And don't expect to breeze through it by whipping out all the old tricks you learned in previous versions of the game-- the developers redesigned the game's toughest battles specifically to foil series verterans. "One of the most enjoyable parts of Final Fantasy IV's bosses has always been analyzing the patterns and coming up with strategies to overcome them. But that's old hat for players who have already played previous incarnations of the game," notes Asano. "So to bring that challenge back, we rebalanced the game's major battles and modified the strategies that enemies employ."

For example, experienced players know that the Antlion's counterattacks are far deadlier than its standard attacks, and that they should attack it only with spells and abilities. But such a simple strategy won't cut it in this version-- cast spells at the wrong time, and Antlion can now counter those too; the new trick is to watch the shifting color of its eyes, which reveal its shifting vulnerabilities. The bosses have also had their stats boosted across the board, as have many of the normal enemies, making this far and away the toughest version of Final Fantasy IV ever released.

Man! this game looks really fun, I hope to get it, too.

The voice acting should be good since it was good in japanese

I wouldn't be hopeful of Chrono Trigger DS...if I remember correctly a sequel was thought of, but they canceled it.

But is this the realtime battle one? I kinda didn't like that aspect all too much in the one I think this one is based off of.

I believe you're thinking of either Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates or Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings...both of which don't use the regular ATB random battle systems of old...FFIV still uses the same kind of battles, though...

I have Ring of Fates, and I love it, but I'm pretty sure FFIV isn't going to be like that. What I meant to say is: does it have no turns in it, but things depend on how long after they're casted/whatever for them to work? And also does it have the random battles with your players on one side, and the enemies on the other like FFI and FFIII? Help would really be appreciated.[/]quote]

Hmm, I imagine those things'd be like how FFIII is set up since the same production team is behind both remakes...I don't recall, were spells instantaneous in the previous versions of FFIV?

Unfortunately, since this version is based on the SNES original, the end-of-game Lunar Ruins dungeon from the GBA remake didn't make the cut. But those looking for challenge above and beyond the original quest will find a few suprises after the credits roll. Subsequent playthroughs will allow players to accumulate even more augments and put them to use against several new hidden bosses.