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Minigame

The following was removed by Lucia Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lucia_Black for apparently a lack of a reliable source. I think it should be added back to the article. If anyone can find a better source, please include it and put this section back. It is relevant because it technically makes Final Fantasy and two game cartridge, in a sense. We used to play this puzzle quite a bit just for fun and any real fan of the game will remember it as well.

REMOVED SECTION A secret minigame was included along with the main game and could be accessed once the player had acquired a ship. To access the mini game, the player would board the ship and press the B button several times while simultaneously holding down the A button. This would reveal a puzzle where the goal was to organize 15 squares in numerical order. Successful completion of the game would result in a monetary reward. [1]

Mikisiw (talk) 15:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to the source not being reliable, inclusion of the minor minigame is way too much a minor detail for this article. It does get a mention in Gameplay of Final Fantasy, minigames section. --PresN 17:38, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/15_Puzzle

Cover art

There is no official MOS guideline regarding video games, and Project's version is not official but may be useful. Shall we change to the Famicom box or keep the NES box? Unlike later successors, the Famicom box lacks English title. --George Ho (talk) 02:02, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A bit late but since the English box art has been in use for years and the fact that in most cases there is a preference to use English ones we should keep it. There is also not the possibility for confusion due to naming issues like there are with some of the later entries (ex the Final Fantay IV article having a box art with Final Fantasy II on it).--67.68.29.1 (talk) 04:13, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Could we have both side-by-side? They're quite different. —ajf (talk) 19:31, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. One only, since they're both copyrighted images. And even if the artwork is cooler for the Japanese version, the standard is the most common English cover should be used, and on top of that, not to change the image without a good reason- relevant guideline is at WP:STOPCHANGINGIT. --PresN 20:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, shame. I just read through WP:STOPCHANGINGIT though, and there's something interesting there:

If the game was released for multiple platforms with a similar cover, a cover without any platform-related logotypes should be used by editing the cover picture in order to create a platform-neutral picture.

The current image is for the NES, but FF1 was also released on the MSX, and the MSX version shares the same cover art ([1]) as the Famicom release ([2]). Should we use a cropped version of the Famicom or MSX image, then? —ajf (talk) 20:37, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As those are both Japanese, no. The images aren't the same, either, though they use the same base art- the idea of that section is that if the box art is the same on PS3/X360 except with a stripe down the side that says the console name, crop out that stripe. --PresN 23:06, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That was created to prevent people from edit warring and was neve meant to suggest this if there were two similar foreing language box arts that they can be used over a long standing English one.--67.68.29.1 (talk) 18:54, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
In other words that line would have only applied if the decision was between the Famicom and the MSX version of a Jpanese exclusive game.--67.68.29.1 (talk) 22:47, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Equipment slots

In the middle of the 'Gameplay' section, they refer to characters having a total of 8 equipment slots each, 4 for weapons and armor respectively. This was apparently only the matter for the very first version [1] , and i myself had never even heard of it before now, and haven't even been able to find any visual proof for it in the last hour or so of research. I do not doubt that the point has something to add, but i would welcome someone more experienced in wiki modding to ad the point that all later version used far less slots (usually 5 or 6) as the current posting is misleading. BulletMoaf (talk) 16:05, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Release Dates

Someone changed the NA release date to May 1990, which is clearly incorrect. Not just because I bought the game on release day 7/12/1990 but because there are many other sources that list that date as the correct one. I'm new to wikip but can someone help me solidify this?

Here are a couple of examples:

https://www.ffcompendium.com/h/release.shtml https://www.thefinalfantasy.com/games/complete-list.html

  1. ^ FF Wikia http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Equipment. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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