At Square Enix’s E3 showcase in 2021, the company revealed a new series of Final Fantasy releases in the form of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series. This brought a localized version Final Fantasy III’s original 2D release outside Japan for the first time and after debuting on PC and mobile, the series of games has hit PS4 and Nintendo Switch worldwide. Read my review of the collection on PS5 here and Nintendo Switch here. The PS4 and Switch versions include many new features including a soundtrack option. A few days ago (via Reddit), a new set of updates has gone live for the collection on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The Square Enix support page for the collection goes over patch notes.
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster update patch notes for PS4 and Nintendo Switch
Patch notes for the update released on August 28 are below:
FINAL FANTASY (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) -Ver. 1.0.2 [28/08/2023]
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fixes for several bugs
FINAL FANTASY II (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – Ver. 1.0.2 [28/08/2023]
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fixes for several bugs
FINAL FANTASY III (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – Ver. 1.0.2 [28/08/2023]
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fixes for several bugs
FINAL FANTASY IV (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – Ver. 1.0.3 [28/08/2023]
- Adjustments to some events and battle backdrops
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fixes for several bugs
FINAL FANTASY V (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – Ver. 1.0.4 [28/08/2023]
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fixes for several bugs
FINAL FANTASY VI (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) – Ver. 1.0.4 [28/08/2023]
- Improvements to the stability of game functions
- Fix for a bug where the game would sometimes freeze, preventing further progress if the player tried to escape from battle with a specific timing.
- Fixes for several bugs
Details for the update released in July on Switch are below:
FINAL FANTASY V (Nintendo Switch only) – Ver. 1.0.3 [07/07/2023]
- Measures have been taken to alleviate an issue where errors sometimes occurred in a specific location after playing the game for long periods etc.
- Further fixes to this issue are scheduled soon.
FINAL FANTASY VI (Nintendo Switch only) – Ver. 1.0.3 [07/07/2023]
- Measures have been taken to alleviate an issue where errors sometimes occurred in a specific location after playing the game for long periods etc.
- Further fixes to this issue are scheduled soon.
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is out now on iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam. Check out the official website here.