though as history would have it this was in fact the 6th installment. Numbering conventions

aside, FF3 saw its official debut outside of Japan in 2006 after being released in full

3D for the Nintendo DS and a port of the original NES game on the Nintendo Wii in 2009. Square

Enix, ever ready to remain hip with the times has brought the 3D incarnation to the App

Store, along with the usual bevvy of touch-screen refinements and a few visual upgrades to make

this a worthy pickup for fans of the series.

Instead of trying to lever in a poor-man's virtual pad system, the game makes traversing

the many dungeons, towns and areas easy by letting players touch and swipe anywhere to

move while most other interactions only require a tap anywhere on the screen. The setup is

incredibly intuitive, though like any good Final Fantasy title there are plenty of hidden

items and a variety of puzzles, but the necessity to 'zoom' in to highlight these objects can

be frustrating as many pickups can easily be missed if you don't take the time to scour

each area with a fine tooth-comb.

Then again this is fairly par for the course considering the age of this JRPG and players

will need to put up with the usual random-encounters and limited save areas, making it a bit of

a rude shock for gamers not used to this 'classic' style. Thankfully the game more than makes

up for its shortcomings with the introduction of a job system that allows players to tailor

their party to any given situation - just keep in mind that these jobs level up independently

to your characters which means a lot of additional grinding if you want to have the perfect 'toolbox'

of jobs.

If there's anything that's going to cause gamers to carefully consider their purchase,

it will be the rather hefty price point, but the refined graphics (with Retina display

optimizations) and hefty game content is more than worth the plunge if you're a fan of the

genre that hasn't grabbed Final Fantasy III in one incarnation or another.