Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King Comments by Dan Whitehead
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bobshirunkel
21/05/08 @ 13:59
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"My Life as a King is not without flaws, but between this and LostWinds perhaps we'd do better to consider WiiWare a console alternative to Steam rather than a rival to Xbox Live Arcade or PSN." Maybe, if the Wii had a hard drive...
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DanWhitehead
21/05/08 @ 14:01
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Maybe, if the Wii had a hard drive...
Very true. With all the WiiWare games downloaded, plus a couple of N64 classics I couldn't bear to delete, my available memory blocks are in single digits...
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DanWhitehead
21/05/08 @ 14:04
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Does the Wii take SD cards? Sure they are up to the size of 16GB now, or is there a limit on what the Wii can see?
The Wii can read SD cards - not sure if there's a limit on the size. What it can't do is load from an SD card, so you have to shuffle the data for any game you want to play between the hard drive and the SD card. Which is really annoying. |
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Eighthours
21/05/08 @ 14:06
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The Wii only takes SD cards up to 2GB in size, if I remember correctly. Anything over that won't work.
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Ignatius_Cheese
21/05/08 @ 14:11
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@Eighthours - You are indeed correct. Despite the recent statement that the internal memory is more than enough for "the majority" of Wii users, it would surprise me if Nintendo reveals a USB add-on at E3 for the more eager VC/WiiWare proponents. After all, they did say they wouldn't forget the core gamers, didn't they? Didn't they...!?
As for FFCC: My Life as a King, it's a lovely diversion and fairly deep for a downloadable title. Pity it controls a bit like an out-of-control perambulator with the Wii mote... |
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WiiWare games are limited to 40MB (I think Lost Winds weighs in at about 37MB). You internal RAM is a piddling 512MB - so once you've got all the channels and handful of VC games, it's easy to see why Nintendo HAS to release a bigger storage device of some description (HD or flash RAM - don't care as long as its multi-gigabyte).
Still. Just goes to show what you can do in 625th of the data on a Blu-ray disc... |
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I know everyone is talking about LostWinds and this King of Final Fantasy now, but for me the best game on Wii Ware is the Toki Tori remake. At first glance it looks like a game for three-year-olds, but really, I haven't played such a delightful and challenging puzzle game in ages. If you find LostWinds too easy, get this.
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"WiiWare games are limited to 40MB (I think Lost Winds weighs in at about 37MB). You internal RAM is a piddling 512MB - so once you've got all the channels and handful of VC games, it's easy to see why Nintendo HAS to release a bigger storage device of some description (HD or flash RAM - don't care as long as its multi-gigabyte)."
I downloaded Lost Winds and noticed I only had 15 blocks of memory left. I copied some N64 VC games to SD and removed them from Wii memory freeing up some space but dammit, Nintendo better bring us a harddrive or allow us to run games from SD card or it's gonna be really icky in, say, two years time. |
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DanWhitehead
21/05/08 @ 14:44
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Would you say that if you would indeed play this game for 30 minutes max each day it'd take exponentially longer for boredom to set in?
Probably. It's a bit of a vicious circle, really. The game is very addictive and a real time-sink, but the longer you play the more you realise you're just doing the same things over and over. I'd say playing it for an hour or so each day would certainly keep it fresher for longer.
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illusiondance
21/05/08 @ 14:58
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sweet, i had a feeling this was going to be good, and was not pleased at all the tossers whining about how it dared to hold the FF name and not have tortured emo fighting teens.
(internet is also full of shrieking anti-Crystal Chronicle goons trying to tell Square-enix how to make moody butt-clenching games, but ho hum) |
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The only emo-esque FF I can really think of was FF8, thanks to moany old Squall. FF7 was a bit Manga, FF9 was more like Crystal Chronicles, I can't really place FF10 and FF12 into any generic categories.
I'd like to have a go at this, and the only criticism I can lay against the previous CC game was that it was completely a waste of space unless you had 3 GBA owning mates to play it with. |
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i read an interview with Iwata not long ago, he said something along the lines that he knew storage was a problem and they know they have to look at ways of sorting it out. i bought tori toki, lost winds and dr mario, but i've got fed up of transferring my VC games so now i just delete them and re-download if i want to play them. i hate doing it though, i really hope a solution is coming sooner rather than later, its my biggest gripe with the system. i'm willing to pay money to spend more money on downloadable games and i'm sure i'm not the only one, they must realize its for their benefit as much as ours.
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This is how it works; you ERASE games you dont play. You still own them you know? Can download em for free anytime you want.
(Yes, savefiles are kept alive.) Not a lot of people play more then ~3 games at a time anyway, so the space is more then enough, really. If you like the system or not is another question, but the lack of a HDD is not a problem per se. |
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illusiondance
21/05/08 @ 15:28
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Mr Santino has a common complaint with this kind of set-up but the alternative of a two tier system of people with and those without Hardrives is not really something highly economic nintendo are gonna think about. This is a tough break for the wii users who are very internet savvy and hungry for DLC.
Off-hand i cant think of any bolt-on hardware which has been a commercial success. (perhaps some third party will make a large storage device? fingers crossed) |
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GamesConnoisseur
21/05/08 @ 15:29
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Its good that Nintendo have said they know there is storage problem, but of more importance is what they are going to do about it.
I have months ago reached the barrier of internal memory and lost count of the time I transferred files, I could delete them and redownload when I want to. But heck I m a collectible freak and where I want to have the old classics I purchased and downloaded within an easy reach. Nintendo would do well to remember the more loyal customers who have practically given over credit card with number of purchases! Wii Ware being sustainable platform depends on Nintendo solving this problem, otherwise number of the irate customers will increase over the time. |
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illusiondance
21/05/08 @ 15:37
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heh heh, the review is nicely done. the story "will charm Final Fantasy fans and annoy the pants off everyone else".
Sounds like a Crystal Chronicle to me. Im a fan of the series. Brilliant stuff (though the comment about multiple Gba was very very true...) |
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DanWhitehead
21/05/08 @ 16:00
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But what about the extra DLC, what exactly does it add to the game? Would it remedy the problem of lack of variety/ things to do? Of course then the game would be closer in price to a 'proper' title...
Mostly it adds additional quest areas, which in turn unlock new building types. They vary in level from about 25 to 40+, so they're really for people who have got a fair way into the game. There's a complete breakdown of the DLC here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_as_... It doesn't really change my core complaint with the game, which is that you spend most of your time developing things for adventures that you don't get to experience or even see. |
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Agent_Llama
21/05/08 @ 16:14
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Played for an hour or so last night and very impressed. However the DLC issue is souring my taste for the game a little. Extra stuff should come as a reward for playing well, not paying well.
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Chim_chimma_nee!
21/05/08 @ 17:00
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*Has a crush on the one with the glasses*
*Blushes and pivots foot on floor* |
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Regardless of what the Nintendo Defence Force is saying (that's a joke, btw), the small amount of space is still an issue and Nintendo should apply a patch that lets you play the games directly off the SD Card. It's a stupid design decision, and can't really be defended in any way. Sure, like almost every problem in the world, there's a workaround - but there shouldn't need to be.
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The12thMonkey
21/05/08 @ 20:57
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Up to Day 12 so far, and really enjoying it. So far I've been using morale boosts and camping by the exit (after I've done my building) to catch a word with my adventurers as they return, boosting their stats for a while :D
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MrChuckles
21/05/08 @ 21:45
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Jeez, this and Pro Evo are the only games tempting me to a Wii so far...
Well, maybe Wii Fit, but don't tell anyone... When there are 5 or 6, i might get one... |
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PedroTheLion
21/05/08 @ 23:35
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I don't get all the people complaining about memory space on the Wii. It's like a refrigerator, when you want to put something in you take something out(????)
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