Ｆｉｎａｌ　Ｆａｎｔａｓｙ　Ｖ

...copyright Square 1992. The images used are also from the game. Don't try claiming them as your own or anything silly like that. This document is not intended for any commercial purpose, real or imaginary. It exists primarily out of curiosity about both the Japanese language and... well, the changes between the Japanese and English versions of the game don't apply here. If you're interested in the game, go out and buy one version or another of it if you haven't already... a summary of what happens can't compare to actually playing it. One of the more maligned Final Fantasy games, and not nearly as bad as some claim...

Recent Updates

21 Aug 2010: Various minor updates, mostly to terminology.

16 Jan 2009: Divided the story text into smaller sections, added some more, rechecked the whole thing, and, oh yeah, there's all the item, spell, skill, and job information I added too. This is one massive update.

Storyline:

Everything Else:

Weapons

Armors

White Magic

Black Magic

Timespace

Summons

Blue Magic

Sword Magic

Songs

Dances

Animals

Terrain

Credit goes to J.L. Tseng's FFV Algorithms and Stats FAQ as the source of most of my technical information on damage formulae, etc. I do have to gripe at RPGe's translation for sometimes being so far removed from the Japanese as to be difficult to use, though (example: A Greatsword is NOT an Epee).

• All data is based on the Super Famicom version unless otherwise indicated, and may not apply to the more recent PSX and GBA remakes.
• I've kept the layout of the original text as much as possible.
• Lines that are colored like these are my comments, anything in gold are actions and such that the dialog doesn't explain, and this teal indicates messages from the game (e.g., "You got a Potion").
• If I'm not too comfortable with how I translated something, I've put a * after it. A (*) stands for something that I can't figure out even well enough to guess.
• All right... I've gotten sick of trying to come of with Enlgish approximations of name suffixes, and it doesn't seem right to drop them, so I'm leaving most of them as is. If you need an explanation, go here: name suffixes.
• I've decided to translate 飛竜 (hiryuu), which literally means "flying dragon", as "wyvern", a rough English equivalent.
• The section headings indicate the setting, not the scene; the links in the contents are the reverse.
• Original (JP version) text and my translation are displayed side-by-side in columns for easier viewing, and to allow comparisons. Normally I would have the NA version text in another column, but there was no official English translation of the original version of the game. There has been at least one unofficial translation, and both the PSX and GBA remakes have been officially translated and released in the US, but those don't count. Well, they do count for something, but not for this :-P.

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