Final Fantasy V (five) was released in Japan for the Super Nintendo in 1992 although it did not get an official English language translation until it was later re-released on the Sony PlayStation in 1999.

Which has led to a variety of fan translations appearing to fill that gap. I think the one shown here is an unofficial English translation, because the text looks a bit dodgy to me… Square wouldn’t have used such large, chunky text in an official release. It just looks unprofessional…

Unfortunately this is what you have to accept if you want to play the game in English on a Super Nintendo. Either that or you could instead play Final Fantasy V on the Game Boy Advance (which is the superior version in my humble opinion), or iOS, Android, or Windows, which I believe it’s also been converted to.

In spite of Final Fantasy V never having been released in the West, it did manage to sell over two million physical copies in Japan. Which is a pretty big middle finger to those who decided it wasn’t worth translating (“Yeah! That’ll show ’em!“).

More: Final Fantasy V on Wikipedia