| Final Fantasy II | |
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| Developer(s) | Square |
| Publisher(s) | Square, Square Enix |
| Year released | 1988 |
| System(s) | NES, WonderSwan Color, Wii |
| Preceded by | Final Fantasy |
| Followed by | Final Fantasy III |
| Series | Final Fantasy |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
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| Players | 1 |
| Modes | Single player |
| Rating(s) |  |
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| Twitch | Final Fantasy II Channel |
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- For the North American SNES game, see Final Fantasy IV.
Final Fantasy II (ファイナルファンタジーII Fainaru Fantajī Tsū?) is a fantasy RPG developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) in 1988 for the Famicom as the second installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, the Sony PlayStation, the Game Boy Advance, the PSP, and multiple mobile and smartphone types. As neither this game nor Final Fantasy III were initially released outside of Japan, Final Fantasy IV was originally released in North America as Final Fantasy II, so as not to confuse players. The most recent releases of the game are enhanced versions for the iOS and Android, which were released worldwide in 2010 and 2012, respectively.
The game's story centers on four youths whose parents were killed during an army invasion by the empire of Palamecia, who are using hellspawn to conquer the world. Three of the four main characters join a rebellion against the empire, embarking on missions to gain new magic and weapons, destroy enemy superweapons, and rescue leading members of the resistance. The Game Boy Advance remake adds a bonus story after the game is completed.
Final Fantasy II introduced many elements that would later become staples of the Final Fantasy franchise, including chocobos and the recurring character Cid. It also eliminated the traditional experience point leveling system of the previous and later games in the series, instead introducing an activity-based progression system where the characters' statistics increase according to how they are used or acquired. Despite being a sequel to Final Fantasy, the game includes no characters or locations from the first game. Final Fantasy II received little attention at the time from non-Japanese reviewers, though its remakes have garnered favorable reviews.
Table of Contents
- Mission to Fynn
- Mission to Salamand with Minwu
- Mission to Bafsk with Minwu
- Mission to the Snow Cave with Josef
- Mission to the Dreadnought with Gordon
- Mission to Deist with Leila
- Mission to the Colosseum with Gordon
- Mission to Fynn Castle with Leila
- Mission to Mysidia with Leila
- Mission to the Mysidian Tower with Ricard
- Mission to the Cyclone with Ricard
- Mission to Palamecia with Ricard
- Mission to the Pandaemonium with Leon
editFinal Fantasy series
Final Fantasy · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · VIII · IX · X · XI · XII · XIII · XIV (A Realm Reborn) · XV · XVI
Direct sequels: IV: The After Years · X-2
Remakes: Final Fantasy VII Remake ·
FF7 Compilation: Before Crisis · Dirge of Cerberus · Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode · Crisis Core
FF12 Ivalice Alliance: Vagrant Story · Revenant Wings
Gaiden sub-series: The 4 Heroes of Light · Bravely Default · Bravely Second: End Layer · Bravely Default II
Legends: Dimensions · Dimensions II · Crystal of Dimensions
Brave Exvius: Brave Exvius · War of the Visions
Fighting games: Dissidia · Dissidia 012 [duodecim] · Dissidia NT
Rhythm games: Theatrhythm · Curtain Call
Others: Mystic Quest · Airborne Brigade · Explorers
Compilations: Final Fantasy I-II · I & II: Dawn of Souls · Origins · Chronicles · Anthology · IV: The Complete Collection
Crystal Chronicles · Tactics · Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII