Final Fantasy II
In the box
- Super Nintendo cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
About the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series.
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 22.3 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series.
The game's story follows Cecil Harvey, a dark knight, as he tries to prevent the sorcerer Golbez from seizing powerful crystals and destroying the world. Cecil is joined on this quest by a frequently changing group of allies. Final Fantasy IV introduced innovations that became staples of the Final Fantasy series and role-playing games in general. Its "Active Time Battle" system was used in five subsequent Final Fantasy games and, unlike prior games in the series, Final Fantasy IV gave each character their own unchangeable character class, although at a few points in the story, members of the cast change or evolve their vocation to suit the narrative.
Final Fantasy IV has been ported to several other platforms with varying differences. A 3D remake of the same name was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007. The game was re-titled Final Fantasy II during its initial release outside Japan as the actual Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III had not been released outside Japan at the time. All later localizations of Final Fantasy IV (aside from the Wii Virtual Console), which began to appear after Final Fantasy VII (released worldwide under that title), used the original title.
Official trailer
Gameplay Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
SNES Longplay [053] Final Fantasy IV (Part 1 of 9), World-of-Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Square
- Publisher
- Square, Square Enix
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Platforms
- Wii, Wii U
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- CERO
- A
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Super Nintendo | Japan | 1991-07-19 |
| Super Nintendo | North America | 1991-11-23 |
Editions
Final Fantasy IV (Super Famicom)
In the box
- Super Famicom cartridge
- Box with cover art
Final Fantasy IV Easy Type (Super Famicom)
In the box
- Super Famicom cartridge
- Box with cover art
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Super Nintendo games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single player only, with no online features. The cartridge runs on any Super Nintendo.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Super Nintendo cartridge Sold in North America as Final Fantasy II. |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 8 March 2010 On the Wii Virtual Console as Final Fantasy II. Later remakes, including the 2021 Pixel Remaster, are separate releases. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii Shop has closed. The Pixel Remaster sold today is a separate remake. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale GameRankings SNES 89 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Electronic Gaming Monthly 32 40 Famitsu 31 40 Dragon 4 5 RPGFan 91 100
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Square Publisher Square Director Hironobu Sakaguchi Producer Masafumi Miyamoto Designer Takashi Tokita Programmer Ken Narita Artist Yoshitaka Amano Writers Takashi Tokita, Hironobu Sakaguchi Composer Nobuo Uematsu
Notes for collectors
- Sold in North America as Final Fantasy II, because the real second and third games had not come out there.
- Introduced the Active Time Battle system, used in five later Final Fantasy games.
- The English script was cut to fit Nintendo of America's rules of the time, including direct references to death.
- An easier Easy Type version followed in Japan in October 1991.
- All versions together have sold more than four million copies.
Credits
- Publisher
- Square, Square Enix
- Developer
- Square
- Director
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Released
- 1991-11-23
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 22.3 hours
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