Final Fantasy (NES) Playthrough

A playthrough of Nintendo’s 1990 role-playing game for the NES, Final Fantasy. The four elemental orbs of light, the world’s sacred arbiters of the balance of nature, have gone dark. The winds cease, the seas rage, fire engulfs the countryside, and the earth itself begins to rot. Civilization teeters at the brink of extinction, and the people’s final hope rests on a prophecy. The great sage, Lukahn, has foretold the coming of four legendary warriors destined to deliver the world from darkness, and now, four fate-bound strangers from distant lands, each carrying an orb, approach the dream city of Coneria. So begins the story of Final Fantasy, the cornerstone of the Squaresoft empire. Originally released in 1987, Final Fantasy was Square’s attempt to capitalize on the enormous popularity of Enix’s 1986 Famicom hit Dragon Quest. The Dragon Quest influence is clear, but Final Fantasy strives to be more than a mere clone. In an effort to push the genre forward, it in