
Originally Posted by
Tsukino
This was mostly due to character limitations inherent in older games, and was changed to standard names in every game after VIII, including remakes of every game in the series but VII (the only one with no remake). Official English translations of the original, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and all Tactics games use the standard naming, only XIV uses the numbering system instead.
Plus their reasoning is ridiculous to boot. "III" sounds like it's better than "II," which does not make things easier on newer players at all.