Has it sunk in but that just about each single mainline Final Fantasy sport between I and XII is now accessible on the Switch? That’s because of this week’s launch of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster sequence, which was lengthy, lengthy overdue.
Back when the video games launched on Steam and cell between 2021 and 2022, a lot of individuals had been completely happy that the basic six Final Fantasy video games had been lastly being made extra accessible. But there was one massive speaking level that swept internationally when it got here to the Pixel Remasters — the font.
The font within the authentic Pixel Remaster releases was not standard, no less than within the west. To many, it clashed with the retro pixel artwork visuals, and the skinny, sterile fashion is not probably the most nice on the eyes when taking part in on a PC display.
Fans took to creating mods to “fix” the font, utilizing variations from Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls on GBA to Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest’s chunky pixel typeface. Various guides, together with this one from RPG Site, detailed the various methods you may get a “better” font and enhance your expertise with these classics.
It quickly grew to become obvious, nevertheless, that Japan did not have the identical difficulty. While not sporting a pixel-style font, the Japanese font was a lot cleaner, a bit thicker, and — most significantly — was a lot simpler to learn.
When Square Enix introduced the console variations final yr (in the midst of the night time, thoughts you…), followers had been hopeful that the hole between the video games’ releases on PC and consoles would give Square sufficient time to “fix” that font for good. And, fortunately, the developer delivered.
Alongside a bunch of different additions like an interchangeable soundtrack and EXP, gil, and talent level modifiers, the console variations of the Pixel Remasters allow you to change between the unique PC font, known as ‘Modernized’, and a brand new ‘Classic’ font, which is pixel-based. You can swap between these within the menu at any level in all six video games.
