MobyRank MobyScore
Game Boy Advance
88
3.1
PlayStation
...
3.4
SNES
92
4.1

Description

This is the sixth entry in the Final Fantasy series. It was called Final Fantasy III because three of the five previous installments of the series were never released outside of Japan.

1,000 years ago, the War of the Magi occurred. People remember it as one of the most horrible tragedies in history. Since the War of the Magi, magic has been all but forgotten, technology began to grow, and people returned to seemingly normal lives. The only true worry people had was the Empire, whose leaders were looking to revive the great force once known as "magic".

But then...something happened that would change the course of history forever...

The Empire had heard word of the remains of a mystical being, known as an "Esper", being found in the mining town of Narshe. Quickly, three soldiers were dispatched to find this Esper and bring it to the Emperor. One of the soldiers, a young girl, triggers a power in the Esper that will begin one of the most dangerous series of events ever. And the only ones who can help her are a rag-tag band of rebels and heroes, whose very hearts and souls are the only ones that can save the world from the mad plans of the Empire.

The game maintains the ATB (active time battle) system of the two previous Final Fantasy games, spicing classic turn-based combat engine with a real-time element. The customization system combines character-specific classes with free-flowing character development. By finding various Espers and equipping them on characters, you can improve their parameters in different ways and choose the magic spells you want to learn for each character.

Alternate Titles

  • "最终幻想6" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Zui Zhong Huanxiang 6" -- Chinese title
  • "Final Fantasy VI Advance" -- GameBoy Advance title
  • "Final Fantasy VI" -- Japanese/European title
  • "FF6" -- Common Abbreviation
  • "ファイナルファンタジーVI" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

Defines everything there is to love about the Final Fantasy games SNES Zovni (9141)
Many say this one is the best among the best, and I can see why SNES Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60141)
Personally my favourite RPG of all time SNES Alan Yeung (7)
An ever-so-slightly flawed update Game Boy Advance Lawrence Matthews (120)
A sometimes-cutesy, sometimes-macabre follow-up to Final Fantasy II SNES Chris Wright (90)
Possibly the best RPG ever made SNES WizardX (118)

The Press Says

Game Players SNES Oct, 1994 98 out of 100 98
VicioJuegos.com Game Boy Advance Jun 28, 2007 93 out of 100 93
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) SNES Oct, 1994 9 out of 10 90
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) Game Boy Advance Aug 13, 2007 9 out of 10 90
NintendoWorldReport Game Boy Advance Mar 05, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Thunderbolt Games PlayStation Oct 17, 2008 9 out of 10 90
Worth Playing Game Boy Advance Feb 10, 2007 8.5 out of 10 85
GameCola.net SNES Nov, 2003 8.2 out of 10 82
NintendoWorldReport Game Boy Advance Dec 27, 2006 8 out of 10 80
GameCola.net Game Boy Advance Dec, 2008 1.5 out of 10 15

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Holy crap. (another game music post) 1 J. P. Gray (79)
Jun 22, 2008

Trivia

In the original SNES release of the game, Relm's Sketch ability is very buggy. Using it consistently against certain enemies can cause all sorts of interesting problems such as graphical distortions, random status effects and/or inability to use party members, a hacked inventory full of items/spells that are not even possible to get, large amounts of various items/spells and sometimes even a wipe of all the game's saved battery data.


This entry was contributed by Satoshi Kunsai (1852) and Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60141)
 

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