Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Updated On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Sounds like the perfect time for a sale!

Honestly didn't know there was anything still wrong with these versions but hey I'll take fixes!

Final Fantasy V - Reina no longer tries to kill herself to save dragons and other fluffy creatures

Does this finally fix the stuttering scrolling in the games? It's insane that these still run worse than the originals, even though the originals were released on much weaker hardware.

@Levantine They've been plagued by stuttering scrolling since day one and it has never been addressed. The worst problem with these versions. I would have taken a fix for that over the fonts any day.

I originally didn't notice the weird screen scrolling. It doesn't bother me too much but, yeah, it would be great if they could fix it. Maybe it's too big of a fix.

They should have added the gba extra stuff too to be honest. To make the games the definitive edition. Missed opportunity

@MARl0 I took all the achievements in the Steam Deck and all the platinum trophies in the PS4 and I noticed no stutter whatsoever.

@Friendly I would love if they added the GBA content or The After Years but they said they won't...

@MARl0 I played through FF1 and 4 so far on switch and haven't noticed any stuttering issues but I'll pay attention the next time I turn one of them on.

Still don't understand why these have to be so expensive tbh but I'll happily buy them when they get a more normal price.

wished they could have patched in all the missing features from other versions..

Have these been on sale yet since release?
I know Square regularly does sales and FFVII (eg) is often a bargain price…

Nice to see fast up to date news updates! Wait...

@Levantine Nice profile gif

@MARl0 Yeah, that's what I want to know too! I've only bought FF 6, and it has the stuttering. It seems like I remember John from Digital Foundry tweeted (or Xed?) about it saying the frame rate is fine, but there's like a scripting thing about camera movement causing it to look like the frame rate is dropping. I believe he also predicted they'll never fix it. I also think I've heard that it's a beginners mistake, like many experienced programmers could avoid this error. I also think I've heard it is a bigger problem on higher number FF games, doesn't affect FF 1 or FF 2 as much. Hopefully they do fix it!
Oh, and hopefully they fix the ancient Dragon Quest games on Switch too, but it's been so long I don't have much hope. I'm guessing the old DQ games' stuttering is the same issue, maybe the same people ported those to Switch.
It is sad that FF 6 looks way better on SNES, on my Steam Deck (and anything emulating it), my Wii U (I have it as a VC release on the Wii side of my Wii U), etc. I love the enhanced music.

@belmont ah yeah, the after years too, indeed.

@SpoonySpoons Hey thanks bro! Gundam for life!!

They didn't fix the ATB bar judder issues on Switch, go fig

Maybe SE avoids making these remakes excellent and definitive because then they won't be able to sell the next remake. Good enough that you'll buy it but not good enough so it's the only version you'll need.

I just started #6 and so far YEP it’s about as good as everyone says. Amazing intro, economical storytelling and some of the best music I’ve ever heard in a game

I've played through all of them this summer. Love to have all FF games from 1 to 12 (except 11) on Switch.

@MARl0 the first two Dragon Quest games were terrible for this — genuinely got a headache from those

@canaryfarmer yes please! I smashed through the first two but will insta-buy all the others if they go on sale

@belmont Just because you didn't notice it, doesn't mean it wasn't there. It is constantly there any time you explore the game as the camera moves. There is never a time when the camera is scrolling that it isn't occurring.

@MARl0 I tried YouTube videos and I still don't see the stutter. Also, very few people seem to talk about it.

I think that in the end of the day it is no deal breaking in enjoying the games.

I find it astonishing that a state of the art game with cutting edge graphics like this from a major publisher released with these issues

They need to restore the multiplayer for Final Fantasy V and VI. There's no reason why multiplayer for these need to be remove as they were part of the originals.

Still waiting for a decent sale. I can wait.
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@lyle_catcliffe Not yet, but the collection isn’t even 5 months old yet. Give it time.

@DiamondJim The joys of the Unity Engine lol

I may be mixing up my runs through these with an older video I watched but I think one of these most recent patches removed the auto-battle icon from the battle screen when it’s not in use, which is nice (pretty sure it was there when I played through them in June.) I wish they’d also make the mini-map permanently removable instead of having to press the shoulder button after every single screen transition. Naturally, I stopped but, c’mon, I don’t need the thing so let me get rid of it.

All they need to do is patch in the original roms as an option and they'll get my money so fast.

So font is still smol? Got it!

@TotalHenshin thanks for the reply!

Hopefully the price gets updated minus 40 percent.

Would be cool if they eventually add the missing content from earlier versions of the games. Even though it wouldn't be ideal, I'd even pay under 8 quid to get the missing dungeons and After Years as DLC.

I'm still waiting for a price update.

Pixel Remaster would be the DEFINITIVE 1-6 collection if they just did two things:
-Add all the bonus/extra/post game contents from gba and psp versions, including cinematics
-Adding option to use the player/enemies/npcs sprites from psp and mobile remaster (which are now named as Old Ver.) versions