Product Description

The second installment in this immensely popular RPG series comes to the SNES in the form of FINAL FANTASY II. Throughout the Kingdom of Baron, airships patrol the skies protecting the land. It's up to you, in this amazing RPG adventure, to defeat the forces of evil and their plan to control the mysterious crystals. Are you up to the challenge?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4758 in Video Games
• Brand: Square
• Platform: Super Nintendo

From the Manufacturer
Final Fantasy II, which was released in Japan in 1988 and in the U.S. in 2003, set the benchmark for the role-playing genre. Utilizing complex story development and deeper characterizations than previous games, Final Fantasy II tells the story of a malevolent emperor that has called on demonic monsters to take over the world. In the chaos that follows, thousands succumb to their evil attacks until four young, orphaned survivors take it upon themselves to stop the merciless rule and avenge the deaths of their parents.

This Super Nintendo-platform reissue includes new cinematic movies, opening theme songs, event scenes (including updates of the original event sequences), enhanced graphics, improved sound quality, as well as new game-play modes, making the game accessible to beginners and veterans alike.

Customer Reviews

The Best
First of all, I've tried all of the Final Fantasy games and this is my favourite one of 'em all. I've never tried the nintendo version, but I do own the Origin version of the playstation, and I treasure it with all of my heart.

The Story:
The evil emperor is using his power to take over the realm, and to submit his evil influence in the world.
But not everybody will be bending to his will, and a group of freedom fighters escapes his malice and hords of dark riders.
Firion is the leader of the group, I have to say that his the least ineresting person in the game, Maria her brother Leon disspears after they've been captured, but only to rejoin 'em later in the game "MUCH" later. Guy, a strong man with a vital and private thought of ways. There's many other character's in the game, but you'll have to find out for yourself.

The Gameplay:
Fairly hard, the battle system is alot different and so is the way you gain levels, strenght, HP and MP.
Some of the bosses are also extremely hard to beat, I've spend many of hours trying to beat R.Soul for example.
There's many of random battles, but be sure not to go where you'r not supposed to, if you do so the monsters will outclass you by far. Chocobos are being introduced for the first time in the Final Fantasy series, and the chocobo melody has been used in many future Final Fantasy games.

The Music:
The best I've ever heard in any game, the world map theme is spendid, absolutely fantastic the most memorable melody of the entire Final Fantasy serie. Many of these tunes will also be used in many Final Fantasy games in the future, refering to the Chocobo theme, used in FF7. Many wonderful theme's, splendid.

The Graphics:
Fine, But the updated version for the playstation is alot better, it's been improved alot, many more colours are squared into the scene, and the battles are alot more lifelike, such as the mountains in the background with green grass fields on the side, There's also been made some fantastic FMV movies for the updated version, actually they've come to be some of the prettiest FMV that's out on todays playstation console.

All in All:
"THE BEST FINAL FANTASY GAME IN THE ENTIRE SERIE, THE COOLEST STORY, THE COOLEST CAST OF CHARACTERS, THE COOLEST MUSIC, AND THE COOLEST BATTLE SYTEM. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT"

2nd best Final Fantasy
Next to FFVI this is the probably one of the best Final Fantasies of all time. The story was very interesting. Though I haven't played it on SNES, I've played it in the Final Fantasy Chronicles package. However, I do know things about the SNES version that could help you decide if you want the FFC one or the SNES one.

On the SNES this FF game called FFII was released in America as FFIV EASY TYPE. It had spells and enemies, but from what I hear wasn't very difficult. Then came FFC and we got the harder version.

Anyway, the story line is very good, and the crystal is put to better use than in FFV. (While I'm starting to get sick of the Crystals, I rather liked it in this one.) There are a ton of story turners in this one.

Also, unlike the one on PSone, this game is censored. For example, some of the story elements aren't mentioned in this one.

Overall this was pretty good, but I played the HARD TYPE and uncensored version of the game. Its probably better to buy for the PS because its cheaper, uncensored, and easier to find.

Classic, best plot of any in the series and most influential
As has been noted by other reviews, this was the most influential of the Final Fantasy games to the rest of the series. This was the first game to develop a plot through textual descriptions and dialogue. This was the first to have a plot that contained honest-to-goodness character development. In fact, the conflict faced by Cecil in dealing with his past wrongs and the sins of his family is probably the most rounded character that the Final Fantasy series has produced. In addition, this was the first game to include the pseudo real-time battles, the summoned spirits, and the emphasis on over the top spells. While Final Fantasy III/6 would later develop some of these features even further, this game contains their first and in some ways best incarnation. I have played many RPG's over the years, and this is easily one of my two or three favorites, and the best of this generation of consoles. If you haven't played it yet, you it to yourself to discover where the Final Fantasy series came from.