Exactly the sort of second chance I was hoping people would do. Sometimes a second look can give you a whole new perspective on a game you hated! Let's see how things turned out. Hopefully you liked it!

Everyone loves Auron! Glad to hear you liked it. Though Final Fantasy X looked brilliant for the time I know exactly what you mean about the environments being easier to work with in the HD update. Makes seeing what you can interact with so much clearer! As for the battles, though I don't think it is on the harder side as far as Final Fantasy games go, I can see why it would be tough for someone completely new to the series. Also glad you ignored those awful mini-games! Easily the worst part of the game, I often see people complain about them and wonder why they waste their time. You don't have to get those ultimate weapons!

Good to hear you enjoyed it! It's a fun game with a great battle system, and enough quality characters that you should be able to find some you like, even if Tidus doesn't end up being one of them. Final Fantasy X and X-2 are a good pair, and I'm very glad we've got these spiffy HD updates to play.

Also why you gotta hate on poor Final Fantasy III?

I certainly appreciate the idea, given how much I'd love to play Dragon Quest VII on 3DS, but petitions are a really bad idea that's going to take this nowhere (which is why I've removed the links). You need to be inventive, do things like getting Dragon Quest to trend on social media, get people to buy all kinds of existing Dragon Quest products like the mobile version of Dragon Quest VIII that just launched. Petitions are a dime a dozen, and gamers have been wasting time with them for more than a decade (I used to be a forum mod at Inside Mac Games and they were a particular annoyance there). In this new age of technology there's all kinds of way to spread the word and for gamers to show their love for Dragon Quest. Since we apparently didn't by enough copies of Joker 2 for Nintendo and Square Enix's liking, why not get people to go out and pick up the many new copies of that game still out there?

We can do much better than a petition, come on!

I got to play Shovel Knight early for being a backer, and man is it an absolute blast. This is exactly the kind of retro game that we need more of. It cleverly takes the best of our favorite 8-bit action platformers and mixes in plenty of modern sensibilities. I can not recommend the game enough.

Poor Dragon Quest IV! It was released here when the NES was long past its prime, with everyone already playing the SNES. It seems the least loved of the DS titles given the alure of V and VI since we never get the original versions of those. Heck, despite a loving effort to bring the first Torneko roguelike to the West, it would be the only one to make it. Such as shame, it is probably my favorite Dragon Quest (at least at the moment). Play Dragon Quest IV people! I really want to track down a NES cart to play the original version, but obviously it is quite pricey thanks to a low print run.