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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1746
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Game Boy Advance
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: agb p bz5e
Model: AGBPBZ5E
UPC: 045496738105
EAN: 0045496738105
ASIN: B000HE9LEK
Release Date: November 6, 2006
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Condition: This video game is brand new, never opened and never played! Buy today to be one of millions of satisfied B-Logistics customers.
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 22
 A noteworthy game! December 9, 2006
V. Pandoliano
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I will not cover a lot of information since that has already been done excellently.I personally did NOT like FFVII to give you an idea of my choices. The story was compelling but there were quite a few annoying things about that game.To me FFV is classic role playing fun.The story is just right for the game. I even found a few laughs, within, which surprised me.I have not finished playing it yet but so far am I not disappointed since this is not a boring game.I would suggest using the Nintendo guide for the maps, jobs and abilities help if you like to get as much as you can from a game.
THE BEST FINAL FANTASY OF ALL December 17, 2006
Ornitorrinco (Costa Rica)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
What is wrong with the people who say "Not the best..." "Not here" and "Not that", heck!!! by far, this one and Final Fantasy VI are the best FFs ever done. To me, the franchise died after Square did that faillure called Final Fantasy VII, but that is another stroy. The importan here is that Final Fantasy V is maybe the best in the series and the job/class system works sweet.
Back in the day, when Final Fantasy V first came out, it was not released in the United States for the SNES because japanese executives thought "americans" were not smart enough to understand the game. Now is the time to prove them wrong. Buy this beautyful piece of videogame art!
Square once again strikes GBA gold January 10, 2007
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Over the past couple years, Square has been releasing ports of their beloved older Final Fantasy games to the GBA, with results ranging from great to excellent. Final Fantasy V Advance is no different, once again offering superb and classic RPG action that does the GBA proud. If you remember the Final Fantasy Anthology that was released for the PS1 years back, you'll remember this game, and when playing it on the GBA, you'll notice a few slight differences, most notably in the game's story and dialogue. The graphics look like you would expect a 16-bit Final Fantasy game to look like, with fluid animations and environments to boot. The lengthy quest is quite challenging as well, offering up a great amount of replay value which help you get your money's worth with this game. If there's any downsides to Final Fantasy V Advance, it's the typical kind you'd expect from the older games in the series: the horde of random battles that you'll across will grate on your nerves, and newer RPG players probably won't dig the dated presentation. Not to mention that for a Final Fantasy game, the game's story doesn't grab you and make you want to keep playing just to find out what happens next. Despite all that, Final Fantasy V Advance is another wonderful port of the classic series to Nintendo's undying handheld system, and the better news is that the best game in the series, Final Fantasy VI, is on the way to the GBA too.
 awright gimme five!! June 8, 2007
John H. Mentzer IV (Oklahoma City)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
FF5 will always hold a special place in my heart as the red headed stepchild of the series. In this updated version there are even more reasons to let it out of the basement! First off they added something which I thoroughly enjoy! Portraits. This may not seem like much but now you get to see why Galuf gets ragged so much about being old! Oddly enough he doesnt have brown hair and beard in his portrait...but thats ok we love his sprite anyway! There is much better character interaction, and the party actually seems to have developed a sort of personality. Bartz cracks Groany jokes that will make you slap your forhead. In fact there is even a very bizarre Red Lobster reference in the game... You will fall in love with Gilgamesh all over again as he incompetantly tries to thwart you repeatedly throughout the adventure. Farris is not quite so rediculously cliche as a pirate, but still cliche enough to make sense and be loveable, and her portrait helped you understand how the characters found her foxy a little more than the purple haired creature you were familiar with. X-Death is still the lamest bad guy of any FF game, but its almost kind of endeering in a way...and yes he still harnesses the ultimate power to become a....tree at the end.
The class system is left more or less unscathed but for the addition of a few new ones which are dumb at best. Canoner was not somethign any of us were waiting for ff to add. Necromancer has never been the MO of the FFs and the bizarre weather oracley person just kills your party most of the time. Nice guys! It makes you wonder why they didnt throw in some FF staples that were missing. It might have been nice to have a paladin or something remotely FF thrown in there, but whatever, thats small potatoes...
Its still a blacksheap but you will find the game much more playable now, and the characters dont simply clam up half way through the game like they did before! Go grab this one and get your party full of monks ready to wreak some havoc!!
The wonderful and amusing translation makes FFV Advance the best release of FFV to date July 10, 2007
Stephen J. White (Richmond, Virginia United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In keeping with their tradition of re-releasing their SNES Final Fantasy games on the GBA, Nintendo has repackaged Final Fantasy V. The result is nothing short of spectacular, as Final Fantasy V Advance turns out to be the best version of FFV to date. The main reason being that the game has been re-translated and augmented so that the script is now very tongue in cheek and full of humor. Pop culture references are abounding, and game makes fun of its rather simplistic and cliche storyline. The result is a fresh and witty take on what was originally a simplistic and unoriginal story.
For players unfamiliar with the rest of Final Fantasy V, it can be quickly summarized as follows: The emphasis of the game is not on story, but on fighting. The game requires the player to spend more time leveling up and building up abilities than it does the player reading text and figuring out puzzles. As a result, the game is actually somewhat easy, since the player will most likely "over level" their party in order to have a team of characters to their liking. Beyond the emphasis on leveling, anyone can see why the game originally had a rather unoriginal and overall boring story. Thankfully, the aforementioned "script update" has helped remedy this issue greatly.
As for the game's combat, Square has added 4 new jobs that the player can acquire, but three are only accessible towards the end of the game (and the last after the game is beaten). Still, the new jobs do add some variety to game play as well as replay value. The jobs themselves are not "overly powered" as some players might be lead to think, and in comparison, the original 15 jobs can be more powerful than the new 4 if used properly. Still, the new jobs do make life easier when it comes to leveling up thanks to the abilities that they introduce to the game. Ultimately, the new jobs add some needed additions for players who have already beaten FFV in the past.
As for other additions to the game, the most noticeable are that the game has more colorful and better-drawn graphics. The soundtrack has been remixed, and is now far superior to the original SNES game. The game also has an optional 30-room dungeon and a boss survival mode for players seeking more action after the game is over. Suffice to say, the additional content easily plays on the game's emphasis on combat and not on story telling. Other additions to the game include a bestiary, so that players can look up the stats of the monsters that have been defeated. In addition, the game has a music player mode for those who enjoy the music of Final Fantasy V.
The only drawback on Final Fantasy V Advance is that some players will find the new content to be "not enough". Where as the original Final Fantasy V could be completed at about level 36-50, the additional content can be beaten at 50-60, depending on how much time the player has invested into the job system (and how much outside assistance they utilize.) Still, with the new translation, FFV Advance is a worthwhile experience, even for players who have already played FFV in the past.
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