It’s March 18, which Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster for the PS3 and Vita has finally gone on sale across North America for $39.99.
The package includes HD remasters of two Playstation 2 games; Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2. The version of the games featured in this package are based on the ‘International’ versions of the games.
Final Fantasy X International included a set of super-powerful optional bosses and the ‘advanced sphere grid’; an alternate levelling structure that allows the player to freely assign skills and stat boosts to their characters instead of following a rigid path of character growth. Final Fantasy X-2 International included a creature-capture mechanic where you can capture monsters and raise them as party members, a collection of new ‘Dress-spheres’ (job roles for your party members), and a rogue-like dungeon explorer mode called ‘Last Mission’. This ‘International’ content has never been seen in North American releases of the game until now.
In addition, Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster comes with wholly new additions, including a remastered soundtrack for Final Fantasy X and two sets of bonus media; a short cutscene that links the events of Final Fantasy X to Final Fantasy X-2, and ‘The Eternal Calm’; a 30-minute audio drama that sets up a potential sequel to the series.
The content in the PS3 and Vita versions of the games is the same. However whereas the PS3 version includes all the content on a single spacious blu-ray disc, the Vita version only contains Final Fantasy X HD and the bonus media; a redeemable download for the Final Fantasy X-2 HD portion of the package will code will be included in the box so clear 3.3GB of space on those memory cards!
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster supports cross-save and cross-platform trophy support; you can transfer saves between the PS3 and Vita versions of the game via the cloud. There is no cross-buy promotion.
Europeans will get the game later this week on March 21 but whilst they wait they can take a look over our reviews of the games, based on a Japanese import we obtained. We praised Final Fantasy X HD for smart pacing, but came away from Final Fantasy X-2 with mixed impressions.
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