Quote Originally Posted by Torren McHasselhoffgard III
I shudder to think about the untrueness of that statement.
Yes, for as well all know FFII was also filled with side dungeons full over overpowered equipment that could cast even the strongest spells in the game, thus rendering any learned spells useless.

The GBA FFII version fixed many bugs including Select + Cancel among others. Compared to FFI it's no where near as torn apart. Just because it isn't identical to the NES version doesn't mean it's automatically smurfed.