History Trivia / FinalFantasy

* ThrowItIn: A fan wrote Sakaguchi a letter asking if the title Final Fantasy was an English translation of Grand Illusion [note]Kyukyoku Gensou, Final Fantasy written in kanji[/note]. Sakaguchi denied this but said that he hopes to use it one day and is indeed used in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Hironobu Sakaguchi considers ''IX'' the best title in the series. The game received mixed reactions and sold the least copies of all the UsefulNotes/PlayStation installments of the franchise. However, it has since became [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] by fans and is the highest-rated [=PS1=] entry of the franchise on Metacritic, so perhaps time showed Sakaguchi to be right.

* KillerApp: Like with ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' and ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', a ''Final Fantasy'' game will usually sell lots of consoles if it shows up as an exclusive, namely ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, the remakes of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV IV]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5.

* KillerApp: Like with ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' and ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', a ''Final Fantasy'' game will usually sell lots of consoles if it shows up as an exclusive, namely ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, the remakes of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV IV]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* TheWikiRule: The Fandom [[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]] and independent [[https://finalfantasywiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Final Fantasy Wiki.]]

* TropeNamers:
** AerithAndBob
** AsLongAsThereIsEvil
** TheBeastmaster
** BlackMage
** PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling
** EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
*** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
** FairyBattle
** FloatingContinent
** LaughingMad
** TheLifestream
** LimitBreak
** {{Magitek}}
** OneWingedAngel
*** ClippedWingAngel
** PowerOfTheVoid
** TheRedMage
** SheatheYourSword
** SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer
** SpellBlade
** SprintShoes
** ThisIsMyStory
** WelcomeToCorneria (named for a town, but it is actually named in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'')
** WhiteMage
** {{Wutai}}
** YouAreNotAlone

*** ClippedWingedAngel

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''{{VideoGame/Xenogears}}'' was originally proposed to be a ''Final Fantasy'', but it was deemed too dark to be one. It instead went on to be its own thing, spawning a meta series of its own with ''{{VideoGame/Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]] and [[https://finalfantasywiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Final Fantasy Wiki]]

** Magitek

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''{{VideoGame/Xenogears}}'' was originally proposed to be a ''Final Fantasy'', but it was deemed too dark to be one. It instead went on to be its own thing, spawning a meta series of its own with ''{{VideoGame/Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''.

* KillerApp: Like with ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' and ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', a ''Final Fantasy'' game will usually sell lots of consoles if it shows up as an exclusive, namely ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, the remakes of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Hironobu Sakaguchi considers ''IX'' the best title in the series. The game received mixed reactions and sold the least copies of all the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1 installments of the franchise. However, it has since became [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] by fans and is the highest-rated [=PS1=] entry of the franchise on Metacritic, so perhaps time showed Sakaguchi to be right.

!!List of Final Fantasy

** ''Trivia/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''

** ''Trivia/LastOrderFinalFantasyVII''

** ''Trivia/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV''

* ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend''

* ''Trivia/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''
* ''Trivia/FinalFantasyUnlimited''

!!Tropes

* ''VideoGame/MakaiToshiSaGa''

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Hironobu Sakaguchi considers ''IX'' the best title in the series. The game received mixed reactions and sold the least copies of all the PlayStation 1 installments of the franchise. However, it has since became [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] by fans and it's the ''highest rated Final Fantasy game of the PlayStation by Metacritic,'' so there's that.

** ''Trivia/FinalFantasyDimensionsII''