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Final Fantasy V

TitleFinal Fantasy V
First release1992
DeveloperSquare
PublisherSquare
PlatformsPC (Windows), PlayStation, SNES / Super Famicom
Genrerole-playing video game
Also known asFainaru Fantajī Faibu · Final Fantasy 5
Players1–2 players
Co-opYes
ESRB ratingE10+ Everyone 10+
Releases
PlayStation: 1988-03-19 (NTSC)
SNES / Super Famicom: 1992-12-06 (NTSC-J)
Wikidata IDQ900305

Final Fantasy V is a 1992 Super Famicom role-playing video game developed and released by Square in Japan on December 6, 1992. The Elemental Crystals...the life source of the planet. With them, gentle winds blow, the seas are active, fire burns bright, and the earth is full of life. All seems well in the world, until the wind suddenly stops, the sea begin to grow stagnant, the heat of fire becomes scarce, and the earth begins to wither. King Tycoon, sensing a premonition of evil, hurries off to check on the Wind Crystal, only to witness it destroy itself. Meanwhile, a young traveler named Butz is camping in a field when a giant meteor strikes the planet. When he heads out to examine the meteor, he is shocked to find a young girl named Lenna, who is the princess of Tycoon, and a old man named Galuf, who is on a critical mission. Later, joined by Faris, a pirate captain, the foursome must travel the land in search of the destructor of the Crystals, and save the planet at any cost! Final Fantasy V featured many new gameplay options and tactics, including an improved Job/Ability system (like in Final Fantasy Tactics), the return of the ATB (Active Time Battle) turn system, and all of the classic FF gameplay you've come to know and love! Final Fantasy V was released as a stand-alone game in Japan, and again in Final Fantasy Collection. Its U.S. debut was as part of Final Fantasy Anthology. It was also later ported to the Gameboy Advance, adding 4 new Jobs, a new 30-floor dungeon, a bestiary, a music player, the ability to quick save anywhere, a few extra pieces of equipment, and a newly update translation.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q900305) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (1762) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (122012) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-J release) · © Square · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Logos, Artwork (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Square · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Square · internal use only.
Logo: Manuelt15, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Final Fantasy V wordmark.png”)
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Videos
SNES Longplay [281] Final Fantasy V (part 1 of 7)
World-of-Longplays · SNES / Super Famicom version · longplay · 2:35:05auto-matched
Part of a multi-part series.
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