Final Fantasy III (NES)

Final Fantasy III is, of course, the third game in the Final Fantasy series. Unfortunately, it didn't get released in America until the Nintendo DS era – the SNES III was a renumbered Final Fantasy VI, and Square somehow managed to skip it while rereleasing the series on PlayStation (the three compilations were I and II; V and VI; and IV and Chrono Trigger).

Developer Message


Hold Up + Left + Start + Select, press Reset, then release Select. Nasir is listed in the credits anyway, and there's no software protection involved, so why bother including this? Just another way to hide the developer credits if the normal ones are removed, I suppose...

Dream Harp
A harp with 0 attack power, 60% hit rate, and can cause sleep. Can be equipped by bards and ninjas. It can't be found, stolen, bought, or won from enemies, but it can be obtained through a glitch. It ended up being used in the DS remake.

Captain


Level 34 with 315 HP, gives 410 XP and 800 Gil. Doesn't have any spells or elemental affinities, and it doesn't have any items to drop or steal. Has an alternate palette for some reason. Seems like there were supposed to be goblin enemies on the surface overworld, judging from its stats.

Hob Goblin


Level 48

16560 HP

121 Attack

28 Defense

32 Magic Defense

320 XP

8 CP

2500 Gil

Its HP places it around the final areas of the game, maybe the Ancient's Maze or as part of formations in the Crystal Tower, though given its relatively low level it could have appeared as a powerful enemy earlier on, which is also supported by its relatively high Gil drop. Either way, the dummied-out status of this and the Captain means that at some point they decided to make Goblins exist only on the Floating Continent.

Phoenix


Level 35 with 330 HP. Gives 960 XP and 440 Gil. Weak to Ice and Wind, and can cast Fire. Can steal Potions from it. Definitely the most complete of the dummied enemies. Stats place it on the surface.

Spriggan


Level 64 with 1140 HP, gives 4600 XP and 4400 Gil. Can steal Potions. This one was definitely in the Ancient's Maze.

Terrible Dragon


Level 64

16510 HP

144 Attack

38 Defense

208 Magic Attack

18 Magic Defense

4600 XP

66 CP

4500 Gil

Has no items or elemental affinity, but it does have is a Strength of 150 - higher than even the final boss! Seems like either a powerful Ancient's Maze or Crystal Tower enemy, or perhaps a superboss. It might have been removed for being too powerful, as the last few bosses are incredibly difficult already.

Lost Gold


Level 30 with 265 HP, gives 560 XP and 310 Gil. Can steal Potions. Has no special abilities or elemental affinities. Apparently, this enemy was listed in Japanese guides. This enemy had its stats boosted and ended up used in the DS remake, as a random encounter in the Goldor's Mansion room with the Gold Swords!

Fury


Level 11 with 120 HP, gives 152 XP and 102 Gil. Steal potions, no abilities or elemental affinities, the usual. She was also put in the DS remake, as a random encounter in the first floor of Tower of Owen.

Sea Dragon


This guy was also in the DS version, on the water in the northern part of the Floating Continent.