Final Fantasy III
In the box
- Super Nintendo cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
About the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VI, titled Final Fantasy III in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the Final Fantasy series, the final to feature 2D sprite based graphics, and the first to be directed by someone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was instead filled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito.
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 46.5 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Final Fantasy VI, titled Final Fantasy III in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the Final Fantasy series, the final to feature 2D sprite based graphics, and the first to be directed by someone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was instead filled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito. Long-time collaborator Yoshitaka Amano returned as character designer and concept artist, while composer Nobuo Uematsu returned to compose the game's score, which has been released on several soundtrack albums.
Set in a world with technology resembling the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent playable characters. The game's themes of a rebellion against an immoral military dictatorship, pursuit of a magical arms race, use of chemical weapons in warfare, depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, teenage pregnancy, and the renewal of hope and life itself all make the storyline darker and more mature than earlier entries in the franchise.
It was ported by Tose with minor differences to the PlayStation in 1999, and the Game Boy Advance in 2006. The Super NES version was rereleased for the Wii's Virtual Console in 2011, and by Nintendo as part of the company's Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. The game was known as Final Fantasy III when it was first released in North America, as the actual Final Fantasy II, III, and V had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving IV as the second title released outside Japan and VI as the third). However, all later versions of the game, other than re-releases of the original version, use the original title.
Official trailer
Teaser. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Final Fantasy VI (SNES) Playthrough (No Commentary), Look Back Gaming. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Tose, Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- CERO
- B
- PEGI
- 7
- USK
- 6
- CLASS IND
- 12
- ACB
- M
- GRAC
- 12+
- ESRB
- T
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Super Nintendo | Japan | 1994-04-02 |
| Super Nintendo | North America | 1994-10-11 |
Editions
Final Fantasy VI (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 III. |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 30 June 2011 On the Wii Virtual Console as Final Fantasy III. Later versions, including the 2022 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
- Critics
Outlet Score Scale Electronic Gaming Monthly 36 40 Famitsu 37 40 Game Informer 9.5 10 Edge 8 10 Maniac 90 100
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Square Publisher Square Directors Yoshinori Kitase, Hiroyuki Ito Producer Hironobu Sakaguchi Designer Hiroyuki Ito Programmer Ken Narita Artists Tetsuya Takahashi, Kazuko Shibuya, Yoshitaka Amano, Hideo Minaba, Tetsuya Nomura Writers Yoshinori Kitase, Hironobu Sakaguchi Composer Nobuo Uematsu
Notes for collectors
- Sold in North America as Final Fantasy III, because the second, third and fifth games had not come out there.
- The last main Final Fantasy with 2D sprite graphics; the world map uses Mode 7.
- North American graphics were edited to cover partial nudity on some enemies.
- The Super Nintendo and PlayStation versions had sold over 3.48 million copies by 2003.
- Re-released on PlayStation in 1999, Game Boy Advance in 2006 and the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017.
Credits
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Developer
- Tose, Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV
- Director
- Yoshinori Kitase, Hiroyuki Ito
- Released
- 1994-10-11
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 46.5 hours
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