Final Fantasy V version differences

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The following is a list of version differences between the various ports of Final Fantasy V.

Super Famicom

• Original release in December 6, 1992 for Japan only.

PlayStation and PSOne Classic

• Based on the Super Famicom version, now with full English translation.
• Loading times due to the CD format, most notably before every battle.
• Faris has a pirate accent.
• The battle transitions from the SFC version are replaced with a single 3D transition.
• Cloud Strife and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII make a cameo randomly in the loading screen.
• CGI cinematics are added.

Game Boy Advance

• New translation. Faris no longer has a pirate accent.
• Optimized background music.
• Portraits for important characters implemented to dialogue windows.
• Bestiary
• Music player
• Battle backgrounds are changed.
• Quick Save function is added.
• Multi-player option is removed.
• Vampire is bugged to a different damage formula.
• Calm is bugged and works only on non-creatures like Omega.
• Four additional jobs: Necromancer, Cannoneer, Gladiator, and Oracle.
• A new bonus dungeon, the Sealed Temple.
• Enuo can be fought as an optional boss.
• This version doesn't have the FMV scenes or Cloud appearing in the loading screen like the PlayStation version.

iOS/Android

• Based on the Game Boy Advance version.
  • Translation based on the Game Boy Advance version.
  • All new content from the Game Boy Advance version is included.
  • Lacks the FMV sequences that were added to the PlayStation version.
• Altered graphics.
• New character sprites similar to Final Fantasy Dimensions. New enemy sprites.
• Battle backgrounds were redrawn.
• Battle animations are redone.
• New character portraits for dialogue windows.
• Touchscreen function and a new UI.
• 8 way directional movement
• Mechanic changes
• Jobs and Skills rebalance
• Berserk and Confuse no longer reset a character's ATB bar.
• Character turns can now be skipped to another character with a full ATB bar.
• Battle Speed now impacts the speed of battle for all participants, not just monsters.
• Double Lances deal their damage twice with attack abilities (like !Mug or !Jump). 
• Split spells suffer less of a damage penalty than in SNES/GBA versions.
• Certain bosses and enemies scripts were redesign or altered.
• Monsters are more clearly shown to be under status effects by change of color.
• When an enemy makes multiple attacks as part of a (No Interrupt) AI routine, party members can now be KO'd in the middle of the routine.
• Status effects wear off quicker on foes with the Heavy flag.
• Fix most bugs from the Super Famicom and GBA.
• Auto-battle functionality is added.
• Auto-save functionality is added.
• Achievements are added.
• The music is of the original Super Famicom version quality.
• Cloud saving.

Steam

• Based on the Android version.
• Updated controls and active-time battle system are optimized for fluid combat for PC.
• Steam trading cards and achievements.
• Customizable keyboard and controller mappings.