A remodeled 2D take on the second game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics. All the magic of the original, with improved ease of play.
Our epic tale begins with four young souls orphaned during the struggle between the Palamecian Empire and the rebel army. On their journey, the youths join forces with the white wizard Minwu, Prince Gordon of Kashuan, Leila the pirate, and many others. Behold the beautiful and sometimes tragic twists of fate that await you on your adventure.
FFII introduced a unique skill level system that strengthens different attributes of the characters depending on their fighting style instead of leveling up. Use the key terms you learn in conversation to unlock new information and progress in the story.
This innovative game series takes an ambitious turn in this second installment in the FINAL FANTASY series!
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■ Beautifully revived with new graphics and sound!
・Universally updated 2D pixel graphics, including the iconic FINAL FANTASY character pixel designs created by Kazuko Shibuya, the original artist and current collaborator.
・Beautifully rearranged soundtrack in a faithful FINAL FANTASY style, overseen by original composer Nobuo Uematsu.
■Improved gameplay!
・Including modernized UI, auto-battle options, and more.
・Also supports game pad controls, making it possible to play using a dedicated gamepad UI when connecting a gamepad to your device.
・Switch the soundtrack between the rearranged version, created for the pixel remaster, or the original version, capturing the sound of the original game.
・Now possible to switch between different fonts, including the default font and a pixel-based font based on the atmosphere of the original game.
・Additional boost features to expand gameplay options, including switching off random encounters and adjusting experience gained multipliers between 0 and 4.
・Dive into the world of the game with supplemental extras like the bestiary, illustration gallery, and music player.
*One-time purchase. The app will not require any additional payments to play through the game after the initial purchase and subsequent download.
*This remaster is based on the original "FINAL FANTASY II" game released in 1988. Features and/or content may differ from previously rereleased versions of the game.
[OS Compatibility]
iOS 13.0 or higher
[Applicable Devices]
iPhone 6s, iPod touch (7th generation), iPad (5th generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4 and higher
I am impressed by how much boost adds. They just updated it to match the console versions for getting quadruple Gil/experience (stat, spell or weapon level buffs in this game), turning off random encounters (helps with backtracking or going to Mysidia early for better weapons, or Holy if you’re rich) and even have controller support and a dash button. I never imagined being unarmed would be viable (with berserk helping push past those defensive walls), though I recommend shields for mage types, double shielding (for better evasion) the turns you use magic in as you can now equip mid battle, as you cannot physically attack with a shield anyway. The fact you don’t have to rely on unintuitive strategies like hitting yourself to get stronger (and using group magic to slowly buff it) or fixing such slow growth that Ultima was unplayable as you needed to be well rounded in all spells/weapons tremendously improves this game. You can even get overpowered by attacking and evading with 2 equipped shields when older versions didn’t let you attack. The only minor issues I have are that: they nerfed teleport to not auto kill, they patched out dual wield killing 2 enemies (which prioritizes shields protecting you unless you get an early flame/ice bow or try unarmed) and there are no gameplay extras like soul of rebirth postgame (dead party members who transferred equipment if you had the foresight with blood sword for a difficult Ultima weapon battle) or the arcane labyrinth (using key words learned from the plot that made their own dungeons to make stat grinding more unique, though boost no longer needs this filler). Overall, these fixes (and improved music though you can’t choose the original unlike console) help minimize the issues I had with past versions, and shutting off random encounters (as well as having maps available) helps stop the trap doors encounters and needing to overpay for Cid’s one way expensive airship (quadruple gold fixes this) from being nuisances.
Nightmare to play…
jonathanplumb
I’m a die-hard FF fan. I’ve played every core game when it was released and have spent countless dollars on ports and sequels. I do like that this port has new graphics and music, but that’s really all it’s got going for it. Also, no controller support is pretty odd for a game like this. So why does my subject say “Nightmare to play”? Because you get attacked every other step without a breath — I had no problems getting 100% bestiary going straight from start to finish with a couple detours here and there. I don’t think this was intended. Also, enemy status effects apply to you 100% of the time, and equipment that previously prevented status effects only work some of the time. The danged Coeurls at the end of the game 100% KO your characters without any reduction from things like Protect Rings. If you get ambushed (which also happens far more than it should) by a group of 6 Coeurls, you’re looking at an automatic Game Over. And this happens a lot. Good thing they added Quick Save because you have to do it after every other fight just to make sure you don’t get wiped out by RNG (same goes for monsters that paralyze — ambush is a Game Over almost every time). With the increased battle encounter chances and messed up chances of effects, it almost seems like there’s some global chance modifier that is applied to everything that is set too high. Anyway. I’d wait for patches unless you like playing frustrated.
No controller support? How am I going to eat tomorrow?! 😭
danw00
Wish there was controller support. However, all things considered, I think this is excellent. I like the soundtrack better than the PSP-port which was not bad in of itself. I am happier that the difficulty and in-game pricing is more like the original, making it challenging. The whole “select-cancel trick” does not work & there is no leveling down as far as I can tell. However, I will take it. Thanks Square-Enquix!Also, do not listen to the haters! IDK what some are talking about, saying that the iPhone & iPad apps are separate purchases because they are not as you can see from the screenshots. Plus, while there is no controller support (yet?), the touch control is not bad ➕there is an option to click where you want to go with your finger or using of an assistive device (such as an iPad trackpad).
The DEFINITIVE FF2 - Pixel Remaster makes this a joy!
Benergy25
I am definitely a Final Fantasy 2 fan, and have played all versions of the game.Far and away PIXEL REMASTER is the best version. This is truer to the original NES with menu images, character sprites, and none of the GBA content.Pros:- Game re-balanced for a newer gen. Gaining stats is a breeze, even more so than the former mobile/Game Boy versions.- Tap to move option and dungeon maps are a game changer for tedious NES-designed dungeons. Less frustrating trial and error!- The uber-high encounter rate in dungeon “trap rooms” has been removed- Auto battle with a speed up built in that makes grinding nice and easy (the encounter rate is still high though)- GORGEOUS pixel graphics and remastered soundtrack. It’s fantastic!Cons:- Encounter rate is still high, but auto battle makes this far more manageable- The GBA Soul of Rebirth bonus chapter is not included. Even though it is not original, it would be nice if included (or added in a later update)- Some reworked tracks I found less inspired than the already redone GBA versions, specifically the main/over world theme and The Rebel Army (I liked the acoustic guitar/medieval version from the GBA). But that’s personal preference.If you ever wanted to play Final Fantasy II, you can’t get better than this version!
*Minor bugs have been fixed.
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Seller
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
Size
416.8 MB
Category
Roleplaying
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Languages
English and 11 more
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese