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''Final Fantasy Mystic Quest'' (a.k.a. ''Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest'' in Japan and ''Mystic Quest Legend'' in Europe) is an early spinoff of the [[Running Gag|Shin-Shatteringly Popular]] ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' franchise, released for the Super NES/Super Famicom in 1992. It's widely considered to be either [[So Okay It's Average]] or [[So Bad It's Good]] -- although it does have a small, vocal fanbase.
The story revolves around Benjamin (you only learn his name from [[All There in the Manual|the manual]], [[Canon Name|he has no default name]]), a boy [[Because Destiny Says So|chosen by fate to save the world.]] To do so he must recover the four magical crystals to restore the world's climate to its proper order. Along the way he will be joined by several allies who have their own reasons for helping him: Kaeli, a young woman who is connected to nature; Tristam, a ninja treasure hunter with his own jazzy musical theme; Phoebe, a mage who joins you to help her grandfather stop an endless winter; and Reuben, a warrior who is searching for his lost father in a volcano. Each will join your party at various times and help you deal with the monsters infesting the land, as well as teach you useful things and give you many useful items.
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Your goal, of course, is to find the four monsters who have stolen the Crystals and slay them set things right. But are things really as they seem?
''Mystic Quest'' is often considered the [[Oddball in the Series|red-headed stepchild]] of the ''Final Fantasy'' verse, and is criticized for being "[[It's Easy, So It Sucks|too easy]]" and "[[Cliché Storm|full of cliches]]" that would appear in many console RPGs after it. Some gamers have decided that these faults can also serve as beneficial for newcomers to the series, but not quite the "[[Gateway Series|gateway drug]]" that ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' or ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' might have been. One reason the game is hated is because many have [[
That said, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the game's music is among the greatest 16-bit soundtracks]]. Composer Ryuji Sasai also wrote the soundtrack for a much lesser known [[Square Soft]] game, ''[[Rudra no Hihou]]'', as well as ''[[SaGa 3|SaGa 3 / Final Fantasy Legend III]]''.
Not to be confused with ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]'', whose European title is ''Mystic Quest''.
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* [[Headless Horseman]]: Dullahan and its [[Degraded Boss]] form, Thanatos.
* [[Honest John]]: Tristam. He'll [[Crazy Prepared|usually have the right medicine you need to heal someone]] ({{spoiler|i.e., Kaeli}})... if you pony up some gold pieces beforehand, that is. (All credit cards and mystical treasure accepted. Except Discover.)
{{quote|'''Benjamin:''' But [[Narm|my allowance is only 2GP a month!]]
(Troper's Note: A cup of coffee in-game costs 10 GP. If he wasn't being hyperbolic, Ben's parents were ''cheap''.) }}
** And he's not sad about his hometown being destroyed. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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