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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Square Enix
EAN: 0662248908106
ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending
Format: CD
Label: Square Enix
Manufacturer: Square Enix
Model: 90810
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Sales Rank: 3366
Studio: Square Enix

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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - loved it, loved it, loved it.
best gamplay i've seen in a while. fun and addicting. Only wish it was longer BUT was surprised with all the extra gameplay after beating it.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Chocobo Dungeon is an Old-School Final Fantasy RPG Experience
I am a huge fan of Square and of the Final Fantasy franchise as it appeared once upon a time on the NES and SNES systems. I didn't really set out to do so, but due to issues of price and durability I've become something of a Nintendo Loyalist. When the Final Fantasy series moved to other consoles, I was left behind.

When the GameCube got "Crystal Chronicles" I was extremely excited. But, the game didn't recreate a "Final Fantasy" type experience for me. It was pretty. It had its merits. But, it wasn't "Final Fantasy." (It should have been produced/promoted as a "Secret of Mana" game instead.)

"Chocobo's Dungeon" succeeds where "Crystal Chronicles" failed. At least for me ... this "feels" like a Final Fantasy game. "Chocobo's Dungeon" is a "dungeon crawler" much as the classic SNES Final Fantasy games were. It is turn based as those games were. The classes, abilities, powers and spells all carry the familiar "Final Fantasy" feel.

So much of this game seems to be intended to capture and embrace the nostalgia of classic "Final Fantasy" from the story line to the fantastic musical scores that are all reworkings of selections from past games. This is, in my opinion, the first "Final Fantasy" game to appear on a Nintendo console since Final Fantasy III (VI).

The "cute" graphics are no more intrusive upon the story line or game play than the primitive 16 bit pixel images of the SNES era ... truth be told, those were every bit as "kiddie" in appearance, but they took nothing from the game. The same is true of "Chocobo's Dungeon." If making a game that "appears" to be intended for a young audience is the only way to get a "Final Fantasy" game on a Nintendo platform, then I won't resist. A good game is a good game.

"Chocobo's Dungeon" is a good game. It's also a true addition to the franchise for "Final Fantasy" fans. I can't recommend it highly enough.







Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A game with many problem
pro- $40 for a brand new game
that it i guess

Con- They reuse all of the music from every final fantasy game, which the music isn't bad. They just didn't use at the right moment.
-Job class, all of the ability look the same, it didn't feel like each job feel different from each other.
-The game have like 5 stages ( memory state, fire stage, water stage, light stage, and dark stage ), and all the stage look the same.
-Voice actor was bad, the first 10 mins of the game made me quit the game for like a week, then i went back on to finish the game.
-They don't have muti player unlike the ps1, which is really fun
-The dungeon don't even feel like a dungeon
-Story was awful
-Boss look terrible, and they don't require skill to defeat
-Card game make no sense
-Secret ending, chocobo seem like he was on something, he maybe have ate
too much ghysal green
-I don't know why but japanese rpg seem to have guy with no shirt these day ( last boss of the game ),
for example final fantasy 12
-Battle, most of the time, you will mostly fight them in a straight line
-No effect for the weapon( no fire come out of the weapon when chocobo kick, unlike the ps1 game)
-Two fishing spot
- I couldn't believe i wasted my time for this game, i actually wait for this game, trust me i love the chocobo series game

This is why this game cost 40 bucks, and not 59.99 or not even 50 bucks
Another bad game from square enix, even chocobo racing is better than this game.
You pay for what you get....TASTE MY CHOCOBO KICK



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fun game with great gameplay
Pros:
+Online card battling
+Great dungeon exploring fun
+Ability to do different classes (Knight, Black Mage, etc)
+Nice, captivating story
+$40 price
+Game lasts a long time and is enjoyable
+Fish by tieing a line onto a back tail feather
+Different Moogle personalities were enjoyable

Cons:
-Graphics are blurry sometimes
-Character voices don't line up with mouths sometimes



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Ah, voice acting...
This is a very small review for that niche of picky gamers that take issue easily with bad localization and dubbing. The two previous reviews do a perfectly good job of explaining the game.

1. No language swap. Sadly for die-hard fans of original voice tracks from Square games, this is another which does not include the option to switch languages.

2. There is no option to turn off the voices. If the above didn't scare you off buying the NA version, this might. There isn't even a volume control for voice or music.

So, if the above didn't scare you off from purchasing the NA release and send you running to grab the JP release from your local importer, here's the scoop on the American VA talent:
If you found yourself tolerant of the acting in FFX, extremely pleased with it FFXII, and appreciative of Disney's VA talent in Kingdom Hearts, you may very well be able to enjoy Chocobo. Chocobo is similar in "look and feel" to Kingdom Hearts, but where Kingdom Hearts' acting is more all-ages friendly (much in the way some of the better Disney films have been,) Chocobo's VA staff takes the direction of, well, Blue's Clues. The VA talent sounds like they were stolen from Nickelodeon's recording studio--and in some cases a few people sound like they were plucked off the street. The lines are delivered very slowly, and often in a comforting tone. Mind you, it's not bad, but it's for young, young children! At it's worst it sounds like they used someone's theater school dropout niece or nephew to fill the role.
I'm guessing the marketing idea was that too many red-blooded American gamers (like myself) would slip into a diabetic coma just looking at this sugary-sweet title, so they geared all their efforts towards making it a game for families with young children.

That all being said, I'm still playing it in English, having fun, but seriously thinking about grabbing the Japanese copy as well. Half the lines that should come off as sweet or whimsical just sound sarcastic or forced.

Seriously Square, don't drop the ball after the execellent job with FFXII. We do care about acting and translation, especially since a large chunk of your fanbase is now grown-up... with adult salaries to blow as well.

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