The Original is NOT Always Better!

[Koh]

The thread to talk about remakes and ports, which you found better than the original release.

First, I must start with the GBA ports of FF4, FF5 and FF6.  There's a loud group of people that disliked what happened to the OST with these, because of the GBA soundchip, but I actually find a few tracks of each sound a lot BETTER than the original SNES version.

FF4, the Final Battle Theme.  It's faster, more blood-pumping and more urgent sounding.

FF5, Musica Machina, sounds more mystical and tribal with the new sounding drums in the background.

FF6, the Battle Theme.  I can't tell if the tempo was changed, but it definitely sounds more complete than the SNES original.  The original version is too quiet and doesn't have as much going on as the GBA version, and doesn't pump me up for battle as much.

All the PSP versions of the 2D FF games are without a doubt the definitive versions of the games.  They have proper rebalancing (mostly in FF1 and FF2; it no longer takes years to grind, and the hit-rate calculation error has bit fixed.), lots of extra content to play around with, and for FF4's case, you get a game (The After Years) that was originally DLC The Game in a complete package with bonus content.

Super Mario All-Stars on SNES.  The worlds look a lot more colorful and alive with all the panorama and enhanced palette.  There's no contest for which world I'd jump (pun totally intended!) into.


Also, there's a save feature.  That automatically makes these better than the original, because you don't have to leave your console on all night!  Lol.

That's off the top of my head for now, but I'll remember more later~  Go for it peeps!