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I guess to clarify I don't really see a rivalry so much as I've seen FFIV fans upset that FFVI overshadows their game as "the" FF on SNES.
(inb4 people say they have never seen this before; I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE OKAY :crying2:)
I should've phrased this whole thread better! :shobon:
I kinda get the opposite impression, actually. A lot of people seem to think FFIV is where the series peaked and VI is too messy. I personally firmly stand in the FFVI camp. Sure, I love FFIV to bits, but you have to admit it's extremely corny - maybe a bit less so with the imrpoved script and direction in the DS remake, but still. FFVI, on the other hand, plays out like an opera. Yes, operas are cheesy in their own way, but I always found FFVI to be one of the more artistic games in the series, with a more well though-out theme, aim, feel. It's tied with XII for my number 1 spot.
I've seen the rivalry, hell my friend who introduced me to the series is an avid FFIV fanboy while I was the VI fanboy in middle school so we often had these debates though it was usually of a "which is number 1 and which is number 2" variety discussion cause we loved them both. I think once VII came around and brought the console war aspect to everything, the IV and VI fans largely had a truce. It's the FFV fans that whine the most about the SNES entries cause that entry got the shaft and isn't popular because of it.