--- description: Final Fantasy VI, probably the fan favorite in Square Enix's (nee Squaresoft's) long running Final Fantasy series, is now available for iOS. In fact it... title: Final Fantasy VI for iOS Is Finally Available (and Updated) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc2955e372366a3/6998b91fa97fc0c24da72d3c/final-fantasy-vi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Final Fantasy VI for iOS Is Finally Available (and Updated) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 7, 2014 5:20 PM CUT  Final Fantasy VI is now available for IOS. Final Fantasy VI is now available for IOS.Wikimedia Commons by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 7, 2014 5:20 PM CUT _Final Fantasy VI_, probably the fan favorite in Square Enix’s (nee Squaresoft’s) long running _Final Fantasy_ series, is now available for iOS. In fact it might have been available since January 29, which is what Square Enix lists as the “posted” date in Apple’s iTunes Store (though, confusingly, its “released” date is February 6 [on the iTunes Preview page](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/final-fantasy-vi/id719401490?mt=8 "undefined")). What unquestionably went live on February 6 is the game’s first update, version 1.01, about which Square Enix writes “A number of bugs have been addressed.” If you’re so moved to make a purchase, it’ll set you back $16, same as the current pricing for _Final Fantasy_s _III_, _IV_ and _V_. I realize the game’s appearance won’t be welcome news to some of you, who’ve decided the cartoonish look of the _V_ and _VI_ remasters, despite their cleaner, clearer, significantly higher resolutions, is a deal-breaker. Not for me. I like the streamlined visuals, but then I’ve been a fan since the _Final Fantasy I_ and _II_ anniversary remasters on the PlayStation Portable. But I get it. This is sacred ground, and who’s to say the games needed remastering? Detail formerly pixellated textures or refine the facial features of once-amorphous characters and you’re filling in visual information at odds with gamers’ imaginations. When you’re talking about a 20-year-old game (fully so, come this October), nostalgia holds sway. To be fair, that’s why I’ve lost enthusiasm for a _Final Fantasy VII_ remake. _Advent Children_ was beautifully rendered and a welcome extension of _FFVII_‘s story, but a remaster that looked like the CGI film, with its grungy industry-scapes and lifelike characters, would feel nothing like the original. I’d rather see the original game future-proofed through emulators on newer platforms than try to recapture whatever I felt playing the original through a lens CGI-ly. But now I’ve probably insulted those of you thinking, “No, no, no… It’s not that _FFVI_ couldn’t have been incredible remastered, it’s that this remaster _in particular_ stinks.” Fair enough, there’s no accounting for taste, etc. In any event, Square Enix must be doing well by these remakes, because it keeps revisiting the same games, platform after platform. At this rate, we’ll be swinging Cloud’s Buster sword around wearing Oculus Rift goggles by the early 2020s. 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