However, most later localizations used the original title. The game was known as Final Fantasy III when it was first released in North America, as the original Final Fantasy III had not been released outside of Japan at the time. It was ported by Tose with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation in 1999 and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance in 2006, and it was released for the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan in March 15, 2011, followed by the PAL region on Maand North America on June 30, 2011. The game features fourteen permanent playable characters, the most of any game in the main series.
Set in a fantasy world with a technology level equivalent to that of the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story focuses on a group of rebels as they seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship.
Released in 1994, it is the sixth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy VI is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System platform.
