Final Fantasy III DS dated

By Robert Purchese Published 16 March, 2007

For Europe in May.

Square Enix has stamped a big shiny release date on Final Fantasy III, which will sit on shelves across Europe on 4th May.

This DS remake will let Western audiences experience the third adventure for the very first time outside of Japan; savouring the game that bought Moogles, summons and the dynamic job system to the world-renowned series.

Obviously it will also feature some updates over its 17 year-old Japanese NES counterpart, particularly support of the handheld's interface and control system.

"The arrival of Final Fantasy III on Nintendo DS showcases the power of the hardware and proves that no compromise has to be made in order to create an adventure of this magnitude for a handheld system," said John Yamamoto, president and CEO of Square Enix. "With over 1.4 million copies already shipped in Japan and North America, we are sure that Final Fantasy III will be a big success in Europe too."

We've already had our grubby mitts on the game, so head over to our Final Fantasy III DS review for a read.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Pirotic #1 5 years ago

    Wow, I sort of assumed it must already have been out here by now. It's a cracking little game but releasing if after XII is going to make the transition backwards much more difficult, I'd probably have agreed with the EG 6/10 review had I just played XII before hand.

  • dadrester #2 5 years ago

    shame the writing is as bland and unexciting as it was 17 years ago... still fun to play though

  • Grim... #3 5 years ago

    Doesn't anyone who wants this have it already?

  • chupachups #4 5 years ago

    "Doesn't anyone who wants this have it already?"

    Most people still buy from shops, even if it means waiting.

  • Mageme #5 5 years ago

    Huh? Is it not out over here yet? Completely forgotten about it here as I've been playing the US version for aaaaages.

    Absolutely no reason not to import (unless you're after a localised European language version in which case you're stuffed). Mwahahaha....

  • kenty #6 5 years ago

    whoa i too assumed this should have been out by now, feels like yonks since i got the US version. cheaper on import too.
    Edited by 1 at 16/03/07 @ 12:24

  • aine #7 5 years ago

    Yeah, I genuinely thought it was already out in Europe. Odd, considering how fast they're getting Chocobo's Magical Spinoff Thingy released here.

  • MadMirko #8 5 years ago

    Really Square Enix has no excuse for this to have taken so long. It's not like there is a massive amount of text to translate...

  • GamerAddict #9 5 years ago

    There's absolutely no translation to do is there? The US version has been out ages, and ok, there may be a few Z's to replace with S's here n there, but come on!

    Plus the fact, wait til May and buy it for £29.99 here, or import NOW for around £20......such a hard choice!!

    14th November last year it came out in the US........6 months later in Europe, absolutely outrageous :(
    Edited by 1 at 16/03/07 @ 12:35

  • kenty #10 5 years ago

    "there may be a few Z's to replace with S's here n there, but come on! "

    they also had to translate it into french, italian, german & spanish

  • Tomo #11 5 years ago

    Shite game. Not being able to save in dungeons is absolutely criminal.

  • Aretak #12 5 years ago

    "Shite game. Not being able to save in dungeons is absolutely criminal."

    +1.

  • MadMirko #13 5 years ago

    Not being able to save in dungeons is absolutely criminal.

    What? It's been a while, but quicksave worked everywhere IIRC.

  • motslaps #14 5 years ago

    this game is incredibly difficult ... don't waste your money unlss you're a hardcore fan

  • Popzeus #15 5 years ago

    "Final Fantasy III DS dated"

    Damn right it's dated - that's the whole gist of the review.

  • CitizenGeek #16 5 years ago

    Hurrah! Still, this did take Square Enix a stupid amount of time, but, funnily 5 months after the US is actually 'good' for Square Enix.

  • mal #17 5 years ago

    there may be a few Z's to replace with S's here n there

    I can't think of the last time I noticed Anglicised spelling in a game, except for the odd smaller game of UK origin. More often, I come across the American spelling of a word in a game, and it grates when it's a supposedly European release. Lazy fecks.

  • The_Aardvark #18 5 years ago

    @ Motslaps

    You are person who is rubbish at RPGs AICM£5

  • Der_tolle_Emil #19 5 years ago

    There is translation to do. DS carts usually come in 5 languages. As far as I know there aren't any official translations of FF3 yet so I guess it takes some time to do German, French etc.

  • RM2KMaster #20 5 years ago

    Ooooo, on my birthday :o:o

  • Sorb #21 5 years ago

    "said John Yamamoto, president and CEO of Square Enix"

    What happened to Yoichi Wada? ;)

  • magicianlord #22 5 years ago

    yamamoto is CEO of SE Ltd., which is the European branch of SE Co., Ltd.

    and FFIII on DS is one of the best arrangements ever of a game, sure the story is a little light, but its on a handheld - there's less time to get sucked into a story anyway.
    the music and graphics are just beautiful, very nicely done. the gameplay with the job system still rocks hard.

  • Daikon #23 5 years ago

    All together now: Thank you, France!