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Re: 'Final Fantasy Mystic Quest' Just Got A New Playable Demo For Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:08:47 GMT

@h3s I think just that, Lufia II and Breath of Fire II.
As to turn-based RPGs, I easily forget about the dungeon crawler Might & Magic II. The only one I think that was PAL-exclusive (I've read Japan got a completely different port by a different developer and North America didn't get the game at all on Nintendo hardware. We got its predecessor on NES and its sequel on SNES.)

By KingMike

Re: 'Final Fantasy Mystic Quest' Just Got A New Playable Demo For Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:09:44 GMT

@Azuris One issue that became much more apparent on the Wii VC is that the game had one significant bug. When a new team member joins up, their magic/status resistances won't be updated until the save file is refreshed (the status screen will show the intended effects, but they won't actually apply in battle until a reboot). You probably wouldn't notice since you'd maybe reset the console often enough on real hardware, but it becomes apparent on the Wii since it runs as if you never turned it off (you'd have to click the Reset button on the Wii Home button menu after making an in-game save if you want to play the game as it was meant).
The low-Level guide on GameFAQs I read recommended exploiting that bug, so I guess it was known a lot longer than I did.

By KingMike

Re: 'Final Fantasy Mystic Quest' Just Got A New Playable Demo For Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:03:08 GMT

@The_Nintendo_Pedant I do remember some years ago someone made their own HD remake of Mystic Quest and then dared to sell it on Steam.
The Square-Enix police (for once) rightfully shut it down but then the seller put it back up just with a different title.

I do enjoy MQ and even after I had already played FF4. Sometimes I want a RPG that is dumb, short and simple. I think even Nintendo Power praised its brevity when re-reviewing it briefly some years after release.

By KingMike

Re: 'Final Fantasy Mystic Quest' Just Got A New Playable Demo For Your Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:07:55 GMT

@The_Nintendo_Pedant

It is a good "mobile" Game, as it is a Final Fantasy Lite.
You can save everywhere, you can't really get lost, so no Problem if you haven't played for a while, it has good Music.

Final Fantasy 1 is one of the only Games i really played "mobile" and even here, you could need some Time to figure out where you have left and where to go next, if you haven't played a while.

By Azuris