List of Final Fantasy titles
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Final Fantasy (Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー Fainaru Fantajii) is a popular series of role playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co., Ltd.).
The first installment of the series premiered in Japan in 1987, and Final Fantasy games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America, Europe and Australia, on nearly every modern video game console, including the NES, the MSX2, the SNES, the Sony PS, the WSC, the PS2, IBM PC, GBA, NGC, and several different models of mobile phone. Future installments have been announced to appear on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Revolution, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 game systems. It is Square Enix's most successful franchise, having sold over 60 million units worldwide to date.
As of early 2005, eleven games have been released as part of the main (numbered) series, as well as many other spinoffs and related titles.
For a general overview of the series, see the article Final Fantasy.
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Video games
Originally, Final Fantasy II and III for the Famicom and V for the Super Famicom were not released in America, so Square of America decided to change the numbers of the US releases to hide this fact. Final Fantasy IV became "II" and VI became "III". Starting with Final Fantasy VII the pretense was dropped, and all subsequent games used their original numbering, leading to an apparent "jump" over 3 games. This has been a source of much confusion, with many American fans continuing to refer to IV and VI by their American numbers. To solve this, many fans use the disambiguating suffixes "us" and "j" for American numbering and Japanese numbering, e.g. FF3us or FF6j.
Later ports include translations of the Japanese games with their original numbering. Final Fantasy IV was released in Final Fantasy Chronicles for the PlayStation, while Final Fantasy V and VI were released in Final Fantasy Anthology for PlayStation. The original Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II are released in Final Fantasy Origins, and for the Game Boy Advance as Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls. Final Fantasy III has not yet officially been released in the US, and never rereleased on any platform in any market, but Square Enix currently plans to release it for the Nintendo DS.
Main series
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Direct sequels, spin-offs, and related games
Until the release of Final Fantasy X-2 the idea of a "direct sequel," that is, a game which picked up directly from the story of a previous game in the series, was unprecedented in the series. Starting with that game, however, several such sequels emerged, especially the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series of games/movies, all of which continue the story of the game Final Fantasy VII. This is most likely a result of the merger with Enix, which was well-known for producing sequels and spinoffs associated with the Dragon Quest series.
| Image:SaGa series logo.jpg SaGa / Final Fantasy Legend series | |
| Image:Final Fantasy Legend Logo.png | Makaitoushi SaGa — 1989 — Nintendo Game Boy
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| Image:Final Fantasy Legend II Logo.png | SaGa II — 1991 — Nintendo Game Boy
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| Image:Final Fantasy Legend III Logo.png | SaGa III — 1993 — Nintendo Game Boy
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden — 1991 — Nintendo Game Boy
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy Mystic Quest — 1992 — Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Image:Final Fantasy Tactics.jpg | Final Fantasy Tactics — 1997 — Sony PlayStation
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| Image:Final Fantasy Tactics Advance logo.png | Final Fantasy Tactics Advance — 2003 — Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Ehrgeiz — 1998 — Sony PlayStation
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles — 2003 — Nintendo GameCube
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy X-2 — 2003 — Sony PlayStation 2
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Compilations and collections
| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy I-II — 1994 — Nintendo Family Computer
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy Collection — 1999 — Sony PlayStation
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy Anthology — 1999/2002 — Sony PlayStation
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy Chronicles — 2001 — Sony PlayStation
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy Origins — 2002 — Sony PlayStation
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls — 2004 — Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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Other media
| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals — 1994
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within — 2001
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy: Unlimited — 2001
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children — 2005
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| }|1{{{1|}}}={{{3|}}}}}} | }} | Last Order: Final Fantasy VII — 2005
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References
- Eyes on Final Fantasy. October 18, 2005. Last accessed on October 22, 2005.
- "Final Fantasy Release Info." Final Fantasy Compendium. Last accessed on October 22, 2005.
- "Rap Sheet - Final Fantasy games." MobyGames. Last accessed on October 22, 2005.