Curated playlist

Final Fantasy video games

Final Fantasy Legend IIA smashed goddess statue scatters 77 magical stones across linked worlds in Final Fantasy Legend II.
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final FantasyFabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy began as a mythology, not a game. Kazushige Nojima wrote a bible of gods for it.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant WingsFinal Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings began with no Final Fantasy XII link. Vaan and Penelo were added later.
Final Fantasy XV: Pocket EditionFinal Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition squeezed a console epic onto a touchscreen. Only the first of ten chapters is free.
Final Fantasy IV (2007 video game)Three quarters of Final Fantasy IV's original script never reached players in 1991.
Final Fantasy XIIIFinal Fantasy XIII's heroes learn their mission is to destroy their own world.
Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years was a role-playing game released to mobile phones in monthly installments.
Final Fantasy Mystic QuestIn Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, players see enemies coming and choose whether to fight.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIICrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII explains a death that fans of the 1997 game already knew.
Final Fantasy Legend IIIFinal Fantasy Legend III began in Japan as SaGa 3, planned as the last game in its series.
Final Fantasy VJapan asked Square not to release Final Fantasy V on a school day.
Final Fantasy Crystal ChroniclesThe original Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles needed a Game Boy Advance for each multiplayer player.
Final Fantasy IIIFinal Fantasy III's developers followed a programmer to Sacramento after his work visa expired.
Final Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VII skipped the Nintendo 64 after one big enemy slowed it down.
Final Fantasy IXFinal Fantasy IX deliberately turned backward to medieval castles and minstrels.
Final Fantasy VII RemakeFinal Fantasy VII Remake's reveal sent Square Enix's stock to its highest point since November 2008.
Final Fantasy VII RebirthFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth was released on Leap Day, the 29th of February 2024. Square Enix chose that date deliberately.
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD RemasterThe Final Fantasy X remaster added an audio drama that darkened the happy ending. Its writer has a sequel plot ready.
Final Fantasy XIII-2In Final Fantasy XIII-2, Serah and Noel jump between eras to repair paradoxes in time.
Final Fantasy XVIIn Final Fantasy XVI, the hero hunts a fire monster that turns out to be him.
Final Fantasy III (2006 video game)Final Fantasy III sold 500,000 copies in its first week in Japan in 2006. It had never been sold outside Japan.
Final Fantasy XVFinal Fantasy XV shipped five million units in one day. Square Enix said that covered its development costs.
Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceFinal Fantasy Tactics Advance was first planned for the PlayStation 2. It ended up on the Game Boy Advance.
Final Fantasy X-2Final Fantasy X-2 built its costume-changing battles from magical girl anime and Charlie's Angels.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIIIn Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning has thirteen days to save the world.
Final Fantasy IIFinal Fantasy II replaced experience points with stats that grow by use. Its designer felt it went too far.
Final Fantasy XFinal Fantasy X shipped in Japan in 2001 and sold more than 2.14 million units on its first day alone, including 1.4 to 1.5 million pre-orders. A million copies moved within hours of release. Square had expected modest returns from a…
Final Fantasy XIIFinal Fantasy XII lets players program their characters to fight on their own. It drew on American football plays.
Final Fantasy IVFinal Fantasy IV began with a Formula One race. Hiroyuki Ito saw cars pass at different speeds and got an idea.
Final Fantasy VIFinal Fantasy VI lets its hero fail to save the world. The story's second half is called the World of Ruin.
Final Fantasy XIIn 2025, so many new players joined Final Fantasy XI that the server Asura closed to new characters.
Final Fantasy XIVSquare Enix rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV from scratch while the failed original kept running.
Final Fantasy XIV (2010 video game)One flowerpot in Final Fantasy XIV used as much detail as a whole player character.
Final Fantasy VIIIFinal Fantasy VIII sold 2.21 million copies in one day in Japan.
Final Fantasy TacticsFinal Fantasy Tactics tells of a war that its own church secretly engineered.
The Final Fantasy LegendThe Final Fantasy Legend's last boss can die to one chainsaw hit. A Game Boy weapon with instant death does it.