What’s the Big Deal with Square & Nintendo?
Naturally, gamers everywhere are familiar with the company that created the Final Fantasy series. The first Final Fantasy game was released in Japan in 1987 for the Famicom (NES). In 1990, NOA published it in North America, giving U.S. gamers a rich and memorable RPG experience. Square developed over 20 titles for the NES, including Rad Racer. Although Final Fantasy 2 & 3 were released for Famicom in Japan, (3 was out in Japan in 1990) Nintendo decided not to release 2 domestically, apparently believing it would not sell well in America. Square then decided not to bring over FF3 either. The lag between U.S. and Japanese releases certainly played a factor in these decisions; the SNES was released about a year after FF1 came to America. Additionally, this was a time when Square was small and did not have resources to translate many titles on its own.
Naturally, gamers everywhere are familiar with the company that created the Final Fantasy series. The first Final Fantasy game was released in Japan in 1987 for the Famicom (NES). In 1990, NOA published it in North America, giving U.S. gamers a rich and memorable RPG experience. Square developed over 20 titles for the NES, including Rad Racer. Although Final Fantasy 2 & 3 were released for Famicom in Japan, (3 was out in Japan in 1990) Nintendo decided not to release 2 domestically, apparently believing it would not sell well in America. Square then decided not to bring over FF3 either. The lag between U.S. and Japanese releases certainly played a factor in these decisions; the SNES was released about a year after FF1 came to America. Additionally, this was a time when Square was small and did not have resources to translate many titles on its own. U.S. fans did not forget Final Fantasy though and eventually did get a “Final Fantasy 2,” published by NOA in November 1991. FF2 was an ear
