History Trivia / FinalFantasyVI

** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', a commentator on TV mentions that President Tanaka would "slit his mama's throat for a five-yen piece."

** Before the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Aerith revival rumors]] became infamous, there were the General Leo revival rumors. Myths abounds about ways to revive Leo in the World of Ruin and he would permanently join the party. The most common rumor was that if one killed so many Tyrannosaurs in the Dinosaur Forest, they'd encounter a dragon (a belief prompted by a mistranslation of what the thieves on the Veldt say, specifically referring to a dragon in the forest that was meant to refer to the dangerous monsters in general) that dropped a potion that could revive Leo. This is sometimes combined with the [=CzarDragon=] rumors (next point) by claiming he was the dragon players would encounter. Years later it was found you ''can'' get Leo in the party, but it requires a very complicated glitch and comes with many restrictions on how he can be used.

** UsefulNotes/GameGenie users found that it was entirely possible to have a party with Kefka and Gestahl in it, though they were largely non-functional and shared a character portrait with Terra. This is caused by various scenes in the game where they appear in-battle as their SuperDeformed sprites (as opposed to the static enemy artwork), which necessitated coding them as some equivalent to a party character. Suffice to say, this led to rumors that it is possible to recruit them into your party. The above are parodied by an infamous list of "unlockable characters" which starts with General Leo, and ends with Ryu from ''Street Fighter'', with increasingly-bizarre and impossible requirements for each.
** The GBA release of the game featured censorship of the scene with Celes in prison. In the original release (worldwide), Celes was beaten by her guards while still in chains. The GBA version removed the beating and showed her unchained. After fans confirmed that this cut was in the Japanese version as well, speculation that the scene was censored due to mirroring a real life kidnapping in Japan ran rampant for years. Eventually, the game's translator, [[http://www.rpgamer.com/features/insidegaming/tslatteryint.html Tom Slattery]], revealed the explanation is far more mundane: Square were angling for a CERO-A content rating in Japan for the re-release, but violence against a restrained person nets you a much-higher age rating under CERO. CERO didn't exist when the game was originally released, and thus the content wasn't considered as racy in the early 90s.

** During development, Terra was originally conceived as a 20 year-old male (but still a half-esper) who was Locke's partner-in-crime. Parts of this concept were later incorporated into [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]]. In concept art, this character heavily-resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]].

** It's pretty clear Umaro was originally intended to be recruited in the World of Balance. Aside from the World of Ruin being a later addition in development anyway, there's unused boss data for Umaro that has much lower stats, on-par with a boss that would be fought shortly after the Returners defended Narshe from Kefka (Level 14 with 1000 HP). His lair also has an event that creates a cave entrance on the world map in the World of Balance; presumably it would have allowed players to leave his lair and come back without having to backtrack through Narshe and the mines.

** During development, Terra was originally conceived as a 20 year-old male (but still a half-esper) who is Locke's partner-in-crime. Parts of this concept were later incorporated into [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]]. In concept art, this character heavily-resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]].

** Long-considered a 16-bit game ''par excellence'', ''VI'' was originally going to be set entirely in Terra's world (dubbed the "World of Balance" by the fold-out map which came with the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] cartridge). An April 2019 [[http://www.onemillionpower.com/25-years-since-the-release-of-final-fantasy-vi-looking-back-at-the-passion/ interview]] in Famitsu revealed that the game was initially intended to end with the heroes stopping Kefka before he could destroy the world. But the game was completed way ahead of schedule, so Square doubled its length with the [[WideOpenSandbox free-roaming]] [[VillainWorld "World of Ruin"]], caused by the Empire disturbing the Warring Triad.

** Terra was also originally intended to die during the game's ending, this would later be incorporated into ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' for [[spoiler:Tidus]].

** According to some storyline concepts, Celes was originally going to suffer from mental instability similar to Kefka due to the flawed Magitek process, but she would have overcome it. In addition, she actually was intended to be a DoubleAgent who infiltrated the Returners (albeit a conflicted one). They reused that concept for Cait Sith in the next game. Notably, other characters speak of her as a "traitor", but what she actually did to earn the ire of the Imperials is never brought up in the story, likely the result of a last-minute cut.

** Booster has a toy Magitek Armor on a desk in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.

** The official ''Final Fantasy'' Facebook page acknowledged suplexing trains on the post that celebrated this game's 27th anniversary.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Switch and [=PS4=] version of ''Pixel Remaster'' add some features to address complaints from the PC and mobile ''Pixel Remaster'' version, such as including a retro-inspired font and the ability to use the original 16-bit soundtrack.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Switch and [=PS4=] version of ''Pixel Remaster'' makes some changes to address complaints, such as including a retro-inspired font and the ability to use the original 16-bit soundtrack.

** The GBA version has never seen any kind of re-release.
** Since the Wii Shop Channel has shut down, the Super NES version can no longer be downloaded digitally. The [=PS1=] version almost met the same fate when the [=PS3=]’s storefront was going to be shut down, but was saved when Sony decided to keep it open.
** The iOS/Steam version was delisted and replaced by the ''Pixel Remaster'', so it's no longer possible to buy it. Notably, ''Pixel Remaster'' lacks the bonus content like the Dragons' Den and additional Espers.
* KillerApp: Squaresoft's entire output for the SNES is a big reason why it remained ahead of the Sega Genesis in Japan, with ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' being perhaps the biggest indicator of this; it is the bestselling JRPG on the SNES, and is generally considered to be one of the greatest games of all time.

* NoPortForYou: ''Pixel Remaster'' was originally not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually released on [=PS4=] and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

###Most famous is the exchange between Strago and Shadow in a bar. Strago demands to see Shadow's face for Relm's sake, to which the Shadow unmasks with his back to the camera. The scene is also illustrated in a ''Carddass''.

** Terra was also intended to die during the game's ending.

** Much like they did for ''IV'', Square had plans to create fully 3D polygon remakes for both ''V'' and ''VI'' for either the DS or 3DS, but they never got around to it before the handhelds' lifespans came to an end.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]].

!!This game is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:

* FloatingContinent (sharing credit with ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'')
* LaughingMad (derived from the song "Dancing Mad")
* SprintShoes
* {{Magitek}}

** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', a commentator on TV mentions that President Tanaka would "slit his mama's throat for a five-yen piece."

* ReferencedBy: ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' uses Terra's sprite to represent old-school (but not old-timey) graphics in the "Fortnite/Dusk" double-bill episode. Yahtzee also points to [=FF6=] as the last JRPG he could actually stand to play.

* NoPortForYou: ''Pixel Remaster'' was originally not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually announced to be coming to [=PS4=] and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

** The iOS/Steam version was delisted and replaced by the Pixel Remaster, so it's no longer possible to buy it. Notably, Pixel Remaster lacks the bonus content like the Dragons' Den and additional Espers.

* NoPortForYou: Pixel Remaster was originally not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually announced to be coming to [=PS4=] and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

* ScheduleSlip: The Pixel Remaster was meant to be released towards the end of 2021, but got delayed until February 2022 for some fine tuning.

* FirstAppearance: Of Biggs and Wedge.

** The iOS/Steam version has also been delisted and replaced by the Pixel Remaster, so it's no longer possible to buy it. Notably, Pixel Remaster lacks the bonus content like the Dragons' Den and additional Espers.

* NoPortForYou: Pixel Remaster was not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually announced to be coming to [=PS4=] and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

** Much like they did for ''IV'', Square had plans to create fully 3D polygon remakes for both ''V'' and ''VI'' for either the DS or 3DS, but thy never got around to it before the handhelds' lifespans came to an end.

* NamesTheSame: The Super Ball item shares it’s name with a power-up in VideoGame/SuperMarioLand, and even has a similar function.

* NoPortForYou: Pixel Remaster was not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually announced to becoming to [=PS4=] and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

* NoPortForYou: Pixel Remaster was not available on any modern consoles, but was eventually announced to becoming to PS4 and Switch. Xbox owners are still missing out, though.

* NoPortForYou: Pixel Remaster is not available on any modern consoles.

** The iOS/Steam version has also been delisted, so it's no longer possible to buy it. Somewhat alleviated since the Pixel Remaster was released as a replacement.

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