Moon Weasles

I finished the DS version of Final Fantasy 4 recently. As I've previously done a detailed report on FF4, I'm not going to say too much here as the DS version is largely similar to previous versions, though much prettier. Overall, though, I think it was a pretty good remake. I thought the transition to 3D graphics was well done and, as a result, it looks much nicer than the old SNES version. The general look and feel of things, including spell animations and such, was pretty faithful to the original. The redone translation was also nice, injecting some more character into some things while retaining fan favourite lines such as "You spoony bard!"

One thing I will say about the DS version is that it seemed harder than I remembered it. Monsters seemed to generally hit harder and when fighting the final boss, Big Bang hurt a lot, nearly wiping me out each time it was used. Well, keeps you on your toes at least.

Also, I still say the voice actors in the cut scenes mispronounced "Cecil"

In a not in any way related to Final Fantasy note, as I was walking to school along Erb this morning, I saw a driver at an intersection (not a major one) do a U-turn from the right-most lane into the left-most lane and proceed the wrong way down Erb for a bit. They seemed to have realized their mistake (the oncoming traffic was probably a hint) and turned around to go the correct way. I did notice that the driver was on a cell phone at the time so I don't know if they just weren't paying attention (brain melt down due to the phone or something) or if they aren't from around here and just weren't aware that Erb is a one-way street. Anyway, just a bit of a WTF moment there.

Freak Out,
-TFitC