A new tidbit has been revealed regarding the remaster of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and it's something that fans might not be too excited about. The game's official website recently described how online multiplayer will work, allowing players to play together across all available platforms, whether it's the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, or Android. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered will also let players transfer their saves across the different systems. However, some fine print hidden at the bottom of the page additionally denotes that players will only be able to match up with those in their own region. Despite the easy accessibility and cross-platform play, the game will lock you to whatever region you bought it in.

And if you were expecting to play Crystal Chronicles Remastered locally, that's a no-go as well. Square Enix won't be including that as a feature for the game, as they feel it is better suited to an online experience.

*In online multiplayer mode, a player will only be matched with others in the region specific to player’s software.

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[The Frenchman]

The gamecube merely acted as a hub to play 4 player, the game was played in a sort of LAN with the gameboys.

Local coop is still achievable and they even give yoy access to almost the entirety of the game if a friend has the whole game.

What did people expect? Split screen? This gane was unique and to play it with friends you gotta have your own console.

 

[tabzer]

The gamecube merely acted as a hub to play 4 player, the game was played in a sort of LAN with the gameboys.

Local coop is still achievable and they even give yoy access to almost the entirety of the game if a friend has the whole game.

What did people expect? Split screen? This gane was unique and to play it with friends you gotta have your own console.

I think people were expecting to be able to play together if they all have a Switch, and the recent news makes it seem like that they have to go through the internet to do it, instead of being able to do it together locally. I didn't see anyone mention split-screen or playing together on one single console--though that would be a nice feature. I might be misreading what people are saying though.

 

[StrayGuitarist]

Well, for same system (couch) coop? It required up to 4 GBA systems and their respective cables. This gave each player their own screen for the menus and what not. I think it'd be a bit harder to make that work on a modern port.

That is true, but it was still there. But in a world where most people have a smartphone, it shouldn't be *that* hard.

 

[Deleted User]

"Trust me, you d-d-d-on't want local coop", mmmh vanilla flavour.

This FF was a no-go from the very start with its s****y game design that asked for a 100€ controller per player.
Like four swords on GC, that's what "whales" dedicated games looked like back then.

 

[mrgone]

probably some stupid reason like
to have US players play with japanese players, the US version would need to include japanese fonts.

 

[fatsquirrel]

Why the fuck would you make such choice...Its 2020, people want to play in other regions too. Its not PAL/NTSC age any-more god damn it

 

[ut2k4master]

probably some stupid reason like
to have US players play with japanese players, the US version would need to include japanese fonts.

the us eshop version mentions japanese language support (in addition to efigs), the european version doesnt and the japanese version only supports japanese

 

[DarkCoffe64]

I kind of can't believe square went to the entire trouble of remastering Crystal Chronicles and then fell directly into doing something this fundamentally fun-destroying pic.twitter.com/wGB3v4g1LX

— Aura (MOOMANIBE@Cohost) (@MOOMANiBE) August 26, 2020

It's official, don't buy this shit "remaster", just, play the gamecube version online with buds somehow

 

[osaka35]

https://twitter.com/MOOMANiBE/status/1298687349115637760
It's official, don't buy this shit "remaster", just, play the gamecube version online with buds somehow

wow. just...wow.

So to summarize:
- To play with each other "locally" and recreate the experience of the ORIGINAL GAME, you have to all 4 have Nintendo Online subscriptions and separate copies of the game (trial works? limited?)
- Even if you do so, you cannot progress through the game as a group. Only the "host" can unlock the next level and get stuff for the chalice, no one else who was playing (you keep items if you aren't the host, that's it)
- You cannot play with friends overseas/different zone
- Digital only in the states and other places
- Probably loads of other stuff they decided to remove to monetize the experience even more

Absolutely livid.

Rather than experience the game as a group, you're expected to rehash the same levels over and over. This isn't a F****** "map" or "track" style game, where you just pop into whichever and play your favorite, it's meant to be a F****** linear, friend-based, dungeon crawler, mutually-experienced plot F****** experience M***** * ***** *** ** ** *** ***** *****ing jerks.

so disappointed they decided to be complete aholes about this whole thing.

 

[rommy667]

Ah good ole region lock causing so much bother who would have know?

 

[Something whatever]

As it is now....its not worth $30. They need to fix this mess

 

[UltraSUPRA]

The physical edition is only available in Japan.

 

[scng]

I cant even find it in south east asia be it apple store or PSN.

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

I'm mostly annoyed that local co-op was removed, which is understandable due to the immense and diverse list of devices and operating systems the game is available for, but the least Square Enix could have done was allow the same devices to connect together, such as Android + Android and Switch + Switch.

I would have been even happier if the PS4 and Nintendo Switch allowed for multiplayer like the original GameCube version, where up to 4 people could play multiplayer on the same console.