Final Fantasy 6 VI GBA Walkthrough Advance Guide

Final Fantasy IV DS walkthrough FAQ is on the horizon, with it’s US release just a week away. To pass the time in the meantime, I’ve been playing FFVI Advance on my DS.

As usual with the Advance ports of SNES FF games, not much has been added to the gameplay.  For the most part it is the same with some changes, notably at the end. What sticks out most going through the game, is the translation.  You forget how poor the translation is in the SNES version until you play these ones. You are given an ample amount of detail with what is going around you, instead of having to guess what to do at times. For example once you solve the puzzle in Darill’s Tomb, you are given more than a vague hint as to what happened. Back in the old days, these translation issues led to having to use a guide so you could find everything; this is much less the case now with an improved translation used to better explain what is going on around you.

Some things bug me with the translation, like all of the enemies with changed names (so I have no idea who I’m using half the time with Gau’s Rages) and a lot of the classic names that have been banished.  Phantom Rush for Bum Rush?  How could they do away with a classic like that.  Sabin’s Blitz names are all lame now. But of course these are just minor offenses.

It is fun playing a portable port of this game, and one that does not lag and load like the PS1 Port of FFVI (FF Anthology).  That said when there are a lot of things going on in the screen (like flying around, or being somewhere with lots of sprites) leads to a bit of slowdown. Nothing egregious but definitely noticeable.

Currently I am in the Dark World, after just getting The Falcon. RPG’s are always best at this point, where things open up and you can do a lot of different things in any order you choose. As usual I’ve been spending some time near Maranda fighting the Cactuar’s and Hoover’s (though they have some dumb new name now too). However I’ve had to save often because I run into the Gigantuar Esper while I’m there, and it slaughters me. Moves too fast and spams 1000 Needles on me.

You can just use the Final Fantasy VI Walkthrough FAQ for Advance since the game largely is the same. Or you can buy Final Fantasy VI Advance if you have not done so yet.