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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition TGS 2019 Trailer (Game releases on January 23, 2020)

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I want more color options for when I'm spray painting my moogle.
Bard said:
Guess I'm just confusing it for some other game.

Anyway, how does that bucket work? It seems like such a pain in the ass to have to keep taking it along with you.
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The story is based around miasma taking over the area and it can poison/kill anything it touches. That bucket is a chalice that hold myrrh that protects individuals within a certain radius from the miasma.

It actually isn't as annoying as it seems and you get used to it very quickly. When playing multi-player you can get anyone to carry it and if playing solo you can get a moogle to carry it around for you.
 
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are you not aware of Sony's reputation regarding crossplay?
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How did you come to the conclusion that "Sony hates Microsoft" from this particular announcement/thread? That's literally the only thing you said in your post, so it sounded like a weird non sequitur. I'm gathering from this reply that's all it was.
 
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Glad to see a release date, but no couch co-op is bullshit, and the OST...
Brazil said:
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that new theme song arrangement is so gooooooooood
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Lichtsang said:
Man, the song in the trailer is sooooo good!
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Am I deaf? Are you guys deaf? Someone here is definetly deaf. The new vocals sucked out all the charm that was present in the original.
kirbyfan407 said:
With new voices, I'm so worried we're going to lose the original English level narrator. She was one of the most memorable and defining parts of the original game for me. :(

If the soundtrack is going to get new arrangements, I really hope Kumi Tanioka is involved again. I'm worried it won't feel the same without her.

This game isn't famous enough to have it, but if they did redo the soundtrack, I'd love if the console releases featured the choice of switching between the versions, just like in recent releases of FFX.



Yes, that was the first thing I noticed. I'm glad they brought her back, but...I'm not a fan of this new version. The delivery is different and what I'd describe as more dramatic. But I haven't listened all the way through yet. If the lyrics are improved, I can maybe accept it. At the very least, I'm pretty sure the original English recording was of a poor quality (at least, based on what I can find online), so I get why they felt they should re-record it.

EDIT: It's hard to hear the new lyrics precisely. I seem to notice a couple slight changes of phrases. I don't think they're necessarily better, though.
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I hope it's only the vocal tracks and they leave the rest alone. It didn't specifically state new arranged soundtrack after all like the other new points. I already hate the fact now the chars will scream during the music tracks every time they cast something. Like, who asked for that lol.

If they screw with one of the best OSTs of all time and don't even give us an option for the old one there's gonna be riots.
 
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New bosses and dungeons makes me interested. I never finished the original as I hated having to revisit old dungeons in order to progress the story.
 
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I honestly just thought to myself "how did they manage cross play between the Switch and GameCube"?
I'm a goddamn idiot.
 
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Colonel Mustard said:
All iOS/Android players are now and forever on bucket-bitch duty.
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Hey now. The more people that get to play this fantastic game, the better. The iOS and Android release are a good thing.

Wamb0wneD said:
Glad to see a release date, but no couch co-op is bullshit, and the OST...


Am I deaf? Are you guys deaf? Someone here is definetly deaf. The new vocals sucked out all the charm that was present in the original.

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I hope it's only the vocal tracks and they leave the rest alone. It didn't specifically state new arranged soundtrack after all like the other new points. I already hate the fact now the chars will scream during the music tracks every time they cast something. Like, who asked for that lol.

If they screw with one of the best OSTs of all time and don't even give us an option for the old one there's gonna be riots.
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Yeah, I'm hoping they don't change much else on the soundtrack. I think the new theme is okay, but definitely not as great as the original. Though for the character voices, I'm sure there's at least an option to disable them.
 
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LukarWuff said:
Yeah, I'm hoping they don't change much else on the soundtrack. I think the new theme is okay, but definitely not as great as the original. Though for the character voices, I'm sure there's at least an option to disable them.
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Let's hope for the best then. Ever since this got announced I have a discord group with 2 friends I palyed this to death with back then. No couch-co-op is already kind of a big negative but it would be ok...if everything else stays the same.
 
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Man, all they had to do was make local multiplayer possible without the crazy amount of equipment involved on the GameCube. But nope, looks l still need to keep my Wii around for this and Four Sword Adventures
 
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AppleKid said:
Man, all they had to do was make local multiplayer possible without the crazy amount of equipment involved on the GameCube. But nope, looks l still need to keep my Wii around for this and Four Sword Adventures
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Like, Diablo 3 just gave everyone the option to open the menu whenever they want. That was a lot of shit to be dealt with but people could just handle with stuff like everyone does inventory management only every 5 mins or so.

And in CC you barely have inventory to manage outside getting spells in dungeons. This is super weird.
 
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Damn, lack of couch co op might be a massive deal breaker. I loved the original.
 
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Wamb0wneD said:
If they screw with one of the best OSTs of all time and don't even give us an option for the old one there's gonna be riots.
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100% agree, the new theme song is a downgrade from the original. Can't believe they decided to change something that didn't need changing, but STILL left out couch co op. That was literally the only reason I was looking forward to it
 

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Billdrew said:
100% agree, the new theme song is a downgrade from the original. Can't believe they decided to change something that didn't need changing, but STILL left out couch co op. That was literally the only reason I was looking forward to it
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There IS couch co-op. You just need four different switch devices in the same room. They're trying to make it consistent with the ridiculous hoops you had to jump through for Crystal Chronicles back in the day, that's all.
 
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delete12345 said:
Also the right time to deep dive into Iwata Asks for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

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No because it's the Crystal Bearers game that has nothing in common with this one (and just sucks in general)
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Billdrew said:
100% agree, the new theme song is a downgrade from the original. Can't believe they decided to change something that didn't need changing, but STILL left out couch co op. That was literally the only reason I was looking forward to it
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I'll probably take my Switch to a friend and we play next to each other anyway. Playing on different screens sucks for sure though.
 
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jacktuar said:
There IS couch co-op. You just need four different switch devices in the same room. They're trying to make it consistent with the ridiculous hoops you had to jump through for Crystal Chronicles back in the day, that's all.
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Which requires everyone who wants to play to own a copy of the game, plus a switch? Compare this to regular 'coach co op' like for example Diablo or Divinity where I can just buy the game and play it with my fiancé easily, it seems ridiculous
 
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Wamb0wneD said:
Like, Diablo 3 just gave everyone the option to open the menu whenever they want. That was a lot of shit to be dealt with but people could just handle with stuff like everyone does inventory management only every 5 mins or so.

And in CC you barely have inventory to manage outside getting spells in dungeons. This is super weird.
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Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. They could even just turn it into a ring menu for each character's unpaused use. Or keep the original 4:3 view and use the extra space to display the gba screens
 
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Comic Obsessed said:
Oh God, I hope that opening interpretation doesn't replace the original.
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Lol it absolutely will, count on it. All we can hope for is for the rest of the songs to be left untouched.
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Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. They could even just turn it into a ring menu for each character's unpaused use. Or keep the original 4:3 view and use the extra space to display the gba screens
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Yeah I didn't even think of a ring menu. SE didn't either it seems lol. I hope at least the online experience doesn't suck. Imagine sitting next to each other with everyone having a Switch in hand and one of you lags.
 
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Ewwww they butchered the opening song

Edit: how the fuck are some people praising the new version in here? All it is, is changing the length of the notes for the sake of sounding different (or as another poster put it, more dramatic). The tone is totally off and there isn't even vibrato being used. It sucks
 
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Lichtsang said:
Oh, I watched the japanese trailer: (but I also like the new english vocals)

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Is this not the original Japanese version? I'd have to do a side-by-side, but this sounds pretty close to the original.

If this is the same, I'm not unconvinced that they chose to rerecord the English version specifically because something was off with the original audio recording and because they wanted to redo the translation, but I would take both aspects of the original.

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Not feeling that remix. Why does she pause so much?
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Exactly. This is my issue. She switched up her delivery of the words, and I don't like the new one. It sounds like she's "performing" it by putting emphasis on certain words, rather than simply singing it, and for the vibe I associate with the game, I prefer the original.
 
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kirbyfan407 said:
With new voices, I'm so worried we're going to lose the original English level narrator. She was one of the most memorable and defining parts of the original game for me. :(
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I don't see why we would. Donna Burke was the narrator and they already got her back to rerecord the music.
The new rendition is a little iffy, but the sound quality is a lot better, and frankly she's a better singer than she was too.
 
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SilverArrow20XX said:
I don't see why we would. Donna Burke was the narrator and they already got her back to rerecord the music.
The new rendition is a little iffy, but the sound quality is a lot better, and frankly she's a better singer than she was too.
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Ah, I never looked up who the original narrator was, so that's good to know! At the same time, because Donna Burke already changed up the feel of the opening song with how she performed it (at least, in my view), I'm a little worried we might see something similar with the narration.

I absolutely agree that the audio quality itself is improved. I really suspect that's a reason why it was re-recorded in the first place. I can't really speak to whether she's a better singer technically overall these days, since I don't really follow her. I'm mostly just not really a fan of the changes she made. That said, I will say that upon multiple relistens, there are a couple parts of the new version that I actually prefer musically (even if I think I preferred the original tone more), which speak to her growth as a singer.

I'm a bit amused how much of this thread (partially thanks to me, of course) is about the new recording of the song, rather than the remastered game itself, but I guess that speaks volumes about how impactful the original soundtrack was!
 
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Sorry if this was already answered, but this game offers 2-4 player couch co-op right?
 
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Wonder if any of the rest of the OST will be touched up. What is Kumi Tanioka up to these days anyway?
 
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kirbyfan407 said:
I can't really speak to whether she's a better singer technically overall these days, since I don't really follow her, but that's believable.
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Sorry to veer somewhat off-topic a bit and make this a Donna Burke appreciation thread, but whew. You should give some of her other stuff a try, particularly her performances for the Metal Gear Solid series. She's a fantastic vocalist.





kirbyfan407 said:
You might have already heard this, but the song also received a new arrangement (without vocals) in The Crystal Bearers to accompany a dance sequence in that game. iTunes attributed it to Kumi Tanioka when I first downloaded it, but I haven't confirmed if she actually did the new (well, now old) arrangement.
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Thanks for this, I had no idea this was a thing. I really need to play TCB sometime. The extent of my knowledge for its music is "a Japanese commercial had a Bon Jovi song in it" lmao.
 

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Billdrew said:
Which requires everyone who wants to play to own a copy of the game, plus a switch? Compare this to regular 'coach co op' like for example Diablo or Divinity where I can just buy the game and play it with my fiancé easily, it seems ridiculous
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Yeah I was joking. The original CC required four GBAs and a GameCube for couch co-op. It was equally silly.
 
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