Final Fantasy III, released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, is a role-playing game that is the sixth installment in the Final Fantasy series. Initially titled as such in the West due to previous games' unavailability, it features a party of characters exploring diverse locations, battling enemies and bosses. The game utilizes the active time battle system, enhancing traditional turn-based combat with real-time elements.
The sixth entry in the Final Fantasy series was dubbed Final Fantasy III in the West because three out of the five previous installments of the series had not been released there at the time. Similarly to its predecessors, this is a role-playing game where the player controls a party of characters, travelling between various locales in the world, fighting randomly appearing regular enemies and bosses, and making the characters stronger by improving their skills and getting better equipment for them. The game maintains the ATB (active time battle) system of the two previous installments in the series, spicing traditional turn-based combat engine with a real-time element.