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	Following ''Final Fantasy VI'', Square began testing for its next entry ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' on the [[Nintendo 64]], but technical issues, escalating cartridge costs and the higher storage capacity of CD technology persuaded Square to move ''VII'' and all their subsequent titles onto the [[PlayStation (console)\|PlayStation]].<ref name="EdgeMaking">{{Cite magazine \| date = May 2003 \| title= The Making Of: Final Fantasy VII \| url = http://www.next-gen.biz/features/making-final-fantasy-vii \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211345/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-final-fantasy-vii \| archive-date = May 9, 2012 \| url-status=dead \| magazine = [[Edge (magazine)\|Edge]] \| issue = 123 \| pages=108–113 \| publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref><ref name="PolygonRetro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 \|title=Final Fantasy 7: An oral history \|last=Leone \|first=Matt \|work=[[Polygon (website)\|Polygon]] \|publisher=[[Vox Media]] \|date=January 9, 2017 \|access-date=January 11, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109201832/http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 \|archive-date=January 9, 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> During early testing on 3D development software, the team rendered a battle involving ''Final Fantasy VI'' characters Terra, Locke and Shadow.<ref name="PolygonRetro"/><ref name="VIIinterviews">{{cite web\|author=blackoak\|url=http://shmuplations.com/ff7/\|title=Final Fantasy VII – 1997 Developer Interviews\|website=Shmuplations\|access-date=January 13, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923162806/http://shmuplations.com/ff7/\|archive-date=September 23, 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision to move to PlayStation soured the relations between Square and Nintendo.<ref name="PolygonRetro"/> Due to this, ''Final Fantasy VI'' was the last series title to release on a Nintendo platform until ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'' came out on the [[GameCube\|Nintendo GameCube]] in 2003.<ref name="GTretroXI">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBaT2Vk1Sw\|title=Final Fantasy Retrospective - Part XI\|author=[[GameTrailers]]\|publisher=[[YouTube]]\|date=2007-10-10\|access-date=2018-04-28\|archive-date=March 26, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326122239/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBaT2Vk1Sw&gl=US&hl=en\|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also the last new mainline ''Final Fantasy'' game to come to a Nintendo platform until 2018 when the abridged ''[[Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition]]'' was released on [[Nintendo Switch]], followed by the subsequent ~~releases~~ of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy VIII\|VIII]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy IX\|IX]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X\|X]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X-2\|X-2]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age\|XII]]'' the following year. ''Final Fantasy VI'' was included in the [[Super NES Classic Edition]] under its original titling as ''Final Fantasy III'' for the North American and European release in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Statt \|first=Nick \|date=2018-09-13 \|title=Final Fantasy VII and other classic Square RPGs are coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019 \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857564/final-fantasy-vii-ix-x-2-xii-nintendo-switch-remake-remaster-2019-release \|access-date=2022-10-11 \|website=The Verge \|language=en-US \|archive-date=October 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011172133/https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857564/final-fantasy-vii-ix-x-2-xii-nintendo-switch-remake-remaster-2019-release \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic \|title=Nintendo Official SNES Classic Edition site \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706131411/http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic \|archive-date=2017-07-06}}</ref>		Following ''Final Fantasy VI'', Square began testing for its next entry ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' on the [[Nintendo 64]], but technical issues, escalating cartridge costs and the higher storage capacity of CD technology persuaded Square to move ''VII'' and all their subsequent titles onto the [[PlayStation (console)\|PlayStation]].<ref name="EdgeMaking">{{Cite magazine \| date = May 2003 \| title= The Making Of: Final Fantasy VII \| url = http://www.next-gen.biz/features/making-final-fantasy-vii \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211345/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-final-fantasy-vii \| archive-date = May 9, 2012 \| url-status=dead \| magazine = [[Edge (magazine)\|Edge]] \| issue = 123 \| pages=108–113 \| publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref><ref name="PolygonRetro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 \|title=Final Fantasy 7: An oral history \|last=Leone \|first=Matt \|work=[[Polygon (website)\|Polygon]] \|publisher=[[Vox Media]] \|date=January 9, 2017 \|access-date=January 11, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109201832/http://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 \|archive-date=January 9, 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> During early testing on 3D development software, the team rendered a battle involving ''Final Fantasy VI'' characters Terra, Locke and Shadow.<ref name="PolygonRetro"/><ref name="VIIinterviews">{{cite web\|author=blackoak\|url=http://shmuplations.com/ff7/\|title=Final Fantasy VII – 1997 Developer Interviews\|website=Shmuplations\|access-date=January 13, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923162806/http://shmuplations.com/ff7/\|archive-date=September 23, 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision to move to PlayStation soured the relations between Square and Nintendo.<ref name="PolygonRetro"/> Due to this, ''Final Fantasy VI'' was the last series title to release on a Nintendo platform until ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'' came out on the [[GameCube\|Nintendo GameCube]] in 2003.<ref name="GTretroXI">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBaT2Vk1Sw\|title=Final Fantasy Retrospective - Part XI\|author=[[GameTrailers]]\|publisher=[[YouTube]]\|date=2007-10-10\|access-date=2018-04-28\|archive-date=March 26, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326122239/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBaT2Vk1Sw&gl=US&hl=en\|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also the last new mainline ''Final Fantasy'' game to come to a Nintendo platform until 2018 when the abridged ''[[Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition]]'' was released on [[Nintendo Switch]], followed by the subsequent rereleases of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy VIII\|VIII]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy IX\|IX]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X\|X]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X-2\|X-2]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age\|XII]]'' the following year. ''Final Fantasy VI'' was included in the [[Super NES Classic Edition]] under its original titling as ''Final Fantasy III'' for the North American and European release in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Statt \|first=Nick \|date=2018-09-13 \|title=Final Fantasy VII and other classic Square RPGs are coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019 \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857564/final-fantasy-vii-ix-x-2-xii-nintendo-switch-remake-remaster-2019-release \|access-date=2022-10-11 \|website=The Verge \|language=en-US \|archive-date=October 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011172133/https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17857564/final-fantasy-vii-ix-x-2-xii-nintendo-switch-remake-remaster-2019-release \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic \|title=Nintendo Official SNES Classic Edition site \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706131411/http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic \|archive-date=2017-07-06}}</ref>

	In 2010, Square Enix producer [[Shinji Hashimoto]] said that the development of a [[Video game remake\|remake]] of ''Final Fantasy VI'' for the Nintendo DS was "undecided" due to "technical issues".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://andriasang.com/comk1f/ffv_and_vi_technical_issues/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130142/http://andriasang.com/comk1f/ffv_and_vi_technical_issues/ \|archive-date=2012-06-03 \|title=Final Fantasy V and VI Have "Technical Issues" on DS \|access-date=2013-03-07}}</ref> Later, however, Square discussed remaking ''VI'' as well as ''V'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Goldman, Tom \|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101648-Square-Considering-Final-Fantasy-V-VI-Remakes-On-3DS \|title=Square Considering Final Fantasy V & VI Remakes On 3DS \|date=June 25, 2010 \|publisher=Escapistmagazine.com \|access-date=2013-03-07 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082636/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101648-Square-Considering-Final-Fantasy-V-VI-Remakes-On-3DS \|archive-date=2012-10-04}}</ref> Tetsuya Nomura, then directing ''[[Final Fantasy VII Remake]]'', expressed interest in remaking ''V'' and ''VI''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-final-fantasy-7-wont-be-a-simple-remake-says-nomura \|title=E3 2015: FF7 Director Wants to Remake More Final Fantasy Games \|author=Osborn, Alex \|date=2015-06-17 \|website=IGN \|access-date=2015-11-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103111858/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-final-fantasy-7-wont-be-a-simple-remake-says-nomura \|archive-date=2015-11-03}}</ref>		In 2010, Square Enix producer [[Shinji Hashimoto]] said that the development of a [[Video game remake\|remake]] of ''Final Fantasy VI'' for the Nintendo DS was "undecided" due to "technical issues".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://andriasang.com/comk1f/ffv_and_vi_technical_issues/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130142/http://andriasang.com/comk1f/ffv_and_vi_technical_issues/ \|archive-date=2012-06-03 \|title=Final Fantasy V and VI Have "Technical Issues" on DS \|access-date=2013-03-07}}</ref> Later, however, Square discussed remaking ''VI'' as well as ''V'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Goldman, Tom \|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101648-Square-Considering-Final-Fantasy-V-VI-Remakes-On-3DS \|title=Square Considering Final Fantasy V & VI Remakes On 3DS \|date=June 25, 2010 \|publisher=Escapistmagazine.com \|access-date=2013-03-07 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082636/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101648-Square-Considering-Final-Fantasy-V-VI-Remakes-On-3DS \|archive-date=2012-10-04}}</ref> Tetsuya Nomura, then directing ''[[Final Fantasy VII Remake]]'', expressed interest in remaking ''V'' and ''VI''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-final-fantasy-7-wont-be-a-simple-remake-says-nomura \|title=E3 2015: FF7 Director Wants to Remake More Final Fantasy Games \|author=Osborn, Alex \|date=2015-06-17 \|website=IGN \|access-date=2015-11-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103111858/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-final-fantasy-7-wont-be-a-simple-remake-says-nomura \|archive-date=2015-11-03}}</ref>

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	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]] and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.

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	{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.		{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.

	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows ~~Terra Brandford, an imperial soldier who joins a resistance movement to stop the imperial army from abusing a powerful magical source. Along the way, the resistance is joined by~~ an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]~~, and Terra's combat leads to discovering her origins~~. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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. In 2022, the original game was [[Remaster\|remastered]] under the ''Pixel Remaste''r series for [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]].		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==

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	{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.		{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.

	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows Terra Brandford, an imperial soldier who joins a resistance movement to stop the imperial army from abusing a powerful magical source. Along the way, the resistance is joined by an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]], and Terra's combat leads to discovering her origins. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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. In 2022, the original game was [[Remaster\|remastered]] under the ''Pixel Remaste''r series for [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]].

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==

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	A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".		A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".

	===Xbox ===		===Xbox Series X & S ===
	The "Pixel Remaster series" version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' was announced and launched for [[Xbox Series X/S]] in September 2024, marking the first release of the game alongside the other NES/SNES entries of the series on any Xbox consoles.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=" FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER SERIES, LEGEND OF MANA , AND TRIALS OF MANA NOW AVAILABLE ON XBOX" - Square Enix North America Press Hub \|url=https://press.na.square-enix.com/FINAL-FANTASY-PIXEL-REMASTER-SERIES-LEGEND-OF-MANA-AND-TRIALS-OF-MANA- \|access-date=2024-09-26 \|website=Square Enix Press Site}}</ref>		The "Pixel Remaster series" version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' was announced and launched for [[Xbox Series X/S]] in September 2024, marking the first release of the game alongside the other NES/SNES entries of the series on any Xbox consoles.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=" FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER SERIES, LEGEND OF MANA , AND TRIALS OF MANA NOW AVAILABLE ON XBOX" - Square Enix North America Press Hub \|url=https://press.na.square-enix.com/FINAL-FANTASY-PIXEL-REMASTER-SERIES-LEGEND-OF-MANA-AND-TRIALS-OF-MANA- \|access-date=2024-09-26 \|website=Square Enix Press Site}}</ref>

Lil Sad Lil Happy: /* Localization */ I think the ESRB would call this "partial nuditiy"

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	===Localization===		===Localization===
	[[Image:FFVI Siren Censorship.png\|thumb\|Graphics for the North American releases were edited to cover up minor instances of nudity. From left to right: Japanese SFC and GBA, North American SNES, and Western GBA releases.\|alt=Images of a female Esper with her back to the screen from three releases of the game; the coverage level of her clothes on the bottom half of her body is different in each one.]]		[[Image:FFVI Siren Censorship.png\|thumb\|Graphics for the North American releases were edited to cover up minor instances of partial nudity. From left to right: Japanese SFC and GBA, North American SNES, and Western GBA releases.\|alt=Images of a female Esper with her back to the screen from three releases of the game; the coverage level of her clothes on the bottom half of her body is different in each one.]]

	The original North American [[Internationalization and localization\|localization]] and release of ''Final Fantasy VI'' by Square for the Super NES featured several changes from the original Japanese version. The most obvious of these is the change of the game's title from ''Final Fantasy VI'' to ''Final Fantasy III''; because only two games of the series had been localized in North America at the time, ''VI'' was distributed as ''Final Fantasy III'' to maintain naming continuity. Unlike ''Final Fantasy IV'' (which was first released in North America as ''Final Fantasy II''), there are no major changes to gameplay,<ref name="EGM63">{{cite magazine\|title=Final Fantasy III\|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]\|issue=63\|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]\|date=October 1994\|page=172\|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_63/page/n177/mode/1up}}</ref> though several changes of contents and editorial adjustments exist in the English script. In a January 1995 interview with ''[[Super Play]]'' magazine, translator [[Ted Woolsey]] explained that "there's a certain level of playfulness and ... sexuality in Japanese games that just doesn't exist here [in the USA], basically because of [[Nintendo of America]]'s rules and guidelines".<ref name="SPWoolseyint">{{cite journal \|date=September 1994 \|title=Fantasy Quest: Interview with Ted Woolsey \|journal=[[Super Play]] \|volume=1 \|issue=23 \|publisher=[[Future plc\|Future Publishing]] \|issn=0966-6192}}</ref> Consequently, objectionable graphics (e.g. nudity) were censored and building signs in towns were changed (such as Bar being changed to Café), as well as religious allusions (e.g. the spell ''Holy'' was renamed ''Pearl'').<ref name="RPGFF6retroreview">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff6/reviews/ff6strev3.html \|title=Final Fantasy VI – Staff Re-Retroview \|last=Beckett \|first=Michael \|publisher=RPGamer \|access-date=2009-10-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913140835/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff6/reviews/ff6strev3.html \|archive-date=2010-09-13}}</ref>		The original North American [[Internationalization and localization\|localization]] and release of ''Final Fantasy VI'' by Square for the Super NES featured several changes from the original Japanese version. The most obvious of these is the change of the game's title from ''Final Fantasy VI'' to ''Final Fantasy III''; because only two games of the series had been localized in North America at the time, ''VI'' was distributed as ''Final Fantasy III'' to maintain naming continuity. Unlike ''Final Fantasy IV'' (which was first released in North America as ''Final Fantasy II''), there are no major changes to gameplay,<ref name="EGM63">{{cite magazine\|title=Final Fantasy III\|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]\|issue=63\|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]\|date=October 1994\|page=172\|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_63/page/n177/mode/1up}}</ref> though several changes of contents and editorial adjustments exist in the English script. In a January 1995 interview with ''[[Super Play]]'' magazine, translator [[Ted Woolsey]] explained that "there's a certain level of playfulness and ... sexuality in Japanese games that just doesn't exist here [in the USA], basically because of [[Nintendo of America]]'s rules and guidelines".<ref name="SPWoolseyint">{{cite journal \|date=September 1994 \|title=Fantasy Quest: Interview with Ted Woolsey \|journal=[[Super Play]] \|volume=1 \|issue=23 \|publisher=[[Future plc\|Future Publishing]] \|issn=0966-6192}}</ref> Consequently, objectionable graphics (e.g. nudity) were censored and building signs in towns were changed (such as Bar being changed to Café), as well as religious allusions (e.g. the spell ''Holy'' was renamed ''Pearl'').<ref name="RPGFF6retroreview">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff6/reviews/ff6strev3.html \|title=Final Fantasy VI – Staff Re-Retroview \|last=Beckett \|first=Michael \|publisher=RPGamer \|access-date=2009-10-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913140835/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff6/reviews/ff6strev3.html \|archive-date=2010-09-13}}</ref>

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	A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".		A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".

	===Xbox===		===Xbox ===
			The "Pixel Remaster series" version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' was announced and launched for [[Xbox Series X/S]] in September 2024, marking the first release of the game alongside the other NES/SNES entries of the series on any Xbox consoles.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=" FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER SERIES, LEGEND OF MANA , AND TRIALS OF MANA NOW AVAILABLE ON XBOX" - Square Enix North America Press Hub \|url=https://press.na.square-enix.com/FINAL-FANTASY-PIXEL-REMASTER-SERIES-LEGEND-OF-MANA-AND-TRIALS-OF-MANA- \|access-date=2024-09-26 \|website=Square Enix Press Site}}</ref>
	The "Pixel Remaster" series version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' was released worldwide for [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]] in September 2024. The entire collection was also made available via [[Xbox Game Pass]] at launch.

	==Reception==		==Reception==

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	\| genre = [[Role-playing video game\|Role-playing]]		\| genre = [[Role-playing video game\|Role-playing]]

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	A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".		A Windows PC port, itself a port of the Android version, was released for Windows PC via Steam on December 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Schreier \|first1=Jason \|title=The Ugliest Version Of Final Fantasy VI Is Coming To Steam \|url=https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|work=Kotaku \|access-date=January 25, 2021 \|archive-date=August 15, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815173051/https://kotaku.com/the-ugliest-version-of-final-fantasy-vi-is-coming-to-st-1746894732 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Another port from the "Pixel Remaster" line was released on Steam on February 23, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Egan \|first=Toussaint \|date=February 2, 2022 \|title=Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster will be released on Steam and mobile on Feb. 23 \|url=https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|access-date=February 2, 2023 \|website=Polygon \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202102446/https://www.polygon.com/22927631/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-6-pixel-remake-steam \|url-status=live }}</ref> The "Pixel Remaster" series features new 16-bit sprites, new soundtracks, and a return to the game's originally released content. No added content from any of the ported versions appears in any of the "Pixel Remasters".

			===Xbox===
			The "Pixel Remaster" series version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' was released worldwide for [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]] in September 2024. The entire collection was also made available via [[Xbox Game Pass]] at launch.

	==Reception==		==Reception==

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	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]] and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.

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	{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.		{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.

	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows ~~Terra Brandford, an imperial soldier who joins a resistance movement to stop the imperial army from abusing a powerful magical source. Along the way, the resistance is joined by~~ an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]~~, and Terra's combat leads to discovering her origins~~. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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. In 2022, the original game was [[Remaster\|remastered]] under the ''Pixel Remaste''r series for [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]].		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==

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	{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.		{{nihongo foot\|'''''Final Fantasy VI''''',\|ファイナルファンタジーVI\|Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} also known as '''''Final Fantasy III''''' from its initial North American release, is a 1994 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)\|Square]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the sixth main entry in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, the final to feature [[2D computer graphics\|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 [[music of Final Fantasy VI\|game's score]], which has been released on several [[soundtrack album]]s.

	Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]]. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.		Set in a world with technology resembling the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the game's story follows Terra Brandford, an imperial soldier who joins a resistance movement to stop the imperial army from abusing a powerful magical source. Along the way, the resistance is joined by an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent [[Characters of Final Fantasy VI\|playable characters]], and Terra's combat leads to discovering her origins. The game's themes of a rebellion against an [[Immorality\|immoral]] [[military dictatorship]], pursuit of a magical arms race, use of [[Chemical warfare\|chemical weapons in warfare]], depictions of violent and apocalyptic confrontations, several personal redemption arcs, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the renewal of hope and life itself, indicated as a groundbreaking opposite of the entire narrative due to its progressive darker and more mature themes than earlier franchise.

	''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.		''Final Fantasy VI'' received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its graphics, soundtrack, story, characters, and setting. It is widely considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best\|greatest video games ever made]], and is often cited as a watershed title for the role-playing genre. The game was a commercial success, with the Super NES and PlayStation versions selling over 3.48 million copies worldwide by 2003, as well as over 750,000 copies as part of the Japanese ''[[Final Fantasy Collection]]'' and the North American ''Final Fantasy Anthology''.

	It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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.		It was ported by [[Tose (company)\|Tose]] with minor differences to the [[PlayStation (console)\|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.<ref name="Super NES Classic Edition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|title=Super NES Classic Edition\|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]\|date=September 29, 2017\|access-date=January 25, 2021\|archive-date=September 28, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic\|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was known as ''Final Fantasy III'' when it was first released in North America, as the original ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy III\|III]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy V\|V]]'' had not been released outside Japan at the time (leaving ''[[Final Fantasy IV\|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. In 2022, the original game was [[Remaster\|remastered]] under the ''Pixel Remaste''r series for [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S\|Xbox Series X/S]].

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==