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THE LEGEND UNVEILED: FINAL FANTASY III SHIPS TO RETAILERS

Enix, Square and Inc. 2006. “THE LEGEND UNVEILED: FINAL FANTASY III SHIPS TO RETAILERS.” Square Enix North America press release, 15 November 2006. Square Enix, Inc.

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Square Enix, FFIII DS ship announcement
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http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2006/1115/
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https://web.archive.org/web/20061117151645id_/http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2006/1115/
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2026-10-23
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© Square Enix, Inc.
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Square Enix, Inc. The release carries a statement from Hiromichi Tanaka, director and executive producer of the Nintendo DS version.
Notes
Announcement dated 15 November 2006 that the DS remake had shipped to retailers across North America. It says the game had been released only in Japan for the Famicom in 1990, calls it the first Final Fantasy to sell over a million, and calls it the only Final Fantasy not previously localized. The archived copy is the raw page; its bytes are mixed encoding (Windows-1252), so read them as such.

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Square Enix's 2006 press release for the Nintendo DS remake says the 1990 game was "the first entry in the world-renowned franchise to sell over a million units".first paragraphPublisher
Square Enix's 2006 press release calls Final Fantasy III the title that introduced moogles, summons, and the job system to the series. Famitsu in 2020 called it the last new Final Fantasy for the Famicom and the foundation of the later series, adopting the job-change system and summoned monsters.description paragraphPublisher
On 15 November 2006 Square Enix announced that its Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy III had shipped to retailers across North America; Nintendo's page lists 14 November 2006. The announcement says the original had been released only in Japan, and quotes Tanaka, the DS version's director, that it had seen no remakes or appearances on other platforms since April 1990 and was the only game in the series not previously localized.first paragraphfirst paragraphstatement by Hiromichi Tanakastatement by Hiromichi TanakaPublisher
Tanaka said the DS remake added 3D graphics, rebalanced jobs, and new characterization for the four heroes, and Square Enix credits Akihiko Yoshida with designing the four main characters and their job outfits. Tanaka told Dengeki Online the remake dropped the original's opening, in which all four start together, because so abrupt a start felt wrong.statement by Hiromichi Tanakafeatures listPublisher