Matrix Software

I just looked that up.

Uh, so, uh, Matrix Software partnered with Square Enix to kind of, uh, rebuild this game from the ground up, give it, like, a cool new art direction.

Um, the Bravely games actually still use this art direction to this day, and, uh, in fact, Matrix Software kind of laid the groundwork for the Bravely games, uh, that would, that would come out in the future.

Uh, but yeah, uh, I, so I would say, like, I prefer the Final Fantasy III remake over the Pixel Remaster.

Um, most recently, I did play the, uh, the Pixel Remaster.

Yeah, that's kind of, that's kind...

This version of the ATB is lifted almost directly from the Matrix software work on the Final Fantasy IV: 3D Remake.

Um, I think that it's still not quite as good as the combat in that game.

The combat in the 3D version is slightly more strategic.

This last dungeon really stirred your, um, fight, fight strategy blood.

Here's the thing about me, Crystal.

I enjoy dungeoneering, and I enjoy the specific combat of the Matrix software version of Final Fantasy IV, where you have to respond to the particular abilities of whatever boss you're fighting.

It is mechanically engaging to me.

Ah, but the GBA was getting kind of old.

What if they, what if they hired this, uh, new upcoming studio, Matrix Software, who made a bunch of little things.

Um, they made, uh, Torneko: The Last Hope, which is, like, the second Mystery Dungeon game.

Um, they made the PS2 remake of Dragon Quest V.

But, um-

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... it's, it certainly was a s- a star in Matrix Software's library.

Um, and they, they continued the trend by making a Final Fantasy IV remake, uh, with the involvement of Takashi Tokita, the original lead designer of FFIV.