In 2006 Final Fantasy V followed the suite of the other old school games, and was released to the GBA. It features a better translated story line, with some hard attempts at poking fun of pop-culture. My personal favorite, is when you are captured by Exdeath, and your projection is being shot into the sky. Lenna says look up in the sky! Bartz comes back with:" Is it a bird...a plane, no wait it is our reflection." An obvious Superman nod.
The battle system was kept the same as the original release, utilizing the ATB mode of play. This was fine, since it was what the original release used. The severe lag in the loading/saving has become a thing of the past. Like the SNES release, you can have up to four different saves, that are loaded and saved instantly. Guess there will be no more little sprites running back and forth accross the screen!
The job system stayed in tact, with a few name changes to jobs and abilities. Also there are four additional jobs in the forms of an Oracle, Cannoneer, Gladiator, and Necromancer. Each job has new abilities, and spells to learn, and utilize. The only sad part about this, is three are gotten near the very end of the game, and the final one is gotten only after you complete the game, as well as the optional area.
As with all GBA Final Fantasy releases, V has also got a new area to explore, with new bosses to fight. And it is nothing short of extremely challenging!
V Advance also features a Music Player, and a complete bestiary. There is a quick save feature, as well as the standard mode of saving the game.
For those with a hand held, this is definately a good choice of RPG's available to the GBA. And as far as Final Fantasy V, this is the best release of the game.