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Final Fantasy IV History
FF4, being the first SNES Final Fantasy, was still very NES-like. It looked almost exactly like FF3, but with more colors, as well as a better story. When FF4 did well in Japan, it was decided that it would be poerted to the US under the name of FF2. The port was not as good as future ports were of other FF games, and the script was hacked down to absolute stupidity.
FF2US is sometimes referred to as FF4 easy type, and the Japanese version is often referred to as FF4 hard type. Hard type has more items, enemies, and weapons, but is more dificult than FF4 easy. Easy type has less items, weapons, and enemies, but is much simpler to play and win.
FF4 hard type is being ported by several people to english. The translations are, for the most part, very good, and a final version should be ready soon.
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