Original Final Fantasy now available in Google Play

Original Final Fantasy now available in Google Play
by Simon Sage on 7/27/2012 | Filed Under: Applications; Tags: games, rpg, square enix, final fantasy | 40 comments

Black mages, it's time to put on your robe and wizard hat. The original Final Fantasy is now on sale in Google Play, offering the same turn-based combat and high fantasy as the classic with fresh graphics.

Final Fantasy isn't quite as aggressive as Final Fantasy III was with pricing, but $6.99 may still be more than you're used to paying. Of course, when it comes to nostalgia, sometimes money is no object. Any old-school gamers excited to get back into the first Final Fantasy?

Download: Final Fantasy ($6.99)

Comments

Meh, $4.99 seems about the right price point for a mobile game, no matter how in-depth the content is.

Submitted by hoosiercub on July 27, 2012 - 14:14.

I would have no problem paying a small amount for games like this however $7 for a game that came out in the 80's?? Funny enough this was the very first video game I ever purchased for the NES and to this day it's one of my favorites.

Honestly Square is just trying to jack people for a game they know should be $2.99 max.

Submitted by MrSlippery519 on July 27, 2012 - 14:20.

Yup. Game is probably worth $3 max but shit, i'll pay double for it. I paid $15 for the ff3 even though I have it on the DS

Submitted by friedchicken#AC on July 30, 2012 - 18:55.

Just noticed the background is of FF6.

7 bucks isn't that bad of a price. I played FF3 on the DS and I couldn't get pass a certain stage cause I ran out of the limited "phoenix down" and was unable to back away to retrain.

I may consider in using my Google Play Credit for this.

Submitted by JusticeCalibur on July 27, 2012 - 14:25.

Good eye! FF3 (6) was the only one I ever really got into. Original SNES games are awesome on the big screen. :)

Submitted by Simon Sage on July 27, 2012 - 14:48.

I agree...square needs to come down on the prices....that's a Lil extra...

Submitted by dakidd on July 27, 2012 - 14:27.

So long as I get more than an hour of entertainment and there are no in-game purchases required to win, I think it's a fair price.

Submitted by harbourcityseo on July 27, 2012 - 14:28.

The worlds fastest person beat it in five days and 24 hours. This guy must have been going off no sleep lol.

Submitted by abendugo on July 27, 2012 - 18:58.

so... he beat it in 6 day? o_O?

Submitted by msgnyc on July 28, 2012 - 04:22.

Give me FF7 and I'll pay $20 for it. I think that's fair since the PS1 greatest hit version was $20 before they stopped selling them on disc.

Submitted by JEvoUser on July 27, 2012 - 14:30.

I was going to make this exact comment.

I will give then $20 for a mobile FF7

Submitted by d3c509b on July 27, 2012 - 14:48.

Yup! I would through exuberance amounts of money at the screen and scream take it, JUST TAKE IT!!!

Submitted by Spazmonic on July 28, 2012 - 07:26.

The price is a little steep, but it's definitely one of my favorite classic NES games. I'd buy it if it went on sale.

Submitted by dskwerl on July 27, 2012 - 14:31.

Let me know when they come out with FF3, the US version and FF7 as stated by JEvoUser and I would take the plunge.

Submitted by Gigadafud on July 27, 2012 - 14:38.

Yeah, like the previous post stated...it IS out and available through the Play Store. Did I mention it costs a whopping $16?

Submitted by Mthr1 on July 27, 2012 - 15:28.

I'm curious. Since FF1 is one quarter the size of FF3, shouldn't it be at least one quarter the price?

Submitted by BIGsinner on July 27, 2012 - 16:09.

No that is the Japanese version of FF3. The US version of FF3 was more of like the Japanese 3,4,5 in one game if I remember correctly.

Submitted by Gigadafud on July 27, 2012 - 16:54.

The US Final Fantasy 3 was actually Final Fantasy 6.
Best in the franchise IMHO.

Submitted by msgnyc on July 28, 2012 - 04:25.

For what it's worth...

The original Final Fantasy was released in both Japan and the US.

Final Fantasy II Japan --> Originally wasn't released.
Final Fantasy III Japan --> Originally wasn't released.
Final Fantasy IV Japan --> Final Fantasy II US (and the US version was watered down.)
Final Fantasy V Japan --> Originally wasn't released.
Final Fantasy VI Japan --> Final Fantasy III US.

Starting with FFVII, all FFs have been released everywhere. And as time has passed over the years, we've seen those older Japan-only FFs re-released.

Submitted by Moo Cow on July 28, 2012 - 15:05.

FF3 is already out.

Submitted by stockkid07 on July 27, 2012 - 14:52.

This is just another crap IOS port, that it itself was a port of a PSP game. The freaking game doesn't even fit on our screens (the call of shitty IOS ports) with black bars on both sides. Seven bucks and it isn't even a good port job.

Submitted by mynutsyourface on July 27, 2012 - 15:10.

Judging by the comments, it seems this will be another game on Android with an unbelievably high piracy rate because Android users can't afford $7.

Submitted by Spartoi on July 27, 2012 - 15:21.

Personally I feel like $5 is what this game should sell for, but I will most likely still pick it up for $7.

Submitted by Illustrator Joe on July 27, 2012 - 15:24.

+1 Spartoi
I hope not because it's people who pirate apps that make developers less likely to want to make quality games without in app purchases. I well gladly pay more for apps as long as it doesn't have market billing permission (meaning in app purchases). Especially when developers bust their butts to bring us awesome 3D games. Same goes for movies TV and music. I read comments from people on some of the TV series I've purchased in the play store complaining how it is free to watch on TV and it's like no it's not idiot your pay for cable don't you. So I hope people realize that pirating stuff makes you a cheap thief with very few exceptions like redownloading music, movies and other stuff you may have already purchased and lost.

Submitted by JEvoUser on July 27, 2012 - 18:03.

I dunno, am I the only one that's just bored with Final Fantasy in general? I haven't played a new one that I've liked in a long time, and I've played the old ones over and over enough already.

Submitted by ballistic90 on July 27, 2012 - 15:24.

Does this game sync saves for multiple devices?

Submitted by jbr05ki on July 27, 2012 - 15:27.

I was wondering this as well.

Submitted by Illustrator Joe on July 27, 2012 - 16:55.

Only one way to find out I guess....

Submitted by jbr05ki on July 27, 2012 - 17:49.

I know I complained a few post earlier but I just broke down and purchased it dam you square

Submitted by dakidd on July 27, 2012 - 15:35.

I saw FF6 in the background and totally got my hopes up. FF6 was the best one by far. I can emulate it and all, but a native controls would be nice.

Submitted by corydorcutt on July 27, 2012 - 16:06.

This is the FF1 from the original Game Boy Advance. The pic is the real game, not FF3. :)

Submitted by LNWJ on July 27, 2012 - 16:42.

I LOVE Android, and I LOVE my Galaxy Nexus, but I HATE how cheap and petty most (not all) Android users are. PC games/console games have always been between $30 to $50, even back in the day of the original NES. Android users are actually complaining about paying <$10 for a decent game....that is pathetic. I love it even more when I see people complaining about a game that costs $3, or $2, or even 99 friggin cents. Do ANY of you "non" developers have even a remote idea of the work that goes into developing a simple graphical game -- which isn't even close to the work of developing, or porting a game like Final Fantasy?!?! It is EXTREMELY difficult and time consuming. You complain about the price, and then you 1* an update because there was a bug or it was a day late. Those of you who are like this, which is a good majority of the Android user base are pathetic, petty, selfish people. It is time for you to grow up and start caring about something other than yourselves. And NO, I am NOT a developer -- just an Android user who realizes why Android gets a bad name for how idiotic the majority of their user base is with respect to applications -- it is like you THINK you deserve something, which you don't.

Submitted by edejon on July 27, 2012 - 17:04.

I could not agree MORE... I for one bought it as SOON as I noticed it in the Google Play Store this morning. I bought FF3 as soon as I saw it, and am about halfway through it. Even if it IS an iPhone port, it looks just as good, if not better than most of the games on Android, and has kept my attention for hours. I'm hoping Square Enix releases the rest of their RPGs that they have on iPhone, and more. In my opinion 8.99 is a great price for this one, and $15.99 is a great price for FF3. It's definitely comments like the ones in the previous posts that hold back major developers from supporting Android.

Submitted by necorbin on July 27, 2012 - 18:08.

Lol, hasn't anyone heard of emulators? I don't have this but I will a bit later for the emulator , but I play ff7 all the time and have for a couple yrs. Fpse is the best for ps1, and for all the rest get them from yongh in the slide me market. I have every game I ever played from the time frame of Atari to n64. This is not worth $7. I'd say it's worth paying for if they porting something like FF10. Our phones could run a ported version but not even close to emulating ps2. Maybe we could see something like that in the upcoming Sony game market,(forget what it's called).

Submitted by Ryanalan82i on July 27, 2012 - 20:36.

Call me a nerd but I looked at the grafics of the screen shots and compared them to the rom and it looks like the colors have a nicer shade to them. As if it was redone or somthing. Any though?

Submitted by abendugo on July 27, 2012 - 18:54.

Is there a way to backup save games? I wipe my devices frequently, which makes gaming basically pointless for me.

Submitted by zacharyalexstern on July 27, 2012 - 21:15.

Costs ￥800 here, which is about $10. Not complaining about the price, just about the difference in price.

Submitted by llamaism on July 27, 2012 - 23:11.

Why is it big in the back, why is it big. I want to know. I want to do that. TELL ME!!!

Submitted by Spazmonic on July 28, 2012 - 07:24.

If this were a brand new game (even with the nostalgic graphics), I could see $7, but not for a game that I already played 30 years ago.

Submitted by descendency on July 29, 2012 - 05:58.

Sloppy iOS port. Barely takes up 50% of my N7 screen. Bought it, played it for a minute and refunded it. You want my $7? I want a real port.

Submitted by spidermonkeyrob on July 29, 2012 - 10:35.