Final Fantasy VI: all version differences

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Version differences

• TitleSNES (NA)PS1

  In North America the SNES game was sold as Final Fantasy III because only two earlier entries had come out there; the PlayStation release returned to the original number VI.¹

• CensorshipSNES (NA)

  The US cartridge covers up several revealing sprites, such as the Siren and Lakshmi espers and some late-game enemies, and turns pubs into cafés, including in battle backgrounds.²

• TextSNES (NA)

  Ted Woolsey's localization had to follow Nintendo of America's content rules, so spells like Holy were renamed (Pearl) and violent lines were softened; Kefka's order to kill, for example, became "Go! Get them!".¹

• GameplaySNES (NA)

  The North American release removes the Japanese button-customization menu and the option to rename Swordtech, and reworks many menus to fit longer English item names; Gil is shown as GP.²

• GraphicsPS1

  The PlayStation port uses the original Japanese graphics in all regions, which undoes the SNES censorship, and brings back button customization.²

• ContentGBA

  Final Fantasy VI Advance adds four espers (Leviathan, Gilgamesh, Cactuar and Diabolos), the Dragons' Den dungeon with the Kaiser Dragon, the Soul Shrine battle gauntlet, new spells, a bestiary, a music player, bug fixes and a new English translation by Tom Slattery.¹

• GraphicsPixel Remaster

  The 2022 Pixel Remaster features sprites redrawn by Kazuko Shibuya and a rearranged soundtrack supervised by Nobuo Uematsu, with Opera House vocals in seven languages, but it leaves out the GBA bonus dungeons and espers.³

• GameplayPixel Remaster (Switch/PS4/Xbox)Pixel Remaster (PC/mobile v1.1.0)

  The console releases of the Pixel Remaster added an optional pixel font, CRT filters, a switch between the original and remastered soundtracks, EXP and gil multipliers and a way to turn off random encounters; the PC and mobile versions received these features in a 2024 update.³

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