Four orphaned youths discover a powerful crystal which grants them power and instructs them to restore balance to the world. Shocked but heartened, the four inform their adoptive family of their mission and set out to explore and bring back equilibrium.
Final Fantasy III is a major overhaul and remake of the original 8-bit Final Fantasy III released only in Japan in 1990 for Famicom. A similar treatment has been more recently given to Final Fantasy IV: See Final Fantasy IV (DS). iOS and Android ports were also released in North America in 2011 and 2012, respectively.