Editing Final Fantasy II (section)

==Versions and re-releases==
''Final Fantasy II'' has been remade several times for different platforms, and has frequently been packaged with the first ''[[Final Fantasy (video game)|Final Fantasy]]'' in various collections. While all of these remakes retain the same basic story and battle mechanics, various tweaks have been made in different areas, including graphics, sound, and specific game elements.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Chronology of ''Final Fantasy II'' versions and remakes
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Release
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | System
! scope="col" | Developer
! scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 1988 || Japan || [[Family Computer]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || The original version.
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| ''Final Fantasy I・II'' || 1994 || Japan || [[Family Computer]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || A few graphical updates.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2001 || Japan || [[WonderSwan|WonderSwan Color]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || Background images in battle scenes, re-drawn sprites.
|-
| ''Final Fantasy Origins'' || 2002<br />2003<br />2003 || Japan<br />USA<br />EUR || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] || [[Tose Co., Ltd.|Tose]] || [[Square (video game company)|Squaresoft]] || All-new, more detailed graphics, remixed soundtrack, [[Full motion video|FMV sequences]], art galleries, memo save function.
|-
| ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'' || 2004 || Japan<br />USA<br />EUR || [[Game Boy Advance]] || [[Tose Co., Ltd.|Tose]] || [[Nintendo]] || Four additional dungeons, updated bestiary, a few tweaks.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2005<br />2006<br />2011 || Japan<br />Japan<br />USA || [[Mobile phone]] ||  || Square Enix<br />Namco Bandai Games || Superior to the 8-bit original but less advanced than recent ports.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2007<br />2007<br />2008 || Japan<br />USA<br />EUR || [[PlayStation Portable]] || [[Tose Co., Ltd.|Tose]] || [[Square Enix]] || Higher-resolution 2D graphics, FMV sequences, remixed soundtrack, bonus dungeons and script from ''Dawn of Souls''.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2009 || Japan || [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] ||  || [[Square Enix]] || Virtual Console release of the original Famicom version.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2009<br />2012 || Japan<br />USA || [[PlayStation Store]] [[Lists of PSone Classics|PSOne Classics]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square Co.]] ||  || PlayStation version was released as PSOne Classics.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2010 || worldwide || [[iOS]] || [[Square Enix]] || [[Square Enix]] || Based on the PSP version.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2011 || Japan<br />EUR || [[PlayStation Store]] [[List of downloadable PSP games|downloadable PSP games]] || [[Square Enix]] ||  || PlayStation Portable version was released as downloadable PSP game.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2012 || worldwide || [[Android (operating system)|Android]] || [[Matrix Software]] || [[Square Enix]] || Based on the iOS version.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2012 || Japan || [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] ||  || [[Square Enix]] || Virtual Console release of the original Famicom version.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2013 || Japan || [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] ||  || [[Square Enix]] || Virtual Console release of the original Famicom version.
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|''Final Fantasy I & II Advance'' || 2016 || Japan || [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] || [[Square (video game company)|Square]] || [[Square Enix]] || Virtual Console release of the GBA version.
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| ''Final Fantasy II'' || 2021, 2023, 2024 || worldwide || [[Android (operating system)|Android]]<br />[[iOS]]<br />[[Windows]] (via [[Steam (service)|Steam]])<br /> [[Nintendo Switch]]<br />[[PlayStation 4]], [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]]|| [[Square Enix]] || [[Square Enix]] || 2D remaster based on the original game.
|}

===Unreleased English version===
Following the successful North American release of the original ''Final Fantasy'' by Nintendo in 1990, [[Square Soft]], Square's North American subsidiary, began work on an English language [[Internationalization and localization|localization]] of ''Final Fantasy II'', to be called ''Final Fantasy II: Dark Shadow Over Palakia''. Assigned to the project was Kaoru Moriyama, whose later work included script translations for ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' and ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' (known as ''Seiken Densetsu 2'' in Japan). Although a [[beta version]] was produced, and the game was advertised in several Square Soft trade publications, the long development time, the age of the original Japanese game and the arrival of the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], the NES's successor [[video game console|console]], led Square Soft to cancel work on the ''Final Fantasy II'' localization in favor of the recently released ''Final Fantasy IV'' (which, to avoid confusing North American players, was retitled ''Final Fantasy II'').<ref name="FFII"/><ref name="Cancelled">{{cite web|author=Collette, Chris |title=Spotlight: Final Fantasy II |url=http://www.lostlevels.org/200312/200312-ffan2.shtml |publisher=LostLevels.org |access-date=August 25, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902172158/http://www.lostlevels.org/200312/200312-ffan2.shtml |archive-date=September 2, 2006}}</ref>

Although a prototype cartridge of the English NES ''Final Fantasy II'' was produced, the project was, by Moriyama's own admission, still far from complete: "We had so very limited memory capacity we could use for each game, and it was never really "translating" but chopping up the information and cramming them back in... [Additionally] our boss had no understanding in putting in extra work for the English version at that time".<ref name="Cancelled"/> In 2003, when the game was finally released to English-speaking audiences as part of ''[[Final Fantasy (video game)#Versions and re-releases|Final Fantasy Origins]]'', it was released with new graphics, music, and a brand new translation under the supervision of Akira Kashiwagi. A [[fan translation]] of the original game was also created prior to the release of ''Origins'', and makes use of an original translation as the existence of the prototype cartridge was not common knowledge at the time.<ref name="Cancelled"/>

===Re-releases===
In addition to its original Famicom release, ''Final Fantasy II'' was re-released on the WonderSwan Color in 2001, and both singularly and as part of a collection with ''Final Fantasy I'' for the PlayStation in 2002. It was released on the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as part of ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'', on the [[PlayStation Portable]] in 2007, and for the Japanese [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] on June 16, 2009.<ref name="VCFF2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ff2/index.html |title=VC ファイナルファンタジーII |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |language=ja |access-date=November 30, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225121142/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ff2/index.html |archive-date=February 25, 2010}}</ref>

The ''Final Fantasy I•II'' collection included the original game with only minor changes. The WonderSwan Color remake of the game was first released on May 3, 2001, and later included as a bundle with a special ''Final Fantasy II'' edition of the console.<ref name="bundle">{{cite web |author=Wonderswan Gamer |date=January 19, 2006 |title=Final Fantasy II Boxset |url=http://www.wonderswan.co.uk/2006/01/final-fantasy-ii-boxset.html |publisher=Wonderswan Gaming |access-date=September 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106103809/http://www.wonderswan.co.uk/2006/01/final-fantasy-ii-boxset.html |archive-date=January 6, 2007}}</ref> It included completely redone graphics in the manner of the 16-bit generation ''Final Fantasy'' games and includes larger character sprites, remixed music by [[Tsuyoshi Sekito]], and full graphical backgrounds in battle mode.<ref name="Buttons">{{cite web | author=fastbill1 | title=Final Fantasy II | url=http://import.portablereview.com/review211.html | publisher=PortableReview.com | access-date=September 4, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225054434/http://import.portablereview.com/review211.html | archive-date=December 25, 2007}}</ref> The PlayStation version featured even more graphical updates over the WonderSwan version, and the soundtrack was again remixed by Tsuyoshi Sekito to a higher quality so as to utilise the audio capabilities of the PlayStation. Sekito also composed a few new tracks to be used in the new [[cutscene]]s. It was published both individually (in Japan only) and alongside ''Final Fantasy I'' in a collection entitled ''Final Fantasy Origins'' (or ''Final Fantasy I+II Premium Collection'' in Japan); this was the first release of the game outside Japan.<ref>{{cite web|author=Triche, Stephen |title=Final Fantasy Origins |publisher=gamevortex.com |year=2002 |url=http://www.psillustrated.com/psillustrated/soft_rev.php/1283/final-fantasy-origins-playstation.html |access-date=March 8, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102194012/http://www.psillustrated.com/psillustrated/soft_rev.php/1283/final-fantasy-origins-playstation.html |archive-date=November 2, 2010}}</ref> The port was re-released as part of the ''Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box'' package in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andriasang.com/con2j5/ff_ultimate_box_game_list/ |title=Full Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box Game List |publisher=Andriasang |author=Gantayat, Anoop |date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060243/http://andriasang.com/con2j5/ff_ultimate_box_game_list/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref>

[[Image:Final Fantasy II GBA.png|thumb|A typical battle scene from the ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'' remake]]

''Final Fantasy II'' was again released in a new format in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance as part of ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls''. The primary change for this version was the addition of a bonus storyline entitled ''Soul of Rebirth'' accessible to the player after completing the game.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gantayat, Anoop |date=July 2, 2004 |title=Final Fantasy Pushed Back |website=IGN |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/02/final-fantasy-pushed-back |access-date=September 3, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009054756/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/02/final-fantasy-pushed-back |archive-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref> In 2005 and 2006, Square Enix released a version of ''Final Fantasy II'' for three Japanese [[mobile phone]] networks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20050204/ff2.htm |title=スクウェア・エニックス、iモード「ファイナルファンタジーII」を「P901i」にプリインストール。配信版も2月下旬登場 |website=GAME Watch |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128235601/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20050204/ff2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051215/ff2.htm |title=スクウェア・エニックス、iモードに続いてEZwebでも「ファイナルファンタジーII」を配信 |website=GAME Watch |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413010153/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051215/ff2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0609/19/news107.html |title=ドラクエ2やFF2など、ソフトバンク端末向けアプリ投入──スクウェア・エニックス |website=ITmedia Mobile |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806002513/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0609/19/news107.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To celebrate the ''Final Fantasy'' series' 20th anniversary, the game was released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/02/06/103,1170729727,66700,0,0.html |title=Final Fantasy for PSP |publisher=[[Famitsu]] |access-date=March 20, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401192028/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2007/02/06/103%2C1170729727%2C66700%2C0%2C0.html |archive-date=April 1, 2007}}</ref> The remake features improved graphics, the cutscenes and soundtrack from ''Final Fantasy Origins'', and the bonus quest and dungeons from ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls''. It additionally includes four new dungeons in which more character-specific equipment can be found, alongside powerful enemies and two new bosses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Square-Enix to remake FF I and II for anniversary |website=IGN |date=January 17, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/more-final-fantasy-updates-set-for-psp |access-date=January 18, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009054911/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/more-final-fantasy-updates-set-for-psp |archive-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref> The release for the Japanese Virtual Console  for the Wii on June 16, 2009, for the Wii U on December 11, 2013, and for the Nintendo 3DS on February 12, 2014, is identical to the original Famicom release, incorporating none of the updates of the later versions.<ref name="VCFF2"/> On February 25, 2010, Square Enix released a port of the PSP version modified with touchscreen controls for the iOS platform.<ref name="IPHONErelease">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-02/25/final-fantasy-now-available-on-iphone.aspx |title=Final Fantasy now available on iPhone |date=February 25, 2010 |last=Lanxon |first=Nate |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227012346/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-02/25/final-fantasy-now-available-on-iphone.aspx|archive-date=February 27, 2010}}</ref>  Following this, a touchscreen port was brought to Android in 2012 through the Google Play store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.finalfantasy2 |title=FINAL FANTASY II – Android Apps on Google Play |author=SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. |work=google.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105023120/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.finalfantasy2 |archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref>