Franchise file / Hironobu Sakaguchi
Final Fantasy
Crystals, summons and reinvention
Square's role-playing saga began in 1987 and has rebuilt itself ever since. New worlds, new casts and new combat, tied together by crystals, chocobos and summons.
- 1987
- First game
- 9
- Series
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Creator
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One world. Many eras.
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The sprite years. Six games across Nintendo's 8-bit and 16-bit machines set the template: crystals, party battles and stories that grew more ambitious with every cartridge.
Start with Final FantasyYour next late night
The essentials
Chapters
Series (9)
Compilation of Final Fantasy VIISquare Enix's expanded Final Fantasy VII line, taking in Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus, mobile game Ever Crisis and the Remake project that retells the 1997 original.Dissidia Final FantasyA fighting spin-off line that pits heroes and villains from across Final Fantasy against each other. Square Enix launched it with Dissidia Final Fantasy on PSP in 2008.
A legacy worth revisiting
A new world every time.
Hironobu Sakaguchi's 1987 RPG grew into a series that refuses to sit still. Each numbered entry resets the world and the rules, while Tactics, Dissidia and Crystal Chronicles carry the name into strategy, fighting and co-op.
- 1987 to 1994
- The sprite years
- 1997 to 2006
- The polygon leap
- 2016 to 2024
- The action turn
Scenes that stay with you
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