Final Fantasy III

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Final Fantasy III
Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square
Release date(s)	April 27, 1990
Genre(s)	Role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Famicom, Virtual Console
Preceded by	Final Fantasy II
Followed by	Final Fantasy IV
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Final Fantasy III is the third game in the popular Final Fantasy series. Originally for the Famicom, Final Fantasy III was never released in the US. Its [Nintendo DS] remake, though, has been ported to the US.

[edit] Plot Overview

Four kids fall into a pit, and end up in a cave. They find a large blue crystal, the Wind Crystal, at one room in the cave, and are attacked by a Land Turtle, the first boss. After a bit of adventuring, they find that all of the crystals are being attacked by a person named Xande, who wants to throw the world into darkness. The group eventually fights Xande in the Syrcus Tower. They then meet the Cloud of Darkness, the final boss, who teleports them to the World of Darkness.

[edit] Gameplay

The system of gameplay in this game is largely similar to that of the original Final Fantasy. There's a world map, towns, and dungeons. Some slight errors with the battle system have been fixed since the two previous games, Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II. The main new feature in this game is the introdution of the Job Change System, a system that would be repeated in Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy Tactics. This system allows you to change the class, or job, of each of your four characters at almost any point in the game. There's a wide variety of jobs, each with their own special abilities. The characters only start with the job "Onion Knight," but gain other jobs each time they find a crystal. A bonus dungeon, Forbidden Land Eureka, will give the characters the two ultimate jobs, the Sage and the Ninja.