Talk:Final Fantasy IV

Types
There's a hell of a lot of cleanup needed here. :-( --DrBob (Talk) 10:10, 18 June 2006 (PDT)


 * How about some content first, eh?--Chrono Warrior 3 17:35, 18 June 2006 (PDT)


 * No kidding. We're looking at 2-3 sentences of info here. Gerrec 17:41, 18 June 2006 (PDT)


 * Well, I am starting it from scratch so it will take some time to get content. I am working on the EasyType Version (USA FF2), so that is the only part that will have content for now.  biggianthead2000 22:36, 18 June 2006 (PDT)


 * That's fine by all of us. Keep up the work and thanks. I have never really gotten a chance to play FFIV that much, but I do plan on buying it for the GBA. --Chrono Warrior 3 21:15, 18 June 2006 (PDT)


 * By "lots of cleanup needed" I mean the fact that it isn't subpaged. The titles "EasyType" and "HardType" are also suspect, although I could be wrong here and they could be the actual names used by the company. --DrBob (Talk) 09:09, 19 June 2006 (PDT)

I agree about the names EasyType and HardType. All I know is that is what it they are commonly known as on the internet. Basically the EasyType is the US version and the HardType is the Japanese version, but it is not that simple because I believe the easy version was also released in Japan. So I am open to any suggestions on how to correct this. biggianthead2000 20:36, 19 June 2006 (PDT)


 * Perhaps just FFIV US and FFIV JP? Then just make a good explanation on the main page so people will definitly not pick the wrong one and then you're good. -- Mason11987 (Talk - Contributions) 19:43, 19 June 2006 (PDT)


 * That may be better. However, I think FFII US and FFIV JP would be more appropriate since there really is not a FFIV US.

biggianthead2000 20:36, 19 June 2006 (PDT)
 * Didn't realize, then yes, that is what I suggest. And perhaps having Final Fantasy II redirect here would be a good option?
 * There is also a Final Fantasy II Japan so having it redirect here is a bad idea. Final Fantasy II US for the SNES was actually Japan's Final Fantasy IV.  However, Japan's Final Fantasy II was released in the US under Origins and Dawn of Souls.  Japanese FFIV was then released again in the US on the PS under FF Chronicles.  In other words, the best bet would be to use the Japanese names and not US names.  I don't personally know the difference between Easy and Hard types, but I'd stick with Japanese names for the games.--Dukeruckley 06:41, 20 June 2006 (PDT)

Refering to one as "US" and one as "Japan" doesn't work any more since FF Collection included the so-called FFIV HardType, so now both editions have been released in both regions. The real question is do we need to have two different guides. They games are not fundamentally different, only in difficulty of the monsters and a few other minor details. As such, all we need is to split the enemies page into /Enemies (EasyType) and /Enemies (HardType) (or whatever we refer to the different versions as. Why don't we just move Final Fantasy II US to this page? It would be a lot easier to maintain than having two guides with nearly identical information. Koweja 10:21, 18 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Agreed. --DrBob (Talk) 11:01, 18 July 2006 (CDT)