of the way through a 32 as well. I think a PSX Final Fantasy is like 1-1.5gb to download, can't quite remember.
Because it's a first party Nintendo game
Ok, well i can't seem to see many with more then 8GB memory cards anyways so i guess if i do buy one i'll just get another memory card (bigger one) as well. Hopefully they aren't too expensive.
There is a deal on at Amazon for vita, 8 gb card and 10 game download code, most of the games are rubbish though. But it's still good value.
I was lucky enough to receive a free vita recently, it's a nifty gadget but game selection is terrible compared to 3ds.
Yeah, Gamestop just came across an entire warehouse full of mint, unopened, but used copies of Xenoblade.
Mistwalker are in the same boat though, no clue why they didn't get Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon on PS3... I mean, they literally went out of their way to find the console with the smallest RPG userbase to make their games exclusive on....
Because it's a first party Nintendo game
Ah.
Still... I can't understand what went on with the Wii release. Odd, and even more so considering the 'found copies' now. Surely it's a reprint?
Tbh, the cards are an absolute rip, best off keeping an eye on the 2nd hand market for them too. IIRC I got mine of Amazon, or Ebay or something cheap.
Those dirty bastards.Because it's a first party Nintendo game
In my opinion Gamestop knew at release it was going to be hard to find after a short while, so kept a load back to sell later on at a higher price. They did something similar with the Metroid Prime Trilogy IIRC.Ah.
Still... I can't understand what went on with the Wii release. Odd, and even more so considering the 'found copies' now. Surely it's a reprint?