The Final Fantasy Timeline acts as a historical overview and chronological releases of the Final Fantasy franchise, a Japanese fantasy and science-fiction based video game franchise originally created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. The franchise is owned and developed by Square Enix and ...

Final Fantasy I (1) is a role playing game produced and developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Square (Later to become Square Enix) It was released on the Japanese market in 1987 and is the first title in the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy 1 was released in North...

Final Fantasy II (2) is the second installment of the flagship Final Fantasy series. The fantasy RPG game was originally produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) and released in 1988 for use on the Nintendo Entertainment Series exclusively in the Japanese market. The game...

Final Fantasy III (3), released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in 1990, is the third title of the flagship Final Fantasy series made for the Family Computer (Nintendo Entertainment System). The game was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the music scored by Nobuo Uematsu wi...

Final Fantasy IV (4) (released as Final Fantasy II in North America) is the fourth installment of the flagship Final Fantasy series. It was released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and has subsequently been released on t...

Final Fantasy V (5) is the fifth instalment of the flagship series Final Fantasy, released in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom). The game was later released on multiple platforms including iOS, PlayStation, Gameboy Advance, and others. It was produce...

Final Fantasy VI (6) (distributed as FF3 in North America) was the sixth game of the flagship Final Fantasy series, released in 1994 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix). It was the first game of the series to be produced...

Final Fantasy VII (7) is the seventh title in the flagship series Final Fantasy, an RPG style game produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) and released in 1997, the first title to be released on the Sony PlayStation console. The game was produced by series veterans Hiron...

Final Fantasy VIII (8) is the eighth installment in the flagship Final Fantasy series produced by Square (Later to become Square Enix) for the Sony PlayStation console. It was released in 1997. The game inspired a remaster that was released in 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One...

Final Fantasy IX (9) is an RPG style game and the ninth instalment in the flagship Final Fantasy series. The game was released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in 1999. This edition of Final Fantasy was the last game to be released on the original Sony PlayStation. It was ...

Final Fantasy X (10) is the tenth installment in the Square (Later to become Square Enix) flagship series Final Fantasy. It is a RPG style game released on the Sony PlayStation 2 in 2003 and remastered and re-released as Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster for PlayStation 3 and PlayS...

Final Fantasy XI (11), also known as Final Fantasy XI Online is an MMORPG type game and the eleventh installment of the flagship Final Fantasy series released by Square (Later to become Square Enix) in Japan on May 16, 2002, for the Sony PlayStation 2. It was released on Microsof...

Final Fantasy XII (12) is the twelfth title in the flagship Final Fantasy series, an RPG game developed by Square Enix and released on the PlayStation 2 in 2006. The game was directed and produced by Hiroyuki Ito and later re-released as Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job...

Final Fantasy XIII (13) is an RPG video game, the thirteenth release of the flagship Final Fantasy series. It was produced by Square Enix and came out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, later released on the Windows operating system. The game was released in Japan in December 200...

Final Fantasy XIV (14) also called Final Fantasy XIV Online is an MMORPG released by Square Enix in 2010 for Microsoft Windows personal computers. It is the fourteenth title of the flagship Final Fantasy series and is the second MMORPG in the franchise. The game was directed by N...

Final Fantasy XV (15) is the fifteenth title in the flagship Final Fantasy series, produced by Square Enix and released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016, Microsoft Windows in 2018, and as a Stadia title in 2019. The game was directed by Hajime Tabata, produced by Shinji...

The Final Fantasy VII (7) Remake is an upcoming remake edition of the popular Final Fantasy 7, the seventh title of the flagship series Final Fantasy that was released on the Sony PlayStation in the year 1997. It was one of the most successful and influential games of the series....

Final Fantasy Tactics, developed by Square, is the first tactical RPG strategy game and the first title in the Final Fantasy Tactics series, released on PlayStation in 1997. The game inspired a re-release in 2007 as Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions on the PSP, one of t...

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a tactical RPG game that was released by Square in 2003 on the Gameboy Advance. The game, though not a sequel, Advance shares a lot of things in common with Final Fantasy Tactics, a game that was released in 1997 on the PlayStation 1. The game lat...

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a free to play RPG game and a spinoff title of the Final Fantasy series, produced by Alim and Square Enix for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire devices. It was released in Japan in 2015 and worldwide in 2016. The game is one of a number of Final Fantasy ...

Dissidia Final Fantasy is a fighting, action role playing spinoff game of the Final Fantasy series produced by Square Enix on the PlayStation Portable. It is one of a number of Final Fantasy PSP games and was released in Japan in 2008 and in 2009 in the rest of the world. Directe...

Final Fantasy Type-0 is an action RPG game set part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series developed by Square Enix. It was first released as one of many Final Fantasy PSP games on the PlayStation Portable in October 2011 exclusively for the Japanese market. It was l...

Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Square Enix. It is an abridged version of Final Fantasy XV and was released on the PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2018. The game received generally positive reviews ...

Final Fantasy Explorers is an action RPG game for the Nintendo 3DS that was released in Japan in 2014 and in 2016 in North America and Europe. The game was developed by Square Enix and includes staple elements of the franchise series such as a job system and well known Final Fant...

Chocobo Mystery Dungeon is an RPG video game developed by Square Enix. It was released in Japan on the Nintendo Wii in 2007, and the following year to the rest of the world. A port of the game was released on the Nintendo DS in the year 2008 as a remaster of the game. A related s...

Chocobo Racing is a racing genre video game produced by Square that was released on the Sony PlayStation in 1999. Chocobo racing has often been compared to other kart racing games such as the well known Mario Kart or Crash Team Racing. The main star of the game is Chocobo, the ma...

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (Final Fantasy USA in Japan) is a role-playing game released by Square in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom in Japan) as a spin-off title of the Final Fantasy game series. The gameplay is comparable to that of other flagship...

Final Fantasy Chronicles is an action role playing game published by Nintendo on the Gamecube and developed by The Game Designers Studio, a subsidiary of Square Enix. The game was released in Japan in the year of 2003 and outside Japan such as Europe, North America, and Australia...

There are a number of Final Fantasy flagship and spin off games on the Nintendo Switch. Below is a list of Final Fantasy games that have also been adapted and released on the Nintendo Switch, with a brief review and summary of each.

There is an extensively long list of Final Fantasy mobile phone games from remakes, spinoffs, console ports, apps and derivative games that have been designed or are in development for mobile platforms including iOS, android, and Windows. Here is a list of the history of currentl...

A significant number of the Final Fantasy franchise, remakes, and spin off games have been released on Sony’s popular Playstation Portable system, the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The PSP is a handheld game console developed and released by Sony Computer Entertainment first in Jap...

The Final Fantasy franchise is one of the few franchise series that have a large range of derivative and spin-off games come from the mainline series. These games are not limited to a single game console as many have also been ported to a variety of different gaming consoles, suc...

The cast of characters in Final Fantasy VII, a role-playing game released on the Sony Playstation 1 in the year 1997 by Square (later Square Enix), have garnered a huge following among fans in the series. They appear in a number of other spin offs, movies, and other media includi...

Cloud Strife is the main protagonist and made his first appearance in Square’s Final Fantasy VII, and has subsequently made appearances in a number of other releases and spinoffs, including Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Released on March...

Barret Wallace is a playable character in the role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, developed by Square Enix. Wallace was created by character designer Tetsuya Nomura, and appeared in the computer graphic film set two years after the events of the game, Final Fantasy VII: Ad...

Tifa Lockhart is a character in Square’s Final Fantasy VII and was created by Tetsuya Nomura. Since Final Fantasy VII, Tifa Lockhart has made appearances in a number of other Final Fantasy Games and spin-off titles and will soon return in the Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Aerith Gainsborough is a character first introduced in Final Fantasy VII, an RPG game developed by Square and released on the Playstation 1 in 1997. Aerith was designed by Tetsu Nomura. Since her introduction in Final Fantasy VII, Aerith Gainsborough has appeared in the feature f...

Red XIII is a playable character first introduced in Final Fantasy VII, an RPG game developed by Square and released on the Sony Playstation 1 in 1997. Red XIII was designed by Tetsu Nomura and is designed to be a member of an unnamed feline species. Since his introduction in Fin...

Cait Sith is a playable character first introduced in Final Fantasy VII, an RPG game developed by Square and released on the Sony Playstation 1 in 1997. Cait Sith was designed by Tetsuya Nomura. Since his introduction in Final Fantasy VII, Cait Sith has appeared briefly in the fe...

Cid Highwind is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII who makes appearance in a number of other game titles, spinoffs, and remakes including the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Also in In Final Fantasy: Advent Children, a computer animated film that takes place after the ev...

Yuffie Kisaragi is a playable character that originally appears in Final Fantasy VII, but shows up in a number of other game titles, spinoffs and remakes, including Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. She also appears in Final Fantasy: Advent Chil...

Vincent Valentine is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII, an RPG style game released on the PlayStation 1 in the year 1997 by Square. Vincent Valentine shows up a number of other game titles, spinoffs, and remakes, including the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. He also app...

Zack Fair is a non-playable character that originally appeared in Final Fantasy VII, a Japanese RPG game released on the Playstation 1 in the year 1997 by Square. Zack Fair makes appearances in a number of other game titles, spinoffs, and remakes, including Before Crisis: Final F...

Sephiroth is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy VII, an RPG game developed by Square and released on the Song Playstation 1 in 1997. Sephiroth was designed by Tetsu Nomura. Since his introduction in Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth has made an appearance in the feature film Final F...

Terra Branford (known as Tina in the Japanese release) is one of the main protagonists of Final Fantasy VI, a Japanese role-playing game developed by Square and released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom in Japan) in 1994. She was designed by Yoshitaka Amano and...

Squall Leonhart is the primary protagonist of the role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII, developed by Square and released on the Sony PlayStation in the year 1999. The game centers on Squall Leonhart and his team of mercenaries who are pitted against antagonist Ultimecia, an evil ...

Zidane Tribal is the primary protagonist of the role-playing game Final Fantasy IX, developed by Square and released on the PlayStation in the year 2000. In the game, players follow Zidane Tribal, Garnet and a growing cast of characters as they try to defeat Queen Brahne of Alexa...

Tidus is the primary protagonist of the role-playing game Final Fantasy X, which was developed by Square and released on the PlayStation 2 in the year 2001. He was originally created by Tetsuya Nomura, a veteran character designer of the Final Fantasy series. The game is based on...

Yuna is a female protagonist in the Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy X, developed by Square and released on the PlayStation 2 in 2001. She acts as the main protagonist of Final Fantasy X’s sequel, Final Fantasy X-2. Yuna was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, a veteran character...

Lightning was originally born as Claire Farron and is the protagonist of the Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII. This game was developed by Square Enix and was released on the Sony PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and other platforms. The game is set in the fictional floating ...

Noctis Lucis Caelum is the protagonist of the role-playing game Final Fantasy XV, which was developed by Square Enix and released on the Sony PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016, then later released on other platforms.

Chocobos are a recurring animal character in the Final Fantasy role playing game series produced by Square Enix. They first appeared in Final Fantasy II and were conceived by Koichi Ishii. They could be compared to the Final Fantasy equivalent of a horse, helping players get arou...

Moogles are a recurring race of beings that appear in the Final Fantasy series, which is produced by Square Enix. They made their first debut in Final Fantasy III and have since appeared in a number of spin-off and derivative games like Kingdom Hearts. Along with the chocobos and...

Cactuars are a recurring group of creatures that appear in the Final Fantasy series produced by Square Enix. They made their first debut in Final Fantasy VI, where they were known as “Cactrots” and later renamed to Cacterus in Final Fantasy VII. They have since appeared in a numb...

Throughout the Final Fantasy series produced by Square Enix, a number of famous characters have been produced. These characters are a popular choice in cosplay and many enthusiasts dress up for events like KupoCon, a traveling Final Fantasy fan convention. These characters are al...

The unique role-playing gameplay (RPG) featured in Final Fantasy games, developed by Square Enix has been one of the major reasons fans have loved the series from the beginning of the franchise. Since the release of Final Fantasy 1 in 1987, the franchise has introduced a variety ...

The class system in Final Fantasy, a series of RPG style video games produced by Square Enix, also known as the job system or job class system, is a central and recurring component of gameplay whereby a player chooses a specific class or job for characters that starts out as blan...

Summoned creatures have been a staple of the [Final Fantasy] franchise, a series of role playing video games that are developed and produced by Square Enix. Summons were first introduced with the release of Final Fantasy III in the year 1990. Summons are magical creatures that ca...

Hironobu Sakaguchi is a Japanese video game designer and the creator of the world renowned and widely successful Final Fantasy game series. Though best known for video game design, he is also an author, producer, director, and a film director. In addition to the Final Fantasy gam...

Yoshinori Kitase is a Japanese video game director and producer who has been employed by Square Enix since 1990. He was born in the year 1966 in Japan and is best known for his involvement as the director of games in the Final Fantasy game series, having directed Final Fantasy VI...

Kazushige Nojima is a Japanese video game scenario writer that was born on January 20, 1964 in Sapporo, Japan. He is best known for his involvement in the Final Fantasy series, a Japanese fantasy role-playing video game series that is developed and produced by Square Enix. He was...

Square Enix Co., Ltd, is a video game software company that is best known for its Japanese role-playing game series like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest. While it is most known for being a developer, it also acts as a publisher and distribution company that was ori...

Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game designer, artist, and director employed by Square Enix and most famous for his creative involvement in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts game series. Following his work on Kingdom Hearts, he worked on film and was instrumental in the pro...

Yoshikata Amano is a Japanese illustrator, artist, character designer, costume designer, and film scenic designer. He became well known after working on the anime version of Speed Racer in the late 1960s. He is the creator of characters like Tekkaman, Hutch the Honeybee, Gatchama...

The music of Final Fantasy series spans a number of titles, popular compositions, and soundtracks released through the popular RPG games Final Fantasy developed by Square Enix. New music has been produced since the release of Final Fantasy I in 1987. The game series has also insp...

Nobuo Uematsu is a Japanese video game composer renowned for scoring the majority of titles in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy RPG video game series franchise. Uematsu was born on March 21, 1959. He has established himself and built a reputation as one of the best composers in the vi...

Final Fantasy OSTs (original soundtracks) refer to a collection of original music that is composed for each game in the Final Fantasy franchise, a role-playing game series developed and produced by Square Enix. Until 2001, Nobuo Uematsu was almost entirely responsible for the com...

Final Fantasy is a popular series of RPG games produced by Square Enix. The music from the franchise series has been and continues to be performed in various concert tours and live events all around the world, such as the Orchestral Game Music Concerts, Symphonic Game Music Conce...

Launched in 2007, Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy is a concert tour that presents music from the Final Fantasy RPG game series produced by Square Enix. The tour began in Stockholm, Sweden on December 4, 2007 and, unlike previous Final Fantasy tours, is a worldwide tour. ...

Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals, is a four-part original video animation (often abbreviated to OVA) based on the popular series of Japanese role-playing video games known as Final Fantasy, which is developed and produced by Square Enix. It was released in 1994 in Japan and ...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a computer animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the popular series of RPG video games Final Fantasy produced by Square Enix. Released in 2001, it was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film a...

Final Fantasy: Unlimited is an animated Japanese television series based on the popular series of role-playing video games known as Final Fantasy, which is developed and produced by Square Enix. It was directed by Mahiro Maeda and produced by Makiko Iwata, Takeshi Sasamura, Shinj...

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 3D computer-animated science fiction drama film inspired by the popular Final Fantasy role-playing video game series. The film, which released in 2005, features many characters from Final Fantasy VII, who will soon return in the much antici...

Last Order: Final Fantasy VII is a twenty-five minute long Japanese OVA (original video animation) that was released in 2005 in Japan and later in 2007 in North America. It was released by Square Enix and produced by animation studio Madhouse. The events of the animation are base...

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is a full-length, 3D computer-animated film that was released in Japan on July 9, 2016 and is based on the popular Japanese fantasy role-playing game Final Fantasy XV, which was developed by Square Enix. The film is based on a story written by Kazush...

Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV is an original net animation series based on the backstory of Final Fantasy XV, a role playing fantasy style video game produced by Square Enix. The series aired from March 30, 2016 to September 17, 2016 online and features some of Final Fantasy’s mo...

When anime or game series become extremely popular in Japan, franchises often introduce a real-life ‘Live Action’ movie of the series. In the past, there have been successful reenactments featuring famous Japanese actors such as the Attack on Titan Live Action movies. There have ...

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn – Prologue is an animated episode that acts as a prologue to the Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn game, one of the story DLCs released for Final Fantasy XV. The prologue gives details and more information about the background of Ardyn and details hi...

In 2017, the first Live Action TV drama for the Final Fantasy series was released in Japan titled ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light’ It was an eight-episode mini drama series with a story that focused on a father and son rekindling their relationship through the game of the online...

Manga means comics or graphic novels in Japanese and is universally understood in any country to people who are avid fans of Japanese animation. It refers to the various graphic novels and comics developed in the 19th century in Japan, with most comics incorporating one of 3 syst...

Final Fantasy Lost Stranger is a manga that was announced on January. 31, 2017 by Square Enix as a part of the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary event. The story was written by Hazuki Minase and the illustrations by Itsuki Kameya. The story is based on a Square Enix employee that di...

Final Fantasy Figures refer to the various action figures, figurines, dolls, and other physical representations of characters and beings from the popular role playing game Final Fantasy, are one category of the various merchandise in the franchise. A figurine is a small statue th...

Cosplay is a portmanteau of the words costume and play, and refers to a kind of performance art in which participants dress up in costumes and use a variety of other accessories to represent or imitate the appearance of a specific character. Final Fantasy, a popular role playing ...

Two different versions of a Final Fantasy trading card game have been developed by Square Enix and Hobby Japan that feature a number of popular characters from the Final Fantasy series. The first edition of the card game was released exclusively in Japan in the year 2012 and was ...

Final Fantasy is a popular Japanese role-playing game series that has spawned an incredible amount of merchandise and apparel, including jewelry. Rings, Necklaces, bracelets, pendants, earrings, and a number of other sorts of jewelry have been released that are often designed wit...

Plush toys refer to stuffed doll figures that come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Final Fantasy plush dolls refer to all of the plush dolls that have been released, inspired by, or based on the popular role-playing video game Final Fantasy. In addition to official pl...

As the Final Fantasy series gained more and more popularity, various kinds of merchandise began to appear in stores around the world. While themed clothing and art books are common choices for many franchises, Final Fantasy has a wide assortment of plush toys for fans to purchase...

The Final Fantasy franchise has given birth to a variety of different merchandise and toys. Many Final Fantasy and game figure fans are waiting on the release of a Funko Pop series lineup.

The Final Fantasy Ultimania is a series of books that represent a number of guidebooks and artbooks that cover the first twelve entries into the Final Fantasy series and Final Fantasy X-2. This series of role-playing video games is developed and produced by Square Enix. In Japan,...

The Final Fantasy franchise has always been praised for its unique and beautifully designed characters and the creation of lush and detailed backgrounds. The franchise has also been a popular series to have adapted fan art by amateur illustrators. In addition, Final Fantasy is al...

Final Fantasy 7 is the seventh title in the flagship series Final Fantasy, an RPG style game produced by Square and released in 1997, the first title to be released on the Sony PlayStation. The game was produced by series veterans Hironobu Sakaguchi, composer Nobuo Uematsu and di...

A number of Final Fantasy-themed merchandise and apparel has been released over the years that is all inspired by content from the world-renowned role-playing video game series developed and produced by Square Enix. A non-exhaustive list of some merchandise available on the Squar...

The Final Fantasy franchise has given birth to a variety of different merchandise and toys. There have been a variety of different action and toy figure series released by a number of official and third party manufacturers. However, many Final Fantasy and game figure fans are sti...

Final Fantasy news refers to all of the information about upcoming games, merchandise and apparel, events, and other topics related to the Final Fantasy franchise. Recently, the most anticipated news revolves around the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake, however a great...

Final Fantasy Fan Art refers to the various pieces of art, of all forms that have been inspired by or based on the popular role playing game Final Fantasy developed by Square Enix. Websites such as pinterest, and deviant art host a number of pieces of fan artwork that feature pop...

The “Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival” refers to a fan festival that is based on the popular massive multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV, which was developed and produced by Square Enix and originally released in the year 2010. The festival has been hosted in Nor...

The Final Fantasy Eorzea cafe is a “Final Fantasy” themed cafe, and restaurant inspired by the popular role playing game Final Fantasy series developed by Square Enix. The café has multiple locations in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan and includes many references and memorabilia of the Fi...

In 2018, the Final Fantasy franchise and Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, Japan collaborated on creating a new limited time Virtual Reality roller coaster ride. During their annual event schedule between January 19th 2018 to June 24th 2018 they opened the limited time roll...

The Final Fantasy franchise has given birth to a plethora of merchandise. Including clothing and apparel, in which can be official goods, fan-made and at times a collaboration with a major design brand. An extensive number of different shirts and other wearable merchandise can no...