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No Final Fantasy 8 On Switch: Here's Why

So many Final Fantasy games coming to the Nintendo Switch! Click here to find out why, despite its popularity, Final Fantasy 8 remains missing!

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FallenAngel19842809d ago

“They saw how the Final Fantasy name did not get big until they moved it to a futuristic setting.”

Final Fantasy was still relatively a big name on NES(singlehandedly saved an entire company from bankruptcy) and even moreso on SNES(FFIV left a huge impact on the RPG genre in regards to its storytelling). However FFVII isn’t what kicked it into the stratosphere.

“Heck, even the ports of FF8 on PS3 and PSP were ports of the PC version. Not the PS1.”

FFVIII on PSN is an emulated version of the PS1 version just like every other PS1 game on the service.

Neonridr2809d ago

shame they can't just give the Switch that version then. Nobody needs a remaster, since the other games are just the originals as well.

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Teflon022808d ago

Jaguar
FF15 would probably break the switch. That games surprisingly overdemanding. Only game I have that at 1080p only holds 60 to 70fps at max settings. I'm using a GTX1080 lol. But despite what's said, console versions must be really optimized as they run amazing in comparison also, a few downgrades should probably be enough. I wouldn't try find out though. Pocket edition is kinda what I expected for a ffxv port.

CrimsonWing692808d ago (Edited 2808d ago )

I'm pretty sure FF7 brought the series into mainstream.

FF6 while amazing, was still niche and didn't sell well in the States, as was the case with most Squaresoft titles. Now, in Japan that's a whole other story but FF, as a series, never really sold well outside of Japan. FF7 not only put the series into mainstream but it also sparked major interest in JRPGs in the west.

As for the ports, you're right, they're emulations of the PS1 versions not PC.

kevnb2808d ago

It was sony putting 100 million into marketing that put it into the mainstream, the game being fantastic kept it there.

DEEHULK882808d ago

KEVNB,
You should probably thank Nintendo for sticking with carts because playstation wouldn't have ever seen that game if they used Cd. That is the biggest blunder in Nintendo history because they helped Ps establish PS even more.

indysurfn2808d ago

If that was true then Nintendo and Sony would not have fought over it. When PS1 was coming out this was Sony's biggest win. People LOVED FF games in the west and they sold millions.

meatnormous2808d ago

I was called a nerd for playing ff2 and 3 (usa numbers). But one of my friends seen me play 7 and they watched me play it from beginning to end, then called me a nerd.

Teflon022808d ago

Thank Nintendo for double crossing playstation. They would have made an n64 game no matter what if Nintendo didn't screw Sony over, and make them be the petty X that was actually doing better than you lol. Them picking cartridges made some of the greatest games I've played in my life, so I don't thank them making a mistake. I thank them for the great products that the n64 released. Even if it was mainly Rare's games I cared about outside Mario titles lol

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kevnb2808d ago (Edited 2808d ago )

It was big in japan, but it was final fantasy 7 and its huge marketing budget that north americans really get into it. We should all thank sony for believing in it so much they spent 100 million dollars marketing it.

Nu2808d ago

Square was working on several projects simultaneously and in the rush they forgot to back up files of FF8 and messed shit up.

FallenAngel19842808d ago

@ Neo

If PS4 didn’t receive FFVIII, you shouldn’t be surprised it’s not on other consoles.

FFVII & FFIX on PS4 & PC aren’t just the original games, they’ve had added features and touched up visuals.

@ Jaguar

Keep dreaming. You’re more likely to see a FFXIII remaster on that platform.

@ Crim & Kev

I made a typo by saying isn’t. Yeah FFVII made it mainstream like I said, but it’s not like the series was unknown before hand.

In the United States, where FFVI went on sale in the last quarter of 1994, it became the year's eighth best-selling SNES game.

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Platformgamer2808d ago

because it's not even on ps4, but it's a matter of time

DarkZane2808d ago

First of all, it's not even on PS4 yet. Then you have to consider it's the 20th anniversary next year.

Gardenia2808d ago

This article makes no sense at all

Geobros2808d ago

I didnt understand the explanation of this story. Anyway, i played FF VIII 20 years before and it was epic, with sidequest, chocobo, nice battles and story. I would like to replay it tbh.

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FINAL FANTASY VII + VIII, IX, and VII REMAKE INTERGRADE & REBIRTH To Receive Physical Releases

Square Enix has announced multiple classic Final Fantasy titles will receive physical releases this December;including Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX.

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gold_drake233d ago

switch only for 7 8 and 9

remake and rebirth ps5

S2Killinit232d ago

7,8,9 only Switch
7 remake & rebirth only PS5?
Is this accurate? Wish it was all for both.

-Foxtrot233d ago

Why can’t they just do a cool classic collection with VII, VIII and IX in with some goodies similar to what they did with the Pixel Remaster.

FinalFantasyFanatic232d ago

I would honestly go for a Remaster Collection, just AI upscale some textures (there are really good fan mods for that), widescreen everything where possible, higher native resolution, etc...

It seems like a no-brainer to make such a large portion of what was FF's golden age into a collection of it's own.

gold_drake231d ago

this is square we're talking about.

VersusDMC232d ago

Weird that 7 and 8 are together for 40 and 9 is 40 on it's own.

8 should be the one on it's own as it actually has redone models.

jznrpg232d ago (Edited 232d ago )

I have ff8 ps4 remastered physical euro version. They should have put these on PS5 physically so lame.

B5R232d ago

I'm actually so tired of hearing about FFIX. Just replayed it with Moguri Mod earlier this month. That might as well be the definitive version.

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Broken Games That Never Got Fixed

While a lot (like way too many) games launch in sorry states these days, a lot of them do eventually get polished up over time fixes. The same can’t be said for these properly broken games.

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Cacabunga294d ago

Worst for me is wipeout 2048.
I got gold in every single player race, made it extremely far into the great online shop platinum was a finger away.. then lost all my online progression. Many players experienced the same and hadn’t been fixed since

joab777294d ago

Cyberpunk and No Mans Sky are obviously the 2
best comeback stories. Cyberpunk is literally one of the best RPGs ever made now.

Christopher293d ago

I wouldn't call NMS broken at release, just under-delivered.

Michiel1989294d ago

junctioning is only broken now because it's been datamined which monster which gives which card and which card gives which items and every single spell to junction with the highest points for each stat. For it's time when that info wasn't readily available it was good, not without it's flaws, but not broken,

-Foxtrot294d ago

Exactly. I never got this because what made it broken was the knowledge of what to exploit.

Playing the game for the first time back then you never had any knowledge to make it so easy.

One minute the Junction system is complicated, the next it's super easy / broken. What is it?

gold_drake294d ago

i mean, ff8 is not "broken" per se, its just that the junction system is too good and easily exploited even an hour into the game. haha

Ashunderfire86294d ago

Star Wars Jedi Survivor is one of them. I can’t get in the Cantina bar later on in the game. The door and other doors throughout the environment is locked off. It is a shame, because I wanted to complete the game, but I can’t until they fix it.

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Playstation Icons: Squall Leonhart

Gary Green said: Tempting as it is to dedicate our first installment of PlayStation Icons to a franchise-leader like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, or even Sackboy, instead I’m choosing a character that I, like so many others, connected with on a personal level. He’s a moody, world-weary teen, a proud loner with no time for the drama of others, and yet he’s also a hero just waiting for the motivation to unleash his full potential. He’s a warrior. He’s a leader. He’s the king of internal monologues. It’s time to meet Squall Leonhart.

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