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 U.S. SNES version of FF4 (Final Fantasy II), besides being easier than the original Japanese Super Famicom version, was also censored big time. Some of the changes (Warning: There ARE SPOILERS!!) include:
* Dancers now wear their dresses all the time as opposed to the bikinis they wore in the Japanese version
* Changing the blade that was dangling over Rosa's head in the Tower of Zott into a big iron ball (this one is a really STUPID change...chopping her in two is bad, but crushing her is just fine??)
* Covering up a LOT of the relationship between Cecil and Rosa, and Cain's jealousy towards Cecil
* Removing Fuu-Suu-Ya's speech about Cecil's origins
* Certain swear words removed (even if they WERE in Japanese)
* Changing the raid at the beginning of the game somewhat (the original Japanese version never had dialogue in this scene; Cecil simply took the crystal after his men killed several wizards and left)
* Taking out a LOT of dialogue about how Cain wishes to be like his father, and how King Baron had adopted the orphaned Cecil and Cain and raised them like his own sons
* Palom's mouth was washed out with soap (he swore a LOT for a 5-year old in the Japanese version)
* Stupid change: Cecil and Rosa shared a passionate kiss after he rescues her in the Tower of Zott. The animation of them kissing was taken out of the U.S. version.
* In Castle Jiott, there was an entire room removed: the Programmers's Room. Down there, you could talk to various members of Squaresoft's FF4 development team, and even fight some of them! Why was it removed? There was an item down there called "Ero no Hon" (Porno Book). Nintendo must've freaked when they heard that. And all the item did was make the screen go a shade of pink while goofy music played and Cecil had dirty thoughts. ^_^
If you're curious, the U.S. PS1 version of Final Fantasy IV is completely uncensored, and has everything the Japanese version had, except one name change: Gilbert, the Prince of Damcyan, is still Edward in the U.S. PS1 version (I think for old time's sake).
