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Final Fantasy V Advance

The winds fail. Ships stand still, unable to fill their sails. The world races to its end. Unless a handful of heroes can protect the remaining crystals, the world will fall into ruin. Set off on a grand…

80 12 October 2006

Final Fantasy V Advance is an adventure developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 7, released 12 October 2006 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

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What Final Fantasy V Advance is

Final Fantasy V Advance is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 7 and released in 2006. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Final Fantasy V is a 1992 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fifth main installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game begins as a wanderer named Bartz investigates a fallen meteor. There, he encounters several characters, one of whom reveals the danger facing the four Crystals that control the world's elements. These Crystals act as a seal on Exdeath, an evil sorcerer. Bartz and his party must keep the Crystals from being exploited by Exdeath's influence and prevent his resurgence.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy V Advance is the 82nd of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XII: Collector's Edition in 2006. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

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How it was received

Final Fantasy V Advance holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Final Fantasy V Advance launched on 12 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Need for Speed: Carbon. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2, Need for Speed: Carbon.

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When did Final Fantasy V Advance come out?
Final Fantasy V Advance was released on 12 October 2006 for Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

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