G4TV writes: "Yesterday, the folks at Square Enix stopped by to give me a tour into Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for Nintendo DS and Wii. While today I can only talk about the multiplayer elements of the game, TheFeed will have a breakdown of the single player later this week. However, if the past games are any indication, multiplayer will be the main way you want to play this game.
Echoes of Time will be released simultaneously for the Wii and Nintendo DS. For the most part each, the versions are identical. The Wii basically emulates the Nintendo DS and gives you a dual screen view of the action where you can adjust the size of each window to your liking. The top screen is used for the gameplay, and the bottom screen of the DS is used for touch screen actions such as communication, and choosing between what kind of magic you want activated."
Graham Russell: "Generally, when you’re looking to play a game with friends, it’s much easier to do it on a home console. With portables, each player usually needs a system, and most need a copy of the game (and maybe some funky cables, if you go back enough). Generally, people haven’t bothered to take advantage of the technology. Of course, if you’re a crazy person like me, that’s more of an incentive than a barrier."
SPC: "Last week began the five week series of what I perceive to be the 50 best Nintendo DS games of the system's exhaustive library... This week we delve into ten more top titles for the Nintendo DS, one of the best-selling dedicated gaming platforms of all time, currently at around 150 million units worldwide across all revisions. On these ten titles for this week, we have a menagerie of memorable characters and series like Mario, Mega Man, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Remember that these games must have released in North America to be on this list. With that out of the way, are you ready for round two?"
Gaming Gauge writes:"It’s not a secret that I’m a massive fan of Square Enix’s Crystal Chronicles series, and oddly enough it was the second DS entry, Echoes of Time, that really cemented the series as one of my favourites. This was because it took the addictive multiplayer action online and really concentrated on making the experience natural and easy. There unfortunately hasn’t been a new entry in that style since then(fingers crossed there’s a new one at E3) but I was very excited when I heard that Square Enix was working with n-space on a new online dungeon crawling, hacking and slashing adventure for the 3DS; finally something to satisfy my hunger! My thought immediately went to how Square Enix should concentrate on this ease of use again and what lessons they should take away from Echoes of Time."
