


The character class system featured in the first game also reappears, with some modifications. The experience point system featured in Final Fantasy makes a return following its absence from Final Fantasy II. Unlike subsequent games in the series, magical attacks are not auto-targeted in the same fashion. Auto-targeting for physical attacks after a friendly or enemy unit is killed is also featured for the first time. The turn-based combat system remains in place from the first two games, but hit points are now shown above the target following attacks or healing actions, rather than captioned as in the previous two games. The gameplay of Final Fantasy III combines elements of the first two Final Fantasy games with new features. Animated messages or digits are also shown on the characters, like later games. Messages such as "Miss" appear in text boxes, like earlier games in the series. It was also released for many other systems: the Japanese Famicom version via the Virtual Console on J( Wii) and Janu( Wii U), an iOS port of the Nintendo DS remake on March 24, 2011, an Android port on March 12, 2012, a PlayStation Portable port in late September 2012 (downloadable-only format outside Japan via PlayStation Network) and a Microsoft Windows port via Steam in 2014. The Nintendo DS version of the game was positively received, selling nearly 2 million copies worldwide. There had been earlier plans to remake the game for Bandai's WonderSwan Color handheld, as had been done with the first, second, and fourth installments of the series, but the game faced several delays and was eventually canceled after the premature cancellation of the platform. At that time, it was the only Final Fantasy game not previously released in North America or Europe. It had not been released outside Japan until a remake was developed by Matrix Software for the Nintendo DS on August 24, 2006. The original Famicom version sold 1.4 million copies in Japan. The game was originally released in Japan on April 27, 1990. Not knowing what to make of the crystal's pronouncements, but nonetheless recognizing the importance of its words, the four inform their adoptive families of their mission and set out to explore and bring back balance to the world. The crystal grants them some of its power, and instructs them to go forth and restore balance to the world. The story revolves around four orphaned youths drawn to a crystal of light. It is the first numbered Final Fantasy game to feature the job-change system. The third installment in the Final Fantasy series, it was released in 1990. Final Fantasy III is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer.
