▁ 4 9 th ▁best ▁game ▁made ▁on ▁a ▁N intendo ▁system ▁in ▁N intendo ▁Pow ers ▁Top ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Games ▁list . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁N intendo ▁Power ▁ranked ▁it ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁best ▁N intendo ▁Entertainment ▁System ▁video ▁game , ▁pra ising ▁it ▁for ▁setting ▁up ▁the ▁bas ics ▁of ▁console ▁role - play ing ▁games , ▁along ▁with ▁Dragon ▁War rior , ▁and ▁cit ing ▁examples ▁such ▁as ▁ep ic ▁stories , ▁level ing ▁up , ▁random ▁batt les , ▁and ▁character ▁classes . ▁ ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁early ▁console ▁role - play ing ▁games ▁and ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁role ▁in ▁legit im izing ▁and ▁popular izing ▁the ▁genre . ▁According ▁to ▁I GN ' s ▁Matt ▁Cas am ass ina , ▁Final ▁Fant as ys ▁story line ▁had ▁a ▁deeper ▁and ▁more ▁eng aging ▁story ▁than ▁the ▁original ▁Dragon ▁Qu est ▁( known ▁as ▁Dragon ▁War rior ▁in ▁North ▁America ). ▁Modern ▁critics ▁have ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁is ▁poor ly ▁pac ed ▁by ▁contemporary ▁standards , ▁and ▁involves ▁much ▁more ▁time ▁wand ering ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁random ▁battle ▁enc oun ters ▁to ▁raise ▁their ▁experience ▁levels ▁and ▁money ▁than ▁it ▁does ▁expl oring ▁and ▁solving ▁puzz les . ▁Other ▁review ers ▁find ▁the ▁level - building ▁and ▁expl oration ▁port ions ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁am using ▁ones . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Fam its u ▁initially