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My name is Gary Butterfield. My name is Cole Ross.

You're listening to Watch Out for Fireballs. It is a retro games podcast.

Yes, and this week we are reading your responses to Fantasy Star 4 in its entirety. We've been recording for 4 and a half hours as of the time we're talking about this so let us continue.

Yeah and you guys came out in force which is awesome just because we're tired doesn't mean you shouldn't do that.

But we are going to get right to business.

I'm going to start us out here with Alex.

Alex has my contact.

I was jubilant to hear this game would be covered. Genesis was not known for its year, this game would be covered.

Genesis was not known for its g-rPGs,

but between this beyond Oasis and Shining Force 2,

they covered all the bases

with some of the best in the genre.

I can see the heavy anime trappings turning some people off and the lack of

spell descriptions, but for a lot of people this introduced them to Japanese style and

tropes. The way the static screens get across character traits and emotions is fantastic,

compared to the Q-C-C undulating sprites of Square's SNES output.

It's a shame that PS4 will never be as loved as its SN&E's counterparts, but well, I guess I'd love it that much.

I might be the only one.

Yeah.

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