 Hey everyone, today we're actually going to talk about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered because there's new information coming out about the online play additional content by the way there's a lot of additional content and I feel like we should talk about this specifically because we are actually giving away a copy of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered edition this month. All you have to do is comment down below like this video subscribe to the channel hit that bell icon we're also on our road to 50,000 subscribers and if we can hit 50,000 subscribers before November 1st of 2020 we will be giving away an Xbox Series X a PlayStation 5 or a Nintendo Switch so let's go let's hit 50k alright so we're talking about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered because a bunch of news has come out and I think we're going to start with the positive news because I like to get a little positivity going about this game because I am genuinely excited for this game I played Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on Gamecube growing up played local co-op like crazy with Eric from the Nintendo Prime Podcast and other friends we had a group of friends that specifically we would get together about once a week for many many weeks even into our adulthood and would play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and now we have a remastered edition coming which is really really exciting looks gorgeous and I'm pretty stoked to actually get to play this game especially if they've improved the single-player aspect a little better but what happened now what we got announced officially by Square Enix is that there are is going to be some brand new content experiences in the post game in specific there will be 13 post game dungeons which is massive number of extra dungeons added to this game and makes the game definitely more worth purchasing for those that are fans of the old one but maybe we're thinking about passing on this one for some reasons we'll get into later. Square Enix shared that the post game dungeons are actually going to be quite a bit harder than what's available in the base game so these are for you know veterans of the game are going to find a challenge in these dungeons you'll get new equipment and item recipes that weren't available in the original game so they're gonna have that as well I was gonna be new accessories weapons and armor so a bunch of new content in this game you'll also be able to use crystal memories in these post game dungeons that allows you to use moves previously unique to bosses so crazy crazy stuff I can't wait this is what we need to happen with remasters remakes all that jazz you need to see this amount of new content I'll start justifying the price points that they sometimes come out at but hey that's cool that's great this is like just more and more hype building up for that our giveaway this month right like man look how good this game is going to be but there's been some criticism about this game because the one of the biggest things about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles back on Gamecube was that it was a local co-op game so you could play single player but you would also be able to play local co-op even though it required link cables and Gameboy advances and stuff didn't matter you could still do it and it was a lot of fun I mentioned earlier about playing with Eric and other friends once a week well they decided to add online play so to counteract the lack of local play there is online play which sounds amazing sounds great and it's something that was missing in the original game I don't think online play should exist in lieu of local could play but in the middle of a pandemic when maybe we're not gathering with friends as much you know maybe it won't feel like as big of a deal at least for now but of course they couldn't just give us you know online play and call it good they had to make it more convoluted and even restrictive in some ways based on two brand new news pieces that came up from Square Enix so we know that obviously adds that that the online play to the classic experience and it even has cross play believe it or not so the switch PlayStation 4 and mobile versions of this game will all have cross play which should increase the user base but there's a screenshot from the game now show it to you guys right now that indicates not only will Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remaster edition utilize friend codes for players so not user names friend codes it will also have a separate six-digit friend code so it's going to be using friend codes from the switch in addition to another friend code on top of that so it's friend codes on top of friend codes to play on switch now this obviously won't be the case on mobile or PlayStation 4 where they don't use friend codes so they'll be the six-digit friend code and that's it that's going to be the Nintendo switch friend code and then on top of that the six-digit friend code to play with other people from switch it's it's to me utterly asinine this is gonna happen it says these codes seem to retain to your party number which can be a search and join by other players furthermore these numbers will only last for 30 minutes when a new six-digit number will be distributed so you have to add your friends to friend codes and then you have to share the six-digit number this is insane that this is extremely convoluted and there's tons of cross-platform games out there that handle online play they do not do things this way this is absolutely ridiculous and I honestly think that this is just horrible that I mean granted the initial friend code barrier that's Nintendo's fault but the second code like there's better ways to handle online cross-platform play than to use codes but beyond that and this is maybe the worst news because that's just like a little tedium you still can play online still have fun okay it's a little tedious but who cares right at least you can still do it. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered edition its online play is region locked yes folks region locked one of the worst things you ever want to hear about online multiplayer games is a region lock alright so Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered allows you to hop into an online game with other players on Switch, PlayStation 4, mobile devices that's a really great feature cross-platform, Square Enix also confirmed the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remastered edition is region locked when it comes to online play you'll only be able to play with others who are in the same region along with that you will need a paid online subscription to take advantage of online be that on the switch or the PlayStation so regardless you know mobile doesn't have that but if you're on Switch or PlayStation you have to have paid online service so you have to have paid online service to be restricted in who you play with now me in the United States I don't know that my region is gonna have much of a problem finding people but you won't be able to play with friends that are maybe in other countries and that's a pain in the butt you won't be able you know if you're in a country or in a region in particular that this game isn't very popular in and you pick it up you're not gonna be able to find people to play with this is why region locking sucks there's not really a logical reason to do region locking in in this day and age there used to be and I get that for the one logical reason you could throw out there is for latency purposes but honestly you should just offer the option to search by region or search worldwide and let people do what they want so I want to play with some friends I have out in Europe I can actually go play with them instead I am stuck you know with only the friends I don't have in real life so this is kind of a pain in the butt and something that I wish was going I wish region locking would just go away in general or or just be there as an option for those that maybe want to create better latency you know as an example and Madden if they ever you know make cross-platform play which they absolutely should they should open it up so you can play with anyone worldwide not just locally and I I just think that this is just all utterly ridiculous but whatever the game still looks good it's still all this extra content it's still gonna be a lot of fun to play single player let alone with friends online online play is an addition to the game that is worthwhile even if they're making a little bit more tedious and also restricting it a bit but hey it's better to have it than not have it I wish we had this kind of online play with things like Mario Party or Super Mario Party rather than the really shoddy mini game only only some mini game really weird online play that game actually has anyways you guys let me know what you think about all this down in the comments below be sure to enter that giveaway also hey why not subscribe to the channel let's get the 50k also I'm releasing a video today over on my second channel which I'll put a link down in the description my second channel which is just my name Nathan you're an awful chance is a channel I think want to be covering a lot of sports stuff over there whether it's playing sports video games like Madden and making videos about that or my video I have going out today which is about the Milwaukee Bucks and their road to the finals and how the Orlando Magic awoke and you know woke up the giant I got a video going up about that as well so be sure to tune into that channel and check it out if you care about sports won't just be talking about like the Packers Bucks etc. the all the Wisconsin teams because those are my teams will be talking about other teams as well especially as requested by people in the comment section on those videos so yeah be sure to check that out it's a video I'm doing it's another channel I'm doing for fun because I really like sports all right folks I'll catch you guys in the next video