Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection Launches On Switch Spring 2023

£64.99 UK pre-order for the standard edition. Crazy…

Eh, no thanks.
I stick on my FF III and FF IV NDS version for 3D remake version.

Finally all the older ones, now to just play the others I have...

Switch physical standard edition already sold out.

damn, the normal edition is already sold out on Switch? ....dare I get the expensive collector's edition just to have the game in the first place?

Glad I managed to get a pre-order of the standard Switch edition before it sold out. Square really dropped the ball on this, it should've been a standard retail release.

Would love to have the PS4 version, but not for 75€. Way overpriced. I'll stick to the PSone versions.

There is a waiting list for the standard edition, so I wouldn't lose hope yet. Surely Square Enix would order more copies in the event of them "pre-selling" out.

Hell, I'm surprised that this isn't being issued a wider retail release. If Collection of Mana can get a wider international physical release (with its relatively obscure and niche games), then surely the likes of Final Fantasy will get one too.

I suspect that a wider retail release will eventually follow after Square Enix are done playing coy with this "exclusive" business.

This is rather expensive, isn't it? I mean, I said there will be tears if this rumour became true...those prices are certainly making my eyes water...

$75 for the standard edition? YIKES!!!

35th-anniversary edition damm looks amazing. I guess RIP my wallet.

Kind of wish it was alternative versions of the games given some of the weird cuts and changes the Pixel Collection made, but pretty welcome regardless. Though definitely waiting on it to go on sale, noooo chance I'd pay that much for them.

Now port Chrono Trigger already.

@TowaHerschel7 plus $23 for shipping and plus tax most ppl I saw were paying around $103-108

The price is incredibly too high for what is effectively just ROMs of the older games. Shame.

Ok I have to get atleast the standard of the switch version. Sure I already own the steam version but I want atleast a physical version.

Release XIII!

Glad to see this finally confirmed for Switch. Definitely picking this up, never actually played the old school FF titles.

€75 for some old ports?! Square Enix poor decision making continues. Surprised they haven't tried to shoehorn in some NFTs.

Shameful, for a price this high and only in limited numbers online.
And yet I'm sure that in some countries the eshop prices will be even higher when revealed. Too bad.

Still strange to me that these didn't come to Switch in the first place but better late than never. I'll pick them up!

Even at that high price, it's still about $20 CHEAPER than downloading all six games at full price on mobile or PC now. Glad I got my news from Squenix themselves on FB though, as I made my order two hours before this article was posted.

I played Final Fantasy 4 from these remasters and frankly outside of the original US SNES version it's the weakest version of the game. The game is SO easy, like the game was never hard to begin with but now you get like 4 times exp or something like that meaning you get so overleveled so quickly, you can run from battles with 100% success rate immediatedly (which I get it, people really hate random encounters these days for some reason so they want to give a way to eliminate them, but at that point why not just make it a toggle instead of making those who want to skip battles have to run over and over, and for those who do want to get the classic experience get a broken run option), map feature spoils the entire dungeon layout instead of filling it as you explore, you can press a button to hide it but it'll always show up again, no toggle for it obviously... The cutscenes are super sped up for some reason and for a game so focused on dumb "quality of life" there's not even an option to conveniently sort your inventory. The game looks nice and the remixed soundtrack is nice (though I'd like the option for the original soundtrack as well) but the complete ruined difficulty means that there really isn't much of a game to enjoy here.

Donno if the other Pixel Remasters are as braindead as this one was, but I'm not bothering to find out.

@Stuffgamer1 For that there would surely have to be something posted by them, which there isn't.

Oof, that price. Good thing I own these games on PSX already.

see the price is crazy i knew it

Now just release FFXIII trilogy and we'll kinda have the entire offline flagship lineup at the time of writing. With the "kinda" disclaimer only used for the FFXV demake.😄

EDIT: oh wait, no IV The After Years here. But otherwise...

@Rosona The official Final Fantasy Facebook page posted this news over four hours ago. I was lucky enough to see it mere minutes later. You are correct that the Square Enix page did NOT post it. Sorry for the misleading comment.

Poor indie company Square Enix can't give it a proper retail release, and have to over-charge.

Oh wow, I didn't know these existed, but this is great news. I really enjoyed Final Fantasy III on DS, but I reckon pixel remasters would be the best way to play them. They sound like more my cup of tea, anyway. They do sound expensive at the moment, but they should be a good buy when they're the right price.

..well I succumbed, and I decided to get the horribly overpriced collector's edition with all the extra junk I don't need, just to have the physical version of the game. I really wish the standard version didn't sell out so immediately.

...and by all accounts, these are some pretty poor versions of the classic FF games too - not true to the originals, no bonus content from previous rereleases, and the graphics are bland and homogenised with little respect for the design sensibilities of the original 90s pixel art.

...and I'm not even a huge classic FF fan or anything - only played FF4 (Wii VC), FF4 After Years (WiiWare) , FF5 (GBA) and FF6 (SNES Mini) for the first time a year or two ago, and I never even played any version FF1, FF2 or FF3 yet

I have to wonder why I make the purchasing decisions that I do.
Oh well. I am a collector, so i'm not too bothered by my decision to buy it - but I am extremely bothered by the situation regarding these remakes in general.

Waiting list already for the standard edition!

The price is a bit steep, but Squenix could have just as easily released them on individual cartridges for $30 each and it wouldn't be the WORST deal. It's not like you'll be done with the series in a week or two.

Square really being greedy with those prices. 75+24 shipping is outrageous for something that should be 30 to 40 bucks.

@VoidofLight They’ve been remastered tho right? It’s not just the original Roms.

@Expa0 No options for original soundtrack?! That sucks! If the soundtrack was remixed by Nobuo Uematsu himself, then, that's not so bad, probably...

Put myself on the waiting list. I only played one of those when I was younger. I’ll admit the price is kinda steep, but I still want it!

Square Enix don't actually deliver to UK

Guess I'll have to wait and see if they get a more widespread release then, since the EU stores don't seem to have waiting lists.

@Rob3008 I wouldn't call it poor decision making when folk are prepared to queue up to pay the ridiculous asking price.

Not me though. That's plain crazy for a bunch of old old games. Count me out.

Nevertheless, well played Square Enix.

Did anyone really expect this company to do anything the right way?

That said, clearly they understood their market correctly as the game has been snapped up at the inflated prices, so what do I know.

@VoidofLight Wish it was just ROMs, they removed a fantastic thing and ruined all the fonts.

@NeonPizzas Don’t expect the soundtrack to be the same. It is remixed.

Wanted to have this on my Switch too but...

€75 excluding import taxes (because from UK to EU) and excluding shipping, ouch that's probably €100 in the end if not more.

I stick to my PC version then I guess...

Theyll drop in price in due time i can wait not a problem

Overpriced. I am not surprised Nintendo fanbase is happy with the price.

I'll wait until the price goes down since I have the games in various forms already.

No mention of UK/Europe physical preorders? Edit: Oh ok, found it. Sold out, but at £65, it's an absolute rip off!

@RupeeClock It says "These are Square Enix Store exclusives" sadly.

As someone who owns (but hasn’t played yet) the 1-6 remakes on GBA and DS, are these versions worth it?

Wait... Is the physical edition not avaliable in Europe?

I'm really gutted by this. Been waiting for such a long time, just to wake up to this getting sold out. They probably artificially limited the standard edition to make you pay for the special edition. So, so unfair

Well at least this is the only legit way to get a physical copy of the Final Fantasy III 2D remake. Kinda expected the collection to be around $40, didn't expect it to be $75 though. I'm assuming they did nothing with these ports except adding filters and fast forward/rewind features to the games. The awful text box from the cellphone versions may still be there.

@RupeeClock Does help that it was done at a weird hour too.

@Stuffgamer1 Square-Enix always has overinflated prices on their old games, but that is mostly because we are stupid enough to always pay them. The NES games might be worth $5 and the SNES are maybe worth $10.

I mean I would pay the £65 but I’m not down for paying £215 . I’m sure more copies will go up for sale , perhaps they were testing demand by saying it’s sold out

Pricey, but still worth it. Preordered PS 4 version....on waiting list for switch version. I've akways wanted to run through the first six on a single platform. If I get a switch copy reserved I'll drop the ps4 pre-order because I feel like spending a few mornings in bed with these games is something special.

@Serpenterror

Completely different versions. I do hear they are brighter, though. There are also additional features like remixed music and qol stuff.

@Darknyht

They are worth far more than that. A copy of FF3(6) alone will break the bank. Let's be honest, shall we?

Curious about the details. Seems like these are the same as the recent mobile releases. All I’ve read about those is disappointment and problems. Very little good said about them. So, the price is surprising. I’ll be waiting for someone to tell me a bunch of stuff has been fixed and improved before I can care much about this, myself.

Exclusive to the Square Enix store and already sold out? Wow! Why isn't this a standard retail release available everywhere? I'm not a lifelong or die-hard FF fan (more recently, actually), but I'd like to own the original games in a physical collection. Even though I think $75 is overpriced, I'd still pay it. Hopefully, Square changes their mind and makes this collection available to more retailers...

Still trying to figure out whose worse now Konami or Square both sides are taking advantage of their fans at this point...

Of course they'd make the physical collection limited edition and exclusive to their online store, lol.

Oh well. Hopefully the collection comes back into stock at some point when I'm ready to buy it. Otherwise, I'll just grab the ones I'm particularly excited for and wait for the other ones to go down significantly in price.

@Sam_TSM PS4 games run on PS5. There's literally no reason to have a PS5 version of this collection, considering what it is.

This is disgusting. I was hoping for a physical edition, but at $75 plus shipping they can shove it. I would probably have picked it up at $60 on a standard retail release, but this is just pure price gouging.

I am really not into SE’s strategy of boutique/faux-indie. Put it in a box and sell it at Target.

Edit: is the comment section freaking out for anybody else in mobile? It keeps jumping around as if ads are loading but nothing in the page is actually changing. Gah

The price is infuriating enough that I have to pass even though this was so highly anticipated!

Any word in what each game on the eShop will be?

No delivery to the UK and already sold out on Swtich, for that ridiculous price. Oh well, time to clear out some space on the ol' SD card

It's funny how, yet again, NL goes out of its way to mention the PS4 release and Pushsquare goes out of its way to ignore the Switch one. To the point where they don't even share the tweet that mentions it. Lol

As much as I would love to have the collection on cartridge, I can't justify paying $75US.

Holy that’s a lot

Good that it's getting a physical. Price-wise, when you account for inflation that makes sense. Even though it's selling out, just wait a few months and it will re-release at $60 or less. Still a much better deal than getting the games on original hardware.

@IronMan30 i’ve noticed that too. NL will usually mention all the platforms a game is being released on but the way PS reports it’s like the others don’t exist.

Xbox getting snubbed again upsets me. I feel like Square-Enix loves to annoy someone with each release.

@IronMan30

playstation gamers are incredulous that we even genuinely like our games, haha. I tried to show a psx-style friend Gungeon, and he just couldn't WAIT to counter with red dead redemption 2 LOL.

like I was going to be like "🤯 OMFG WTF IS THIS?!v🤯🤯🤯"

ps - I'll take 4, 5, and 6 digitally and on eventual sale, thank YOU! 😅

I would have bought it but it is already no longer available. I would assume Square Enix will have extra batches available closer to release, right?

I feel kind of stupid, because I was able to pre-order the standard edition, having seen the announcement on Twitter before this article went up, but from what I could see it didn't even look like a physical edition, so I just assumed that the standard edition was a bundle of the digital versions, and the fancy Anniversary Edition was the only way to get a physical copy. That said, I'm not upset I spent $300 on it, because those vinyls are totally worth it! I'm not a big vinyl collector, but for games I REALLY care about, they're nice to have as well. FFVI especially moved me to tears with how well they handled the soundtrack.

Remastering a pixel is silly talk.

@msvt

On Steam, Final Fantasy I & II each costs 12 bucks. Final Fantasy III-VI each costs 18 bucks. There is a bundle that groups them all together for 75 bucks, which also happens to be the price of the standard physical edition.

I see people complaining about the price, but I think it is fine considering it’s the same price the bundle costs on steam. What I will complain about is how Square Enix decides to announce a limited release in the middle of the night and even if I were awake and able to get one, they still feel the need to charge $23 for shipping making the price more than it would be to just buy them all individually.

I tried preordering Neo:TWEWY when that was coming out and I saw that preorders weren’t available anywhere except ghe SE store. When I tried to buy from them, I saw they charged that much for shipping and I decided that I would wait to buy the game elsewhere. I don’t know why SE would do that and make it less appealing to buy their products directly from them.

@Baker1000 They do deliver to the UK. Had the Neir Automata Switch release shipped to me in Scotland.

It apparently defaults the site to mainland EU so you would need to switch it to the UK at the bottom of the page. It then gives the price in £'s and includes Tax.

Still no point now since its all sold out and we have no idea if they will restock it. I'm just glad I got my order in.

@K1LLEGAL even on Pure Xbox they'll talk about other systems. But on Pushsquare, you'd think no other console but the mighty Playstation exists.

PRAISE ALL THAT IS HOLY!!!

I know Xbox isn't the first platform you think of when it comes to JRPGs, but Square-Enix is snubbing that platform HARD next year. No Octopath 2. No Front Mission 2. No Final Fantasy of any sort (XVI; Rebirth; Pixel Remasters). No Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line.

I'm betting even that DQIII HD-2D remake won't be hitting Xbox.

@Dimjimmer

Thank you!

I will be eShop wishlisting FF4 (ff2) and FF6 (ff3) for an inevitable sale and leaving out all the others.

Glad I still have all my retro hardware, because that is way too much money for versions that were remastered to make them uglier. (I mean, in some ways they're pretty pretty, but those clashing fonts just ruin the whole experience for me.)

Which reminds me, now that I finally have a Pocket, I should see if I can get a SNES core and the Brave New World FFVI mod running on it .

I wish Square-Enix wasn't so coy about what the vinyl records will include. If you bought the bundle on Steam, you would get special soundtracks for each game, and they were literally just 3 tracks from the original version of each game that fade into the remastered version.
Since standard vinyl records hold 22 minutes on each side, I highly doubt these are going to be the full soundtracks for every game, as that would well exceed 1 hour and 28 minutes, but at least they'll be better than whatever the heck Steam users got.

Welp just need the XIII games and that’s all the mainlines in some form on Switch.

We've known the price of these for a while now as they are all released on steam. The bundle on there is $75 as well so why are people pretending the pricing is some brand new shock?

75 dollars?!? Well, at least they're available individually. FFIII is the only one I really need, since I've already got the other versions on PSP, GBA and Wii. Unless they're adding the bonus content and dungeons, it's a hard pass.

This brings 1-6 to Switch. we already have the PS1 games 6-9 plus native ports for 10, 10-2 and 11

I hope this wait-list actually leads to being able to buy it.

@Shoyomon

Digitally, 100%, if you wait for a sale you can get these cheap.

Physically, I expect these to increase in price if they remain a SquareEnix store exclusive and sell out.

@Levantine

I think people are freaking out for a couple reasons:

1) $75 is above the standard price for a physical Switch game

2). The physical game is a SquareEnix store exclusive, with high shipping and limited quantities.

Overall, if this was readily available at retail stores, I doubt the $75 price would be considered as big of a deal.

@Levantine

May of us are more exclusive NIntendo players that can only afford the time money and energy for one console at a time.
And pricing is important factor.

@Ralizah

I suspect that sales of SquareEnix games are very low on Xbox, probably because most of their games were on GamesPass.

Why can't these idiots release a normal collection like everyone else. Don't they want money? This should be a Final Fantasy Collection with every versions of FF1-6 (original, NES, MSX, Super NES, Wonder Swan, GBA, PS1, DS, PSP, and PC) on there for $40 and not limited. If you want money Square Enix, why limit your option of the physical version?

@daveMcFlave I mean from the mobile and PC versions, for these ports they add nothing on top of those. Everything we got here are from those already released versions which is a lazy effort.

@RushDawg Not only that but because of its limited value, scalpers will be reselling that physical collection for jack up prices on ebay. Those who actually want the physical collection may not be able to get their hands on one unless they buy it from a scalper.

What the f is up with that scalper price? This shouldn’t have been priced at more than $50 maybe $60 for that square tax

Dang, 75 bucks!

What is this, a Super Nintendo game in 1995?

@RushDawg IMO GP downloads probably weren't very strong either for something like Octopath Traveler. I think Microsoft would have ponied up for the second game if the reception on the service had been more pronounced.

As it stands, I want to say that it looks like Xbox sales are low enough that S-E won't even bother porting games without GP deals, but then Crisis Core just released on Xbox. It's hard to make sense of the logic of it.

Wow, what an announcement! I completely glossed over it with the slough of FF articles. Couldn't figure out why until now lol. So happy I'll be able to visit some of these older ones now.

I wonder why it's coming to PS4, but not PS5. I'm not complaining, it's just wierd.

I hope they fixed the way some of the 2.5D graphics came out. The FFVI PR’s opera scene was cheap looking compared to their other HD 2D games like Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy, etc.

@Shoyomon exactly. I'll be doing the same and I'll more than likely just buy 1 or 2 to start.

square-enix will have to make more copies..of the standard edition..

Sounds extremely greedy to me at that price I remember getting both crash the n same trilogy & spyro reignited at launch for £35 each not a fan of Activision but that was a great deal for 3 amazing games completely remade

@RushDawg Totally fair to be upset about the physical version. I agree with that.

@msvt What does only having one console have to do with the pricing? Some people only use steam and the games are still $75 total. If they were exclusive to ps5 they would still be $75. This is Squeenix we are talking about here. They will squeeze any penny possible.

@Darknyht The pixel remaster series are rebuilt games, not measly emulation. I really don't get why so many people think they should be THAT cheap.

I’ve played them all on PC and they are excellent. I will absolutely be buying them again.

To people complaining about the price, it’s six games. Six long, fully remastered games. Just because the games have a small enough file size to fit on one cart doesn’t mean they’re worth less.

The price isn't even a problem here, it's the lack of QOL to things like the UI that make this not worth it. I'll stick to buying them on Steam for the mods.

6 games, each varying from 20-60 hours each, and people are moaning about the price? The entitlement is strong, today.

I’m glad video game companies are finally raising the cost to meet inflation. Games seem to have capped at $60 for the past 30 years. I think for the amount of content you receive, it’s more than fair.

All these people playing dozens of games on a $300 system, yet acting poor smh.

@Levantine

About the one-console thing, just meant many of us that don't use Steam wouldn't have known those prices.

At this point the standard is what I get for the 75 smackers they are charging....

Been waiting eagerly for these but it took SE so long that my hype has waned. I think I might hold off to see if put any effort into quality.

SE is just so half-assed with their rereleases. There will no doubt be new problems with the Switch release and a good chance they won't even bother with the fixes they've already released for PC and mobile versions.

Normally I'm the one who says just because a game is old doesn't mean it should be cheap, but holy cash grab. These aren't even that great of ports especially without the ability to fix the font and other issues. Maybe if it included the original console versions and various ports like a true collection, I'd consider it at that ridiculous price point.

I don't need six more games I'm not going to play.

@YANDMAN Good for you

@EarthboundBenjy It lets you sign up for a waiting list, so I'm guessing you'll still be able to get it.

@mikegamer I still bought a copy though.

To those saying it already sold out, what makes you say that? I joined the waiting list and got this message:

"We’ll be sure to contact you when this item is made available."

Surely that means I'll get a chance to buy it? They haven't even printed them yet, so why wouldn't they print enough to sell to those who join the wait list? I'll be seriously pissed if I can't buy a physical copy, as I already have FF7,8,9,10,12 as physical copies on switch.

Finally! (Puntentional)
Can’t wait to get to play FF I - III + V, the only mainline non-MMO entries I’ve missed. Should be great!

Although I can wait for a sale as I still have a backlog of JRPG’s to get through despite having played so many b2b already on Switch. My Switch has really become an RPG machine for me like in the SNES days and I love it!

Sidenote: It would be nice to get FFIV: The After Years included as well. And maybe Squeenix will bring an overhated & underrated FFXIII Collection to Switch as well soon?

… Wun can only hope.

@RPGreg2600 The UK version of the Square Enix store says "No longer available" with no option to sign up for anything. I live in the UK

I only bought this now because I figured the 2nd hand copies are going to be even more overpriced.

I took a shower and the Switch physical release sold out.

@RPGreg2600

The waiting list isn’t a guarantee. Hopefully they’ll make more available, but they might not. Even if they do, there’s no guarantee that everyone on the wait list will get to buy a copy.

Consider this scenario. You receive an email at 3AM saying that more copies are available. By the time you’re awake at 8AM, they are already sold out. This scenario is basically what happened with the first batch of copies.

I don’t mean to be too much of a downer. It’s reasonable to be optimistic. But a wait list is far, far from a guaranteed chance to order it.

While it's nice these are FINALLY coming to the Switch (IMHO They should have waited and simultaneously released them all on modern platforms), what's up with that price for the physical edition?! $75?

...Not sure if I'll cave for that price. I'm sure the physical edition will go back in stock - I had decent luck when SE still manufactured their own DS games - but the only game I'm genuinely in the market for is V. I already have the excellent VI via the SNES Classic and IV on 3DS. The first three would be sorta nice to have, but I'm not hurting for them.

@YANDMAN I mean, okay? Sure?

The physical edition is very expensive. I will probably just buy them on steam when they go on sale. Plus I can use mods as well.

Ok great, I’m not crazy for thinking that price is way to much, yes are these good games? I’m sure they are, but my goodness 75? For over decade old games? Heck naw. Gonna wait for a deep cut in the price from a sale, or the like, before I get this.

Finally, but I relented and got them on steam a long time ago...

I highly recommend these, it's cool seeing all the games with cohesive art styles and menu systems. The pc version is also very moddable. This is a huge package of game time too, essential for any jrpg fan, the price isn't completely unreasonable.

@Angelus3K Remastered, and yet these games are missing the content added through ports and enhanced versions.

@Aventurier Even with an altered soundtrack, the price is way too steep.

Considering that these remasters don't add anything of note outside of updated graphics and sound, there really isn't anything worth noting here, especially since there are other editions out there that aren't this bare bones. I get these are just the pixel remasters, but the bonus content added to 1 & 2 in previous editions, IV the After years, and even some of the added job classes to V would have been more than welcomed. I can't justify the price for a bare bones collection. The only one I'll probably grab is 3 simply because this is the only way to play it in classic 2D that isn't pirated.

@RushDawg well, I better get a copy! Guessing there will be physical versions available from Asia too, which usually have English, worst case scenario.

What genius decided to make this a limited release??

@Bizzyb Some *****

Should have been a Switch release from day one.

Why isn't this a retail release? I hate this limited release crap. I really like having games like this as physical but now I have to get it from some guy on eBay for two or threes times the amount. Thanks square for taking this out of the reach of so many...

I already bought the bundle on steam and I'll be buying it on switch and ps4

can't help it.

I'll just be waiting for the inevitable sale on the eShop. I'd like to play these again, but they don't need to be on a cartridge. I'm no collector.

The price is insane.

So are they cleaning up the pixels? Making it look new gen? or are they just ports to one cart? Im at work right now cant get to squares website for details.

For $49 I would have said ok. I really only want FF6 so I'll just get that one digitally. Playing through T Edition on my phone and it's awesome.

@VoidofLight these are not ROMs. they arent actually remasters either like SE says, they are rather ground-up remakes lmao
i do think the price is too high but this also how much the bundle costs on steam anyway so im curious as to why people are suprised this is no different

@Nikhogan I have a problem with how much the steam bundle costs. The games really should just be bundled together by default for 20 bucks on all platforms, and it's a shame they aren't.

"These are Square Enix Store exclusives. If you are unable to secure a copy, you can enter your email on the official website and Square Enix will notify you when there is a restock."

@Liam_Doolan This only seems to be the case on the US store. On the European store it only says the item is no longer available with no option to enter your mail.

The price for the CE is ridiculous. 200€ for a book, some vinyl and plastics?
A total rip-off 🤬👎

People saying this is expensive.. imagine how much people will re-sell it for on ebay, lol

@Windy it's complicated. It's from the ground up apparently, but they only used the originals as a reference. Some games have more modernised than others. I'd recommend the YouTube David Inc, who did quite a thorough analysis on what changed. (I believe 3 had quite a good upgrade. )

I'm not a fan of the new remixes, but then I usually am not, so I'm not a great one to ask about that. The soundtracks are truly rearranged and worth a listen at least!

We moaned when these were not coming to console at first and now that they are, they're milking us dry because they know the demand.

And as soon as they milk us dry, boom. They'll be on Gamepass.

It's quite expensive just to get the standard physical ed. but when I looked at Steam and Google Play, it seems that the price is more or less the same when you buy them all individually. I'm only interested in getting FFVI so I will wait for it to go on a reasonably priced sale as there are loads of other stuff to play anyway. P3P and P4G coming on January as well and it's pretty cheap compared to this.

@Bizzyb That's why they know they can ask the high price. FOMO pays a lot.

I wonder if the physical release will include all the games on one cartridge or if it includes download codes.
If all games are physically included then I might be interested in getting a physical copy

@Anti-Matter Awhile ago I was playing the Famicom and DS versions of FF3 together, and I wouldn't say the DS was a complete replacement.
It does some stuff better, but a few bad changes. I guess that'll happen when the original director was no longer working with them.
Just the latter half of the floating continent chapter, the bosses are kind of garbo actually. It seems like the Skill Level does better at making magic more potent, which is good But Square-Enix did a really cheap job rebalancing the bosses, making the bosses able to ignore their original script design and gain an OP double punch. They can just casually knock out one of the player's team members in one turn if they feel like it. But SE made sure to keep in that gimmick from the original where Phoenix Downs are a rare item.
Like Hyne's gimmick was that he was (the original?) element-weakness changing boss. But because of the garbo rebalancing, I think in one of the runs I was doing (with both JP and US DS versions), he used the Barrier Shift once or not at all.

I'd rather take the FC original Salamander battle, where he can be Blizzaga'd in three turns (understandable that Blizzaga is not even obtainable at that point in the DS version, it'd be too potent). It's fair because it originally used a Flame attack that hit the entire party, and after having to soak up damage from all the damage floors in the Molten Cave, my White Mage only had enough MP left in it to keep the party alive for three turns.

I personally liked the pixel draw-in animation for the bosses in the FC version (and pixel-erasing when they're defeated). Taking a closer think, I think there was a bit of subtle purpose to that, and not a weird technical thing like it might seem.

Also, I'm just a little upset after I realized a certain plot event was given quite a subtle foreshadowing (based one of the few things I remember from my last playthrough of the FC version in 2001) but the DS version just HAD to add an extra cutscene pretty much just blurting it all out. That Desch doesn't die jumping in the engine to the Tower of Owen

Everyone knew this would come to console eventually. So stupid that SE releases on mobile and Steam first and leaves a huge gap in time because they want you to buy it there first and hopefully double dip. I actually do feel like it will come to Xbox (and native PS5) eventually but who knows when that will be. Square Enix has some incredible IP but they are becoming one of the more dodgy publishers these days. At least on sale their games tend to be solid value.

@DaniPooo that would be a plot twist if this release turned out to be a code in the box!

@KingMike
But I personally like 3D remake of FF III and FF IV NDS as they have cute Chibi looking, FF III NDS have main protagonists name, FF IV NDS got voice acting so I like the 3D Remake better than the old style pixelated graphics Final Fantasy as I didn't grow up by that graphics from my childhood.

This is fantastic!

Now the Switch just needs from the NES:

• Bionic Commando
• DuckTales
• R.C. Pro-Am

And from the SNES:

• Chrono Trigger
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

@Ralizah

As much as I'd rather have the switch version, I greatly look forward to unlocking the trophies on the ps5. The steam versions have a ton of achievements, so I'm hoping they will carry over to console.

Not to defend Square Enix, but $12-$25 a game is not totally unreasonable when you remember that they're remastered editions with redrawn pixel art (not cheap) and each game is roughly 28-40 hours to complete. That and when you consider the rubbish Chrono Trigger PC port is $20 and Chrono Cross goes for about the same price ($25). It's not outlandish to assume a proper remaster for modern screens with new pixel art is not unreasonable what they're asking for.

Though I will still wait for a sale personally as I've played Final Fantasy IV and VI wayyyy too many times and the NES originals never did it for me. So, I'll gladly wait to relive them and maybe grab FFV as I've not played that since the Advance version in the mid-00s.

I have decided I am passing on ALL of these due to pricing annoyance. I will play FF6 on my Wii as I have (a FF3) on Virtual Console.

Sure, I can have another copy of FF VI

@gaga64 I would definitely recommend these pixel remasters even if you already own them in various ways. All the music has been orchestrated, which even as a chip tune purist myself, it really really sounds good and fits. QOL stuff has been added like minimaps, diagonal movement, better battle menus, etc. The graphics are true to the originals, and yet they've really jazzed them up with better animations and particle effects. Plus, they've really stepped it up with certain "cinema scenes." Like the Leviathan attacking the ship part in IV has so much more epicness to it, and they legit added actual singing to the opera scene in VI.

Not to mention you can now get all six in one collection (if ever available), instead of buying them separately.

@Sam_TSM Other than, like, five games nobody has ever heard of, I believe the PS5 is fully b/c. Games with unlocked framerates and such should even run better on the new hardware.

Mystic Quest and Chrono Trigger DLC, please

@Panopticon I don't think you'll ever see Mystic Quest unless it is on Nintendo Online. But, a Chrono Trigger port could be in the cards... Just hopefully not based on the PC port... Shudders... The state of that port is probably why we've not seen it on Switch or PS4 yet.

My take on this:

Yes, Square-Enix is pretty lame for limiting this release, and also charging a bit much (imo 60 would be the sweet spot).

and at the same time....

The value is still there, and I still feel like I'd be doing myself a massive disservice by not ordering a copy anyway - and that's bearing in mind that I have all but FF3 on the gba.

Pretty sure $75 is what I paid for the Steam "pre-sale" bundle price when the collection was announced. (for all six games with DLC like the soundtracks included IIRC)
Isn't the regular, individual, price higher than that?

Too bad I missed the physical, but nothing to get worried about since I have the Steam version, and enough physical versions of all the games already.

@daveMcFlave I have perfectly working copies of Final Fantasy 6 on SNES, SNES Classic, PS1 and I believe they have been sold on multiple other consoles for the past 20+ years for full price. Usually they tack on something to be “extra” to justify the price like FMV or a monster encyclopedia.

FF6 done in the style of FF4 DS might be worth the asking price but not a glorified mobile port with font issues.

@Darknyht

Since value is highly subjective to the individual, especially in terms of video games, I don't take offense to that.

When I speak of value, I mean in averaged or generalized terms. If someone else doesn't see these as worth their time, that's not a bad thing. Just personally, I'm really excited, despite the steep price tag.

I probably won't buy it physically, as much as want to. If they release the games on the eShop, then sure I'll bite that price given they're available individually ( I much prefer to pay for that price in parts and whenever I want to pay it)

This "limiited" crap for the normal copy is absurd and ridiculous and companies need to stop doing this making normal copies limited and exclusive to their own stores!

I won't buy this digitally so Square has just lost business by limiting the amount they produce and sell. That and allowing scalper a**holes to grab them all up needs to end. I refuse to buy crap from scalpers as well. I'm sick of the way this industry is going. F U SQUEENIX!