Final Fantasy VI — stories left

This game is the last title in the series released for the Super Famicom (SFC).

Final Fantasy VI Advance was released on 2006-11-30 as the third title in the "FINAL FANTASY Complete Handheld Port Project", billed as "Finest FANTASY For ADVANCE" (the last GBA title in Japan).

It is the only one in the GBA Final Fantasy port series for which no GBA-original opening demo was prepared.

The game was known as Final Fantasy III when it was first released in North America, as the actual Final Fantasy II, III, and V had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving IV as the second title released outside Japan and VI as the third).

Unlike Final Fantasy IV (which was first released in North America as Final Fantasy II), there are no major changes to gameplay, though several changes of contents and editorial adjustments exist in the English script.

In Europe it was sold only as a standalone release.

It was the last game to be released on the Game Boy Advance in Asia, as well as the last one to be published by Nintendo on the system.

The "Pixel Remaster series" version of Final Fantasy VI was announced and launched for Xbox Series X/S in September 2024, marking the first release of the game alongside the other NES/SNES entries of the series on any Xbox consoles.

In the United States, where it went on sale in the last quarter of 1994, it was the top-selling Super NES game in October and became the year's eighth best-selling Super NES cartridge.

Due to this, Final Fantasy VI was the last series title to release on a Nintendo platform until Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles came out on the Nintendo GameCube in 2003.

It was also the last new mainline Final Fantasy game to come to a Nintendo platform until 2018 when the abridged Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition was released on Nintendo Switch, followed by the subsequent rereleases of Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2 and XII the following year.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, will be the first new mainline entry to be developed for a Nintendo console since VI when it releases in early 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2.

The SFC version holds the record for 7th place in domestic sales.

On the other hand, regarding Lightning, the protagonist of Final Fantasy XIII, there are also articles in game magazines and elsewhere that introduce her as "the 3rd female protagonist, after Terra of FFVI and Yuna of FFX-2".

Besides this, it is included as one of the 21 titles pre-installed on the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom, released on 2017-10-5.

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 26.9 out of 30, as shown below.

In the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu, it scored a total of 31 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 31 out of 40 and earned a place in the Silver Hall of Fame.

The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese Final Fantasy Collection and the North American Final Fantasy Anthology.

As of March 2003, the game had shipped 3.48 million copies worldwide, with 2.62 million of those copies being shipped in Japan and 860,000 abroad.

Final Fantasy Collection sold over 400,000 copies in 1999, making it the 31st-best-selling release of that year in Japan.

Final Fantasy Anthology has sold approximately 364,000 copies in North America.

Final Fantasy VI Advance sold over 223,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2006, one month after release.

Final Fantasy Collection received 54 out of 60 points from Weekly Famitsu, scored by a panel of six reviewers.

In a January 1995 interview with Super Play magazine, translator Ted Woolsey explained that "there's a certain level of playfulness and ... sexuality in Japanese games that just doesn't exist here [in the USA], basically because of Nintendo of America's rules and guidelines".

It was also performed at the "More Friends" concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in 2005 using a new English translation of the lyrics, an album of which is now available.

The "Pixel Remaster" series version of Final Fantasy VI was released for PlayStation 4 in April 2023.

The "Pixel Remaster" series version of Final Fantasy VI was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch in April 2023.

Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.

The "Pixel Remaster series" version of Final Fantasy VI was announced and launched for Xbox Series X/S in September 2024, marking the first release of the game alongside the other NES/SNES entries of the series on any Xbox consoles.

Nintendo Power said it had improved sound and graphics over its predecessors, and the game's broadened thematic scope.

Nintendo Power also opined that the game plot was "not particularly inventive" and the "story is often sappy–not written for an American audience".

The same year, GamePro said it "still remains one of the most fun, innovative, and challenging RPGs to date".

In 1996, Next Generation said the scene in which Terra cares for a village of orphaned children "can perhaps be safely named as the series' finest hour... no other game series has tackled such big issues, or reached such a level of emotional depth and complexity".

IGN described the graphics of the PlayStation re-release as "beautiful and stunning", reflecting that, at the time of its release, "Final Fantasy III... represented everything an RPG should be", inspiring statistic growth systems that would later influence titles like Wild Arms and Suikoden.

Moreover, they praised its gameplay and storyline, claiming that these aspects took "all... preceding RPG concepts and either came up with something completely new or refined them enough to make them its own", creating an atmosphere in which "[players] won't find it difficult to get past the simplistic graphics or seemingly out-dated gameplay conventions and become involved".

Unlike the SNES version of II, the characters' special abilities were ported exactly as they were in the Japanese version. Some spells and items, some character names, and the names of most monsters were changed because of the length limit when written in the alphabet.

titled Final Fantasy III in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese Final Fantasy Collection and the North American Final Fantasy Anthology.

The original North American localization and release of Final Fantasy VI by Square for the Super NES featured several changes from the original Japanese version.

While the game was officially released in Japan on April 2, 1994, the exact street date for the initial North American release has been a subject of historical ambiguity, though it was widely available and topping sales charts by October of that year.

The game was released in the West with its original North American title of Final Fantasy III.

Final Fantasy VI was included in the Super NES Classic Edition under its original titling as Final Fantasy III for the North American and European release in September 2017.

Final Fantasy VI received widespread critical acclaim and was praised for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting.

In mid-1994, Square's publicity department reported that the game had sold copies in Japan, where it became the best-selling video game of 1994.

In the United States, where it went on sale in the last quarter of 1994, it was the top-selling Super NES game in October and became the year's eighth best-selling Super NES cartridge.

Final Fantasy Collection sold over 400,000 copies in 1999, making it the 31st-best-selling release of that year in Japan.

They particularly praised the graphics, music, and the strong emotional involvement of the story.

Moreover, they praised its gameplay and storyline, claiming that these aspects took "all... preceding RPG concepts and either came up with something completely new or refined them enough to make them its own", creating an atmosphere in which "[players] won't find it difficult to get past the simplistic graphics or seemingly out-dated gameplay conventions and become involved".

In 1996, Next Generation said the scene in which Terra cares for a village of orphaned children "can perhaps be safely named as the series' finest hour... no other game series has tackled such big issues, or reached such a level of emotional depth and complexity".

Following Final Fantasy VI, Square began testing for its next entry Final Fantasy VII on the Nintendo 64, but technical issues, escalating cartridge costs and the higher storage capacity of CD technology persuaded Square to move VII and all their subsequent titles onto the PlayStation.

Unlike the SNES version of II, the characters' special abilities were ported exactly as they were in the Japanese version. Some spells and items, some character names, and the names of most monsters were changed because of the length limit when written in the alphabet.

Moreover, they praised its gameplay and storyline, claiming that these aspects took "all... preceding RPG concepts and either came up with something completely new or refined them enough to make them its own", creating an atmosphere in which "[players] won't find it difficult to get past the simplistic graphics or seemingly out-dated gameplay conventions and become involved".