FF2 Game History

When Squaresoft first released Final Fantasy 1 in 1987 they had no plans for a sequal, but the game's huge success virtually demanded otherwise, and Final Fantasy 2 was released in Japan less than a year after its predecessor. Sadly North American fans were not to get their hands on the title until many years later. Though Square began a localization in 1990 the project was scrapped in favor of the release of the SNES, for which they had recently completed a local version of Final Fantasy 4. Said game was renamed to cover the gap and the story of Cecil the dark knight became North America's version of Final Fantasy 2. Firion and his friends from the original Final Fantasy 2 didn't reach US shores until 2003, as part of the Playstation compilation know as Final Fantasy Origins, which is the version I'm currently playing.