My name is Joost Meulemeesters I come from Holland and I'm 13 years old.

I searched everywhere for getting info about final-fantasy crystal-cronicles. and all I saw were bad reviews! and the only reason was, that the multiplayer is probably better! everybody was saying that it is probably a bad game because you have to buy extra gba's. What I think of those people: BULLSHIT!!! what I think of your answers: EXELENT!!!

well the game isn't even here and people are going to say bad things about it!

my question is: Is the single-player cool? (because I think it's VERY cool)

ANDREW I liked it, because you don't have to carry around that dratted drop collector thing. You get a little pet moogle to do it for you instead.

and: some people are saying that the game is only fun for 8 hours! also BULLSHIT I think. On the site is standing that there are over 200 items! well it must take some time to find them all .. so my second question is:

is the replay value good? How long does the game keep you busy?

ANDREW That I can't tell you, since I've only played about 60% of the way through. I will tell you that Zack hasn't updated Points of View in forever because of it, though, so that's probably a fairly good indication that the fun doesn't wear off.

and the last question: what do you think is the multiplayer that much better than the single-player??? or is the sigle-player also VERY COOL? please,please,please e-mail me back for the answer because I'm planning to buy the game.

greetings,

Joost

ANDREW Well, I will say that it's definitely a lot of fun playing with a friend, because there's just something about launching power attacks at the same time. There can be troubles with carrying the drop holder, though. Anyhow, the game is about $10 CDN cheaper than most GC titles, so yeah, you probably can't go wrong with it.

Since you wanted some questions I could only come up with 2...

One of wich is quite useless cause I wanted to know if the PAL version of Final Fantasy X-2 will feature some of the Last Mission stuff, but since your next post will be Friday, the same day it will be in stores I'm gonna find out for myself.

ANDREW ...Carry on <.< >.>

The second question is about Square-Enix, a couple of days ago RPGFan reported that S-E registerd a new title in the US, Samurai Legends, whats your thought about that? I think its most likely going to feature some Samurai or something, and that it has its share of Legends, but thats about all I can think about it, and that its safe to say that there will be swordsn or other sharp thingiejs...

Mighty_RaZieL

ANDREW You truly are a master of deduction, my friend. As to the trademark, Square Enix registers a whole lot of those. You may recall a little trademark under the name of "Chrono Break" that stirred up some interest a while ago? Well, I'm not saying that Samurai Legends, if that IS its real name, will follow down the same flowery path to oblivion, but I also wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an announcement; after all, the company has FFXV under trademark too.

newt a peg czar than deer diet ale

Other than craziness involving anagrams, the ninth circle of hell has been opened...under the white house!! Anyways, as to "NES RPGs", I only had but one rpg on this system. LoZ2: The Adventures of Link. Although it wasn't the greatest, it dragged me into the everlasting void that is role-playing games. Being the ever elusive public figure that I am, I have the quotes for our black stock market dealings. Our company is growing evar-steadily and pretty soon we'll be rolling around in illegal orangutangs from Mars. See? Didn't I tell you that human flesh was going to sell good? On to our other "legal" doings, word on the street is, "someone set us up the bomb". This can only mean one thing, of course, we must fly away on a magical pony to find the golden peacock of immortality.

The soup is thickening,

O' Shrouded One

ANDREW Ah, you have done this old Canadian stereotype real good, eh? Zelda 2 is my own favorite. As to your anagram, well, that's certainly better than I expected, since that string really was just random gibberish. I think I'll pass on the magical pony ride, though... Something about that sounds a little too dangerous, even if there is some sort of golden immortality at the end of the road.

Hobbes Lionheart
"When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love, even if its not a good idea."
~Hermes from Futurama

ANDREW A fine choice, and a fine quote. I hope, however, that Ganondorf refers to the Super Nintendo games, cuz everyone knows his real name is Ganon, and he's a giant pig who goes "wonk wonk wonk wonk wonk!" instead of this dude with red hair that likes to look shady. Seriously, how did "wark" ever displace "wonk" as the gibberish sound of choice among gamers? Wonk has so much more style, and with today's increasingly obese youth, more social relevance!

As to the NES issue, I would have to say that I have a quirky fondness for Dragon Warrior III. It is entirely possible, however, that that is because it's the first RPG I played where I was aware I was playing an RPG. Swords & Serpents is also quite awesome (speaking of which, we need to cover that...).

~ ASV

ANDREW Swords and Serpents, eh? Never heard of it, so I'm afraid your votes will have to be disqualified, making Zelda II the current unanimous favorite! Muah.

I would have to say that Final Fantasy was my favorite NES RPG. At the time I never really liked RPGs, but a friend forced me to play it one day. I was totally addicted. Since then, I've been playing just about any (good) RPGs I can get ahold of. I can't really say what it was about FF that hooked me (maybe Sqaure casts some kind of magic spell on their games...i dunno). I remember trying to play other RPGs before that like Dragon Quest and Wizardy. I hated them and swore never to play a RPG again. Maybe it was the choice of different classes for my party of adventureers. Maybe it was the opening sequence -- which isn't much compared to today's games. Maybe it was the story, the music and the battle system. Or could it be that this Final Fantasy was just way better than any RPG at the time. (Don't hate 'cause I didn't like Dragon Warrior...sheesh!)

I could go on, but laziness prhobits further rambling.

~Elric

ANDREW It's okay, I won't throttle you, despite my own attachment to Dragon Warrior. It's funny though - my dad actually found out about Final Fantasy before I did, cuz he stole my NP and read through it before I had a chance to, and then mentioned it to me one day. From that point on, I drooled with anticipation, only to lose the use of my NES for almost a year due to um... sibling conflict gone horribly horribly awry. Anyhow, I never did get to play it until I was 11, and I didn't manage to beat it until a few years ago, because FFIV sort of blew it out of the water, in my 12-year old estimation. So Dragon Warrior, which I played to death, stole much of my artistic inspiration from, and generally adored, was my traditional RPG of choice. I still like Link better though.

Hoy! Castomella!

Pour hot soup in Homestar's eyes, eh, Steven? Oh, wait... the topic is "Old NES games that 0wnz0r j00r h34rt". I think. My l33t is a little rusty.

I still own all four Dragon Warrior games released for the NES. They were my favorite RPG series, even ahead of the original Final Fantasy. Yees, I still enjoy the occasional playthrough of DW4, though I REALLY wish they had brought over the PS1 remake... Mara in 3D! W00T!

Sorry, Navi... I lost control...

Yeah, my fave party at the end was Hero, Ragnar, Alena, Cristo. The problem with the offensive magic users was that the AI was too stupid to cast any. I'd shout at the screen for a half hour,"Brey, you spoony geezer, cast Blizzard already! No, don't attack, DON'T... Oh, that's great, 13 damage. Necrosaro's pissing in his boots now...." You've had that happen, right?

ANDREW Well, as shameful as this is to admit, I've never played DW4... so no.

As for overrated crap, I submit Majora's Mask. I just finished Ocarina of Time for the first time a few weeks back, and now I start its sequel. BIG problem, the time limit thing. And the fact that to save it, you have to give up all your rupees, potions, stray faeries, ammo, etc. It's really annoying, especially when you have to use the Song of Time mid-labrynth.

Ah, I've said too much. Anyhow, Majora's Mask isn't even an RPG by any standards, so why complain? Oh, and just one question: You ever play the old-school Dragon Warriors? If not, you missed out on some good times...

NeoCarbuncle
Putting Deku princesses in bottles since, um, yesterday.

ANDREW I have played the oldest of old school Dragon Warriors, but for some reason, I never did manage to get my hands on the next three. I still harbour intentions of playing them through some day, but for the time being, they remain a gaping hole in my repertoire.