The Best Version of Every Final Fantasy Game

<p>The granddaddy of them all, this 1987 last-ditch effort from Squaresoft took the world by storm and its progeny number in the dozens. First released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, it and the oft-forgotten second installment are often bundled together. There was a PlayStation re-release (a two-pack dubbed&nbsp;<em>Final Fantasy Origins</em>) that cleaned up some bugs and translation errors, but the definitive version is the 20th anniversary re-release that first saw the light of day on Sony&rsquo;s sadly forgotten first handheld, the PlayStation Portable (PSP). I&rsquo;d say that one, with its higher resolution and&nbsp;<em>gorgeous</em>&nbsp;redrawn sprites, takes the crown, but it&rsquo;s inexplicably never been released digitally in North America for the Vita (despite other regions having it), so here in the States, it&rsquo;s stuck on a defunct system. They&rsquo;re not quite as good, trading buttons and a D-pad for slightly fiddly software touch controls, but given that few people probably have a PSP sitting around, for ease of access&nbsp;<strong>the iOS/Android ports of the PSP version are probably your best bet</strong>. If you want to&nbsp;<em>really</em>&nbsp;go old-school, try to find yourself a NES Classic Mini; it&rsquo;s available in its OG form there. I have no nostalgia goggles regarding&nbsp;<em>Final Fantasy I</em>, so I can say booting it up in the NES Classic Mini and playing that original, unaltered version is an exercise in masochism in this, the year 2020. If you&rsquo;re gunning for a punishing challenge, it&rsquo;s the one you want, but&hellip;know what you&rsquo;re getting yourself into. Fun fact: There are actually semi-canonical names for the characters in&nbsp;<em>Final Fantasy</em>! Originating from the&nbsp;<em>Final Fantasy: Memory of Heroes</em>&nbsp;novelization, they are:&nbsp;<strong>Zest</strong>&nbsp;the Warrior,&nbsp;<strong>Sauber</strong>&nbsp;the Thief,&nbsp;<strong>Floe</strong>&nbsp;the White Mage and&nbsp;<strong>Daewoo</strong>&nbsp;the Black Mage.</p> <p><a href="https://mgolden.medium.com/the-best-version-of-every-final-fantasy-game-9150cbe125a9"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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