The Lifestream Final Fantasy Podcast - Episode 16 Discussion Thread

[vaderSW1]

Episode 16

Final Fantasy Mobile vs Final Fantasy Console​

It’s the sixteenth episode of The Lifestream Final Fantasy Podcast! Join Carlie, JasonTandro, Lex, Ryushikaze, and vaderSW1 as they go on a mythical journey into all things Final Fantasy!

In this episode we discuss some current Final Fantasy (and related) news:

• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Patch 3.2 "The Gears of Change"
• Final Fantasy XIV Valentione's Day Event
• Final Fantasy XV news to be provided on the Official Final Fantasy XV Blog
• Theatrhytm Final Fantasy All-Star Carvival Arcade
• The arrival of Quistis to World of Final Fantasy
• The Lifestream Podcast Final Fantasy Retrospective Series Update

Then we move into our main topic of discussion:

Will the success of mobile gaming in Japan spell the end for the Final Fantasy franchise as we know it?

Then we dig into our listener feedback!

This episode’s Question for the Listenership:

How do you feel about the mobile Final Fantasy games and do you think they are going to bring about the end of the console era for Final Fantasy?

Email us at [email protected] or reply to the episode post on TheLifeStream.Net forums and let us know!

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Total Run Time: 1:24:35

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Music appearing on this podcast is courtesy of the following:

“Take a Chance” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

“Discovery Hit” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

WARNING! Explicit content.

Special thanks to Flintlock for the episode artwork!

TheLifestream Podcast Extras:

Official Japanese Final Fantasy XV Blog:

http://mypage.member.jp.square-enix.com/18

Official English Square Enix Blog:

http://na.square-enix.com/en/blog

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival trailer:

You can listen to the podcast at the link below:

The Lifestream Final Fantasy Podcast - Episode 16

 

[Pixel]

For a thick Welsh accent, check out Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill or Drippy and everyone in his village in Ni No Kuni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQXiWPu-Q8
Anthony Hopkins has a more subdued welsh accent, but most welsh actors end up using more of an english accent for roles.

There's a risk of sounding Indian if you go too far with the accent. I think Ondore in FFXII was meant to sound Welsh, but it sort of veers off at times
https://youtu.be/m-w07V3DvP0?t=7m7s

Off topic Great podcast. I think it started a little awkwardly, but once it got into the actual topics it was interesting.

I think the Vita could and should have done well, but developers in Japan were still developing for PSP because of the install base. Without that initial surge of people switching over to the new console, I dont think it was seen as a viable way to get developers to invest in the kinds of games that would continue selling more consoles. Its a vicious circle. And I think Nintendo suffered from it as well. But with nintendo it was more branding/marketting and the console not being powerful enough for third parties to want to develop AAA games for.

 

[Flintlock]

You didn't need to read my comment, that wasn't supposed to be public feedback. Please don't read this either.

 

[Jason Tandro]

Yeah I'll post this here because why not. I got bored and made something you might get a kick out of:

The Lifestream Final Fantasy Podcast Moment Generator

 

[Epsylon]

Hi!

Thanks for another good episode. I probably come too late with the listener feedback but anyway. I certainly hope Square Enix doesn't decide to focus on mobile games. I really like my Vita, but I think the phone is the wrong platform to play games for many reasons: battery, screen size, etc. Also, since they have decided that the future is action RPGs I don't see that fits the phone in any way.

Have you heard the rumors about FF15 and 7 remake coming to the Nintendo NX? And those versions ended being the "best looking" ones? What do you make out of that?

Looking forward to the next one!