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
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Trivia
The English translation of the SNES version had one of the most famous video game phrases ever. At a certain point, the old mage Tellah gets angry at the bard Edward and tells him:
"You spoony bard!". The awkward phrase became a cult favorite among fans. When a new English translation was made for the Playstation version, "you spoony bard" was kept intact, for the old time's sake.
But what does Tellah really call Edward (or Gilbert, in Japanese version)? Well, in fact the only word he says is 貴様 (
kisama), literally "precious image", one of the many Japanese words for the pronoun "you". Despite the noble etymology, "kisama" is a very rough, insulting kind of "you"; using it is an equivalent to calling a person "bastard" or "son of a bitch" in English. We can only guess how this insulting "you" ended up translated as "spoony bard"...
