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Square Enix, FFV official page
Original
https://www.jp.square-enix.com/game/detail/ff5/
sha256
9f3d0f979b2cdc91ec70498f6f824571070acfbaec4a6e34750069cacb4be3e0
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/20251001213200id_/https://www.jp.square-enix.com/game/detail/ff5//game.json
Accessed
2026-10-23
Licence
© SQUARE ENIX
Credit
Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Notes
The data file (game.json) behind Square Enix's official Japanese detail page for Final Fantasy V. The archived copy is the 1 October 2025 capture. It calls the game the fifth in the series, says abilities developed the job-change system further, and says the PlayStation version added CG movies to the opening and ending. Its game_model list dates the releases: Super Famicom 1992/12/06 (¥9,800 plus tax), PlayStation 1998/03/19, Wii Virtual Console 2011/01/18, PSP and PS3 2011/04/06, PS Vita 2012/08/28, iOS 2013/03/28, Android 2013/09/26, Wii U VC 2014/03/26, New 3DS VC 2017/08/23, Pixel Remaster 2021/11/11 (Windows/iOS/Android), PS4/Switch 2023/04/20, and Xbox/Windows 2024/09/26.

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Claims (6)

Final Fantasy V came out for the Super Famicom in Japan on 6 December 1992, at ¥9,800 before tax.game.json, game_model entry for スーパーファミコンPublisher
Square Enix calls Final Fantasy V the fifth game of the Final Fantasy series. Famicom Tsūshin's 1992 review summed it up as keeping the Active Time Battle that had been well received in Final Fantasy IV and bringing back Final Fantasy III's job change.game.json, detail_contentPublisher
Nintendo's page sums up the story: a young man traveling the world with his chocobo meets Lenna and Galuf where a meteor has fallen, and caught up in the fight, they meet the pirate Faris and set out across the world. Square Enix's page says the four crystals of wind, water, fire, and earth, which bring the world prosperity, are nearing their limit: the wind stops, the water dries up, and the world begins to shake. Square Enix's 2021 press release says the king hastens to the crystals' rescue and goes missing.game.json, catch_copygame.json, catch_copyPublisher
Square Enix says abilities developed the job change system further, letting the player raise characters to taste, such as a Knight who can use magic.game.json, detail_contentPublisher
Square Enix gives the number of players as one, or one to two in battles only.game.json, detail_table, プレイ人数Publisher
Square Enix's Japanese site lists the game's later versions, among them a full PlayStation port on 19 March 1998, which added CG movies to the opening and ending; downloads for the Wii Virtual Console in 2011 and other consoles after; smartphone versions from 2013; and the Pixel Remaster for Windows and smartphones on 11 November 2021, later for PlayStation 4 and Switch on 20 April 2023.game.json, game_model entry for プレイステーションgame.json, detail_content, PlayStation sectiongame.json, detail_content, PlayStation sectiongame.json, game_model entry for Wiigame.json, game_model entry for iOSgame.json, game_model entries for Windows, iOS, and Android (Pixel Remaster)game.json, game_model entries for プレイステーション4 and Nintendo SwitchPublisher