Final Fantasy

This article is about the Final Fantasy series. For the first Final Fantasy game, please see Final Fantasy (video game)

Final Fantasy is a fantasy role-playing video game series made by Square Enix since 1987.

Types

There are two main types of Final Fantasy game: the main series, where the games are just numbered with Roman numbers, and several related games and spinoffs. Each game in the main series except Final Fantasy X and X-2 is independent of the other, with its own setting, story, and characters. But the games are connected through the gameplay, themes, and 'style'. Newer sequels and prequels are Final Fantasy X-2 and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII games and films.

History

Since 1987, more than seventeen games have been released. The series started on Nintendo Entertainment System, but today most Final Fantasy games are made for the Sony PlayStation or PlayStation 2. Games have also been released for the Nintendo Game Boy and GameCube. Final Fantasy VII is generally regarded as one of the pinnacle achievements of gaming. A must-play for any gamer.

In 2001, Columbia Pictures made a CGI movie called Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

Exceptions

While it is not actually a Final Fantasy game, one game called Final Fantasy Adventure was released in America for the Nintendo Game Boy. The game was actually a prequel to the SNES game Secret of Mana, but was released in the United States with the name "Final Fantasy" to boost sales. In 2003 it was remade for the Game Boy Advance with the title Sword of Mana. In Japan, the Mana series is called Seiken Densetsu, which means "Legend of the Sword." There are three games in the series, but only the first two, Secret of Mana and Sword of Mana, have been released in the United States.

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Gameplay

Most Final Fantasy games are based around leading a team of characters which each have special skills, and fighting lots of monsters to beat the game. Most Final Fantasy games also have interesting storylines.

Released Final Fantasy games

For Nintendo Entertainment System:

• Final Fantasy
• Final Fantasy II
• Final Fantasy III

For Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES):

• Final Fantasy IV
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy VI

For Sony Playstation:

• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy Origins
• Final Fantasy Anthology
• Final Fantasy Chronicles

For Sony Playstation 2:

• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy X-2
• Final Fantasy XI (also released for PC and Xbox 360)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy XII

For Nintendo Gameboy:

• Final Fantasy Adventure
• Final Fantasy Legends
• Final Fantasy Legends 2
• Final Fantasy Legends 3

For Nintendo Gameboy Advance

• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Final Fantasy IV Advance
• Final Fantasy V Advance
• Final Fantasy VI Advance

For Nintendo GameCube:

• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

For Nintendo Wii:

• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

For Nintendo DS:

• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fantasy IV
• Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

For Playstation Portable:

• Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
• Final Fantasy I and II remade
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Released Final Fantasy films

• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
• Last Order: Final Fantasy VII

Future Games

A list of Future Final Fantasy games.

• Final Fantasy XIII(13) (For Playstation 3 and Xbox 360)
• Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Playstation 3)
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII (Mobile phone)
• Final Fantasy Dissidia (Playstation Portable)