Final Fantasy VI
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| Original title | フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー VI | ||||
| transcription | Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu | ||||
| Studio | Square | ||||
| Publisher | Square | ||||
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April 2, 1994 | ||||
| platform | Android , Game Boy Advance , iOS , PlayStation , SNES , Windows | ||||
| genre | role playing game | ||||
| Subject | Fight against an empire, prevent the end of the world | ||||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||||
| control | Controller | ||||
| medium | 24 megabit cartridge ( SNES ) 1x CD ( PS1 ) 64 megabit cartridge ( GBA ) |
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| language | Japanese | ||||
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Final Fantasy VI (OT: Japanese フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー VI , Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu ) is the sixth part of the video game series Final Fantasy , which was published in Japan in April 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Final Fantasy VI takes place in a world where magic has been considered extinct since a great war between humans and the mystical espers 1000 years ago. One of the main characters is a young, magical woman by the name of Terra (in the Japanese original Tina ) Branford, who is hunted by an evil empire that wants to abuse her magical abilities for its own purposes. Little by little, some companions stand by her side, with whom she sets out to defeat the evil Emperor Stahl ( Ghastra ) and his general Kefka. Her companions include Lock (in the English version of Locke ), Edgar, Sabin (in the original Mash ), Celes, Cyan ( Cayenne ), Strago ( Stragus ), Relm, Setzer, Gau and Shadow.
Stahl found out that the esper did not become extinct, but created their own world in which they now live. Terra can use magic naturally because she is half human and half Esper. But Stahl also found out that there are still some Esper in the human world. These he has captured and killed, because when an esper dies, it becomes a substance ( called maginite ) that can be transferred to humans so that they can use magic. He had this tried out on his General Celes, among others. When Celes turns away from the Empire, she is imprisoned but saved by Lock. In the following years Celes and Lock fall in love.
Later in the game it turns out that Stahl is actually after three statues that were created by the gods and are believed to be the origin of magic. Now the emperor is killed by his general Kefka. Kefka takes the statues and causes a great natural disaster, almost the end of the world. In this world of ruin (as opposed to the previous world of balance ) the player begins as Celes and must try to find his companions again and stop the crazy Kefka, who rules like a god on his tower built with rubble and remains of the old world and whole as the mood takes you with the magic spell light of condemnation, the land is more and more devastated and barren.
Game principle and technology
The game controls are similar to the previous parts, but the graphics have improved significantly: Final Fantasy VI pushes the technical possibilities of Super Nintendo to the limit and offers, among other things, two complete world maps in Mode 7 .
There are a total of 14 different playable characters (two of which can only be found in the World of Ruin), each of which has different special abilities (similar to Final Fantasy IV ). You can play with a maximum of four characters at the same time, and in three places there are sections where you have to work with multiple teams. You can switch back and forth between them in order to open paths for each other and to operate switches.
Innovations are the esper and accessories . Esper are magical beings that can be paired with players when an Esper is found. Coupled to an Esper, this character can now learn spells by fighting fights, which the respective Esper makes available to him (Terra and Celes can, however, use magic in a natural way). In addition, every Esper can be summoned in combat and has a special attack that is usually very powerful, but can only be used once per fight. Accessories, however, are special items that characters can put on, but no more than two. They develop special effects, for example they protect their wearer from status changes or expand their options for action.
In direct comparison with Final Fantasy V there are fewer and lighter bosses. The developers apparently paid more attention to presenting the story and solving puzzles than to fighting.
The game also offers numerous so-called sidequests, i.e. tasks that the player can solve, but not necessarily have to. In the world of ruin , almost everything is optional, while the first half of the game is very linear.
Production notes
In the USA , the game came on the market under the name Final Fantasy III , as the predecessor games Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III , which were still developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System and its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom , as well as Final Fantasy V. for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which had not yet been released in the US at the time, but they wanted to maintain continuity . The American version is known for its very free translation by Ted Woolsey, in which, however, many of the dialogues were defused and played down. The Game Boy Advance translation, on the other hand, is based more on the Japanese original, but many of the characteristic quotations from the Ted Woolsey translation have been retained for the English voice output. In addition, some sprites were censored in America. B. the bare buttocks of Esper Siren, which wears hot pants in the American version, or the pub sign, which has become a more harmless café .
Originally the game was only available for the Super Nintendo , but later a technically poorer (but graphically completely uncensored) new edition for the PlayStation was released , which was expanded to include some rendered film sequences. It is known for its very long loading times, but also offers an extensive monster database as an innovation . In 2007 a port for the Game Boy Advance was released , which offers additional content and a completely new and far more extensive translation into German.
In the USA, the game did not appear as a separate new edition for the PlayStation , as in Europe and Japan, but was released together with Final Fantasy V under the name Final Fantasy Anthology . The American Final Fantasy Anthology does not correspond to the European Final Fantasy Anthology , which is made up of the titles Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy V.
The characters controlled at the beginning, Biggs and Wedge , are recurring characters and a kind of running gag within the game series. In some parts, including Final Fantasy VII and VIII , they have more or less major roles and also appear in other games, such as Chrono Trigger and Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis , and are main characters in Final Fantasy IV. The characters themselves are probably one Allusion to two characters from Star Wars , Biggs Darklighter and Wedge Antilles .
In the United States, the game was released in October 1994, later also in Europe as a new edition on the PlayStation . In June 2007 a new edition for the Game Boy Advance was published in Europe . In March 2011, the US version of the SNES game appeared on the Wii Virtual Console in Germany .