To be more precise, we did get some, but not quite as expected:
- FF: Got the original version, but didn't get the FF1+2 Famicom rerelease.
- FF2: Got advertisements for it, but it was canceled. Wasn't available outside JP until the PS1 version.
- FF3: Nothing until the DS version, and no 2D version until the PR version.
- FF4: Got it as FF2, though it was FF4 Easy Type (the version with abilities and items removed on top of a lower difficulty), not the original version. The original wasn't available as FF4 until the PS1.
- FF5: Got previews of "Final Fantasy Extreme" in magazines, but it was canceled. PS1 version was the 1st outside JP.
- FF6: Got it as FF3. Got the original name back on the PS1.
Bonus: The first 3
SaGa games were released as
Final Fantasy Legend. The first
Mana game was
Final Fantasy Adventure.