I can only assume it never reached a high level of popularity because it was released in English so many years late. I personally think it's fantastic and has probably the best gameplay of the SNES FFs.
Originally Posted by black orb
>>> It arrived too late to the west, by that time everyone already played a more flashy game, FF6..
These reasons are most likely why. V only ever had the PS1 re-release over here, didn't it? I don't think Anthology is that popular.