The DS remake of Final Fantasy III wasn't always going to be a DS remake. Indeed, while the little dual-screen that could seems a natural choice for a retro spit-and-polish job, the remake was originally intended for the PlayStation 2, until Nintendo stepped in and sweet-talked Square Enix. Producer Hiromichi Tanaka:

Originally we were planning to release the game on PlayStation 2 but Nintendo wanted us to release it on this new platform

They must have asked real polite-like. That or he's neglecting to mention the buckets of money that would also been involved. All signs point to the latter. There's not much buckets of money can't do. Luke Plunkett

Nintendo scooped Final Fantasy III remake from Sony [CVG]

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