That is apparently how they have always been in the Japanese version. Due to technical limitations and some odd localization, they were changed to Bolt, Ice and Fire 2 respectively. It wasn't til VIII that they finally were able to name the spells their true names.
This is only true with the ports of FFI and II (except the PS1 version which has normal and easy mode for both titles) and the GBA port of IV. V and VI Advance play the way they always do. The DS remakes are a bit odd though. III got rebalanced so in some ways its easier from the original and in other ways its still difficult. IV introduced the Augment system which needed the whole game rebalanced and most agree the game is much more difficult overall.
I still agree with you though![]()





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