Editing Final Fantasy (section)

==== Main series ====
Three ''Final Fantasy'' installments were released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES). ''[[Final Fantasy (video game)|Final Fantasy]]'' was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210201933/http://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/finalfantasy_hs/sec1.html |title=The Main Final Fantasies |work=The History of Final Fantasy |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |first=Andrew |last=Vestal |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708141802/http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/finalfantasy_hs/sec1.html |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It introduced many concepts to the console RPG genre, and has since been remade on several platforms.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main" /> ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', released in 1988 in Japan, has been bundled with ''Final Fantasy'' in several re-releases.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy II - Release Summary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy2/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210212423/http://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy2/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GT-FFRetrospectiveII">{{cite web|url=https://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-ii-final-fantasy/22650 |title=Final Fantasy Retrospective Part II |publisher=[[GameTrailers]] |date=July 23, 2007 |access-date=August 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628180935/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-ii-final-fantasy/22650 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The last of the NES installments, ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'', was released in Japan in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy III - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy3/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214121803/http://www.gamespot.com/nes/rpg/finalfantasy3/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but was not released elsewhere until a [[Nintendo DS]] [[Video game remake|remake]] came out in 2006.<ref name="GT-FFRetrospectiveII" />

The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES) also featured three installments of the main series, all of which have been re-released on several platforms. ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' was released in 1991; in North America, it was released as ''Final Fantasy II''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy II (SNES) - Release Summary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy2/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213052720/http://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy2/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|year=1991|editor=Square Co|title=Final Fantasy II instruction manual| page=74|publisher=Square Co|id=SFS-F4-USA-1}}</ref> It introduced the "[[Gameplay of Final Fantasy#Parties and battles|Active Time Battle]]" system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/166/166322p1.html |title=Final Fantasy Chronicles |website=IGN |date=July 18, 2001 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805230122/http://psx.ign.com/articles/166/166322p1.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', released in 1992 in Japan, was the first game in the series to spawn a sequel: a short anime series, ''[[Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals]]''.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy V - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy5/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213024209/http://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy5/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IGN-FF-Anime">{{cite web|url=http://anime.ign.com/articles/842/842025p1.html |title=Gaming to Anime: Final Fantasy VI |website=IGN |last=Isler |first=Ramsey |date=December 17, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811130521/http://anime.ign.com/articles/842/842025p1.html |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' was released in Japan in 1994, titled ''Final Fantasy III'' in North America.<ref name="FFVI-Release">{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy III (SNES) - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy3/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913073812/http://www.gamespot.com/snes/rpg/finalfantasy3/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] console saw the release of three main ''Final Fantasy'' games. ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' (1997) moved away from the [[2D computer graphics|two-dimensional (2D) graphics]] used in the first six games to [[3D computer graphics|three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics]]; the game features [[polygon (computer graphics)|polygonal]] characters on [[Pre-rendering|pre-rendered]] backgrounds. It also introduced a more modern setting, a style that was carried over to the next game.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main"/> It was also the second in the series to be released in Europe, with the first being ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]''. ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' was published in 1999, and was the first to consistently use realistically proportioned characters and feature a vocal piece as its theme music.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy VIII - Release Summary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/finalfantasy8/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415042438/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/finalfantasy8/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', released in 2000, returned to the series' roots, by revisiting a more traditional ''Final Fantasy'' setting, rather than the more modern worlds of ''VII'' and ''VIII''.<ref name="GS-FFHistory-Main"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy IX - Release Summary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/finalfantasy9/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430042107/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/finalfantasy9/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Three main installments, as well as one online game, were published for the [[PlayStation 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/games/final-fantasy-x/ps2-14008|title=Final Fantasy X - PlayStation 2 - IGN|website=IGN|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125212221/http://uk.ign.com/games/final-fantasy-x/ps2-14008|archive-date=January 25, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.ign.com/games/final-fantasy-xi/ps2-14009|title=Final Fantasy XI - PlayStation 2 - IGN|website=IGN|access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.ign.com/games/final-fantasy-xii/ps2-488222|title=Final Fantasy XII - PlayStation 2 - IGN|website=IGN|access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' (2001) introduced full 3D areas and [[voice acting]] to the series, and was the first to spawn a sub-sequel (''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', published in 2003).<ref name="FFX-Releases">{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy X - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy10/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711082847/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy10/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GT-FFRetrospectiveVII">{{cite web|url = https://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-vii-final-fantasy/24248|title = Final Fantasy Retrospective Part VII| publisher = [[GameTrailers]]| date = August 28, 2007|access-date = August 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622021020/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-vii-final-fantasy/24248 |archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> The first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the series, ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', was released on the PS2 and PC in 2002, and later on the [[Xbox 360]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy XI - Release Summary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy11/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525022118/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy11/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FF-Retro-8">{{cite web| url = http://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-viii-final-fantasy/24494|title = Final Fantasy Retrospective Part VIII|publisher = [[GameTrailers]]|date = September 4, 2007|access-date = August 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622021025/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-viii-final-fantasy/24494 |archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> It introduced real-time battles instead of [[random encounter]]s.<ref name="FF-Retro-8" /> ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', published in 2006, also includes real-time battles in large, interconnected playfields.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy XII - Release Summary |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy12/similar.html?mode=versions |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165821/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy12/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IGN-Evo">{{cite web|url=https://au.ps2.ign.com/articles/756/756635p1.html |title=The Evolution of Final Fantasy |last=Kolan |first=Patrick |website=IGN |date=January 18, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812000715/http://au.ps2.ign.com/articles/756/756635p1.html |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The game is also the first in the main series to utilize a world used in a previous game, namely the land of [[Ivalice]], which was previously featured in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' and ''[[Vagrant Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web|year=2004 |title=Interview |url=https://www.ffworld.com/?rub=ff12&page=interview_jp-mai04 |work=FFWorld.com |access-date=May 25, 2007 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011201410/http://ffworld.com/?rub=ff12&page=interview_jp-mai04 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

In 2009, ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' was released in Japan, and in North America and Europe the following year, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.<ref name="xbox360">{{cite web|url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888967p1.html |title=E3 2008: Final Fantasy XIII Coming to Xbox 360 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823082454/http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888967p1.html |archive-date=August 23, 2011 |last=Thang |first=Jimmy |date=July 14, 2008 |website=IGN |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/finalfantasy13/news.html?sid=6209172 |title=Square Enix fast-tracking FFXIII localization - Report |first=Tom |last=Magrino |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206002901/http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/finalfantasy13/news.html?sid=6209172 |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the flagship installment of the ''[[Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy]]'' series<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/708/708994p1.html |title=Famitsu with More on Fabula Nova |website=IGN |first=Anoop |last=Gantayat |date=May 17, 2006 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813060829/http://ps3.ign.com/articles/708/708994p1.html |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and became the first mainline game to spawn two sub-sequels (''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2|XIII-2]]'' and ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning Returns]]'').<ref name="ShackInterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/81728/fabula-nova-crystallis-a-decade-of-final-fantasy-xiii-an |title=Fabula Nova Crystallis & a decade of Final Fantasy XIII: an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase |author=Yoon, Andrew |publisher=[[Shacknews]] |date=October 24, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306083235/http://www.shacknews.com/article/81728/fabula-nova-crystallis-a-decade-of-final-fantasy-xiii-an |archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref> It was also the first game released in Chinese and [[High-definition video|high definition]] along with being released on two consoles at once. ''[[Final Fantasy XIV (2010 video game)|Final Fantasy XIV]]'', a MMORPG, was released worldwide on [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2010, but it received heavy criticism when it was launched, prompting Square Enix to rerelease the game as ''[[Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'', this time to the [[PlayStation 3]] as well, in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy XIV Online Release |website=[[GameSpot]] |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfantasy14/similar.html?mode=versions |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817173648/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/final-fantasy-14/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-date=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]'' is an action role-playing game that was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/10/4409956/playstation-4-games-announced-e3-2013/in/4166593 |title=Sony reveals new PlayStation 4 games at E3, including 'Final Fantasy XV', 'The Order: 1886' and 'Transistor' |author=Andrew Webster |publisher=TheVerge |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614044646/http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/10/4409956/playstation-4-games-announced-e3-2013/in/4166593 |archive-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-15-release-date-confirmed-for-2016/1100-6429527/|title=Final Fantasy 15 Release Date Confirmed for 2016|last=Brown|first=Peter|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806111629/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-15-release-date-confirmed-for-2016/1100-6429527/|archive-date=August 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally a ''XIII'' spin-off titled ''Versus XIII'', ''XV'' uses the mythos of the ''Fabula Nova Crystallis'' series, although in many other respects the game stands on its own and has since been distanced from the series by its developers.{{refn|Citations:<ref name="edge">{{cite web|date=June 25, 2007 |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/interview-tetsuya-nomura/ |title=Interview: Tetsuya Nomura |publisher=[[Edge Online]] |access-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103112724/http://www.edge-online.com/features/interview-tetsuya-nomura/ |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref><ref name="VGinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/final_fantasy_15/news/final_fantasy_15_quite_far_into_development_given_high_priority_by_square.html|title=Final Fantasy 15 'quite far into development, given high priority' by Square|author=Schammell, David|work=VideoGamer.com|date=February 13, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213153739/http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/final_fantasy_15/news/final_fantasy_15_quite_far_into_development_given_high_priority_by_square.html|archive-date=February 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TGSnomura">{{cite magazine|title=【PS4クリエイターインタビュー】『ファイナルファンタジーXV』新世代機で描かれる『FF』を野村哲也氏が語る|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201309/20040216.html|magazine=Famitsu|access-date=January 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128102401/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201309/20040216.html|archive-date=January 28, 2014|date=September 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Juba, Joe|title=Final Fantasy XV - The Clearing Storm|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|publisher=[[GameStop]]|issue=277|date=May 2016|pages=38–64}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201508/07085495.html|script-title=ja:『ファイナルファンタジーXV』発売時期を示唆、『Just Cause 3』との技術協力も決定【gamescom 2015】|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|language=ja|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=August 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807145900/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201508/07085495.html|archive-date=August 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finaland.com/?rub=site&page=news&id=5516|title=Gamescom 2015: Hajime Tabata Interview (English)|publisher=Finaland|date=August 11, 2015|access-date=August 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811145957/http://www.finaland.com/?rub=site&page=news&id=5516|archive-date=August 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The sixteenth mainline entry, ''[[Final Fantasy XVI]]'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Final Fantasy 16 Announced for PS5 [Update: Square Retracts PC Announcement] - IGN|date=September 16, 2020 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-final-fantasy-16|language=en|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917150010/https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-final-fantasy-16|url-status=live}}</ref> was released in 2023 for [[PlayStation 5]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Final Fantasy XVI launches June 22, 2023 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/final-fantasy-xvi-launches-june-22-2023 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209124325/https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/final-fantasy-xvi-launches-june-22-2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>