Wes's take — coming soonPlayed? Beaten? 100%? Rating, tier and a Pocket log line will live here.

Instruction booklet · October 1994

Final Fantasy III

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure1 playerNot rated

The story

Final Fantasy VI is the sixth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Square. It was the final title in the series to feature two-dimensional graphics, and the first story that did not revolve around crystals.

Specifications

Released: October 1994
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square
Players: 1
Genre: Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
Rating: Not rated
Series: Final Fantasy
Themes: Fantasy
View: Bird view / Isometric · Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · four reviewers

Famitsu · four reviewers

Players: 90/100 (770 ratings)
Edge: 8/10
Game Informer: 9.5/10

BE KIND, REWINDOctober 1994

#1 song

I'll Make Love to YouBoyz II Men

#1 albumIIBoyz II Men

Admit one · #1 movie

The Specialist$14,317,765 weekend

Vol. 4 · No. 164Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of October 7, 1994

Oct. 12

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen found DreamWorks Pictures.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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