REDMASK'S PROFILE

author=Corfaisus
I dunno, maybe I just didn't find FF6 to be all that engaging gameplay-wise, while FF5 hit all the gameplay/atmospheric pleasure centers for me. I wish this thread resulted in more discussion on blinding nostalgia and the "what if.." scenario of an alternate reality where FF5 got an overseas release. What if it had made a splash? Would people still be going "nope, FF6/7's the best. nope nope nope"? And what of other big-name SNES RPGs like Chrono Trigger? Would these games even still matter? What if it had been the other way around and we got Final Fantasy's 1-3, 5, 8 and on? Would people go back 10 years and try and justify the shortcomings of 4, 6 or 7?

Well a good way to judge FF V without the nostalgia bias would be to learn how the Japanese audience feels about it since they would not have the same kind of weird nostalgia gap that we in America have.
I'm guessing Japanese audiences also love FF6 and 7, though I could be wrong.
Anyway I'm sure FF V would have been more popular had we seen it on the SNES but I still don't think it would have out weighed the popularity of 4 6 and 7 but of course I have some nostalgia blindness, so yeah. I will say that I like FF 5 more than FF 7.
I think I enjoyed Final Fantasy V more so because it was like this hidden gem that we didn't get when it was supposed to come out. It's hard to say, on one hand it feels more like a proper continuation from FF IV stylistically. I remember when I was a kid I heard that my friend Eric had FF "3" (6) and I freaked out I was so amped but when I saw it, it looked strange, it look way different from FF IV. Had FF "3" been 5 I would have accepted it more readily as the sequel due to the more similar graphic style. Maybe I'd love it more. On the other hand, it might have impressed me less since the story feels like a bit of a down grade. FF V sometimes feels like the generic Final Fantasy which actually felt awesome to me when I played it on the playstation. It was a game that looked much like my beloved FF IV but with a new story and a bad ass job class I think its a great game. It's generic-ness made it feel classic. So, FFV's generic qualities are both good and bad.
So its hard to determine how the release date for it in the US would have affected my enjoyment of it.

To be fair Spirit Tracks would be a decent Zelda game without the flute and with better fast travel options.

author=karins_soulkeeper
Well for one, I see all animals I come across as Pokemon.
Does that count?

Sure it counts I don't exactly have rules to define what a gamer moment is.

Here's another tidbit when I was in the car as a kid I used to stare out the window and imagine characters like Sonic the Hedgehog running near the side of the car.

Aladdin was my favorite Disney movie when I was a kid. Robin Williams is a great man. Personally, I'll remember him not just as a great actor but also a great Zelda fan. The fact that someone of his fame was a Zelda fan really made me happy. R.I.P.

I still keep my Dreamcast plugged in just in case I get in the mood for some good old Jet Grind Radio. Technically I still haven't beaten Skies of Arcadia someday I got to get on that.