![]() ![]() For starters, it wasn’t even called Final Fantasy IV here back in 1991, but rather Final Fantasy II. The tumultuous saga of FFIV’s initial North American localization is widely known, so I’ll keep this as brief as I can. What we have here amounts to a complete fan re-localization intended to replace the game’s deeply flawed original English version. The so-called Namingway Edition of Square’s celebrated 1991 RPG Final Fantasy IV is something else entirely. The other hacks I’ve examined to date, such as The Legend of Zelda: Outlands and Castlevania: Chorus of Mysteries, have all sought to deliver entirely new adventures rooted in the time-tested core mechanics (the “engines,” if you will) of their source titles. Not only do these labors of love by talented hobbyists fascinate me on a conceptual level, the best of them are just as fun to kick back and play through as the classics they’re built upon. I’ve covered several fan-made hacks of existing games over the past few years.
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