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Final Fantasy: Guinness World Records First Game

Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix. It centers around a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games, but has expanded to include films, anime, books and other merchandise. The first game was conceived as Sakaguchi's last effort in the game industry and was a success, spawning many sequels across different genres. While later games have different settings and characters, they share common plot elements, character names, and game mechanics. The series has been commercially successful, selling over 110 million units, and is influential to both the video game industry and popularization of console RPGs outside Japan.

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Final Fantasy: Guinness World Records First Game

Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix. It centers around a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games, but has expanded to include films, anime, books and other merchandise. The first game was conceived as Sakaguchi's last effort in the game industry and was a success, spawning many sequels across different genres. While later games have different settings and characters, they share common plot elements, character names, and game mechanics. The series has been commercially successful, selling over 110 million units, and is influential to both the video game industry and popularization of console RPGs outside Japan.

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Final Fantasy ( Fainaru Fantaj?

) is a media franchise created


by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square).
The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video
games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other
merchandise. The eponymous first game in the series, published in 1987, was conceived
by Sakaguchi as his last-ditch effort in the game industry; the title was a success and
spawned sequels. The video game series has since branched into othergenres such
as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online roleplaying, racing, third-person shooter, fighting, and rhythm.
Although most Final Fantasy installments are stand-alone stories with different settings
and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the franchise. Recurring
elements include plot themes, character names, andgame mechanics. Plots center on a
group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters' internal struggles and
relationships. Character names are frequently derived from the history, languages, pop
culture, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.
The series has been commercially and critically successful; it is Square Enix's best selling
video game franchise, with more than 110 million units sold, and one of the best-selling
video game franchises. It was awarded a star on the Walk of Game in 2006, and holds
seven Guinness World Records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008. The
series is well known for its innovation, visuals, and music, such as the inclusion of full
motion videos, photo-realisticcharacter models, and orchestrated music by Nobuo
Uematsu. Final Fantasy has been a driving force in the video game industry, and the series
has affected Square Enix's business practices and its relationships with other video game
developers. It has also introduced many features now common in role-playing video games
and has been credited with helping to popularize console-based RPGs in markets outside
Japan.

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