It's a bit superfluous for the most part, though the Anniversary Edition's Arcane Labyrinth Bonus Dungeon (see below) makes more meaningful use of it. One oddity is the inclusion of Keywords in dialog, never seen before or since in Final Fantasy. One of the biggest blunders a player can make is failing to use their Esuna spell to remove negative status effects if an enemy uses a level 8 status effect and your Esuna is only level 4, you may not be able to fix it during battles. Magic tiers are back as well, although each character must level up spells (in a faint precursor to Secret of Mana) to cast their Fira/Firaga equivalents. If you run out of space, just drop a spell from your menu. However, unlike I, any character can learn any variety of spells, up to a maximum of 16. Like Final Fantasy, you teach magic by buying scrolls from shops. However, after using it in a few battles, he'll gain proficiency and return to his level of comfort. Characters must also train in weapons: Josef starts out as a Bare-Fisted Monk, but if you switch him to a lance, you'll notice he isn't hitting as hard or as frequently. Three of these fellas even got their adventure in the Dawn of Souls remake, joined by the previously- unplayable Prince Scott to round out their party of four.ДЇinal Fantasy II adopted a 'learn by doing' growth system that has since come to be more commonly associated with SaGaВ—since both were developed by Akitoshi Kawazu (the brains behind Square's more open-ended JRPGs)В—and The Elder Scrolls: Casting magic increases your Mana pool and magical power, getting hit a lot increases your Hit Points and Defense, et cetera. It's also the first FF to include guest characters who rotate out of the party at regular intervals. Indeed, the heroes have personalities, names, and a dynamic with each other, unlike in the first game where they were simply cutouts. Squaresoft were beginning to experiment with larger, more epic storylines with a memorable supporting cast.

Emperor Mateus, a pretty boy with megalomaniacal designs (hey, that sounds kind of familiar), has a slight advantage in this contest being that he's opened the gates of Hell to enlist an army of demons. Upon being revived, the group is enlisted to - what else? - help stop The Empire from taking over the world.

Three of the survivors are recovered by a mystic working for the Wild Rose Rebellion and taken to a nearby stronghold. In the flight from the occupied city of Fynn, four orphans are ensnared by imperial troops and left for dead. The game would initially fail to reach western shores, though this was a eventually rectified in the 2000s.

Final Fantasy II is second entry in the bone-shatteringly popular Final Fantasy series, released on the Famicom in 1988.

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