Quote Originally Posted by VeloZer0 View Post

With the graphics elevated to the level of FF4 DS you can really see that the series didn't just jump from NES->SNES levels of sophistication like most people seem to envision. FF3 was very close to being on the level of FF4, in some ways on par or even above.
Very true. IV was, graphics-wise, a NES game with more colours. It wasn't until FF V that the series really left its NES-look behind.