Final Fantasy VI (ファイナルファンタジーVI, Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu^{?:The following are Japanese characters: 日本語です. If they don't appear similar to this image: , see the Japanese-language Characters subsection for instructions.?}) is a console role-playing gameA console role-playing game (often abbreviated CRPG)) is a video game genre that has its origin rooted in video game consoles and includes game mechanics and settings derived from those of traditional role-playing games. The term also applies to role-playing video games on handheld video game systems such as the Nintendo DS and PSP. Of the top 5 game franchises in the world, 2 of them are primarily CRPGs: Pokémon and Final Fantasy.console role-playing game developed and published by Squarewas a Japanese video game company founded in September of 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi. It merged with Enix in 2002 and became part of Square Enix.Square (now Square Enixis a video game company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series (known as Dragon Warrior in North America from 1989 until 2005), and the Kingdom Hearts series. Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between rivals Square Co. and the Enix Corporation. On April 1, 2003, Enix legally absorbed Square, with Square stockholders receiving 0.81 shares of stock in the new company compared to Enix stockholders receiving ...Square Enix) in 1994No quick definition available. 1994 as a part of the Final Fantasyis a media franchise owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures and other merchandise. It began in 1987 as an eponymous console role-playing game developed by Square, spawning a video game series that became the franchise's central focus. The video game franchise of Final Fantasy ...Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the, or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. Although each version ...Super Nintendo Entertainment System, then was ported by TOSEis a video game development company based in Kyoto, Japan. It is most known for developing Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery series, as well as other Nintendo properties. TOSE has developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but it is nearly impossible to identify them all, since TOSE is almost never credited in the games themselves. (A notable exception to this is the ...TOSE with minor differences to the Sonyis a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue of $68.39 billion (as of 2006) based in Minato, Tokyo. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video games and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its 5 operating segments — electronics, games, ...Sony PlayStationThe is a video game console of the fifth generation, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s, it was a 32-bit system. The original PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices, which has included successor consoles and upgrades including the Net Yaroze (a special black PS with tools and instructions to program PS games and applications), PSOne (a smaller version of ...PlayStation and the Nintendo Game Boy AdvanceThe is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the popular Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21 2001; in North America on June 11 2001; in Australia on June 22 2001, in Europe on June 22 2001; and in the People's Republic of China on June 8 2004 (excluding Hong Kong). In 1996, magazines including issues 53 and 54 ...Game Boy Advance. It was first released in North America as Final Fantasy III, although the original title has been restored in later releases. The game's story focuses on a group of rebelsA rebellion is, in the most general sense, a refusal to accept authority. It may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of behaviours from civil disobedience to a violent organized attempt to destroy established authority. It is often used in reference to armed resistance against an established government, but can also refer to mass nonviolent resistance ...rebels as they seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship.

Final Fantasy VI was the first game in the series to be directed by someone other than producer and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi(born November 25, 1962) is a Japanese game designer, game director and game producer. He is famous around the world as the creator of the Final Fantasy series, and has had a long career in gaming with over 80 million units of video games sold worldwide.Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was filled instead by Yoshinori Kitaseis a Japanese game producer, scenario writer and a former game director working for Square Enix Co., Ltd. (previously Square Co., Ltd.). He joined the company in 1991. His most notable roles as game director are Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII. Kitase later worked as producer for Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. Kitase is currently working on Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XIII as producer. Kitase is ...Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Itōis a Japanese game director, scenario writer, sound effects artist and game designer for Square Enix, and is most known for his work in the role-playing game series, Final Fantasy. He uses the pen name "Shiomi" when writing lyrics and the like. Initially working in debugging and sound effects for the first three games of the Final Fantasy series, ...Hiroyuki Itō. Released to critical acclaim, it is regarded as a landmark of the series and of the role-playing genre. It had more battle customization options than its predecessors and the largest playable cast in the Final Fantasy series to date, excluding spin-off titles. It remains widely praised for its storyline and characters.