The game currently has more than 5 million subscribers. Final Fantasy XIV, the second MMORPG in the series, was launched for the PC and the PlayStation 3 in 2010, and after a failed first launch, the game was rereleased as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn to a large amount of positive reviews, including receiving the Best MMORPG of 2015 award from sites such as Playstation Blog and GameInformer. PS3 Titles (2009 – 2010)įinal Fantasy XIII was released in 2009, which spawned the sequels Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns.
As of May 2015, Square-Enix released the final expansion pack of Final Fantasy XI titled Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, with support for all console versions ending in March 2016. In addition, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings was released for Nintendo DS in 2007. Final Fantasy XII was launched for PlayStation 2 in 2006. VII and VIII both received PC ports in 19, with IX receiving no port until one was recently announced by Square-Enix, released in early 2016.įinal Fantasy X was released in 2001 for Sony's PlayStation 2 console, followed by the 2002 release of Final Fantasy XI, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the series (with a total of six expansion packs and add-ons) and the release of Final Fantasy X-2 in 2003. PS Titles (1997 – 2000)įinal Fantasy VII (1997) was the first title in the series to transition from 2D to 3D computer graphics with polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds, followed by Final Fantasy VIII in 1999 and Final Fantasy IX in 2000, all of which were developed for Sony's PlayStation console. The game received critical acclaim and sold more than 3 million. Final Fantasy VI (renamed Final Fantasy III in North America) was released in 1994. Final Fantasy V was released in 1992 for the Super Famicom and SNES.
SNES Titles (1991 – 1994)įinal Fantasy IV was released in 1991 for the Super Famicom console in Japan and the SNES in North America, where it was renamed Final Fantasy II due to the previous two titles never being sold worldwide outside of remakes.
The game is credited for being the basis of the "Job System" that would be found in many RPGs to come.
Final Fantasy III was released in Japan on April 27th, 1990, which used a similar experience points and character class system as the original title. Final Fantasy II was released in Japan the following year, introducing multiple recurring concepts to the series, including the trademark chocobos. Final Fantasy, the original title, was released in Japan on December 18th, 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which featured a turn-based combat system, experience points, an overworld map and randomly encountered enemies.
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