History Headscratchers / FinalFantasy

** Isn't FinalFantasy7 actually available on the Playstation Store right now? If anything, that's probably a safer bet given that FanHaters will try to make sure the game will sell no more than 4 copies since they judge a game ''solely'' off of a VocalMinority of FanDumb, and half the fanbase would [[NostalgiaFilter trash it and whine about it BECAUSE it's different]]. You do know that whenever Square-Enix and Nintendo are behind a remake of a demanded game, everyone is, at the same time, crying that they actually ''did'' remake it despite ''asking'' to have a remake. (Also, I have no idea if Enix actually would have any ''say'' over Final Fantasy.)

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* With everything this franchise has gone through, such as [[FinalFantasyII a confusing level system]], [[FinalFantasyV insane difficulty]], [[FinalFantasyX an annoying mini-game]], [[FinalFantasyVII unneccesary spin-offs]], [[FinalFantasyVIII a time-consuming Junction system]], [[FinalFantasyXII an unneccesary Licensing system]], and an InNameOnly [[FinalFantasyTheSpritsWithin film adaptation]], how is it that the linearity of FinalFantasyXIII was what ultimately [[RuinedForever destroyed]] this franchise?

** The biggest WallBanger is when they said Nomura did the artwork for XII...Yeah I know. It doesn't even ''look'' like Nomura's art! WHY on EARTH would the ''FanDumb'' get that idea?!

** Funny enough, I think around the time people realized Nomura wasn't involved in IX [[WallBanger they started liking it.]] Not all of them mind you, but there's a disturbing amount of people claiming Zidane's the best hero on the grounds of "He's not emo like Cloud or Squall."

** KingdomHearts: KudzuPlot, no WallBangers because everything makes sense as we go along. And how the [[FridgeLogic heck is it Nomura's fault if he's not even associated with a game in the first place?]] You're assigned to a project, you just don't come in and hijack it. Are you sure you've played any of the FinalFantasy games lately anyways? Because I've [[FinalFantasyXIII checked]] [[FinalFantasyXII all]] [[FinalFantasyX the]] [[FinalFantasyIX pages]] [[FinalFantasyX2 for]] the most recent FF games and there are no WallBangers listed.

** There's another reason for why they're called ''FinalFantasy y'', as well: Brand Name Recognition. Why do you think they put similar packaging on related products? So you'd recognize it while browsing through the store - the same goes for Video games, too. (SaGa, WorldOfMana for one) They also put in advertisements, too. ("From the people who brought you ''FinalFantasy'' comes...Empire Palmecia!") You'd be surprised how many new franchises (brands) are ignored while the newest LegendOfZelda or CallOfDuty have people screaming about them on the internet the second they go into development. You just ''know'' that if Square-Enix decided to remake what would be FinalFantasy XV under a ''completely'' different title, that it wouldn't get ''half'' the hype it ''would'' be unless it was ''announced'' under ''FinalFantasy 15". (Heck, they could practically run an entire E3 lineup with nothing but new franchises that they're publishing and developing, and an expansion pack for ''FinalFantasyXIV'' and everyone would ''immediately'' fixate on the words with ''FinalFantasy''.)

*** But ... wait. If all these games take place in the same world, just different places/times, how do they explain the different magic systems? In Vagrant Story using magic condemned your soul to an incomplete death and people fought for control of the Darkness, FF12 magic was powered by Mist and magicite, and FFT probably had its own system too. How do these conflicting magic systems work in a single world?

* Why has Final Fantasy 2 been made 3 times, despite the fact its the least liked FF game, while Square/Enix have refused to remake FF7, despite the possiblity of fixing the translation, dull first 6 hours and low diffactuly to make a truly awesome game? It would be like printing MOney. FF7 has gone out of print so yeah. They said they wouldn't remake it as long as the hardware existed, but FF2 was also on the Psx, and good nees knows more people wanted FF7 on the PSP than FF2 on the PSP. Does someone at Enix have a hard on for old school games with loads of grinding?

** If Square remade FF7, they could single-handedly end the massive global recession. Easy. It would be like printing money, spending that money, and then printing some more money to spend while the previous money cycles back through the system and is acquired by folks. Add in some sidequests, give the whole damn game a graphical facelift on par with Playstation 3 graphics... that game will probably outsell every previous iteration. This troper, for instance, is an XBox fanboy through and through. However, if FF7 were remade, then this troper would DEFINITELY be buying a PS3 and the FF7 remix.

* Ummmm, step into the Kingdom Hearts fandom for a bit. Nomura runs that project on his own, and the newer chapters of the story are riddled with exactly the kind of wall bangers we rag on him for in FF. In fact, it has even MORE wall bangers. It's definitely his fault.

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** The games are called 'Final Fantasy' because Square was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, and threw the last of their budget into making one last game. That then turned them into a gaming powhouse. So, ironically, their 'Final Fantasy' literally saved the company.