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Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī^?) is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games, but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous video game developed to save Square from bankruptcy; the game was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has since branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, and racing.

Although most Final Fantasy installments are supposedly independent stories with various settings and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the game that's been remade over and over again. Recurring elements include plot themes, character names, and game mechanics. Plots center on a group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters' internal struggles and relationships. Character names are often derived from the history, languages, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.

The series has been commercially and critically successful; it is Square Enix's best selling video game franchise, with more than 97 million units sold, and one of the best-selling video game franchises. It was awarded a star on the Walk of Game in 2006, and holds seven Guinness World Records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008. The series is well known for its innovation, visuals, and music, such as the inclusion of full motion videos, photo-realistic character models, and orchestrated music by Nobuo Uematsu. Final Fantasy has been a driving force in the video game industry. The video game series has affected Square's business practices and its relationships with other video game developers. It has also introduced many features now common in console RPGs and has been credited with helping to popularize RPGs in markets outside Japan.

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Selected article

Final Fantasy VI (ファイナルファンタジーVI, Fainaru Fantajī Shikkusu^?) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix). It was released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Final Fantasy series. It was ported by Tose with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation in 1999 and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance in 2006. The game was known as Final Fantasy III when it was first released in North America, as the original Final Fantasy III had not been released outside of Japan at the time. However, later localizations used the original title. Set in a fantasy world with a technology level equivalent to that of the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story focuses on a group of rebels as they seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship. The game features fourteen permanent playable characters, the most of any game in the main series... Read more...

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Did you know

…that Final Fantasy XIII was simultaneously released in North America and Europe on March 9, 2010?
…that Final Fantasy VI had four scenario writers, including Yoshinori Kitase?

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Final Fantasy Series

Main series:	I – II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX – X – XI – XII – XIII – XIV
Compilations and collections:	I-II – III DS – Collection – Anthology – Chronicles – Origins – Dawn of Souls
Spinoffs and related titles:	Before Crisis – Crisis Core – Dirge of Cerberus – X-2 – Crystal Chronicles – Mystic Quest – Tactics – Tactics Advance – Others
Film and television:	Advent Children – Last Order – Legend of the Crystals – The Spirits Within – Unlimited

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Final Fantasy News

An international version of Final Fantasy XIII is scheduled to be released for the Xbox 360 on December 16, 2010.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy is scheduled to be released in 2011.

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