GBA before DS?

[Judge Magistrate]

Well, not that it matters at this point, but I would have said play the DS one first. The GBA ones IMO are more true to what they originally were.

[Cecil Harvey]

I have decided to start playing the DS one, although i love the old school sprites, I find it harder to get emotionally involved with the character's because the dialogue is minimal, there are no cut scene's and on a very badly lit GBA (I have a DSi so I can't play with a back lit DS ), I am struggling. I think the experience will be a lot more involving in the DS version. I am by no means a graphic whore (Two of my favourite games of all time are F-Zero on the SNES and Pokemon Blue), but Final Fantasy games are all about taking you on an emotional journey, and it's irritating having to constantly re position the screen to get a good balance of light and dark and problems like that. Sorry GBA version, it's Nintendo's fault for taking the GBA out of the DSi lol.