Nintendo Switch Longplay [027] Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (Part 3/4)
0Announced on June 13, 2021 as part of Square Enix Presents Summer Showcase for E3 2021 and published on iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows via Steam between July 2021 and February 2022, the pixel remaster series was promoted as being the "ultimate 2D remasters" of their respective games.
The spritework appears to be partially based on the art featured in FF DOT: The Pixel Art of Final Fantasy, a 2018 art book that featured re-imagined sprites from many titles in the series, and Final Fantasy Dimensions. All six titles' character pixel art have been remastered from their original versions by the games' original pixel artist Kazuko Shibuya, who has worked on the Final Fantasy series since the first game. The remasters do not include some previous Easter eggs, nor do they include any of the bonus dungeons and features introduced in the Game Boy Advance ports and further releases based on those. Each release features a remastered musical score supervised by the original composer, Nobuo Uematsu, as well as some adjustments taken from previous versions. Several prominent bugs and glitches from the original titles have also been resolved.
On December 18, 2022, the 35th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix announced that the six games would be released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2023. On April 5, 2023, Square Enix confirmed that these versions will release on April 19 with new options, such as changing the font to a pixel-based font and ability to choose new remastered or original version soundtrack.