FINAL FANTASY V · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 1992-12-06
- User rating
- 4.06 / 5
- Genres
- RPG
- Platforms
- PC, iOS, Android, Game Boy Advance, SNES
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
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Game details · IGDB
Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom (known internationally as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System). It has been ported with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. An original video animation produced in 1994 called FINAL FANTASY: Legend of the Crystals serves as a sequel to the events depicted in the game. It was released for the PlayStation Network on April 6, 2011, in Japan. An enhanced po…
- Released
- 1992
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- Wii, Super Famicom
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Developer
- Square
- Publisher
- Square Enix, Square
Key facts
- Developer
- Square
- Publishers
- Square Super Famicom JP : Square PlayStation JP : Square NA : Square Electronic Arts EU : Sony Computer Entertainment Game Boy Advance JP : Square Enix WW : Nintendo iOS , Android , Windows , PS4 , Switch WW : Square Enix
- Director
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Designer
- Hiroyuki Ito
- Programmer
- Ken Narita
- Artists
- Yoshitaka Amano (promotional artworks), Kazuko Shibuya (character designs, pixel art)
- Writers
- Hironobu Sakaguchi Yoshinori Kitase
- Composer
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Platform
- Super Famicom PlayStation Game Boy Advance iOS Android Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox Series X/S
- Genre
- Role-playing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Final Fantasy V is a 1992 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fifth main installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game begins as a wanderer named Bartz investigates a fallen meteor. There, he encounters several characters, one of whom reveals the danger facing the four Crystals that control the world's elements. These Crystals act as a seal on Exdeath, an evil sorcerer. Bartz and his party must keep the Crystals from being exploited by Exdeath's influence and prevent his resurgence.
It has been ported with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. An original video animation produced in 1994 called Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals serves as a sequel to the events depicted in the game. It was released for the PlayStation Network on April 6, 2011, in Japan. An enhanced port of the game, with new high-resolution graphics and a touch-based interface, was released for iPhone and iPad on March 28, 2013, for Android on September 25 the same year and for Windows on September 24, 2015. A more enhanced re-release of the game as part of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series, was released on November 10, 2021 for Android, iOS, and Windows, for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 19, 2023, and for Xbox Series X/S on September 26, 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Final Fantasy V” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.