Editing Final Fantasy III (section)

==Reception==
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{{Video game reviews
| MC = PC (''Pixel Remaster''): 79/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209063917/https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Fam = FC: 9/10, 9/10, 10/10, 8/10<ref name="famitsu review">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Famitsu|Biweekly Famicom Tsūshin]]|issue=100|date=May 11, 1990|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]] | page=16 | language=Japanese | title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー|trans-title=New Game Cross-Review}}</ref>
| HCG = 8/10 (''Pixel Remaster'')<ref name="HCG">{{Cite web|url=https://hardcoregamer.com/reviews/review-final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/407720/|title=Review: Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster|date=July 28, 2021|first=Chris|last=Shrive|publisher=Hardcore Gamer|access-date=December 26, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227025511/https://hardcoregamer.com/reviews/review-final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/407720/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
| TA = iOS (''Pixel Remaster''): {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2021/08/03/final-fantasy-3-pixel-remaster-review-iphone-ipad-android/ |title='Final Fantasy III' Pixel Remaster Review – Slicing Onions Make Me Weep With Joy |last=Musgrave |first=Shaun |date=August 3, 2021 |website=[[TouchArcade]] |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805091705/https://toucharcade.com/2021/08/03/final-fantasy-3-pixel-remaster-review-iphone-ipad-android/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| RPGFan = 8/10 (''Pixel Remaster'')<ref name=RPGFan>{{cite web|first=Zach|last=Wilkerson|date=July 30, 2021|title=Final Fantasy III (Pixel Remaster)|url=https://www.rpgfan.com/review/final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/|work=RPG Fan|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227025525/https://www.rpgfan.com/review/final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster/|url-status=live}}</ref> 	
| rev2 = ''Siliconera''
| rev2Score = 7/10 (''Pixel Remaster'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/review-final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster-is-a-piece-of-history/|title=Review: Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is a Piece of History|first=Jenni|last=Lada|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227025515/https://www.siliconera.com/review-final-fantasy-iii-pixel-remaster-is-a-piece-of-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''RPGSite''
| rev1Score = 7/10 (''Pixel Remaster'')<ref name="RPGSite">{{cite web|first=Scott|last=White|date=July 28, 2021|title=Final Fantasy 1-3 Pixel Remaster Review|url=https://www.rpgsite.net/review/11523--final-fantasy-1-3-pixel-remaster-review|work=RPG Site|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108042022/https://www.rpgsite.net/review/11523--final-fantasy-1-3-pixel-remaster-review|url-status=live}}</ref> 
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Upon release, the four reviewers in ''Famicom Tsūshin'' (now ''[[Famitsu]]'') with two reviewers praising the job system as fun, while one stated that it was "a bit of a hassle, but you get used to it."<ref name="famitsu review" /> One reviewer compared the game to ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' (1990), saying some parts of ''Final Fantasy III'' surprass it.<ref name="famitsu review" />

In ''Famicom Tsūshin''{{'}}s 1990 [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]] awards, ''Final Fantasy III'' was voted the runner-up for the Grand Prize, with 37,101 points, behind ''Dragon Quest IV''.<ref>{{citation|magazine=[[Famitsu|Famicom Tsūshin]] |year=1990 |title=Best Games of 1990 |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/OccmuafYtzc |access-date=January 9, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20110122130054/https://groups.google.com/forum/ |archive-date=January 22, 2011}}</ref> In 2006, readers of the Japanese gaming magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'' voted the original ''Final Fantasy III'' the eighth [[List of video games considered the best|best video game of all-time]], above ''Dragon Quest IV''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Carless |first=Simon |title=Famitsu Reveals Top 100 Reader-Voted Games of All Time |website=[[Gamasutra]] |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/famitsu-reveals-top-100-reader-voted-games-of-all-time |date=March 3, 2006 |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624124427/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8378 |archive-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref> As of March 2003, the original Famicom game had shipped 1.4 million copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.square-enix.com/jp/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf#page=27 |title=Titles of game software with worldwide shipments exceeding 1 million copies |date=February 9, 2004 |access-date=March 1, 2008 |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |page=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213144948/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf |archive-date=February 13, 2012}}</ref>