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 Nintendo Entertainment System, the MSX2, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sony PlayStation, the WonderSwan, the WonderSwan Color, the PlayStation 2, IBM PC, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, and several different models of mobile phone. Future installments have been announced to appear on the Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 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 2006, 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.
Video games
Originally, Final Fantasy II and III for the Famicom and V for the Super Famicom were not released in America. For number continuity, Square of America changed the numerals of the US releases: 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 disambiguative suffixes "us" and "j" for American numbering and Japanese numbering respectively, e.g. FF3us or FF6j. Later ports include translations of the Japanese games with their original numbering.Main series
Direct sequels
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.
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII
Spin-offs
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Compilations and collections
Related games
Other media
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.
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