'I personally think FF3 should have departed even further and been more character driven. Could have almost had the charm of IX';

'>>3479839';

'>>3479834
obviously';

'The GBA remake of Shining Force added significantly more optional dialogue for every party member, an expanded plot that explains more details (unclear how much of it was just unable to fit in the original game's translation), some new chapters with some new characters, a LOT of balance changes, reworked placement of battle music so that some of the rarer songs are played more, ability to recruit some late-game secret characters much earlier and actually promote them, etc.

It's very good, the only tradeoff is really that it's easier than the original, but it has NG+, NG++ etc that gets harder every time you finish it...there's probably a hack somewhere that skips you right to NG+++ for an experience that feels more like the original or harder.';

'Bump';

'The DS SaGa remakes got weird. The remake of 3 is actually pretty close to a generic Gameboy SaGa game now instead of a halfway point between Final Fantasy Mystic Quest and SaGa 2 and Lovecraft.';

'>>3479950
Everything I've heard about this it sounds like more of an original game in the FF7 compilation series, which is ironically probably why they called it Remake instead of just Final Fantasy 7';

'>>3480330
The third SaGa on Gameboy was honestly terrible so as much changes are needed. DS remake redeemed SaGa 3';

'>>3480330
So many interesting DS ports to and from the system
Xenosaga and its supposed cuts
Ni No Kuni being a half finished game originally before fleshing out on consoles
Rhapsody changing from an SRPG to a regular turn based game despite being the perfect system for it';

'Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song. It adds many aspects that showed up in later entries of the series and incorporated them.';

'>>3480341
more like a RE-DO! The events were there, many things were just elaborated upon in game. We really got to know the characters more so than the original.';

'>>3480107
>ability to recruit some late-game secret characters much earlier and actually promote them, etc.
Haven't played this one since forever. Which character do you mean? I recall Mawlock joining on battle 1 on NG+ (and really being the only reason you could win fights when the enemy stats became too ridiculous) but he's not a promoteable unit.';

'>>3480107
The expanded plot (extra characters aside) was for the most part more faithful to the original script. The original translation took -a lot- of liberties. I remember reading somewhere they basically just winged it after getting a basic outline of the game's plot.';

'Is shadows of valentia that different from gaiden? I never played either but I know people thought it was weird that it was at least a relatively faithful remake of a black sheep of the franchise game, at least in that they didn't retool it as a regular fire emblem game somehow';

'>>3480600
It takes a lot of mechanics (including at least one notable oversight) and also the terrible maps from the original Gaiden, but much of the story is filled out and many character designs are radically different from the Famicom version. Unfortunately the new writing staff has a hardon for Alm and the story and Celica suffer for it a little bit.';

'bump';

'>>3480726
It's always been really disappointing to me that it's the most polished, best looking, and best written of the 3DS FE's, but ends up being kind of a chore to actually play because of the dated map design and mechanics.';

'I hate that they remade the originals like this. GBC version is better.';

'>>3480584
bump';

'>>3483337
GBC is better, as it is more fast-forwadable due to movement being grid-based.';

'>>3480330
yo godot's in there? nice';

'>>3479834
its technically a prequel but I'd count legends arceus. As a zoomer who remembers buying pearl on launch day I loved every second of it';