I'm a big fan of FF2. I think it should be more popular than it is, anyway.

As for FF1 - no, it wouldn't be popular if released for the first time today, except for several factors, I think:

1. It would be released for a handheld system, and the gameplay and such is enough that it *would* still be one of the best handheld RPGs to date.

2. Even if it wasn't named FF, it would still have the name "Squaresoft" on it. People buy Squaresoft games, regardless of the FF name, because they expect them to do a good job.

Yeah, it wouldn't be *that* popular. And certainly not in the US. But I think you underestimate the RPG fanaticism that abounds in Japan. Check out Kishi's sales numbers for the FF games in Japan, somewhere in General Squaresoft.