Final Fantasy IV was really released in the US as Final Fantasy II as the Japanese gamers managed to get FFII and III on the Nintendo Famicom (NES in North America) which never made it to North American shores unfortunately.  Square decided to test the RPG market in the US again as many North American gamers who played and enjoyed the original Final Fantasy were longing for another epic RPG game in the Final Fantasy series.  After they finally decided to release FFIV (FFII in the U.S.) in North America, many RPG fans in North America finally got their wish and the game proved to be another great effort in the part of Square.  While the game still didn’t get the attention that many of it’s fans believe it deserved, it sold pretty well still in the US and it became clear that Square is number one when it comes to making epic RPGs as the other RPG games during this time were nowhere near as good as the Final Fantasy series with the exception of Dragon Quest. 

Square believed that Final Fantasy IV would be too hard for American RPG gamers and they decided to release a watered-down version of FFII (FFIV in Japan) to North America while the Japanese gamers still got the FFIV-hardtype version to their liking.  The majority of RPG fanatics were extremely pleased with FFII and the game had the best character development and storyline out of any RPG game to date and even now, it still manages to hold it’s own against newer FFs.  Continuing on the Crystal concept found in the original story, Square expands on them further as they are now more integral to the storyline and many new themes occur in FFII, which makes FFIV a solid RPG in its own right.

¤ Specifications

Platform: Super Nintendo

Developer: Square-Enix
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1

¤ Screenshots

¤ Release Dates

Japan: 01/03/2007
USA: 03/07/2003

Screen Shots

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