Final Fantasy III's story returns to the similar style of four unnamed orphan youths like in Final Fantasy I. The four are drawn to a large, powerful crystal which in turn grants them some of it's power and beseeches them to set about restoring the balance of this world

The characters in this game return back to blank slate characters like in the original game, and also the Job system is introduced.

The Job system allows a character to have a specific role, for example Warrior, Mage, Thief, Monk etc