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nateJC
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 65 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:14 am Post subject: |
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My guess is that the logo was a last minute thing, quickly made up for the promotional flyer. Square probably had made prototype boxes with another logo on them (or possibly they were undecided and made boxes with no logo), but right before the photographer showed up, they decided to change the logo. Therefore, like Kap said, stickers were made and hastily slapped on the boxes. If that's not the true explanation, then it's probably more believable. :)
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kap Minister of Paranoia
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 2103 Location: I hate you.
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:36 am Post subject: |
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You know, looking at the box even closer, everthing to the right of the vertical "GAMEBOYtm" stripe on the left is it's own sheet of art. You can tell with the purple line at the top, "The Search For Truth" and the little tear right below the "T" that it doesn't quite fit on the box.
So, this is what, a box (that does say FFLII on the side) with another sheet of promo art on top of it and then a sticker on top of IT. Weird. |
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kap Minister of Paranoia
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 2103 Location: I hate you.
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:38 am Post subject: |
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TheRedEye wrote: | The whole thing looks like a series of stickers to me. |
Damn you. I figured someone must've beaten me to it. |
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treeman
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 98
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 4:45 am Post subject: |
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I know, I know, this topic has been dead for a while. I just wanted to selfishly promote a little section I made to my site about this lost prototype. If anything you'll just get a good laugh from the pics I posted about the bad translation.
Just go to the "Special Final Fantasy" section and click on the FF2 prototype link. http://www.warmech.net |
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FlareNUKE
Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 43
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Umm... what were the planned names for the four heroes? |
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Smeg Staff
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 1600 Location: beneath enemy scrotum
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Larry, Barry, Gary and Ralph. |
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KlarthAilerion Staff
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 673 Location: New Orleans, LA
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:25 am Post subject: |
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Lest we forget Butz. |
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Fredde
Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 91
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: |
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If something smells...
...it's usually the Butz.
Oh wait, not that Butz... |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Your honor, this conversation is clearly irrelevant to the topic. |
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FlareNUKE
Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 43
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:02 am Post subject: |
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I figure if you interwiew them, you would at LEAST know the main character's name!!! |
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Zeke
Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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This was a very interesting article, and it's left me wondering about something. The "Download" link doesn't work -- when it did, was it the partial translation or just the Japanese version? According to Moriyama, the translation "works." Is there really a playable cart and/or ROM of their unfinished attempt? And if there is, how come nobody has it? ROMs never stay off the web very long, they just move. |
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mrdomino
Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 167
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Zeke wrote: | Is there really a playable cart and/or ROM of their unfinished attempt? And if there is, how come nobody has it? |
Lots of people have it. It's in GoodNES, even. Look for "Final Fantasy II (U) (Prototype)". |
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Skrybe Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1610
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Zeke wrote: | The "Download" link doesn't work |
Sorry about that. I've been meaning to post new download links for a lot of our stuff, but never seem to get around to it. Here's a copy of the FF2 localization. |
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Zeke
Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome, thanks. |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Fredde
Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 91
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if it was in any way similar to the mockup screenshot in the article? But that's probably unlikely. |
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Ballz Staff
Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 610 Location: st. petersburg, florida
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that is pretty damn intriguing. I'm excited at the prospect of a "lost" Final Fantasy, but on the other hand, I doubt we'll ever see anything more out of this. :(
Kaoru Moriyama seemed pretty dismissive of the whole thing when I talked to her for my article, but on the other hand, as a translator she probably wasn't as heavily involved in the goings-on with game development. I've always held on to hope there was more to FFIV Famicom (as well as Seiken Densetsu FDS) than what she told me. |
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KingMike
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 898
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:00 am Post subject: |
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10 years later...
I just realized you were only a week off from the 15th anniversary of the original Famicom release.
The FC version is now 25, so I celebrated by playing the proto again. |
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