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Final Fantasy
250px|alt=A sword and an axe intersect, with a crystal ball above them both.
North American box art
Developer(s)
  • Family Computer
    Square
    MSX2
    Micro Cabin
    WSC / GBA / PSP
    Square
    Tose
    PlayStation
    Square
    Kan Navi
Publisher(s)
Square
  • NES
    MSX2
    Game Boy Advance
    PlayStation Portable
    Square Enix
Designer(s)Hironobu Sakaguchi
Hiromichi Tanaka
Akitoshi Kawazu
Koichi Ishii
Programmer(s)Nasir Gebelli
Artist(s)Yoshitaka Amano
Writer(s)Kenji Terada
Hironobu Sakaguchi[1]
Composer(s)Nobuo Uematsu
SeriesFinal Fantasy
Platform(s)Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX2, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, mobile phones, PlayStation Portable, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, iOS
Release
December 18, 1987
  • NES
    • JP: December 17, 1987
    • NA: July 12, 1990
    MSX2
    • JP: June 1, 1989
    WonderSwan Color
    • JP: December 9, 2000
    PlayStation
    • JP: October 31, 2002
    • PAL: March 14, 2003
    • NA: April 8, 2003
    Game Boy Advance
    • JP: July 29, 2004
    • AU: November 18, 2004
    • NA: November 29, 2004
    • EU: December 3, 2004
    Mobile phones
    • JP: March 1, 2004
    PlayStation Portable
    • JP: April 19, 2007
    • NA: June 26, 2007
    • EU: February 8, 2008
    • AU: February 28, 2008
    Virtual Console
    • JP: May 26, 2009
    • NA: October 5, 2009
    • PAL: May 7, 2010
    PlayStation Network
    iOS
    February 25, 2010
Genre(s)Role-playing game
Mode(s)Single-player

Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) is a fantasy role-playing video game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, developed and first published in Japan by Square (now Square Enix) in 1987. It is the first game in Square's Final Fantasy series. Originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Final Fantasy was remade for several video game consoles and is frequently packaged with Final Fantasy II in video game collections. The story follows four youths called the Light Warriors, who each carry one of their world's four elemental orbs which have been darkened by the four Elemental Fiends. Together, they quest to defeat these evil forces, restore light to the orbs, and save their world.

The game received generally positive reviews, and it is regarded as one of the most influential and successful role-playing games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, playing a major role in popularizing the genre. Praise focused on the game's graphics, while criticism targeted the time spent wandering in search of random battle encounters to raise the player's experience level. All versions of Final Fantasy sold a combined total of two million copies worldwide by March 2003. This game has also two direct cross-over prequels: Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, both released on PSP.

Gameplay

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Final Fantasy has four basic game modes: an overworld map, town and dungeon maps, a battle screen, and a menu screen. The overworld map is a scaled-down version of the game's fictional world, which the player uses to direct characters to various locations. The primary means of travel across the overworld is by foot, but a canoe, a ship, and an airship become available as the player progresses. With the exception of some battles in preset locations or with bosses, enemies are randomly encountered on field maps and on the overworld map when traveling by foot, canoe, or ship, and must either be fought or fled from.[3] The player begins the game by choosing four characters to form a party, which lasts for the duration of the game.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference famitsusakaguchi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "ファイナルファンタジー". Sony. Sony. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  3. ^ Final Fantasy Explorer's Handbook (instruction manual). Square Co. 1989. NES-FF-USA.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference basicinfo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).