Set 1,000 years after the War of the Magi in a world relying on machinery until Terra Branford's mysterious magical powers spark the Returners' rebellion against the Gestahlian Empire Upgraded SNES overworld character sprites from 16px (FFV) to 24px tall and pushed Super Nintendo audio/visual hardware with the interactive Opera scene Analytical Benchmark: Streamlined FFV's job system via the Magicite/Esper customization system, allowing any party member to learn spells and gain stat bonuses on level-up Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series (FF I–VI) surpassed 5 million units sold, lifting the Final Fantasy franchise to 200 million copies sold Widely regarded by Square Enix and RPG historians as one of the greatest stories in RPG history, featuring iconic antagonist Kefka Palazzo and 'Dancing Mad' Developer/Publisher: Square (SquareSoft / Square Enix); Composer: Nobuo Uematsu; Pixel Art Supervisor (2014/remakes): Kazuko Shibuya
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