Hey you, spooniest of bards! It's time for this weeks episode of the Retro Rumble podcast. In today's episode, Mike and David are joined by Aidan from the Culture of Gaming team to discuss NES and Super NES era Final Fantasy games and their personal history with this era of a legendary RPG series. Watch Episode #04 (Part 2) LIVE on Twitch Sunday @ 9pm (BST) where the team return to continue the discussion into the PlayStation era! And don't forget to watch all future episodes live on Twitch every Sunday!
Looking back at Final Fantasy 6 on its 30th anniversary provides a snapshot of one of gaming's most important franchises at a pivotal turning point.
Gary Green said: It’s interesting to revisit the roots of your favorite franchises to see first-hand what’s changed and what’s stuck around all these years, though perhaps ‘visit’ would be more accurate than ‘revisit’ since apparently, Europe wasn’t worthy of the original six Final Fantasy games the first time around. By the time we started getting ports of these iconic games, we’d already been through the PSOne JRPG golden age. So we’d already seen the best of what Final Fantasy had to offer, while these predecessors looked outdated, unrefined, and (dare I say it) ugly. We aren’t bitter about the delayed releases, honest…
I'd love to but square said fk you to the ps fanbase that wanted these physically. Meanwhile switch got a physical release.
Discover the top 10 hottest Final Fantasy characters, from iconic heroes to memorable allies. Dive into their captivating stories and traits.
I always go Yuna, Aerith, Rikku, Rinoa, and for some reason Vanilla, Ashe, Cindy, Lunafreya, Quistis
