Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy

[Neon Ignition]

Started this up last night after locating a new copy for a good price. After some fumbling I finally got into the game where one of the first things you have to do is set up your 4 strong team. Being a later FF player I chose went with an FFVII, VIII, X and XIII team (though I think I'll swap VII out for VI). Then you're into the main game, the tracks seem to be split up within a core single player which goes through all 13 main entries in order. There was a lengthy intro which flew over my head due to the language but I started my way with FFI. There seems to be 3-4 tracks per FF game (don't know if more unlock later) and play is along the same lines as the demo (for those who've tried it).

There's three levels of difficulty which follow the same basic control methods, tapping on red symbols as they reach your characters, stroking in the required direction for yellow symbols or tracing the green line. Sometimes silver symbols appear and if you hit them all in time it will trigger an event like a summons. You're effectively playing through the storylines of all 13 in very basic form along to some of the tracks from each game. The touch screen feels very responsive and it's easy to play. The little cartoon versions of all the characters are cute too but due to the design the 3D effect is minimal.

[The Mole]

Am i right in thinking this is the JPN release

[Neon Ignition]

Yup, they're confirmed a US release (at some point later in the year) so I'm assuming an EU release will also be coming.

[fuse]

It's going to be a nightmare to localise, there's a lot of text-based video content, and plot summaries that will require good knowledge of each games and its characters. Still though, the game's great. It's a pretty solid music game in its own right, but is glazed with some wonderful FF fanservice and enough depth in configuring your party and items to make it that much sweeter.

[Neon Ignition]

There's some other options I've got to try out and difficulties but this is surprisingly slight. I'm already up to FFVIII with nothing under an S rank. Considering the amount of songs in each FF they've kept it to a minimum, but it is fun.

[Neon Ignition]

So, there seems to be a challenge mode which adds some new songs and ramps the difficulty up quite a bit too. Out of the main mode of 13 chapters I'm on the last one so I think I'm pretty much done with it now. It is a fun game though and the later chapters following the more recent FF's are the better ones. Good stuff.

[teddymeow]

Wow! Got my copy today and its sooooooo kewt!! The characters are based off the mobile game released a few years back. Pretty sure there was a mobile Kingdom Hearts done in the same fashion.

This is pretty easy to play but so lovely the time just flies by.

I can't wait to play it on the 3DS XL!!

[MisterBubbles]

Tried the demo from the store and it hits all the right notes ( sorry real bad pun ), going to buy it asap i think its that good, will post impressions when it arrives.

[hush]

This is what is making me buy a 3DS

[SUMIRE]

Played the demo of this, thought it was great although I am a bit worried about buying it as there doesn't seem to be all that much unlock content outside the songs.

[davek22]

?20 here:

http://www.thegamecollection.net/theatrhythm-final-fantasy-3ds-p-7647.html

Tempted to pick it up at that price

[SUMIRE]

Good price that, I was tempted, really enjoyed it on normal, tried it on the next difficulty and thought sod this lol, definitely put me off the game.

[Ghost]

Got this today and am really loving it so far, I've played it for almost 2 hours and am halfway through the quest section. Hearing some of the music really brings back memories and I love the little details like the card collection. I spent about 2 hours playing the demo and that only had two songs so I'm pretty sure there's more than enough here to keep me going for a while. Also I'm not a big fan on DLC but I will be getting it for this game

[SUMIRE]

Decided to Pick this up the other day despite being a little put off by the harder difficulties. All in all, it is awesome, a perfect handheld game. Love working my way through from FF1 to FF13. Very addictive! one of my fave 3DS titles to date. The only thing I would say is the 3D is pretty pointless (I have mine off all the time), you can tell this was going to be a DS game, but don't let that stop you buying it as it is great!

[MisterBubbles]

I'm absolutely loving this, it's just pure fan service, not just the music, the backgrounds and visuals, and it's just a great music rhythm game in its own right, ok back to it, hand me the tissues, here Aeris's tune on