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|composer = [[Nobuo Uematsu]]<br />[[Masashi Hamauzu]]<br />[[Junya Nakano]]<br />[[Hitoshi Sakimoto]]<br />[[Naoshi Mizuta]]<br />[[Mitsuto Suzuki]]<br />[[Masayoshi Soken]]<br />[[Yoko Shimomura]]<br />[[Masaharu Iwata]]<br />[[Hidenori Iwasaki]]<br />[[Ryo Yamazaki]]

|genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]

|artist=[[Yusuke Naora]]<br/>Tetsuya Nomura<br/>[[Shūkō Murase]]<br/>[[Hiroshi Minagawa]]<br/>[[Akihiko Yoshida]]<br/>Roberto Ferrari|producer=[[Hironobu Sakaguchi]]<br/>[[Shinji Hashimoto]]<br/>[[Yoshinori Kitase]]<br />[[Tetsuya Nomura]]<br/>[[Naoki Yoshida]]}}

''Final Fantasy'' has been both critically and commercially successful. Several entries are regarded as some of [[List of video games considered the best|the greatest video games]], with the series selling more than {{nowrap|185 million}} copies worldwide, making it one of the [[best-selling video game franchises]] of all time. The series is well known for its innovation, visuals, such as the inclusion of [[full motion video|full-motion video]]s, and [[Photorealism|photorealistic]] character models, and music by [[Nobuo Uematsu]]. It has popularized many features now common in role-playing games, also popularizing the genre as a whole in markets outside [[Japan]].

Several video games in the series have either been adapted into or have had spin-offs in the form of [[manga]] and novels. The first was the novelization of ''Final Fantasy II'' in 1989, andwhich was followed by a manga adaptation of ''Final Fantasy III'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファイナルファンタジー2 夢魔の迷宮 |url=http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAD37156/ |work=Yahoo! Japan: Books |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |language=ja |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725221106/http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAD37156/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:悠久の風伝説 ファイナルファンタジー3より 3 |url=http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAG17288/ |work=Yahoo! Japan: Books |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |language=ja |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725221127/http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAG17288/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> TheLater pastyears decade hashave seen an increase in the number of non-video game adaptations and spin-offs. ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' has been adapted into a novel, the spin-off game ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'' has been adapted into a manga, and ''Final Fantasy XI'' had a novel and manga set in its continuity.<ref>{{cite book |title=Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Mass Market Paperback) |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743424196 |isbn=0743424190 |last1=Smith |first1=Dean Wesley |year=2001|publisher=Pocket Books/Star Trek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=December 18, 2003 |title=FF Crystal Chronicles Goes Comic |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/446/446676p1.html |website=IGN |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810173037/http://cube.ign.com/articles/446/446676p1.html |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファイナルファンタジー11 星の誓い |url=http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAO05348/ |work=Yahoo! Japan: Books |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |language=ja |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725221059/http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAO05348/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy&nbsp;XI T-1 |url=http://www.fleuvenoir.fr/sf-fantasy-poche-jeux-video-fiche-livre-9782265085596.html |language=fr |publisher=Fleuve Noir |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720220456/http://www.fleuvenoir.fr/site/sf-fantasy-poche-jeux-video-fiche-livre-9782265085596.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Seven [[On the Way to a Smile|novella]]s based on the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' universe have also been released. The ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' story was partially continued in novels and a manga after the anime series ended.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-03-20/final-fantasy-unlimited-to-end-at-26 |title=Final Fantasy: Unlimited To End at 26 |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=March 20, 2002 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106104132/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-03-20/final-fantasy-unlimited-to-end-at-26 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Final Fantasy X'' and ''XIII'' series have also had novellas and audio dramas released. ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' has been adapted into a [[radio drama]], and ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' has received a radio drama sequel.

Overall, the ''Final Fantasy'' series has been critically acclaimed and commercially successful, though each installment has seen different levels of success. The series has seen a steady increase in total sales; it sold over 10 million software units worldwide by early 1996,<ref name="cvg174">{{citation|title=Final Fantasy VII|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=174|date=May 1996|pages=106–11}}</ref> more than {{Nowrap|25 million}} units by 1999,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwKaAAAAIAAJ|title=J@pan, Inc|publisher=LINC Japan|year=1999|volume=1-10|pages=1, 56|quote=Square Co. is the maker of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, of which it's sold more than {{nowrap|25 million}} units worldwide. (...) ''Final Fantasy'' series, sales of which have reached some {{nowrap|25 million}} copies.}}</ref> moreand thanreached {{nowrapNowrap|33100 million}} units and nearly {{US$|1 billion|long=no}} revenue (between {{US$|{{Inflation|US|1|2001|r=1}}–{{Inflation|US|1|1987|r=1}} billion|long=no}} adjusted for inflation) by 2001,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McNichol |first1=Tom |title=Split Screen Play |url=http://www.wired.com/2001/09/square/ |access-date=5 November 2021 |magazine=[[WIRED]] |date=September 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307114518/http://www.wired.com/2001/09/square/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> 45 million units by August 2003, 63 million by December 2005, and 85 million by July 2008.<ref name="85mil">{{cite press release|url=http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/38274/SONG-SUMMONER-The-Unsung-Heroes |title=Square Enix announces Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |access-date=August 2,in 2011 |date=July 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816045434/http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/read/square-enix-announces-song-summoner-the-unsung-heroes |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2003/11082003/ |title=Square Enix U.S.A. announces details for Final Fantasy XI |date=August 11, 2003 |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812051609/http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2003/11082003/ |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/whatsnew/oxmEN.pdf |title=(Official Xbox Magazine press release) Playable Beta Disc for Xbox 360 Console to be included with February 2006 Issue |date=December 19, 2005 |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812051659/http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/whatsnew/oxmEN.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By June 2011, the series had sold over {{Nowrap|100 million}} units,<ref name="100mil">{{cite web|url=http://gamasutra.com/view/news/35096/Final_Fantasy_Series_Hits_100M_Units_Shipped.php |title=Final Fantasy Series Hits 100M Units Shipped |website=[[Gamasutra]] |date=June 7, 2011 |last=Rose |first=Mike |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819083134/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35096/Final_Fantasy_Series_Hits_100M_Units_Shipped.php |archive-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> andBy by March 2014, it had sold over 110 million units.<ref name="square-enix2">{{cite web|title=Businesses - SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |date=March 31, 2014 |url=http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html |access-date=August 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922134825/http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/group/index.html |archive-date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> Its high sales numbers have ranked it as one of the [[List of best-selling video game franchises|best-selling video game franchise]]s in the industry; in January 2007, the series was listed as number three, and later in July as number four.<ref name="Edge177"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/10/nintendo-holds-key-to-franchise-longevity-profitability/ |title=Nintendo holds key to franchise longevity, profitability |first=James |last=Ransom-Wiley |date=January 10, 2007 |work=[[Joystiq]] |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629212141/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/10/nintendo-holds-key-to-franchise-longevity-profitability/ |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2019, the series had sold over 149 million units worldwide.<ref name="2019_SE">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/356047/SQUARE_ENIX_SPREADS_HOLIDAY_CHEER_WITH_MERRY_OFFERINGS_ON_FINAL_FANTASY_MOBILE_TITLES.php|title=SQUARE ENIX SPREADS HOLIDAY CHEER WITH MERRY OFFERINGS ON FINAL FANTASY MOBILE TITLES|website=[[Gamasutra]]|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227061433/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/356047/SQUARE_ENIX_SPREADS_HOLIDAY_CHEER_WITH_MERRY_OFFERINGS_ON_FINAL_FANTASY_MOBILE_TITLES.php|archive-date=February 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> As of October 2021, the series had sold over 164 million units worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://press.na.square-enix.com/SQUARE-ENIX-ANNOUNCES-DUNGEON-ENCOUNTERS-A-NEW-DUNGEON-EXPLORATION-RPG|title="SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES "DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS", A NEW DUNGEON EXPLORATION RPG LAUNCHING ON OCTOBER 14" - Square Enix North America Press Hub|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030182951/https://press.na.square-enix.com/SQUARE-ENIX-ANNOUNCES-DUNGEON-ENCOUNTERS-A-NEW-DUNGEON-EXPLORATION-RPG|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 20222023, the series reached cumulative global physical and digital sales of 173185 million units.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Reports｜Investor Relations {{!}} SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |url=https://www.hd.square-enix.com/engjpn/ir/library/arpdf/ar_2023_06feature.htmlpdf |website=www.hd.square-enix.com |access-date=29 October{{Bare 2022URL PDF|language=en |archive-date=OctoberAugust 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028223018/https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/library/ar.html |url-status=live2024}}</ref>

Several games within the series have become best-selling games. At the end of 2007, the seventh, eighth, and ninth best-selling RPGs were ''Final Fantasy VII'', ''VIII'', and ''X'' respectively.<ref name="GWR08-RPG">{{cite book | editor= Craig Glenday | title= Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 | series= [[Guinness World Records]] | date= March 11, 2008 | publisher= Guinness | isbn= 978-1-904994-21-3 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec00guin_0/page/156 156–167] | chapter= Record Breaking Games: Role-Playing Games | chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec00guin_0 | url= https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec00guin_0/page/156}}</ref> The original ''Final Fantasy VII'' has sold over 14.4 million copies worldwide,<ref name="hd_square-enix_com">{{cite web |title=Annual Reports｜Investor Relations {{!}} SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |url=https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/library/ar.html |website=www.hd.square-enix.com |access-date=29 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028223018/https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/library/ar.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://press.na.square-enix.com/THRILLING-NEW-TRAILER-FOR-FINAL-FANTASY-VII-REBIRTH-SPOTLIGHTS-NOTORIO | title="THRILLING NEW TRAILER FOR FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH SPOTLIGHTS NOTORIOUS VIDEO GAME ANTAGONIST" - Square Enix North America Press Hub | access-date=January 31, 2024 | archive-date=January 31, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131183341/https://press.na.square-enix.com/THRILLING-NEW-TRAILER-FOR-FINAL-FANTASY-VII-REBIRTH-SPOTLIGHTS-NOTORIO | url-status=live}}</ref> earning it the position of the best-selling ''Final Fantasy'' game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2005/05152005/ |title=Square Enix Announces Release Date of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |date=May 15, 2005 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812051719/http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2005/05152005/ |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Within two days of ''Final Fantasy VIII''{{'}}s North American release on September 9, 1999, it became the top-selling video game in the United States, a position it held for more than three weeks.<ref name="charts">{{cite web|title=Final Fantasy VIII Tops Videogame Charts |date=October 5, 1999 |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/071/071008p1.html |website=IGN |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805230113/http://psx.ign.com/articles/071/071008p1.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy X'' sold over 1.4 million Japanese units in pre-orders alone, which set a record for the fastest-selling console RPG.<ref name="GWR08-RPG"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096716p1.html |title=Final Fantasy X Sells Like Crazy; World Not Shocked |website=IGN |date=July 19, 2001 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124308/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096716p1.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The MMORPG, ''Final Fantasy XI'', reached over 200,000 active daily players in March 2006<ref>{{cite web | last = Woodard | first = Christopher | title = GDC: Creating a Global MMO: Balancing Cultures and Platforms in Final Fantasy XI | website = [[Gamasutra]] | date = March 24, 2006 | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2635/gdc_all_about_ninetynine_nights_.php | access-date = August 6, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207102248/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2635/gdc_all_about_ninetynine_nights_.php | archive-date=December 7, 2010}}</ref> and had reached over half a million subscribers by July 2007.<ref name="Edge177"/> ''Final Fantasy XII'' sold more than 1.7 million copies in its first week in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jenkins |first=David |date=March 24, 2006 |title=Japanese Sales Charts, Week Ending March 19 |publisher=[[Gamasutra]] |work=[[Media Create]] |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8671 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805164730/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8671 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By November 6, 2006—one week after its release—''XII'' had shipped approximately 1.5 million copies in North America.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 6, 2006 |title=Square Enix Announces Record Shipment With Final Fantasy XII |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |url=http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2006/1106_1/ |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811181421/http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2006/1106_1/ |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy XIII'' became the fastest-selling game in the franchise,<ref name="GSpyfast">{{cite web|url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/final-fantasy-xiii/1078865p1.html |title=Final Fantasy XIII: Biggest First Week in Franchise History |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=March 19, 2010 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |last=Sharkey |first=Mike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507232613/http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/final-fantasy-xiii/1078865p1.html |url-status=live |archive-date=May 7, 2011}}</ref> and sold one million units on its first day of sale in Japan.<ref name="GSUTRA1mil">{{cite web|last=Alexander |first=Leigh |date=December 18, 2009 |title=FFXIII Tops 1 Million Units Day One |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26571/FFXIII_Tops_1_Million_Units_Day_One.php |website=[[Gamasutra]] |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510025507/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26571/FFXIII_Tops_1_Million_Units_Day_One.php |url-status=live |archive-date=May 10, 2010}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn'', in comparison to its predecessor, was a runaway success, originally suffering from servers being overcrowded,<ref name="Kotaku early">{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/early-final-fantasy-xiv-launch-goes-surprise-badly-1198833060 |title=Early Final Fantasy XIV Launch Goes (Surprise!) Badly |author=Plunkett, Luke |publisher=Kotaku |date=August 25, 2013 |access-date=August 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827150147/http://kotaku.com/early-final-fantasy-xiv-launch-goes-surprise-badly-1198833060 |archive-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> and eventually gaining over one million unique subscribers within two months of its launch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/203676/Final_Fantasy_XIV_hits_15M_registrations_after_relaunch_woes.php |title=Final Fantasy XIV hits 1.5M registrations after relaunch woes |last=Ligman |first=Kris |date=October 30, 2013 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=Think Services |access-date=October 31, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202202/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/203676/Final_Fantasy_XIV_hits_15M_registrations_after_relaunch_woes.php |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

| ''[[Game Informer]]'' (2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Top 100 RPGs Of All Time |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx |access-date=November 6, 2018 |work=Gameinformer |date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510205452/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |url-status=livedead}} ''Note:'' It shows these ''Final Fantasy'' games do not only rank higher than the other ''Final Fantasy'' games, but are also part of the top 100 RPGs of all time.</ref> || 4 || || || style="background:#FFC"| 3 || || style="background:#BF7"| 1 || style="background:#DFB"| 2 || || || 5 || || || || ||