Editing Final Fantasy II (section)

{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{For|the North American release of the 1991 Super NES game|Final Fantasy IV}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Final Fantasy II
| image = Ff2cover.jpg{{!}}border
| caption = Cover art featuring main protagonist [[#Characters|Firion]]
| developer = [[Square (video game company)|Square]]
| publisher = Square
| director = [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]]
| producer = [[Masashi Miyamoto|Masafumi Miyamoto]]
| designer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hiromichi Tanaka]]
* [[Akitoshi Kawazu]]
* [[Koichi Ishii]]
}}
| programmer = [[Nasir Gebelli]]
| artist = [[Yoshitaka Amano]]
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* Hironobu Sakaguchi<ref name="famitsusakaguchi" />
* [[Kenji Terada]]
}}
| composer = [[Nobuo Uematsu]]
| series = ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
| platforms = {{collapsible list|title=[[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]]|
{{Plainlist|
* [[WonderSwan|WonderSwan Color]]
* [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
* [[Game Boy Advance]]
* [[i-mode]]
* [[EZweb]]
* [[PlayStation Portable]]
* [[iOS]]
* [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
* [[Windows]]
* [[Nintendo Switch]]
* [[PlayStation 4]]
* [[Xbox Series X/S]]
}}}}
| released = {{collapsible list|title=December 17, 1988<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Final Fantasy VII: In the Beginning... |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=93|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=April 1997|page=72}}</ref>|
{{Plainlist|
* '''Famicom'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|December 17, 1988}}
* '''WonderSwan Color'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|May 3, 2001}}
* '''PlayStation'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|October 31, 2002|EU|March 14, 2003|NA|April 8, 2003}}
* '''Game Boy Advance'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|July 29, 2004|AU|November 18, 2004|NA|November 29, 2004|EU|December 3, 2004}}
* '''i-mode'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|February 4, 2005}}
* '''EZweb'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|December 15, 2005}}
* '''Yahoo!'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|December 1, 2006}}
* '''PlayStation Portable'''
* {{vgrelease|JP|June 7, 2007|NA|July 24, 2007|EU|February 8, 2008}}
* '''iOS'''
* {{vgrelease|WW|February 25, 2010}}
* '''Android'''
* {{vgrelease|WW|December 21, 2012}}
* '''''Pixel Remaster'''''
* '''Android, iOS, Windows'''
* {{Video game release|WW|July 28, 2021<ref>{{cite web |last=Diaz |first=Ana |date=June 30, 2021 |url=https://www.polygon.com/22557810/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-pixel-remake-steam |title=Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster's first three games come to PC and mobile in July |publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630213604/https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22557810/square-enix-retro-final-fantasy-pixel-remake-steam |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
* '''Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4'''
* {{Video game release|WW|April 19, 2023}}'''Xbox Series X/S'''{{vgrelease|WW|September 26, 2024}}
}}}}
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Final Fantasy II'''''|ファイナルファンタジーII|Fainaru Fantajī Tsū|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha <!-- See [[WP:JFN]] -->}} is a 1988 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)|Square]] for the [[Family Computer]] as the second installment of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. Like other ''Final Fantasy'' sequels, the game is set in its own world, and does not follow its predecessor's story. The game's story follows Firion, Maria, and Guy, three youths who join the resistance against the empire of Palamecia after their parents were killed during an invasion. ''Final Fantasy II'' introduced many elements that would later become staples of the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, including [[chocobo]]s and the recurring character [[Cid (Final Fantasy)|Cid]]. It also eliminated the traditional [[experience point]] leveling system of the previous and later games in the series, instead introducing an [[Experience point#Activity-based progression|activity-based progression]] system where the characters' statistics increase according to how they are used or acquired; the progression system later became a staple of the ''[[SaGa]]'' series of role-playing games.

Upon its release, ''Final Fantasy II'' received highly positive reviews in Japan; retrospective reviews have noted the game as having a stronger story than ''Final Fantasy'', but have described it as among the most divisive entries in the series due to its progression system. Although it was intended to have a North American release in 1990 as '''''Final Fantasy II: Dark Shadow Over Palaki''''', Square ultimately decided to release ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''{{Efn|Initially released in North America as '''''Final Fantasy II'''''.}} instead. ''Final Fantasy'' has received [[video game remake|enhanced remakes]] on numerous consoles, including the [[WonderSwan|WonderSwan Color]], the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], the [[Game Boy Advance]], and the [[PlayStation Portable]], as well as mobile devices and personal computers; it was re-released in 2021 as part of the ''[[Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster]]'' series. The game has sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide.