Final Fantasy II

Description

This is the fourth entry in the Final Fantasy series. It was known as Final Fantasy II internationally, because the second and third games were never released outside of Japan.

The military country of Baron is one of the strongest in the land, with a proud army and a majestic air force known as the Red Wings. But, while their armies are kind and loyal, the recent actions of the King are anything but. The young Captain of the Red Wings, Cecil, is ordered to steal a crystal from a village of innocent magicians, and when he questions the actions of his King, Cecil is immediately thrown out of the country and sent off to kill strange monsters. Little does he realize the price the King's actions will pay, and what the true secret of the crystals, and their powers, truly is...

This is the first Final Fantasy game that introduced the famous ATB (active-time battle) system: during the battles, you have a time indicator for each party member that tells you when this character is able to act. If it takes you too long to select a command for this character, the enemy will act without waiting for your turn. The game abandons the job system that was implemented in the first and the third game in favor of pre-set character classes (paladin, white mage, ninja, etc.) assigned to each party member.

The PlayStation version adds a new rendered intro and ending.

Alternate Titles

• "最终幻想4" -- Chinese title (Simplified)
• "Zui Zhong Huanxiang 4" -- Chinese title
• "Final Fantasy IV Advance" -- Japanese Game Boy Advance title
• "Final Fantasy IV" -- Japanese title
• "FF4" -- Informal Name
• "ファイナルファンタジーＩＶ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Final Fantasy games
• Final Fantasy series

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The Press Says

UOL Jogos	Game Boy Advance	Dec 15, 2005		100
GameSpy	Game Boy Advance	Dec 16, 2005		90
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GameSpot	Game Boy Advance	Dec 12, 2005	8.3 out of 10	83
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Trivia

"Final Fantasy IV" introduces many features which later became typical for all Final Fantasy games. Such are:

1) ATB battle system (instead of simple turn-based) 2) Typical magical spells (three kinds of ice, fire, thunder and heal; haste, slow, reflect; even meteor and holy) 3) Monster summon ( including Shiva with her ice attack, Leviathan, Bahamut with Mega Flare) 4) The usage of chocobos.