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Final Fantasy (Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー) is a very popular series of role-playing video games produced by Square (aka Squaresoft), now Square Enix. The Final Fantasy video game franchise originated in Japan in 1987 and was brought over to North America in 1990 and to Europe in 1998. It is also very popular in Australia and New Zealand. Games in the Final Fantasy series have been featured on the NES, MSX, SNES, PlayStation, Wonderswan Color, PlayStation 2, PC, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and cellular phone. It is the best-selling Square Enix game series. According to Square Enix's press release, it sold over 40 million units worldwide before the Square Enix merger, which went into effect on April 1, 2003. Final Fantasy is considered one of the most influential video game franchises ever.

The games[edit]

Main-line Final Fantasy games
Number Initial US release number Year System
I I 1987 NES
II 1988 NES
III 1990 NES
IV II 1991 SNES
V 1992 SNES
VI III 1994 SNES
VII VII 1997 PlayStation
VIII VIII 1999 PlayStation
IX IX 2000 PlayStation
X X 2001 PlayStation 2
X-2 X-2 2003 PlayStation 2
XI XI 2002 PlayStation 2
XII XII 2005 PlayStation 2
Crystal Chronicles Crystal Chronicles 2003 GameCube

Compilations[edit]

Spinoffs[edit]