Games

Welcome to the “Games” category section of Otapedia!

In this section you will find extensive information on your favorite video game series from Japan. Otapedia will be picking up a variety of different video game series from all different creators, franchises and genres. Including classic favorites such as the “Final Fantasy” series that started in 1987 on the NES console and continues until this day. Also the newest and trending video games that utilize the latest hi-tech gaming technology such as the Dragon Ball game on the android and iOs platforms. Otapedia will strive to bring the latest up-to-date information for Japanese video game fans out there in the world.

All our original content is created by our team that are Japanese video game fanatics like you. Through this content, users will be provided with an informative and detailed aggregation of the important aspects of the story and series. Everything a video game fan would need and want to know about a video game can be found such as the story plot, game background, playable characters. In addition, a full history of the production of the game including producers, game directors, gameplay designers, character illustrators and music composers involved in creating and making the video game release a success. Lastly, through our content, we want to fuel your love for video games with information on the current and upcoming events and releases, latest fandom, derivative works (manga, anime and movie series) and also the variety of fan goods out on the market such as character figures, merchandise and apparel so you can support your favorite game!

Current fans of a certain video game franchise will be able to find detailed information on their favorite video game. While new fans will be able to learn everything about a series in one place! Whether you are a game expert or someone just getting into a new game, Otapedia is the one-stop platform for all gaming otaku needs.

Currently our gaming team members are preparing more and more content so please keep an eye out for further updates!

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...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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 ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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.

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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...

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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 ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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