Now, I?m just a giant chicken posing as a humble country lawyer, but it seems to me that a game known for its offline multiplayer being remastered for a new generation, should probably have its defining feature. A Twitter post from the developers of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered gives the bad news that when this fancified edition of the game comes out for PS4, Switch, and mobile in August, it will be missing its trademark offline local multiplayer in lieu of an all-online experience. Those of you clutching your Game Boy Advance SP Link Cables for good mojo should probably sit back down and perform some self-care.

It has been confirmed that Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered does not offer offline/local multiplayer due to development reasons. https://t.co/YoSZ0UMvI2 ? Robert Sephazon (@Sephazon) July 15, 2020

While the news of the feature removal was posted on the official Final Fantasy: Chronicles Remastered Japanese Twitter page, the translation, and bad news come from gaming historian and translator Robert Sephazon (@Sephazon). According to his post, ?Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered does not offer offline/local multiplayer due to development reasons.? A rough Google Translate of the official post comes out something like: ?As we have introduced in official broadcasts, this product does not support offline multiplayer. For development reasons, it is necessary to select either offline or online, so we selected online multiplayer so t...