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What is your favorite Final Fantasy of the SNES era?

WARNING: Mature Strong Language involved. Introduction Theme Song: https://youtu.be/cAhyt2D9B3A. Tagline I: "...A Fantasy...Set...in Space..." Tagline II: "...Destination: The Milky Way, Location: Planet Earth, Mission: Relocation." Synopsis: "...It is the year 3020...over 1000 years ago, Humanity was forced to leave both Planet Earth and the Space Colonies orbiting around it, due to the sudden appearance of a very both strange and mysterious virus plague that the Humans dubbed, as the "Scream", for whoever was infected by the Scream would slowly turn mad and eventually, scream out in unbearable pain until finally, at last, they would simply...die out, one, by one... In order to save the future that are the next generations of Humanity, the Humans fled from their home-planet and their Space Colonies, boarding giant spacecrafts that they had made and they had called the "Titans", named in honour of old gods of their Planet's very ancient mythologies and you see, by using those said giant spaceships, Humanity had left behind their home system of The Milky Way and had traveled across all the way to various other systems, such, as The Horsehead Nebula and/or The Andromeda Galaxy for examples and had set up both new settlements and new Space Colonies there, knowing that Humanity was now free to begin Space exploration across other Planets and seek out new life, new civilizations, new cultures, basically new everything that they could add to their own history, however...Humanity still longs dreams of returning back to its own system, its own, home... Before Humanity had settled cozily into their new homes, there were those that did not take well to their sudden arrival and thus began the ancient "Settlement War", between the Humans themselves and all other "Alien" races, such, as the Human like beings, the "Space Elves", the Humanoid Lion like beings, the "Li" and finally, the Aquatic like beings, the "Aquarians", nicknamed the "Aquari" for short...the battles between the four intergalactic races was long and everlasting, until eventually, one battle where the Space Elves, the Li and the Aquari all banded together, as one despite past differences with one another, trying to drive Humanity back out of their home systems resulted in lots of tons upon tons of casualties, that battle was proclaimed, as the "Endgame", as it had served to finally end the war between the four races living in space and finally create among them a united colony of people that could potentially join hands with each other and help make their shared entire universe a better place... However...there were those among the Li who still did not agree with Humanity's presence among their kind and so they broke off into a rebellious warmongering faction, naming themselves the "True Believers", as they unlike everyone else do not "fall for the lies of Humanity", thus beginning a civil war between the peoples of the Li and an intended conquest over Humanity, this had led to one final war that is still currently ongoing to this day, it is known, as the "Bloodbath", the war has last for oh so very many years until eventually, it seemed like everything was about to come to a close at the Planet of "To", where here, a young Human upstart rising through the ranks rookie soldier by the name of "Ewan" without realizing has just started taking his very 1st step, into a larger world, a larger galaxy, some might even say...a larger "Fantasy"... Here start the Chronicles, of Humanity's Voyage home, back to their beloved Milky Way system and most especially, their Planet Earth...it has begun, the prophesied time of awakening, what we, of the secretive Moogle race believe to be...the "Final Fantasy", Kupo!" Main Theme Song: https://youtu.be/xSXr99WhxDo. Prologue: Planet To-Where War Ends and War Starts Again: "...Soldier...Soldier...SOLDIER EWAN! DO YOU COPY ME!?" "...Huh? wha? !? S-SORRY SIR! YES SIR! READ YOU, LOUD AND CLEAR!" "...Good! that is very good! your quick on the uptake, Soldier! now listen up you maggots! i ain't going to be responsible for what happens to you out there, right now we're facing our last stand against those Lion bastards, the Li and i will tell you now men, they will show no quarter, they will show no mercy, guys like you fledglings, they'll gobble you up and eat you for breakfast! now listen up, cause i won't be repeating myself again after this! ahem: The High Council of the Four Interplanetary Races-"Dumont" have assigned us dogs of the Human militaristic force-the mercenary task force squad "Zantetsuken" to clean up the messes of those Lion wimps, the Li by wiping out their renegade rebel faction, the "True Believers", as they call themselves...APPARENTLY, those ass wipes can't find it within their goddamn minds to accept us "Puny" and "Feeble" Humans without fangs, claws or manes just like they have so now, we're going to show those "Believers" just how "Puny" and "Feeble" we Humans really are! WE'RE going to show EVERYONE that we ain't just dogs to be used in battle both whenever and wherever the higher ups feel like sending us out towards at, no, we ain't just dogs...WE'RE WOLVES! AND WE BITE! YOU GOT THAT YOU LITTLE SHITS!?" "SIR YES SIR!" "I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" "SIR, COMMANDER CID, SIR!" "Right, now get your asses out there before i have to kick them, remember, we ain't doing all this for honour, guts or glory, none of that shit...what we're doing here, why we're doing this, is so we can get PAID! paid in cold-hard-cash, you feel me? DO YOU HEAR ME!?" "YES! COMMANDER CID SIR!" "Alright! that's what i want to hear now go out there and make papa bear Cid proud! don't come slouching back if you're dead or you haven't earned your pay, MOVE OUT! HOORAH!" "HOORAH!" "Zantetsuken...FORWARD MARCH! MOVE OUT!" "CHARGE!" "..." "Finally, a real mission i can get to prove myself on, don't you agree Ewan? ...uh, Ewan? hello? Earth to Ewan!" "...Earth...huh? W-WHA!?" "Come on Ewan! the fun's already started, everyone has already marched out ahead in front of us! come on! we can still catch up to them! let's show those Lion bastards what we're made of, huh, CHARGE!" "AH HEY! WAIT! ...tch! dammit...dammit all to hell! CHARGE!" "...It was the Planet To, it was rumoured that here would be located the True Believers' primary headquarters, in an effort to finally take them out both once and for all, the High Council of Dumont have sent in a group of mercenaries to sneak into their main base whilst the regular army that acts under the direct orders of the High Council will distract the Believers, giving the mercenary squad Zantetsuken enough time to plant bombs within the base, thereby blowing it sky high, it is intended...as a Kamikaze suicide mission where should any of the mercenaries survive, they will be bestowed with the highest of honours by the leaders of the High Council in person and will especially be rewarded handsomely, however, for Ewan, it was not about making money for himself, rather, making...a difference, he believes that by acting, as a Soldier can he help innocent lives avoid more bloodshed then they have already suffered and he can help himself make one step further to fulfilling his dream, what that dream is...i really don't know, Kupo!" (To be continued.).

FINAL FANTASY V is the 5th entry in the series and the final to be directed by series creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi. It was also the first to sell 2 million copies. It featured an all-star development team including Hiroyuki Ito, Yoshinori Kitase, Hideo Minaba and Nobuo Uematsu. The Super Famicom game was later ported to the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance before receiving a graphic overhaul for iOS & Android by Kazuko Shibuya and Matrix Software which was then later ported to PC. The story written by Sakaguchi & Kitase has its moments but does not appear to be an epic tale like IV or later entries. Ito finally took control of the game design for the first time and it shows with a very in-depth Job System for 1992 and the fast paced Active-Time-Battle System. Uematsu provides another classic score. The graphic overhaul by Shibuya and Matrix Software has been very controversial and not without reason. The game's graphics are clearly different to the original and while provide a higher resolution also lose some detail, particularly on the characters. I have not enjoyed the constant back tracking and getting the airship so early just makes things odd. The story isn't that amazing either to my disappointment. I'm also not big on Job System decisions playing such a crucial role in deciding outcomes of battle. If I've just lost a party member due to story reasons I don't want to be forced into using certain methods of completing a battle. As of a result of this game not being that great, the graphic overhaul and my massive backlog I have decided to put this game on indefinite hold. I really want a full remake of this game and VI outsourced similar to III and IV but at the same time Kitase & Ito are too busy with other projects and they're both needed to do them both right. 7/10

The Amazon Appstore versions of Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI have been updated with the following. Final Fantasy V Fire TV is now supported. Game data can now be saved to the cloud. Final Fantasy VI Fire TV is now supported.

Final Fantasy V, which sold over 2 million copies in Japan on the SNES is now available on Windows PC via Steam. This is a port of the iOS & Android versions of the game released in 2013. It features all the added content from the Game Boy Advance port. It also features new high definition graphics developed by Matrix Software with sprites designed by Kazuko Shibuya, who did the original game's artwork, new gameplay features such as eight-way movement and an auto-battle along with the usual music player & bestiary. Written by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the game's director and series creator with the legendary Yoshinori Kitase. Additionally, the legendary Hiroyuki Ito as designer with art by Hideo Minaba and Yoshitaka Amano and another classic score by Nobuo Uematsu. You can purchase it here.

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FINAL FANTASY V is of course the fifth entry in the series and was originally developed for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System by the team who made FINAL FANTASY IV, V and VI. It was later ported to the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance. A couple years ago Square Enix’s business division 9 released a HD remaster of the Game Boy Advance version for iOS & Android with help from Matrix Software. Expect a PC port soon. Pretty much everything text wise has been remade even the sprites by Kazuko Shibuya, one of the game’s original graphic designers. The backgrounds look great in HD on my tablet, in the most part the sprites look nice to me as someone who is playing this game for the very first time but I understand some people do not like the look of them. However they do look awkward at the times. So many times you’ll see them raise a hand for some odd reason, it’s kind of creepy. But overall, everything looks quite nice now in HD. The gameplay is fun, controls are great and the random encounter rate appears to have been lowered. There are some tough boss fights to be had as well. The Job System used in III has also been improved a great deal. It’s also a nice change to have the party consistent throughout the game unlike IV. The game’s story is quite good. Yoshinori Kitase’s events really stand out with their action but Hironobu Sakaguchi events are also very good with more emotion and humor to them. Strangely enough, there’s also quite a few sexual references in this game which honestly change things up from past entries. It’s definitely a very good story. The iOS and Android versions also support gamepads and cloud saving. It’s also available in a very large number of languages beyond the usual 4-7 languages. There's also lots of achievements to collect. Music and sound effects are very, very good. The music might be the best of the original six games but I'm not the best judge of that, haha. Thankfully there’s also an auto-battle feature which will assist greatly in grinding. The usual bestiary and music player is here. The content added in the Game Boy Advance port is also still here including the Tetsuya Nomura designed optional boss. This is a game FINAL FANTASY fans should play at some point. Unfortunately, there’s no definitive version and there’s very few versions. There’s a PSOne Classic but it’s known for saving issues and long loading times on top of the SNES quality graphics. The GBA port would be hard to find. It’s of course available in HD on iOS & Android and they're pretty good but of course not everyone wants to play a long game on their smartphone or tablet and some may not like the graphics. The iOS/Android version will most likely be ported to PC soon and there’s a good chance of a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita port down the line so you might want to hold off. Anyway, it’s a very good game. 7.9

I'm playing Final Fantasy V now I'd like a good walkthrough. Anyone know of one?

Square Enix has updated the iOS & Android versions of Final Fantasy V with the following. Game data can now be saved to the cloud. Use the cloud save option to commit all of your save data (including quicksaves) to a cloud server, enabling you to access it from other devices. Now you can load your saved games from any device at any time! Game pads are now supported. *Some gamepads may be incompatible. Support for the following languages has been added: - Russian - Portuguese - Thai

Square Enix have released the Android version of Final Fantasy V onto the Amazon Appstore. You can download it here. Final Fantasy V was released last year on the Apple App Store for iOS devices and Google Play Store for Android devices. This version of Final Fantasy V is a HD remaster of the Game Boy Advance port and was developed by Matrix Software, the same company who developed the 3D remakes of III & IV along with The After Years for mobile phones, WiiWare and also a spin-off game for DS. They would go on to develop a 3D remake of The After Years and a HD remaster of VI.