Editing Final Fantasy II (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = PSP: 65%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/psp/937910-final-fantasy-ii/index.html |title=Final Fantasy II for PSP |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030063715/http://www.gamerankings.com/psp/937910-final-fantasy-ii/index.html |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| MC = PSP: 63/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=psp |title=Final Fantasy II for PSP Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=June 9, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029153423/http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/final-fantasy-ii |archive-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref><br />iOS: 73/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=Final Fantasy II for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118001742/http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/final-fantasy-ii |archive-date=November 18, 2015}}</ref><br />PC: 77/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-ii-pixel-remaster/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref>
| Fam = Famicom: 35/40<ref name="geimin"/><br />WonderSwan: 30/40<ref name="Famitsu915"/><br />PS: 27/40<ref>{{cite magazine|title=ファイナルファンタジーII (PS) |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2549 |access-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041551/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2549 |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GSpot = PSP: 6/10<ref name="GSPSPreview"/>
| GSpy = PSP: {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="GSpy"/>
| IGN = PSP: 6.1/10<ref name="IGNPSPreview"/><br />iOS: 6.8/10<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy II Review: The one where Cid shows up |website=IGN |author=Levi Buchanan |date=February 25, 2010 |url=http://ign.com/articles/2010/02/25/final-fantasy-ii-review-2 |access-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112133305/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/25/final-fantasy-ii-review-2 |archive-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref>
| TA = iOS: {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2010/02/24/final-fantasy-and-final-fantasy-ii-excellent-ports-of-rpg-classics/ |title='Final Fantasy' and 'Final Fantasy II' – Excellent Ports of RPG Classics |last=Hodapp |first=Eli |website=[[TouchArcade]] |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141952/https://toucharcade.com/2010/02/24/final-fantasy-and-final-fantasy-ii-excellent-ports-of-rpg-classics/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />iOS (''Pixel Remaster''): {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2021/07/30/final-fantasy-2-pixel-remaster-iphone-ipad-android-review/ |title='Final Fantasy II' Pixel Remaster Review – The Emperor Strikes Back |last=Musgrave |first=Shaun |website=[[TouchArcade]] |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730163106/https://toucharcade.com/2021/07/30/final-fantasy-2-pixel-remaster-iphone-ipad-android-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| award1Pub = ''[[Famitsu|Famicom Tsūshin]]'' (1989)
| award1 = Best Scenario<ref name=Famitsu1989/>
}}

According to Square's publicity department, the original Famicom release sold 800,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Final Fantasy III|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=63|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=October 1994|page=172}}</ref> As of March 2003, the game, including all re-releases at the time, had shipped 1.28 million copies worldwide, with 1.08 million of those copies being shipped in Japan and 200,000 abroad.<ref name="2003sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/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=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109063558/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> Despite having only been released in June of that year, as of September 2007 the PlayStation Portable version had shipped 90,000 copies in Japan and 70,000 in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=FY2007 First-Half Period Results Briefing Session |date=November 19, 2007 |url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/20071119en_20.pdf |work=Square-Enix.com |access-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083039/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/20071119en_20.pdf |archive-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> Despite these high sales, the game had sold the fewest copies of any of the first ten main games in the ''Final Fantasy'' series.<ref name="2003sales"/>

Upon release, ''[[Famitsu|Famicom Tsūshin]]'' (now ''Famitsu'') gave the original Famicom version a score of 35 out of 40, based on a panel of four reviewers giving it ratings of 9, 9, 9 and 8 out of 10. This made it one of their three highest-rated games of 1988, along with ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' (which scored 38/40) and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (which scored 35/40). It was also one of the magazine's five highest-rated games up until 1988, along with ''[[Dragon Quest II]]'' (which scored 38/40) and ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' (which scored 36/40).<ref name="geimin">{{cite web|title=Famitsu Hall of Fame |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/ |work=Geimin |access-date=February 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204020438/http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review |archive-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref> The 1989 "All Soft Catalog" issue of ''Famicom Tsūshin'' included ''Final Fantasy II'' in its list of the [[List of video games considered the best|best games of all time]], giving it the Best Scenario [[List of Game of the Year awards|award]].<ref name=Famitsu1989>{{citation|magazine=[[Famitsu|Famicom Tsūshin]]|issue=All Soft Catalog '89|year=1989|title=Best Scenario Award: Final Fantasy II}}</ref> Retrospectively, [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]] described the stat-building system as an "Innovation", noting that "computer RPGs took the "level" system wholesale from [[Role-playing game|tabletop role-playing games]] and made it a genre staple, but ''FF2'' eliminated levels altogether", but that what "sounds novel at first wound up being a huge mess".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Innovation of Final Fantasy – Hits and Misses |publisher=[[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]] |author=G4 Staff |date=March 16, 2012 |url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/721825/the-innovation-of-final-fantasy-hits-and-misses/ |access-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112133953/http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/721825/the-innovation-of-final-fantasy-hits-and-misses/ |archive-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref>

The game's re-releases have been more heavily reviewed. ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine scored the WonderSwan version of the game a 30 out of 40,<ref name="Famitsu915">''ワンダースワン – ファイナルファンタジーII''. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.112. June 30, 2006.</ref> and [[GameSpot]] noted the ''Dawn of Souls''{{'}} mostly outdated graphics but praised its length and bonus content.<ref name="spot">{{cite web |last=Massimilla|first=Bethany |date = November 29, 2004| title=Final Fantasy 1 & 2:Dawn of Souls| website=[[GameSpot]]| url=http://www.gamespot.com/final-fantasy-iii/reviews/final-fantasy-i-and-ii-dawn-of-souls-review-6114260/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026142452/http://www.gamespot.com/final-fantasy-iii/reviews/final-fantasy-i-and-ii-dawn-of-souls-review-6114260/| archive-date=October 26, 2012| access-date=August 31, 2006}}</ref> [[IGN]] noted the great improvement in the translation of the story over ''Final Fantasy I'' and the addition of later ''Final Fantasy'' features, such as being able to save anywhere in the overworld map without a tent or cabin.<ref name="revIGN">{{cite web|author=Dunham, Jeremy |date=November 30, 2004 |title=Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls |website=IGN |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/30/final-fantasy-i-ii-dawn-of-souls |access-date=August 31, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917024836/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/30/final-fantasy-i-ii-dawn-of-souls |archive-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> The ''Dawn of Souls'' release was named the IGN Game Boy "Game of the Month" for March 2004, and the package was rated 76th in ''[[Nintendo Power]]''{{'}}s Top 200 Games list.<ref>{{cite web|author=IGN Staff |date=November 30, 2004 |title=GBA Game of the Month: November 2004 |website=IGN |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/01/gba-game-of-the-month-november-2004 |access-date=September 3, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009054705/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/01/gba-game-of-the-month-november-2004 |archive-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |first=Pete |last=Michaud |date=January 2006| title=NP Top 200 |volume=199 |pages=42–43}}</ref> The dialogue system was thought to be time consuming and stilted, but was still a milestone for interactivity. The story was considered to be much more involved and deep than the first ''Final Fantasy'', as it involved romance and the death of characters. The game's plot was thought by some reviewers to mirror elements of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' in its use of an orphan joining a rebellion against an empire that was building a massive ship, with a captive princess inside.<ref name="FFII"/> [[GameSpy]] praised the addition of the ability to save the game at any time, calling the feature crucial for a game on a [[handheld game console]], and in contrast to [[GameSpot]], praised the graphics, saying that while they were primitive, they were "well-suited" to the Game Boy Advance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/final-fantasy-gba-rumored/569939p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222912/http://uk.gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/final-fantasy-gba-rumored/569939p1.html|archive-date=October 4, 2013|title=Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls|last=Vassar|first=Darryl|date=December 1, 2004|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref>

The PSP version was met with generally average reviews. GameSpot described the "more intriguing" story and "key words" system as "notable" in "the evolution of the series and genre" but called the level up system "chaotic" and noted that unlike previous versions, this was shipped without a version of ''Final Fantasy I''.<ref name="GSPSPreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/final-fantasy-ii-anniversary-edition/reviews/final-fantasy-ii-anniversary-edition-review-6176175/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105020234/http://www.gamespot.com/final-fantasy-ii-anniversary-edition/reviews/final-fantasy-ii-anniversary-edition-review-6176175/|archive-date=November 5, 2012|title=Final Fantasy II Review|last=VanOrd|first=Kevin|date=August 3, 2007|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=November 25, 2009}}</ref> IGN described the "dialogue and story" as "much more interesting than" its predecessor and the "proficiency system not unlike what's found in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''" as a "semi-innovation" for its time, but also complained about the gameplay.<ref name="IGNPSPreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/26/final-fantasy-ii-review-3 |title=Final Fantasy II Review |last=Dunham |first=Jeremy |date=July 26, 2007 |website=IGN |access-date=November 25, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210032118/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/26/final-fantasy-ii-review-3 |archive-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Both sources praised the graphics, however.<ref name="GSPSPreview"/><ref name="IGNPSPreview"/> GameSpy, while echoing similar complaints about the "quirky and sometimes confusing" leveling system and praises for the graphics, also applauded the supposed decrease in difficulty of the game, which in the reviewers' opinion eliminated the necessity to abuse the leveling system in order to progress in the game as the player had to do in the original game.<ref name="GSpy">{{cite web|url=http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/final-fantasy-ii/808381p1.html |title=Final Fantasy II |last=Graziani |first=Gabe |date=July 26, 2007 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=December 2, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716181544/http://uk.psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/final-fantasy-ii/808381p1.html |archive-date=July 16, 2008}}</ref>