List of Final Fantasy media
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This is a list of media related to the Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー Fainaru Fantajī?) video game series. Final Fantasy is a series of console role playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square). Its first game premiered in Japan in 1987, and Final Fantasy games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America, Europe and Australia, on nearly every video game console since the Nintendo Entertainment System, including MSX2, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, WonderSwan (Color), PlayStation 2, IBM PC, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, and several models of mobile phone. Future games have been announced for Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3 game systems. Final Fantasy is Square Enix's most successful franchise, having sold over 80 million units worldwide to date,[1] including tactical role-playing games, portable games, MMORPGs, and games for mobile phones, in addition to console role-playing games. Its popularity has placed it as the fourth-best-selling video game franchise, among other honors.[2]
As of 2008, twelve games have been released as part of the main (numbered) series, as well as many spin-offs and related titles. Each game in the main series takes place in a different fictional universe, though beginning with Final Fantasy X-2, video games set in main series games' worlds have been released. In addition to video games, Final Fantasy has spawned several anime, movies, novels and manga, as well as a few radio dramas. Many games, particularly the main series, have several companion soundtracks with music from the games. Since the announcement of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Square Enix has focused on "polymorphic content", expanding each game world with material on many video game platforms, as well as other forms of media.[3]
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[edit] 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" and "FF6j" refer to the same game. Later ports include translations of the Japanese games with their original numbering.
[edit] Main series
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Final Fantasy | December 18, 1987[4] | July 12, 1990[5] | — |
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Final Fantasy II | December 17, 1988[4] | — | — |
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Final Fantasy III | April 27, 1990[4] | — | — |
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Final Fantasy IV | July 19, 1991[6] | November 23, 1991[7] | — |
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Final Fantasy V | December 6, 1992[6] | — | — |
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Final Fantasy VI | April 2, 1994[6] | October 11, 1994 | — |
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Final Fantasy VII | January 31, 1997[9] | September 7, 1997[10] | November 1, 1997[11] |
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Final Fantasy VIII | February 11, 1999[9] | September 9, 1999[13] | October 27, 1999[14] |
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Final Fantasy IX | July 7, 2000[9] | November 14, 2000[15] | February 16, 2001[14] |
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Final Fantasy X | July 19, 2001[16] | December 20, 2001[17] | May 24, 2002[14] |
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Final Fantasy XI | May 16, 2002[16] | October 28, 2003[18] | September 16, 2004[14] |
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Final Fantasy XII | March 16, 2006[19] | October 31, 2006[20] | February 23, 2007[21] |
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Final Fantasy XIII | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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[edit] Main series sequels, prequels, and sidestories
Until the release of Final Fantasy X-2 the idea of a "direct sequel," that is, a game which directly relates to the story or world from a previous game in the series, was unprecedented in the series. Starting with that game, however, several such sequels, and eventually, prequels and spinoffs, emerged, especially the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series of media, all of which expand the story of the game Final Fantasy VII.
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Final Fantasy Tactics | June 20, 1997 | January 28, 1998 | — |
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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | February 14, 2003 | September 8, 2003 | October 24, 2003 |
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Final Fantasy X-2 | March 13, 2003 | November 18, 2003 | February 20, 2004 |
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Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan | TBA 2008 | — | — |
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[edit] Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
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Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII | September 29, 2004 | TBA | TBA |
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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | January 26, 2006 | August 15, 2006 | November 17, 2006 |
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | September 13, 2007[23] | March 25, 2008[24] | TBA |
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[edit] Ivalice Alliance
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Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings | April 26, 2007 | November 20, 2007[25] | February 15, 2008[26] |
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Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions | May 10, 2007 | October 9, 2007 | October 5, 2007 |
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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift | October 25, 2007[28] | June 24, 2008[29] | TBA |
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[edit] Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII
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Final Fantasy Agito XIII | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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Final Fantasy Versus XIII | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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[edit] Spin-offs
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Final Fantasy Legend series Nintendo Game Boy |
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They are not titles within the Final Fantasy series, but rather the first three games of the SaGa series; they were marketed in North America as The Final Fantasy Legend (1990), Final Fantasy Legend II (1991), and Final Fantasy Legend III' (1993), respectively. All three games were reissued by Sunsoft (again under the Final Fantasy Legend name) in 1998. None of the three games bore any Final Fantasy branding in their original Japanese versions. They were never released in Europe or Australia in any form (although imported North American copies of the reissues were sold in major UK stores such as GAME and Electronics Boutique, a common practice for Game Boy titles in the late 1990s, and one not discouraged by Sunsoft at the time). |
Final Fantasy Adventure 1991 — Nintendo Game Boy |
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Final Fantasy Mystic Quest 1992 — Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Chocobo series multi platform |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited on PC Adventure - Labyrinth 2003 — Windows |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited with U 2002 — Mobile phone |
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series multi platform |
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Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding 2005 — Mobile phone |
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Dissidia: Final Fantasy TBA — PlayStation Portable |
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Crystal Guardians 2008 — Mobile phone |
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[edit] Compilations and collections
Final Fantasy I-II 1994 — Nintendo Family Computer |
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Final Fantasy Collection 1999 — Sony PlayStation |
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Final Fantasy Anthology 1999/2002 — Sony PlayStation |
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Final Fantasy Chronicles 2001 — Sony PlayStation |
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Final Fantasy Origins 2002 — Sony PlayStation |
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Final Fantasy Mobile 2004/2006 — Mobile phones |
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Finest Fantasy for Advance Game Boy Advance |
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Final Fantasy X/X-2 Ultimate Box 2005[36] — Sony PlayStation 2 |
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[edit] Film and television
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals 1994 — 4 episode original video animation (OVA) |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 — computer-generated film |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited 2001 — 25 episode animated television series |
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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children 2005 — computer-generated film |
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Last Order: Final Fantasy VII 2005 — original video animation (OVA) |
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[edit] Companion books
- See also: Ultimania
Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania 1999 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy IX Ultimania 2000 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania 2001 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X Battle Ultimania 2001 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X Ultimania Ω 2001 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania 2003 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Ω 2003 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles World Ultimania 2003 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy X-2 International+Last Mission Ultimania 2004 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω 2005 — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy XII Battle Ultimania 2006[37] — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy XII Scenario Ultimania 2006[38] — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy XII Ultimania Ω 2006[39] — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Ultimania 2007-09-06[40] — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings Ultimania 2007-06-14[41] — Strategy guide |
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Final Fantasy Tactics Official Complete Guide 2007-06-07[42] — Strategy guide |
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[edit] Novels and manga
Final Fantasy II - Tsū Muma no Meikyū 1989[43] — novel |
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Yūkyū no Kaze Densetsu - Final Fantasy III 1992[44] — manga |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001[45] — novel |
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Final Fantasy XI 2003[46] — novels |
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Final Fantasy XI ~The Out of Orders~ 2004[48] — manhwa |
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ~Hatenaki Sora no Mukō ni~ 2004 — manga |
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Hoshi wo Meguru Otome 2005 — novella |
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On the Way to a Smile 2005 — novella |
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Musei Renu Haito, Tōbae wa Onore Mazu 2006 — short story |
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Adventure Log 2007- Present — webcomic |
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Sō no Kizuna (Unknown) — novel |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited After Spiral (Unknown) — collection of short stories |
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[edit] Radio drama
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2003 — 4 CD |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited Before 2003 — radio drama |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited After 2 2003 — radio drama |
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[edit] Music and soundtracks
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Most of the music of Final Fantasy was composed by Nobuo Uematsu. Traditionally, each game has an original soundtrack, as well as a piano arrangement version. Recently, concert tours of Final Fantasy music have been organized, such as Dear Friends -Music from Final Fantasy-. Uematsu left Square Enix in 2004 and musical duties have been given to various composers such as Hitoshi Sakimoto, although Uematsu still does contract work through his company Smile Please.
[edit] See also
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- Final Fantasy Release Info at the Final Fantasy Compendium. Last accessed on December 12, 2006.
- Rap Sheet - Final Fantasy games at MobyGames. Last accessed on December 12, 2006.
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