LSav00
Much-anticipated, but unfortunately not able to fully deliver. Yet another victim of the 'pointless innovation' trap - the crafting system was overly obtuse and there JUST to increase the amount of grinding necessary to get anything done, and the lack of content at launch left you wanting more. A marked step down from its predecessor.
2018
A fantastic quickfire multiplayer game, with some serious sweaty-hand potential. Seeing the entire stage's colours invert for the umpteenth time as your friends are screaming in a voice call, someone having inexplicably parried a baseball moving past the speed of sound, is a feeling like nothing else.
A ridiculously impressive port, and a mighty fine way to show off what the New 3DS was capable of. Genuinely a perfectly fine way to play the game, though with the advent of the Switch and the subsequent remaster, the only real merit to this version is the soundtrack player and model viewing feature.
2014
A fun 'what-if?' take on a great game, with a healthily-sized roster of characters and plenty of story and side missions to sink your teeth into. Just like Mario Party Superstars, however, this is one of the rare few Nintendo games (especially odd given it's a Koei Tecmo production) that SHOULD have had DLC.
Seriously? No option to kit out the characters in their Three Houses outfits? Feels like a missed opportunity and a half.
Seriously? No option to kit out the characters in their Three Houses outfits? Feels like a missed opportunity and a half.
2007
2018
2011
A solid way to play the game, though it has the usual trappings of not feeling like explaining anything - this was one of the first 'proper' RPGs I played as well as my first Final Fantasy, and the obtuse nature of it meant I quickly grew fed up with running into walls.
In hindsight, it was the folly of youth that stopped me from making any progress, but now the Switch version is out, I don't see much of a reason to return to this one.
In hindsight, it was the folly of youth that stopped me from making any progress, but now the Switch version is out, I don't see much of a reason to return to this one.
2021