Final Fantasy III (NES/Famicom version) you can't necessarily grind to godhood, because you're too busy grinding to stay alive. Seriously, in order to be over-leveled enough to waltz through the game, you need to be something like 15-30 levels higher than you currently are in order to make even the most bulltrout of RNG failures not bite you in the ass. It pretty much wins this award for having Phoenix Downs and Life spells being rare, and also being one of the few FFs where utilizing status magic is the key to making the game not one massive ragequit. I probably died more times in this game than any other in the series.