Traditionally, a 20th anniversary with your spouse might come with gifts of fine china or, in the modern tradition, something made of platinum. Square-Enix, on the other hand, likes to celebrate the big two-oh by offering you yetanotherchance to ownFinal Fantasy IandIIon yetanotherplatform: the PSP. Square-Enix announced fairly recently that, amongst a slew of other ports for the handheld en route, the first twoFinal Fantasytitles would make another appearance to mark the 20th anniversary of the series. This latest port will markFFI‘s7threvision.No, seriously.
And as a special anniversary gift toyou, the loyal Final Fantasy fanbase, Square-Enix is releasing the gamesseparately, IGN reported last week. That’s right! Two games almost twenty years old that you probably own three to four times over by now, both served hot and ready for $34.99 a piece. The games — branded as “Anniversary Editions” — will be retooled to fit the PSP’s larger, widescreen resolution and include cinematics from the PSX’sFinal Fantasy Originsas well as the additional dungeons and features from the GBA’sDawn of Souls.If you ask me: unless it also waxes the car that I don’t own, it’s not worth buying for the 7th time.
Update
: Okay, I guess itisworth buying for the 7th time. Looks as though Square-Enix has really pulled out all the stops in revising the graphics for the PSP port — much, much more than a simple upscaling in resolution. Dig the screenshots below, pulled from the latest issue of Famitsu. If you’re curious, check outthis image comparison detailing the same battle screenfrom all seven versions of the originalFinal Fantasy.
Pretty though it may be, does it make for a worthy purchase? Hit the comments and let us know!
