The pixel remaster versions are the first official PC release of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, as well as the first international release of a 2D version of Final Fantasy III, with all prior international releases of the game being the 3D remake. Meanwhile, the 3D remakes of Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV, being established releases with more distinctive gameplay, remain available on all app stores, simply retitled and repackaged in early June 2021. Players already possessing licenses to previous versions can continue to install and play them until the operating environment changes, at which point full functionality of the older versions cannot be guaranteed. With the release of the pixel remaster series, the previous Windows, iOS, and Android releases of Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI, as well as the previous iOS and Android releases of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, were delisted from their respective stores as of July 28, and are no longer available for purchase. įinal Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Intermission Review - Half-Measureġ1 June 2021 Relationship to previous versions On April 5, 2023, Square Enix confirmed that these versions will release on April 19 with new options, such as changing the font to a pixel-based font and ability to choose new remastered or original version soundtrack. On December 18, 2022, the 35th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix announced that the six games would be released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2023. Several prominent bugs and glitches from the original titles have also been resolved. Each release features a remastered musical score supervised by the original composer, Nobuo Uematsu, as well as some adjustments taken from previous versions. The remasters do not include some previous Easter eggs, nor do they include any of the bonus dungeons and features introduced in the Game Boy Advance ports and further releases based on those. All six titles' character pixel art have been remastered from their original versions by the games' original pixel artist Kazuko Shibuya, who has worked on the Final Fantasy series since the first game.

The spritework appears to be partially based on the art featured in FF DOT: The Pixel Art of Final Fantasy, a 2018 art book that featured re-imagined sprites from many titles in the series, and Final Fantasy Dimensions.

Announced on Jas part of Square Enix Presents Summer Showcase for E3 2021 and published on iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows via Steam between July 2021 and February 2022, the pixel remaster series was promoted as being the 'ultimate 2D remasters' of their respective games.

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