Now, lets be honest. How much am I dominating that list. Right? Am I right? Yeah?

Yeah. I’m right.

While I get some random weird crap on the Linux Skype client, at least I don’t have ads.

Man, I forgot about Makai Wars until now.

Waaaaah. Waluigi number one!

That said, there exists a restoration patch which substantially fixes the graphics and sound of the game. While I haven’t conducted a forensic comparison of the differences between the restored version and the SNES version, I have nevertheless found the restored version to be very satisfactory for playing on my Xperia Play.

The new translation is quite good, but it removes some timeless gems from the original script, which is sad. So on this count it becomes an exercise in weighing the pros against the cons, and preferences will vary on an individual basis.

Also, as has been mentioned, there is some very odd censorship in the game.

The SNES/Wii version is the best, although Sabin is wrong (surprise, surprise) in declaring the PS1 version to have unacceptable load times. Even with the [momentary] load times, battle still ticks along at a much faster pace than ANY of the PS-era FF games, VII inclusive. He just whines about it because someone told him it was bad once, and he has never been able to accept that it might not be as bad as all that (after you play it for ten minutes, you won’t notice anymore).

The GBA version has butchered music, odd censorship, and a WORSE translation, ‘accuracy and flow’ be damned. It may well be more serious, but that throws away part of the charm that made the game such a triumph in the first place. I mean, who really wants Chrono Trigger without the lighthearted JOY that makes it fun to play, all in the name of chimaeric accuracy. That is what was done with the GBA translation of VI.