Yes and no. While they’re not that stupid, you should not forget that we lost the chance to play Nanashi no Game based on the decision of a focus group…which means that sometimes, SE is just out of touch with their fans, and simply don’t understand how to reach them and work with them like many other companies do.

 Can you move Neku around at all?
$18 is a little pricey. I think.

 No problem, man! Android and iOS have their strengths and weaknesses, no doubt. It’s a mistake to disregard them as gaming platforms, though. There is some really compelling content that works well with touch controls! At the same time, it’s also a mistake to say that iOS and Android are replacing handhelds. Both markets are big and different.

first of all the deep unique combat from the ds title? 

gone

replaced with your standard ios slashing, swiping and poking.

The dual fighter system? removed

partners are now like summons 

doing all this decreased the difficulty so its almost a casual game now

It’d help if you explained why you thought it was gimped then, for folks like myself and many other commenters I’m sure, who haven’t yet played it. ;D

unfortunately the answer is yes

Have you played it yet?

not only to they port it to a crap platform

they gimp the game to make it work on that platform

Are you talking about this? 
http://gematsu.com/2011/01/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-two-years-later

‘Cause I made that, yo.

 Yeah, Angry Birds players.

Not many people notice this but we are not going to be getting the same XIII versus we where first shown at least graphics wise. Go to google pictures and search “Final fantasy Versus XIII old model and new model” you will see that the 09 models look way better than the 2011 or 2010 models I forgot what year it was. SE needs to come out and just say its getting ported we just want the game its no big deal.

is it out in english too? in retrospect, that pin game might sounds like something i can fool around with my friends with. (maybe even the battles?)

EDIT: oops nvm. just re-read and saw the worldwide release thing. :D

your right I just haven’t really paied much attention to the games on the iOS.

Square-Enix is not that stupid, and if they are, they are extremely out of touch with their fans. They know TWEWY is a loved game, if they can’t figure out that people are simply pissed off that it wasn’t a sequel like most fans wanted, then WOW. They wouldn’t have to look far to figure out why the dislike bar is that bad, and if they are too lazy to figure out the real reasons then that just proves that that are a truly terrible company right now. 

*vader voice* NOOOOO!! LOL

 Thing is…when you think about it, it’s a game like any other really. They’re doing what other companies also do, which is hyping up their stuff. Now, it’s our problem for falling into the hype, no?

I know most will just disagree with me, but it’s not SE whom we have to blame for our disappointment.