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This was FINAL FANTASY II on the SNES! How come it got mis-numbered?

April 26, 2017fantasy final GOT ii Snes

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This was FINAL FANTASY II on the SNES! How come it got mis-numbered?

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The original FINAL FANTASY was released for the Famicom system in Japan in 1987. However, the game wasn’t released in the US on the Nintendo Entertainment System until 1990. By this time, there was already the superior FINAL FANTASY III released for the Famicom. The Super Famicom, which was later redesigned and sold as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, was released in 1991. Instead of releasing FINAL FANTASY II on the NES, Nintendo simply translated FINAL FANTASY IV and released it on their Super NES under the name of FINAL FANTASY II. Since the REAL FINAL FANTASY II and III had not been released in the USA yet, and Nintendo thought people would be confused by the sudden jump from FINAL FANTASY to FINAL FANTASY IV and changed the name as a result.