Final Fantasy is a video game series developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square). The first installment in the series, the eponymousFinal Fantasy, premiered in Japan in 1987, and Final Fantasy games have been released almost every single year since. Sixteen games have been released as part of the main (numbered) series. Sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and related video games have been published, as well as numerous installments in other media forms. Each game in the main series takes place in a different fictional universe rather than serving as direct sequels to prior games, although some games have received sequels, or prequels, set in the same universe.
Included in the Final Fantasy I-II (Family Computer, 1994), Final Fantasy Origins (PlayStation, 2002), and Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game Boy Advance, 2004) bundles, and the Final Fantasy Mobile (Mobile phones, 2004) subseries.[5][13][14][15]
NES version available on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan, North America, & Europe/Australia; also available on the Wii U & Nintendo 3DS Virtual Consoles in Japan.
Release years by system: 1988 – Family Computer[4] 2001 – WonderSwan Color[16] 2002 – PlayStation[17] 2004 – Game Boy Advance 2005 – Mobile phones[18] 2007 – PlayStation Portable (Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition)[19] 2010 – iOS[20] 2012 – Android 2021 – Android, iOS, Steam (Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster) 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster) 2024 – Xbox Series X/S (Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster)
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Included in the Final Fantasy I-II (Family Computer, 1994), Final Fantasy Origins (PlayStation, 2002), and Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game Boy Advance, 2004) bundles, and the Final Fantasy Mobile (Mobile phones, 2005) subseries.[5][13][14][15]
Famicom version available on the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Consoles in Japan.
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable in Japan and North America.
Game Boy Advance version available on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan.
Release years by system: 1990 – Family Computer[4] 2006 – Nintendo DS[21] 2011 – iOS 2012 – PlayStation Portable 2012 – Android[22] 2013 – Ouya[23] 2013 – Windows Phone 2014 – Microsoft Windows, Steam (Final Fantasy III 3D Remake) 2021 – Android, iOS, Steam (Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster) 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster) 2024 – Xbox Series X/S (Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster)
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Nintendo DS, iOS, PSP, Android, Ouya, Windows Phone, PC versions and one of the Steam versions are a fullremake of the game with 3D graphics and additional content.[24]
Famicom version available on the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Consoles in Japan.
Release years by system: 1991 – Super NES[26] 1991 – Super Famicom (Final Fantasy IV Easy Type)[28] 1997 – PlayStation[29] 2002 – WonderSwan Color[30] 2005 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy IV Advance)[31] 2007 – Nintendo DS[32] 2009 – Mobile phones[33] 2011 – PlayStation Portable (Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection) 2012 – iOS 2013 – Android 2014 – Microsoft Windows 2021 – Android, iOS, Steam (Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster) 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster) 2024 – Xbox Series X/S (Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster)
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First released in North America under the name Final Fantasy II on the Super NES; later releases of the game were under the Final Fantasy IV title.[34]
Re-released on the Super Famicom in Japan under the title Final Fantasy IV Easy Type with an easier difficulty setting.[28]
Included in the Final Fantasy Collection (1999, PlayStation) and Final Fantasy Chronicles (2001, PlayStation) bundles, and the European release of the Final Fantasy Anthology (2002, PlayStation) bundle, as well as the Finest Fantasy for Advance subseries (2005, Game Boy Advance).[35][36][37][38]
Nintendo DS, Android, iOS and PC versions are a full remake of the game with 3D graphics and additional content.[28]
PSP version of the game is a bundle of the original game, its sequel Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and Final Fantasy IV Interlude, an all-new story that is a tie-in between the other two games.
Super NES version available on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan, North America, and Europe/Australia Super NES and Game Boy Advance versions also available on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan.
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable in Japan only.
Release years by system: 1992 – Super Famicom[26] 1998 – PlayStation[39] 2006 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy V Advance)[40] 2013 – iOS 2013 – Android 2015 – Microsoft Windows 2021 – Android, iOS, Steam (Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster) 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster) 2024 – Xbox Series X/S (Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster)
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Included in the Final Fantasy Collection (1999, PlayStation) and the Final Fantasy Anthology (1999, PlayStation) bundles, as well as the Finest Fantasy for Advance subseries (2006, Game Boy Advance).[35][37][38]
Super Famicom version available on the Wii and Wii U Virtual Consoles in Japan, and Game Boy Advance version available on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan.
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable.
Release years by system: 1994 – Super NES[26] 1999 – PlayStation[42] 2006 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy VI Advance)[43] 2014 – Android 2014 – iOS 2015 – Microsoft Windows 2022 – Android, iOS, Steam (Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster) 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster) 2024 – Xbox Series X/S (Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster)
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First released in North America under the name Final Fantasy III on the Super NES; later releases of the game were under the Final Fantasy VI title.[44]
Included in the Final Fantasy Collection (1999, PlayStation) and the North American release of the Final Fantasy Anthology (1999, PlayStation) bundles, as well as the Finest Fantasy for Advance subseries (2006, Game Boy Advance).[35][37][38]
Super NES version available on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan, North America and Europe/Australia; Super NES and Game Boy Advance versions also available on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan.
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.
Release years by system: 1997 – PlayStation[46] 1997 – PlayStation (Final Fantasy VII International)[48] 1998 – Microsoft Windows[49] 2012 – Microsoft Windows 2015 – iOS 2015 – PlayStation 4 2016 – Android 2019 – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One[50]
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International version released in Japan for the PlayStation (1997, titled Final Fantasy VII International).[48]
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.
Microsoft Windows version re-released in 2012 with upscaled graphics and additional features.
Japanese release of Microsoft Windows version in 2013 includes features that were later included in the iOS, PS4 and Android ports but remain exclusive to Japan for the PC version.
Release years by system: 2000 – PlayStation[54] 2016 – Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS 2017 – PlayStation 4 2019 – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One[50]
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Card minigame from Final Fantasy IX, "Tetra Master", was available on Square Enix's PlayOnline network service until December 31, 2010, featuring player versus player games.[55]
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.
International version released in Japan for the PlayStation 2 (2002, titled Final Fantasy X International), containing a short film that bridges the story of Final Fantasy X with that of its sequel, Final Fantasy X-2.[57]
Five expansion packs have been released: Rise of the Zilart (2003),[63]Chains of Promathia (2004),[64]Treasures of Aht Urhgan (2006),[65]Wings of the Goddess (2007),[66] and Seekers of Adoulin (2013).[67]
Six add-ons, or small expansions, have been released: A Crystalline Prophecy (March 2009), A Moogle Kupo d'Etat (July 2009), A Shantotto Ascension (October 2009),[68]Vision of Abyssea (June 2010), Scars of Abyssea (August 2010), and Heroes of Abyssea (November 2010).[69]
Two main scenario packs have been released: Rhapsodies of Vana'diel (2015),[70] and The Voracious Resurgence (2020).[71][72]
Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[84] 2010 – Xbox 360 (Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International)[84] 2014 – PC 2015 – iOS, Android
PSP version of the game is a bundle of the original game, its sequel Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and Final Fantasy IV Interlude, an all-new story that is a tie-in between the other two games.
iOS, Android and PC versions are a full remake of the game in the style of the remakes of Final Fantasy III and IV.
Set in the world of Ivalice, which was later reused in main series game Final Fantasy XII.[96]
PS1 Classic available on the PlayStation Store to download for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable in Japan and North America.
Spin-off sequel of Final Fantasy XII initially developed by GRIN before being handed over to another, undisclosed studio and subsequently cancelled.[106]
First in a planned series of games remaking the 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII.
Upgraded version titled Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade with Episode Intermission DLC expansion and all previous updates released in 2021 for the PlayStation 5.
Release years by system: 2018 – Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Store) 2018 – Nintendo Switch (Nintendo eShop), PlayStation 4 (PlayStation Store), Xbox One (Microsoft Store) (Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD)
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Abridged version of Final Fantasy XV, remaking its storyline, graphics, and gameplay for mobile devices.
Release years by system: 1997 – PlayStation (Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon (Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon))[131] 1998 – PlayStation (Chocobo's Dungeon 2)[132] 1999 – WonderSwan (Chocobo no Fushigi Dungeon for WonderSwan (Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon for WonderSwan))[133] 1999 – PlayStation (Chocobo Racing)[134] 1999 – PlayStation (Chocobo Collection, includes Chocobo Racing, Chocobo Stallion and Dice de Chocobo)[135] 2000 – WonderSwan (Hataraku Chocobo (Chocobo on the Job))[136] 2002 – Mobile phones (Dokodemo Chocobo (Chocobo Anywhere))[137] 2002 – Game Boy Advance (Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice)[138] 2003 – Mobile phones (Dokodemo Chocobo 2: Dasshutsu! Yūreisen (Chocobo Anywhere 2: Escape! Ghost Ship))[139] 2003 – Mobile phones (Choco-Mate)[140][141] 2004 – Mobile phones (Dokodemo Chocobo 2.5: Sennyū! Kodai Iseki (Chocobo Anywhere 2.5: Infiltrate! Ancient Ruins)) 2004 – Mobile phones (Dokodemo Chocobo 3: Taose! Niji Iro Daimaō (Chocobo Anywhere 3: Defeat! The Great Rainbow-Colored Demon))[142] 2006 – Mobile phones (Chocobo de Mobile)[143] 2006 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales)[144] 2007 – Wii (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon)[145] 2008 – Nintendo DS (Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyū DS+ (Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: The Labyrinth of Forgotten Time DS+))[146] 2008 – Nintendo DS (Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon: Majō to Shōjo to Gonin no Yūsha (Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book: The Witch, the Girl, and the Five Heroes))[147] 2010 – iOS (Chocobo Panic) 2010 – Mobile phones, Facebook (Chocobo's Crystal Tower) 2012 – iOS, Android (Chocobo No Chocotto Nouen (Chocobo's Chocotto Farm)) Cancelled – Nintendo 3DS (Chocobo Racing 3D) 2019 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!)[50] 2022 – iOS, Android (Chocobo GP')[148] 2022 – Nintendo Switch (Chocobo GP)[149]
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Series of games of different genres featuring a Chocobo, a creature from the Final Fantasy games, as the main character, with environments based on the Final Fantasy series.[150]
Only Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Chocobo Racing, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, Chocobo Panic, Chocobo's Crystal Tower, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!, Chocobo GP' and Chocobo GP have been released outside Japan.[151]
Release years by system: 2010 – Mobile phones 2012 – iOS, Android
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Released in Japan as Final Fantasy Legends: Hikari to Yami no Senshi (ファイナルファンタジー レジェンズ 光と闇の戦士, Fainaru Fantajī Rejenzu: Hikari to Yami no Senshi, lit. "Final Fantasy Legends: Warriors of Light and Darkness").
Released in Japan as Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō (ファイナルファンタジー レジェンズ 時空ノ水晶, Fainaru Fantajī Rejenzu: Toki no Suishō, lit. "Final Fantasy Legends: Crystal of Space-Time").
Free-to-play mobile role-playing game and side story to the Final Fantasy series.
In 2016, after a massive update, rebranded as Final Fantasy Legends II in Japan.
In 2017, the old free-to-play version of the game was shut down and a paid one was re-launched under the name Final Fantasy Legends II: Toki no Suishō in Japan, which was released worldwide as Final Fantasy Dimensions II.
Though these three games were marketed in North America with "Final Fantasy" in the title,[161] they were originally created as entries in the SaGa series of games. The Final Fantasy name was dropped for later SaGa games brought to North America.[161]
None of the three games bore any Final Fantasy branding in their original Japanese versions, where they were titled:
Makai Toushi Sa・Ga (魔界塔士 Sa・Ga, lit. Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World ~ Sa・Ga)
Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu (Sa・Ga2: 秘宝伝説, lit. Sa・Ga2: The Treasure Legend)
Jikuu no Hasha ~ Sa・Ga3 [Kanketsu Hen] (時空の覇者 Sa・Ga3 [完結編], lit. The Ruler of Time and Space ~ Sa・Ga3 [Final Chapter])[161]
The three games were republished by Sunsoft (again under the Final Fantasy Legend name) in 1998.[162]
Not to be confused with the Final Fantasy Legends mobile games released in Japan.
Release years by system: 1991 – Game Boy[151] 2019 – Nintendo Switch (as part of the Collection of Mana compilation)
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Released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (聖剣伝説 ~ファイナルファンタジー外伝~, Legend of the Holy Sword: Final Fantasy Gaiden) and in Europe as Mystic Quest.[151]
First released as a side story for the Final Fantasy series, it has generated its own game series, called Mana.[151]
Features some elements from the Final Fantasy series which did not reappear in later titles or in its remakes, Sword of Mana (2003) and Adventures of Mana (2016).[151]
Released in Japan as Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (光の4戦士 -ファイナルファンタジー外伝-, Hikari no 4 Senshi Fainaru Fantajī Gaiden, lit. "4 Heroes of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden").
Japan-exclusive boxed set of the first thirteen Final Fantasy games on PlayStation consoles.[180]
Includes Final Fantasy through Final Fantasy IX on PlayStation (except Final Fantasy III on PlayStation Portable), Final Fantasy X through Final Fantasy XII on PlayStation 2, and Final Fantasy XIII on PlayStation 3.[180]
Includes a code redeemable for in-game Moogle Earrings in Final Fantasy XIV.[180]
These are groups of games or system-specific releases of games that are branded or marketed together. Unlike bundles, they were made available as individual products.
Brand name for a series of games and animated features based in the world and continuity of Final Fantasy VII, though it does not include Final Fantasy VII itself.[83]
Brand name for mobile phone ports of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, which were released separately for two different mobile phone models.[15]
Final Fantasy port is also called Final Fantasy i and Final Fantasy EZ, depending on the phone.[15]
Finest Fantasy for Advance series
Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy IV Advance)[31] 2006 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy V Advance)[40] 2006 – Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy VI Advance)[43]
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Brand name for the Game Boy Advance ports of Final Fantasy IV, V and VI, with bonus quests and dungeons.[38]
Brand name for games set in the world of Ivalice.[183]
Includes Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System, and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.[83]
Brand name for games thematically connected to Final Fantasy XIII.[83]
Includes Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy Agito, Final Fantasy XV and Final Fantasy Awakening.[83]
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