Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III is the third FF game for the Famicom. The turn-based battle engine has been improved: if the enemy is defeated, the next character will automatically switch to another enemy, and not hit the…
Final Fantasy III is an adventure developed by Square, released 27 April 1990 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer. The main story takes about 25 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy III is
Final Fantasy III is an adventure game developed by Square and released in 1990. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a remote village of Ur, four orphan boys were raised by the priest Topapa. Once, the Crystal of Wind, guarded by the people of Ur, sank deep into the earth. The four boys decided to retrieve it from there and went down into an underground cave. But when they found the crystal, it spoke to them and from its words they understood they were chosen for a much more important and world-embracing mission...
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy III is the fifth of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy Legend II in 1990.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 25 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy III launched on 27 April 1990, within three weeks of Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest and Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
Released around the same time: Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
Official trailer
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