Final Fantasy Number Order Outside Of Japan

[TribalSage]

I've had a lot of conversations with people about Final Fantasy games over the years. Some whom have been confused about the actual order of the titles due to the listing of the original SNES console versions so I figured I would post to hopefully make it a little less confusing.

This is Final Fantasy II on the Super Nintendo. The real Final Fantasy II didn't get released in North America till Final Fantasy Origins on the Playstation in 2003, which consisted of both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II.

The same thing happened with Final Fantasy III on the Super Nintendo, which is actually Final Fantasy VI. The real Final Fantasy III wasn't released in North America till 2006 on the Nintendo DS as a 3D Remake.

If you were a little confused I hope this helped shine some light on things. Have a great day everyone :)

[Melodia]

It's crazy that in 2021 anyone is confused by this.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

^ Exactly.

[Kapika96]

*in America.

In Europe the number order is the same as Japan.

[Devsman]

This is a major pet peeve of mine, tbh.

Shinobi
Shadow Dancer
The Revenge of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
The Cyber Shinobi
The GG Shinobi
The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Shinobi Legions
Shinobi
Nightshade
Shinobi 3D

Now, I'm not saying you necessarily have to number them all. In fact, I kind of like tailoring the title for the game rather than necessarily keeping the branding, like with Shadow Dancer and Nightshade. But if your eighth game is *thing* 3, and there is no *thing* 2, you screwed up worse than I would have thought possible. Bonus points for also having two games with exactly the same title.

[TribalSage]

Originally posted by Kapika96:

*in America.

In Europe the number order is the same as Japan.

America had the launch of Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III for the SNES back in 1991. Europe didn't receive the games till the Playstation versions in 2002, which were properly labeled. So most people in Europe who managed to get an SNES version back in the day before the PS release knew the games as Final Fantasy II and III as well.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Kapika96:

*in America.

In Europe the number order is the same as Japan.

In America the order is tha same as Japan too.

[TribalSage]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Originally posted by Kapika96:

*in America.

In Europe the number order is the same as Japan.

In America the order is tha same as Japan too.

Obviously it's the same order now and has been for awhile. The thread is addressing the original SNES versions many years before they were properly numbered correctly. Reading is fundamental.

[Xbob42]

Originally posted by Kapika96:

*in America.

In Europe the number order is the same as Japan.

Super Famicom/SNES
JP: July 19, 1991
JP: October 19, 1991 (Easy Type)
NA: November 23, 1991
PlayStation
JP: March 21, 1997
NA: June 29, 2001
EU: February 27, 2002

By the time it was released in Europe for the first time it was already corrected in NA.

The numbering scheme was corrected upon the release of FF7, so in America, since we missed three FF games initially (2, 3 and 5), it went "1, 2, 3, 7" which if you didn't know better was a little confusing, moreso when we realized our 2 and 3 were in fact 4 and 6.