Final Fantasy

1987 role-playing video game originally for the NES

Original description from the source, not translated.

YEAR 1987

GENRE RPG

PLATFORM Android, Wii, PlayStation, iOS, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, MSX, Windows Phone

ABOUT THE GAME

Final Fantasy is a 1987 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first game in Square's Final Fantasy series, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. The story follows four youths called the Warriors of Light, who each carry one of their world's four elemental crystals which have been darkened by the four Elemental Fiends. Together, they quest to defeat these evil forces, restore light to the crystals, and save their world. Final Fantasy was originally conceived under the working title Fighting Fantasy, but trademark issues and dire circumstances surrounding Square as well as Sakaguchi himself prompted the name to be changed. The game was a great commercial success, received generally positive reviews, and spawned many successful sequels and supplementary titles in the form of the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy is now 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. Critical praise focused on the game's graphics, while criticism targeted the amount of grinding. By March 2003, all versions of Final Fantasy had sold a combined two million copies worldwide.

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