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Don't want repros but want the game...huh?
kingjohn3:
Does anyone know which versions of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior are better? FF Anthology for PS1 has FF 5 and so does GBA and there is also a fan made repro. DW 3, 5 & 6 is available as a SNES repro and also on DS. Could someone tell me which versions are better? Also is there a way to play GBA and DS on a TV?
Megatron:
In regards to repro in general, they sometimes offer a "better" translation than the released games. Fan translations usually include more language specific phrases and meanings that are lost in trnaslation with some games. A classic blunder being "All your base are belong to us". This is a result of a "direct" or literal translation as opposed to a context translation. Lots of NES games are famous for these bad translations.
As for FFV, the PS1 port is pretty lousy in my opinion. It has really long load times and the translation isn't very good. The GBA version of FFv Advance is great, with a much better translation. I am not sure how the repro cart holds up, but it has to be better than the PS1 version.
To play GBA games on your TV you need either a Gameboy Advance player for the Gamecube, or a Retron 5. Both will play any gameboy/gbc/gba title with no problem. Not sure about DS. There IS a way to hook it up to a computer, but I don't know about TV.
kingjohn3:
The ones i want were originally only released in Jp/Eur and they had a different Hz rating (i guess thats how you say it). Do they look like the original or are they tweeked for US systems?
Ozzy_98:
By Hz it sounds like you mean Pal vs NTSC. Japan and the US use the same basic TV standard of NTSC, so imports will play fine, both games run at 60 hz. PAL is mostly Europe and Australia.
FFV also has an android\IOS port, but I'm not thrilled with the graphics in there. Looks like someone made the game with MS Paint and RPG maker.
Megatron:
So are you looking for professionally made repros, or do you know someone who is just going to patch it with an English rom? Reason i ask, is that if you buy from a US Repro site, every one I have seen offer carts that will play in the US. If you are in Europe or a Pal region, I believe there are pal repros as well. You just need to make sure that you get a cart for your region. It doesn't matter where the game was originally released, so long as the repro cart is tailored to your region.
In terms of how the ingame graphics look, I guess that will depend on the game. Although I have several repros (along with the original foreign game) and have never noticed a difference.