Nintendo, VC Final Fantasy II

Cite as: Nintendo, VC Final Fantasy II
Original: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ff2/vc_ff2_01.html
sha256: ed48a5a69adf5c9c99f1afc80cf78b7fadf7fddd9fe5932cafc86fc0288635c7
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20090614202712id_/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ff2/vc_ff2_01.html
Accessed: 2026-10-23
Licence: © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Credit: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Notes: Nintendo's Japanese Virtual Console page for the Famicom release. The capture is dated 14 June 2009, two days before the VC release (16 June 2009). The page gives the Famicom release date as 1988年12月17日 and describes the growth system: no experience points or levels, with parameters and skill levels changing according to battle actions. Text is Shift_JIS; the archived copy is the raw page.

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Final Fantasy II came out for the Famicom in Japan on 17 December 1988.	`first paragraph`	Publisher
Nintendo calls Final Fantasy II the second game of the Final Fantasy series.	`first paragraph`	Publisher
Four warriors set out to save a world that the Emperor of Palamecia is bringing under his rule; Nintendo of America's press release calls them a band of orphans who lead a resistance against an evil empire.	`first paragraph`	Publisher
The party travels the world by vehicles such as ships and an airship.	`second section`	Publisher
Final Fantasy II has no character classes, experience points, or levels. The abilities a character uses are the ones that grow: each weapon type and spell has its own skill level, which rises the more it is used, and its power with it.	`growth section`	Manual
A character's stats change with what they do in battle, not with the number of battles: fighting with a weapon raises Strength, and casting spells raises Intelligence or Spirit.	`growth section`	Manual