Editing Final Fantasy (section)

===Rankings and aggregators===
Various video game publications have created rankings of the mainline ''Final Fantasy'' games. In the table below, the lower the number given, the better the game is in the view of the respective publication. By way of comparison, the ratings provided by ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine and the review aggregator ''[[Metacritic]]'' are also given; in these rows, higher numbers indicate better reviews. Note that ''Metacritic'' ratings up until ''Final Fantasy VII'' largely represent retrospective reviews from online websites years after their initial release, rather than contemporary reviews from [[video game magazines]] at the time of their initial release.

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! Publication<!-- Includes only sources deemed reliable per Wikipedia's internal guideline [[WP:VGRS]]. --> !! ''[[Final Fantasy I|I]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy II|II]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy III|III]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy IV|IV]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy V|V]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy VI|VI]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy VII|VII]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy VIII|VIII]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy IX|IX]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy X|X]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy XI|XI]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy XII|XII]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy XIII|XIII]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|XIV]]'' !! ''[[Final Fantasy XV|XV]]''
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|''[[Retro Gamer]]'' (2004)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=Nick |title=Flashback: Retro Gamer Readers' Top 100 Games (Circa 2004) |url=https://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/flashback-retro-gamer-readers-top-100-games-circa-2004/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=[[Retro Gamer]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing Limited]] |date=6 January 2016 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405020223/http://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/flashback-retro-gamer-readers-top-100-games-circa-2004/ |url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[GamePro]]'' (2008)<ref name="GamePro" />||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]]'' (2008)<ref name=Stuff2008>{{cite journal|journal=[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]]|title=100 Greatest Games|date=October 2008|pages=116–126}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' (2009)<ref name=Empire2009>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Games Of All Time|date=2009|url=http://www.empireonline.com/100greatestgames/|publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|website=www.empireonline.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515221956/http://www.empireonline.com/100greatestgames/|archive-date=May 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Jeuxvideo]]'' (2011)<ref name=Jeuxvideo2011>{{cite web|title=Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014196/les-100-meilleurs-jeux-de-tous-les-temps.htm|website=Jeuxvideo.com|access-date=March 5, 2019|date=March 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627150823/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014196/les-100-meilleurs-jeux-de-tous-les-temps.htm|archive-date=June 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  || style="background:#FFC"| 3 ||  || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Kotaku]]'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schreier |first1=Jason |author-link=Jason Schreier|title=Let's Rank The Final Fantasy Games, Best to Worst |url=https://kotaku.com/5979711/lets-rank-the-final-fantasy-games-best-to-worst |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=Kotaku |date=January 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123436/https://kotaku.com/5979711/lets-rank-the-final-fantasy-games-best-to-worst |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|| 10 || 11 || 8 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 5 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 4 || 6 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 7 ||  || 9 || 12 ||  ||
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|''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' (2014)<ref name=PopularMechanics>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/g134/the-100-greatest-video-games-of-all-time/ |magazine=[[Popular Mechanics]] |title=The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time |last=Moore |first=Bo |date=June 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235359/http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/g134/the-100-greatest-video-games-of-all-time/ |archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  ||  || || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  ||  || style="background:#FFC"| 3 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Slant Magazine]]'' (2014)<ref name=Slant>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/100-greatest-video-games-of-all-time/p10%20100%20greatest%20video%20games%20of%20all%20time|website=slantmagazine.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712044110/http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/100-greatest-video-games-of-all-time/P10|archive-date=July 12, 2015|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  ||  || || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  || 4 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
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|''[[Den of Geek]]'' (2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hardgrave |first1=Laura |title=Final Fantasy: Ranking the Main Games |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/final-fantasy/244017/final-fantasy-ranking-the-main-games |access-date=September 14, 2019 |work=Den of Geek |date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904044414/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/final-fantasy/244017/final-fantasy-ranking-the-main-games |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || 14 || 17 || 6 || 5 || 9 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 10 || 4 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 8 || 7 || 15 || 11 ||
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|''[[VentureBeat]]'' (2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Minotti |first1=Mike |title=Final Fantasy I to XV: Ranking the series from worst to best |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/12/11/ranking-final-fantasy-i-to-xv/ |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=VentureBeat |date=December 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123620/https://venturebeat.com/2016/12/11/ranking-final-fantasy-i-to-xv/ |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 12 || 14 || 13 || 10 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 5 || 9 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 7 || 15 || 4 || 11 || 8 || 6
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|''[[Famitsu]]'' (2017)<ref>{{cite news |author=Brian |title=Famitsu readers choose the top 100 best games of all time |url=https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-readers-choose-the-top-100-best-games-of-all-time/ |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=Nintendo Everything |date=September 4, 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109154911/http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-readers-choose-the-top-100-best-games-of-all-time/ |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> ||  ||  ||  || 9 || 8 || 7 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 11 || 5 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  ||  || 6 || 4
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|''[[GamesRadar+]]'' (2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnello |first1=Anthony John |date=February 3, 2022 |title=The 25 best Final Fantasy games |work=Gamesradar |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/best-final-fantasy-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123023/https://www.gamesradar.com/best-final-fantasy-games/ |archive-date=July 15, 2018}} ''Note:'' To make ranks comparable this list skips the ranks given to non-mainline games.</ref>|| ||  || 17 || 7 || 13 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 10 || 8 || 14 || 18 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 21 || 4 || 15
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| ''[[Game Informer]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Top 100 RPGs Of All Time |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx |access-date=November 6, 2018 |work=Gameinformer |date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510205452/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} ''Note:'' It shows these ''Final Fantasy'' games do not only rank higher than the other ''Final Fantasy'' games, but are also part of the top 100 RPGs of all time.</ref> || 4 || || || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || || || 5 || || || || ||
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|''[[IGN]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ranking the Final Fantasy Games |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/15/ranking-the-final-fantasy-games |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=IGN |date=May 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123643/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/15/ranking-the-final-fantasy-games |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| 7 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 5  || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 6 || 11 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 9 ||  || style="background:#DFB"| 2  || 10 ||  ||
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|''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parish |first1=Jeremy |title=Ranking the numbered Final Fantasy games |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/12/19/16793294/ranking-the-numbered-final-fantasy-games |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=Polygon |date=December 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016225257/https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/12/19/16793294/ranking-the-numbered-final-fantasy-games |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| 14 || 15 || 12 || 4 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 10 || 11 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 13 || 7 || 9
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|''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Best of Final Fantasy |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/02/best-final-fantasy-games-pc/ |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123251/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/02/best-final-fantasy-games-pc/ |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>||  ||  ||  || 7 ||  || 8 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 4 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 ||  || 6 ||  ||  || 5
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|''[[VG247]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=Final Fantasy is nearly 30, so let's rank the 10 best games in the series - VG247 |url=https://www.vg247.com/2017/12/05/final-fantasy-10-best-games/ |access-date=July 15, 2018 |work=VG247 |date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715124217/https://www.vg247.com/2017/12/05/final-fantasy-10-best-games/ |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>||  ||  ||  || 9 || 4 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 5 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 8 ||  || 6 || 10 ||  || 7
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| ''[[Digital Spy]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Matthew |title=Ranking the Final Fantasy games from worst to best |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a636855/ranking-final-fantasy-games-worst-to-best-mainline-entries/ |access-date=September 14, 2019 |work=Digital Spy |date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811051325/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a636855/ranking-final-fantasy-games-worst-to-best-mainline-entries/ |archive-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> || 12 || 13 || 10 || 6 || 7 || 4 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 11 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 ||  || 5 || 8 ||  ||9
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| ''[[Digital Trends]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petite |first1=Steven |title=Here are the Final Fantasy games, ranked from best to worst |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/all-final-fantasy-games-ranked-from-best-to-worst/ |access-date=September 14, 2019 |work=Digital Trends |date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910152304/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/all-final-fantasy-games-ranked-from-best-to-worst/ |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || 13 || 15 || 11 || 6 || 9 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 7 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 5 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || 10 || 4 || 12 || 8 ||14
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| [[NHK]] (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=全ファイナルファンタジー大投票 |trans-title=All Final Fantasy Big Vote |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/ff/ranking/index.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=[[NHK]] |language=ja |archive-date=March 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313204656/https://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/ff/ranking/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Japan Votes For Its Favorite Final Fantasy Games And Characters |url=https://nintendosoup.com/japan-votes-for-its-favorite-final-fantasy-games-and-characters/ |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=NintendoSoup |date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315114313/https://nintendosoup.com/japan-votes-for-its-favorite-final-fantasy-games-and-characters/ |archive-date=March 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 24 || 18 || 12 || 8 || 6 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 7 || 4 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 9 || 15 || 14 || 5 || 10
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| [[TV Asahi]] (2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Over 50,000 Japanese users vote for their favorite console games in TV Asahi poll - Top 100 announced |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/12/over-50000-japanese-users-vote-for-their-favorite-console-games-in-tv-asahi-poll-top-100-announced |access-date=27 December 2021 |work=Gematsu |date=27 December 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103083040/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/12/over-50000-japanese-users-vote-for-their-favorite-console-games-in-tv-asahi-poll-top-100-announced |url-status=live}}</ref> ||  ||  || 8 || 7 || 4 || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || 10 || 5 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || 9 ||  ||  || 6 ||
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| ''[[Famitsu]]'' rating (out of 40)<ref name="geimin">{{cite web|title=Famitsu Hall of Fame |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/ |work=Geimin |access-date=February 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204020438/http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review |archive-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref> || 34<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8208 |language=ja |title=ファイナルファンタジーV [スーパーファミコン] |trans-title=Final Fantasy (Famicom) |access-date=September 5, 2015 |publisher=Famitsu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051338/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8208 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 35 || 36 || 36 || 34<ref name="FamiSFC">{{cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2545 |language=ja |title=ファイナルファンタジーV [スーパーファミコン] |trans-title=Final Fantasy V [Super Famicom] |access-date=September 5, 2015 |publisher=Famitsu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725151430/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2545 |archive-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> || 37 || style="background:#FFC"| 38 || 37 || style="background:#FFC"| 38 || style="background:#DFB"| 39 || style="background:#FFC"| 38 || style="background:#BF7"| 40 || style="background:#DFB"| 39 || style="background:#DFB"| 39<ref name="Fam">{{cite web|author=Gifford, Kevin |title="I'm glad I'm back home": Famitsu reviews FF14: A Realm Reborn |url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/25/4771330/im-glad-im-back-home-famitsu-reviews-ff14-a-realm-reborn |website=Polygon |access-date=September 26, 2013 |date=September 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926001704/http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/25/4771330/im-glad-im-back-home-famitsu-reviews-ff14-a-realm-reborn |archive-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref> || style="background:#FFC"| 38<ref name="FamScore">{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2016/12/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1463 |title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1463 |last=Romano |first=Sal |publisher=Gematsu |date=December 13, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214101611/http://gematsu.com/2016/12/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1463 |archive-date=December 14, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ''[[Metacritic]]'' rating (out of 100)<ref>{{cite web |title=Data Tracker: How Does "Final Fantasy XIII" Compare? |url=http://www.metacritic.com/feature/how-does-final-fantasy-13-compare |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714011820/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/how-does-final-fantasy-13-compare |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 79 || 79 || 77 || 85 || 83 || style="background:#DFB"| 92 || style="background:#DFB"| 92 || style="background:#FFC"| 90 || style="background:#BF7"| 94 || style="background:#DFB"| 92 || 85 || style="background:#DFB"| 92 || 83 || 83<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-xiv-online-a-realm-reborn/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909032851/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/final-fantasy-xiv-online-a-realm-reborn |archive-date=September 9, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 85<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/final-fantasy-xv-royal-edition/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616063132/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/final-fantasy-xv-windows-edition |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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