In 1996 Square released a special simplified Final Fantasy game on the Super Nintendo in hopes of popularizing the role-playing genre with the masses. It did not work. Now it's on WiiWare.
Final Fantasy fans in North America were just fine and dandy with Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Final Fantasy II (which was the Japanese IV). While we were waiting for the next big FF game to hit, Square gave us Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, a role-playing game with some serious training wheels.
Instead of random encounters, we got static monsters on the map we could choose to fight. Upgraded weapons and armor equip automatically, replacing the weaker version. The game had computer-controlled allies, much like Final Fantasy XIII, though at least in Mystic Quest you had the option to control them manually.
The game was released in Japan a year later under the name Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest, USA being a sure indicator to the Japanese that this was a ridiculously easy game.
And now you can play it on the Wii for 800 Wii points! Aren't you excited?
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never knew this FF game came out.
Final Fantasy fans in North America were just fine and dandy with Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Final Fantasy II (which was the Japanese IV). While we were waiting for the next big FF game to hit, Square gave us Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, a role-playing game with some serious training wheels.
Instead of random encounters, we got static monsters on the map we could choose to fight. Upgraded weapons and armor equip automatically, replacing the weaker version. The game had computer-controlled allies, much like Final Fantasy XIII, though at least in Mystic Quest you had the option to control them manually.
The game was released in Japan a year later under the name Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest, USA being a sure indicator to the Japanese that this was a ridiculously easy game.
And now you can play it on the Wii for 800 Wii points! Aren't you excited?
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never knew this FF game came out.