>>3833067
>And no, VI (III) was nowhere near the hit that VII was, it was comparatively nothing in the US. Claiming it was some monumental success at the time is just more revisionism.
Compared to VII, yeah it wasn't on that level, but it was already a popular and respected game. I think the revisionism is the idea some people get that Final Fantasy had no presence whatsoever in America before VII (not accusing you of that). It was the 8th best selling SNES game of 1994 in the US compared to the top selling game of 1994 in Japan. I was one of those kids that couldn't wait for FFVII specifically because I was already obsessed with FFIII. It's anecdotal I know, but I remember how people talked about it back then as something special.

So yeah, not a monumental success like VII, but it did decent enough in America and left a big impact on people who played it. That said, Sakaguchi looks back on it as a failure in the US, possibly because it sold so much better in Japan comparatively.
>"In terms of numbers, [Final Fantasy VI] didn't sell in the States. It actually did very well in Japan. I'm mystified, because I see [Americans] are playing the [mobile] version. I think size of the characters really matters to an American audience, so from Final Fantasy VII onward, we used bigger characters. [I think] that's why Final Fantasy VII took off. But I am kind of mystified [by VI's current popularity in the West], because [Americans] didn't buy Final Fantasy VI back then."