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Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Unique action-based gameplay – with 3D levels, exploration and puzzle solving
- Action-based control system lets you experience the adventure your way
- Experience exhilarating real-time battles with intuitive controls
- Gorgeous 3D graphics and an emotional audio score create a beautiful world to explore
- Up to four players can co-operate via DS Wireless Play!
- Realise the tale of two heroic yet innocent twins in a unique story of fate, adventure and fraternal love
- Hundreds of different item and costume combinations add to the fun. Changes to costume/equipment are directly visible on your character in the game
- Trade with friends using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection functions
- Additional content over the original Japanese version, with four new quests
- Can be played in four different languages – English, French, German and Spanish. The multiplayer mode, which allows up to four players to play together, can be played seamlessly even when each player selects a different language.
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FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Ring of Fates is a high quality and unique action adventure, in the universe of FINAL FANTASY, the world’s number one RPG brand. Using real time, action-based control, immersive 3D graphics, multiplayer game play for up to four friends and use of the innovative Nintendo DS touchscreen – players everywhere can experience the story of innocent twins caught in an action-packed, fateful and fantastic adventure.
Product Description
The Great Crystal protects the land from the malefic glow of the blood red moon. Twins are born to this land, endowed with a shared, mystical power. Their peaceful life is suddenly changed with the rise of the blood red moon. All fates are etched into the crystal. Realize the tale of two heroic yet innocent twins in a unique story of fate, adventure and fraternal love. Hundreds of different item and costume combinations add to the fun. Changes to costume/equipment are directly visible on your character in the game Trade with friends using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection functions Additional content over the original Japanese version, with four new quests Can be played in four different languages - English, French, German and Spanish. The multiplayer mode, which allows up to four players to play together, can be played seamlessly even when each player selects a different language
- An incredible, epic storyline from the makers of FINAL FANTASY
- Fast-paced real-time combat system
- Multiplayer mode for up to 4 players via DS Wireless Play
- Create weapons, armor, and other items
- Customize your Moogles with Moogle Paint, then trade them with friends
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Having played, the original gamecube version; I was greatly pleased with the new DS update of the game. However, it provides something much more fun and enjoyable than its predecessor. The Gamecube's Crystal Chronicles featured a character of the player's choice visiting a series of dungeons in order to access more dungeons. The characters development system was particurely dislikable due to the fact that the only way you could boost your character's stats; was to obtain an item at the end of each dungeon. These items would do things like 'boost attack by 1'; not a good way to level up and increase attributes. The game also seemed to lack a proper story with the only ressemblance to an actual plot (which the Final Fantasy games are so famous for) was a brief message every 3 dungeons.
Ring of Fates is completely different from the original. You play as Yuri; a young clavat who begins as a child but as the story goes on; he grows up. The story contains fantastic graphic cutscenes and develops into something much more dark than the gamecube original. A memorable cast features the 'young at heart' litlie; Meeth and the selkie who fails to grasp any part of the plot; named Gnash. There are 4 playable characters; each from one of the original tribes and they all have their own special skills. Admittedly, the controls for some of them do not work as well as others (Meeth's pot particurely) but the game can be completed despite this. The best new feature is the inclusion of a levelling system in which you gain experience by defeating enemies. The whole game is played out in real time as in the original.
Finally, the replay value. There is actually a completely different mode which is basically the same as the original Crystal Chronicles. You explore dungeons (levelling up) and there is also a chance to complete missions with friends who own the game. You can create your own 8 characters to attempt this mode with. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that you will have 3 friends to play it with and so it is hard to advance far on the missions. There is also a Story + and a Story ++ each with their own features and a secret dungeon to conquer.
Overall, the game measures up to be a good game and I give it 4 stars out of 5 stars. From the secret moogle shop in Rebena Te Ra to the many many bosses you can fight; there is lots to discover and enjoy.
Ring of Fates is completely different from the original. You play as Yuri; a young clavat who begins as a child but as the story goes on; he grows up. The story contains fantastic graphic cutscenes and develops into something much more dark than the gamecube original. A memorable cast features the 'young at heart' litlie; Meeth and the selkie who fails to grasp any part of the plot; named Gnash. There are 4 playable characters; each from one of the original tribes and they all have their own special skills. Admittedly, the controls for some of them do not work as well as others (Meeth's pot particurely) but the game can be completed despite this. The best new feature is the inclusion of a levelling system in which you gain experience by defeating enemies. The whole game is played out in real time as in the original.
Finally, the replay value. There is actually a completely different mode which is basically the same as the original Crystal Chronicles. You explore dungeons (levelling up) and there is also a chance to complete missions with friends who own the game. You can create your own 8 characters to attempt this mode with. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that you will have 3 friends to play it with and so it is hard to advance far on the missions. There is also a Story + and a Story ++ each with their own features and a secret dungeon to conquer.
Overall, the game measures up to be a good game and I give it 4 stars out of 5 stars. From the secret moogle shop in Rebena Te Ra to the many many bosses you can fight; there is lots to discover and enjoy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I hadn't actually played the original Crystal Chronicles before buying this game, as I don't own a gamecube - so in terms of how it compares to the first game, I can't comment.
However, in my opinion this is the best Final Fantasy game on the DS so far. The graphics are beautiful, even in-game, and the gameplay is fun and easy to understand and grasp. Despite it's length, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Only two things let this game down - firstly, the voice acting, which was extremely grating after a while. There's only a certain amount of baby voices I can stand, and the first couple of cutscenes had me muting the sound a couple of seconds in. Secondly, the use of the touch screen. After playing Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and seeing the innovative ways it had you useing the touch screen, I couldn't help feeling that this game was a bit of a missed opportunity. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was fun and much more engaging than FFIII, but it would've been greatly enhanced and a lot more fluid by using the stylus a little more.
Despite this, Ring of Fates is certainly worth a look.
However, in my opinion this is the best Final Fantasy game on the DS so far. The graphics are beautiful, even in-game, and the gameplay is fun and easy to understand and grasp. Despite it's length, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Only two things let this game down - firstly, the voice acting, which was extremely grating after a while. There's only a certain amount of baby voices I can stand, and the first couple of cutscenes had me muting the sound a couple of seconds in. Secondly, the use of the touch screen. After playing Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and seeing the innovative ways it had you useing the touch screen, I couldn't help feeling that this game was a bit of a missed opportunity. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was fun and much more engaging than FFIII, but it would've been greatly enhanced and a lot more fluid by using the stylus a little more.
Despite this, Ring of Fates is certainly worth a look.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Final Fantasy series is one of the most popular games of it's kind. It also houses countless spin offs, The Crystal Chronicles series is one of them.Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates is the newest addition to the series the story centres around the fraternal love between twins Yuri and Chelinka who lose their mother, they go on a journey and meet a whole host of interesting and unique characters.My first impressions of this was that I knew I was gonna enjoy this (alot more than FFIII, which I do love but thought was too slow)with the custom-made weapons which made it alot more fun and the graphics are amazing even the music is pretty good.The bad parts, even though you have 3 other characters fighting with you, they don't always fight I was on the first 'Fish' boss and all they did was stand there or fall in the water so I guess the AI needs to be tweeked also the set locations kinda bugged me, I mean it's cool in Final Fantasy Tactics because well, it's a tactical RPG but with this game theres only about 6 or 7 places you can actually visit.While I did love the game and completed it in just under 10 hours I felt it was quite short and the gameplay was very "Gauntlet" not that I mind button-mashing I just felt the bosses seemed to get easier and easier like the final boss!. But I do love the game and will play it around again.
I would recommend it to the younger gamer as in all honesty the story isn't as crucial as you'd think, there was parts where'd I'd skip the cut scenes and still know where to go and what to do.
Graphics: 10/10
Story: 6/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Extras: 7/10
I would recommend it to the younger gamer as in all honesty the story isn't as crucial as you'd think, there was parts where'd I'd skip the cut scenes and still know where to go and what to do.
Graphics: 10/10
Story: 6/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Extras: 7/10
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very pleasantly surprised
I have got to say, this is the second Final Fantasy DS game I have played (I started III and couldn't quite get into it, however gonna have another bash at that) and I wasnt really... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Minimad123
Amazing!!!!
I bought this game having only previously played a Crystal Chronicles installment on the GameCube. I had enjoyed the GC version although I didn't find it to be particularly special... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Zeldaaaaaa :)
final fantasy
im a big fan of the final fantasy so this game was a nice little filler till ffxiii comes out the same ff magic just in a smaller game fun 2 play
Published on 7 Aug 2009 by L. D. Mansfield
Final Fantasy Ring of Fates
This is potentially a must have for all Final Fantasy fans.
Final Fantasy Ring of Fates proves to be a great original game to a series. Read more
Final Fantasy Ring of Fates proves to be a great original game to a series. Read more
Published on 2 July 2009 by Queen Stars
Zelda fans should play this game!!
I had been searching for games similar to Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass and Ring of Fates has finally met my demand so far! Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2009 by te7037
Good Idea, not enough game time
I bought this hoping for a genuine FF experience. Im no stranger to the Crystal Chronicles on the GameCube so it wasent the gameplay that let me down, but there was definatly... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by Chris Ryder
The Crystal Chronicles Continue
This is not actually a direct continuation of the GameCube game, but is set in a similar world.
Two twins who have lost their mother years previously set out from home... Read more
Two twins who have lost their mother years previously set out from home... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2008 by S. Walker
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