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WazzupGenius00 posted...

The dual-screen/character controls are a major part of what makes the game so great and is key to the games broader themes. You lose a lot in playing FR as your first experience. I would say its only serviceable for someone who has already played the game before.

Playing through it now and I don't think you lose too much. It's a slight downgrade at worst, sidegrade at best, and the way partners were implemented does add a different layer to the game. And while I haven't tried it myself, I'm told that enabling "co-op" and then controlling both characters yourself with motion controls is...interesting!

And the QOL features more than make up for it. Axing stuff like Mingle XP and being able to quickly cheese timed stuff like pin evolution and hunger is more than worth it and is honestly a good change because those systems were, let's face it, bad in the first place. And I value the Switch's ability to actually handle the soundtrack in good quality a great deal!

Plus as mentioned there's an additional episode in Final Remix. The bottom line is there is no definitive edition of the game anymore. You won't "miss" anything by playing through only Final Remix but if you highly value the pure and original gameplay experience then go ahead and track down a DS copy.

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