Final Fantasy

Eight games that were each, in their moment, the last gamble — and each became a milestone.

8 games in this room

Final Fantasy

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy

ファイナルファンタジー

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1987

Final Fantasy (1987) was Hironobu Sakaguchi's final gamble. Square was struggling, and Sakaguchi decided that if this ga…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy IV

ファイナルファンタジーIV

RPG · 1991

Released in 1991 as the first Final Fantasy on Super Famicom hardware, Final Fantasy IV introduced the Active Time Battl…

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Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy V

ファイナルファンタジーV

Role-playing · 1992

Final Fantasy V is the 1992 Super Famicom RPG that never reached Western players in its era — Japan-exclusive until the …

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Final Fantasy VI Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy VI

ファイナルファンタジーVI

Role-playing · 1994

Final Fantasy VI is widely considered the finest entry in the Final Fantasy series and one of the greatest RPGs ever mad…

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Final Fantasy VII

PlayStation

Final Fantasy VII

ファイナルファンタジーVII

Role-playing game · 1997

Final Fantasy VII (1997) is the game whose development decision defined a console generation. Originally planned for the…

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PlayStation

Final Fantasy Tactics

ファイナルファンタジータクティクス

Tactical RPG / Strategy · 1997

Final Fantasy Tactics is the 1997 PlayStation tactical RPG directed by Yasumi Matsuno, set in the politically complex ki…

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Final Fantasy VIII

PlayStation

Final Fantasy VIII

ファイナルファンタジーVIII

RPG · 1999

Final Fantasy VIII is the 1999 Square RPG, the direct successor to Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation. Players control Squ…

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PlayStation

Final Fantasy IX

ファイナルファンタジーIX

RPG · 2000

Released in 2000, Final Fantasy IX was the series' deliberate return to its roots — a response to the urban, technologic…

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