History AndTheFandomRejoiced / FinalFantasy

** Upon seeing that Creator/NaokiYoshida was producing the game and that the game was being directed by Hiroshi Takai (who previously worked under Yoshida on the ''Heavensward'' expansion for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'') and that the combat was being overseen by [[VideoGame/DragonsDogma Ryota]] [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 Suzuki]], the reaction was positive, to say the least.

* It's been a long time coming, but the series is finally returning to its medieval fantasy roots in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI''! Wait, hold up... "Creative Business Unit III"? That's Yoshi-P's division! The producer that saved ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is at the helm!

* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles]] finally got a remaster of its Gamecube-exclusive debut entry after 15 years, complete with online multiplayer and crossplay. The [[CultClassic probably five people]] who played it back in 2003 had a moment over that one.

* Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles finally got a remaster of its Gamecube-exclusive debut entry after 15 years, complete with online multiplayer and crossplay. The [[CultClassic probably five people]] who played it back in 2003 had a moment over that one.

* Speaking of old ''Final Fantasy'' games, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is coming back at long last, and to all console platforms as well! The playable cast even have upgraded models!

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''? Wasn't ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'' bad enou...[[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/06/e3-final-fantasy-xiii-2/ Serah is playable? You'll be able to explore the world map again?]] Aw, Square ''does'' learn from its mistakes.

* Are you seriously telling me that Creator/TetsuyaNomura is directing a game written by Kazushige Nojima and scored by Creator/YokoShimomura, with the Disney taken out of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' and the DarkerAndEdgier cranked UpToEleven? YES! (''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'', by the way.)

** Nomura has hinted that he is interested in remaking other ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games as well, specifically ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

* Speaking of old ''Final Fantasy'' games, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is coming back at long last!

* For a long while, the only console platforms one could play UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 era ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games are Sony's. But that will change in 2019, when ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX X]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII XII]]'' will be making their way to the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and... [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch NINTENDO SWITCH]]!? Yes! So nice to see mainline ''Final Fantasy'' games returning to Creator/{{Nintendo}} in a big way!

* For a long while, the only console platforms one could play UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 era ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games are Sony's. But that will change in 2019, when ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII, ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX X]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII XII]]'' will be making their way to the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and... [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch NINTENDO SWITCH]]!? Yes! So nice to see mainline ''Final Fantasy'' returning to Creator/{{Nintendo}} in a big way!

* Well, ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' looks like a fun little romp, with cute chibi designs and a {{Mons}}-like gameplay style that turns classic Final Fantasy enemies and summons into mirages, plus all of [[TheCameo the cameos]] are ni-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RX3DUO_OH0 WAIT A SEC, IS THAT]] [[VideoGame/{{Einhander}} EINHANDER?!]]

* Another Square-Enix project they showed off was a trailer for ''Final Fantasy Agito'', a mobile phone game that serves as a {{Prequel}} to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0''. ''Type-0'' was originally announced for a localization, and became one of the most hotly anticipated PSP games to be released on Western shores, but then [[{{Vaporware}} years went by with no word on the project]], causing many fans to start losing hope in it. SUDDENLY at the end of the ''Agito'' trailer, there was a brief text announcement that ''Type-0'' [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell is undergoing an HD remastered release for the [=PS4=] and Xbox One, and the localization effort is on full speed ahead!]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming It was thanks to the massive waves of fan support that the game has enjoyed.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Yawn, another ''Final Fantasy'' title. It's probably just anoth-wait, Creator/NobuoUematsu is composing the entire soundtrack for the first time since ''FFIX''? [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome WIN]].
** Oh man, not another MMO--[[AwesomeArt Akihiko Yoshida]] you say!?

** At E3 2018, they announced what looks to be a new 8-man trial. Not particularly amazing in itself, except for the fact that this is a fight against a ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld Rathalos]]''!

* Are you seriously telling me that TetsuyaNomura is directing a game written by Kazushige Nojima and scored by Creator/YokoShimomura, with the Disney taken out of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' and the DarkerAndEdgier cranked UpToEleven? YES! (''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'', by the way.)

** The announcement of the second expansion, Stormblood, had hype levels through the roof. Expanding player inventories? Reworking the combat to tweak some of the less useful skills? Red Mage and Samurai being new classes?! And they're dropping PS3 support, and letting PS3 players transfer to PS4 for free! [[note]]Having to make sure the game works on the ten-year-old PS3, and with its very small pool of RAM, has been a severe limiting factor for many parts of the game. This includes how much info the UI could have at a time, letting the player do multiple things at a time (I.E. switching their gear while talking to a shopkeeper), how large each zone could be, and how complex raid bosses could be.[[/note]]

* Just after E3 2014, Creator/SquareEnix wasn't going to show off anything new other than some small time projects. Not to mention, a smartphone minigame based off of the bike chase scene from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', titled ''Final Fantasy VII G-Bike''. And Creator/SquareEnix milks the franchise agai-wait, ''updated graphics!?'' ''We can jump and slide!?'' ''Did we just see '''LimitBreak attacks!?''''' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3KKH9zB59Y IT'S FREE!?]]''''' Time to get SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer.

** The announcement of the second expansion, Stormblood, had hype levels through the roof. Expanding player inventories? Reworking the combat to tweak some of the less useful skills? Red Mage and Samurai being new classes?! And they're dropping PS3 support, and letting PS3 players transfer to PS4 for free! [[note]]Having to make sure the game works on the ten-year-old PS3, and with it's very small pool of RAM, has been a severe limiting factor for many parts of the game. This includes how much info the UI could have at a time, letting the player do multiple things at a time (I.E. switching their gear while talking to a shopkeeper), how large each zone could be, and how complex raid bosses could be.[[/note]]

* When the PC re-release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' came out in late 2012 on Sqaure's online store as a digital download (and then mid 2013 for Steam), fans were initially not pleased that it still used the MIDI quality soundtrack from the 1990s PC release. Come September of 2013, and all digital releases of VII have been updated to include the [=PS1=] quality soundtrack! Only time will tell if the same will happen with the PC re-release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' that came out in December 2013.

*** So most of the gameplay involving ''FinalFantasyXV'' has been standard open-world RPG fare. Not like that [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} hasn't been tried before]], right Squa--wait a minute, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3N_cAiwhWw when did Ramuh get so huge?!]] And he's nuking wildlife for [[{{Cap}} 9999 damage apiece]]! And you get to see the aftermath on the environment! ''And'' your party members comment on it!

* Four and a half years after the {{Wii}}'s VirtualConsole service launches, we finally get...'''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'''. Please and thank you.

** The announcement of the second expansion, Stormblood, had hype levels through the roof. Expanding player inventories? Reworking the combat to tweak some of the less useful skills? Red mage and Dancer being new classes?! And they're dropping PS3 support, and letting PS3 players transfer to PS4 for free! [[note]]Having to make sure the game works on the ten-year-old PS3, and with it's very small pool of RAM, has been a severe limiting factor for many parts of the game. This includes how much info the UI could have at a time, letting the player do multiple things at a time (I.E. switching their gear while talking to a shopkeeper), how large each zone could be, and how complex raid bosses could be.[[/note]]

* Another Square-Enix project they showed off was a trailer for ''Final Fantasy Agito'', a mobile phone game that serves as a {{Prequel}} to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0''. ''Type-0'' was originally announced for a localization, and became one of the most hotly anticipated PSP games to be released on Western shores, but then [[{{Vaporware}} years went by with no word on the project]], causing many fans to start losing hope in it. SUDDENLY at the end of the ''Agito'' trailer, there was a brief text announcement that ''Type-0'' [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell is undergoing an HD remastered release for the [=PS4=] and Xbox One, and the localization effort is on full speed ahead!]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming It was thanks to the massive waves of fan support that the game has enjoyed.]]

*** So most of the gameplay involving ''FinalFantasyXV'' has been standard open-world RPG fare. Not like that [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} hasn't been tried before]], right Squa-- wait a minute, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3N_cAiwhWw when did Ramuh get so huge?!]] And he's nuking wildlife for [[{{Cap}} 9999 damage apiece]]! And you get to see the aftermath on the environment! ''And'' your party members comment on it!
*** [[http://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/happy-new-year-message-hajime-tabata IT'S COMING OUT IN 2016]]. ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs Aw hell yeah!]]'''

* Many mocked ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' for the character names and huge lack of gameplay information at the time. Then Square Enix revealed Sazh Katzroy --[[RefugeInAudacity a savvy]] DualWielding [[RefugeInAudacity black man with an afro (used as a nest by tiny baby chocobos) who calls himself "Daddy"]]-- and the mocking turned into frothing demand.
** Just as the Sazh afterglow faded and gamers began to constantly mock Hope Estheim for being a kiddy girlie character, Square finally revealed that his summon is Alexander - who hasn't been usable since ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' and was last seen as [[spoiler:the final boss of the Treasures of Aht Urghan storyline]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''. Suddenly everyone wants to play Hope.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''? Wasn't ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'' bad enou... [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/06/e3-final-fantasy-xiii-2/ Serah is playable? You'll be able to explore the world map again?]] Aw, Square ''does'' learn from its mistakes.
** Then you played the game, and then... What. The. Eff!? That's the END!? This is the WORST CliffHanger EVER, and God DAMN You, Square, making such cruel decision. Final Fantasy is now de--[[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Lightning Returns - Final Fantasy XIII]]!? All right, this is your next chance, Square. Don't blow it...

* Just after E3 2014, Creator/SquareEnix wasn't going to show off anything new other than some small time projects. Not to mention, a smartphone minigame of ''{{VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII}}'s'' bike chase scene, titled ''Final Fantasy VII G-Bike''. And Creator/SquareEnix milks the franchise agai- wait, ''updated graphics!?'' ''We can jump and slide!?'' ''Did we just see '''LimitBreak attacks!?''''' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3KKH9zB59Y IT'S FREE!?]]''''' Time to get SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer.

* Are you seriously telling me that TetsuyaNomura is directing a game written by Kazushige Nojima and scored by Creator/YokoShimomura, with the Disney taken out of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' and the DarkerAndEdgier cranked UpToEleven? YES! (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', formerly ''Versus XIII'', by the way.)

** Then you played the game, and then... What. The. Eff!? That's the END!? This is the WORST CliffHanger EVER, and God DAMN You, Square, making such cruel decision. Final Fantasy is now de-- [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Lightning Returns - Final Fantasy XIII]]!? All right, this is your next chance, Square. Don't blow it...

** ''Versus XIII''? Oh! You mean '''''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''''. That's right, Nomura's long-awaited contribution to the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise has joined the prior 14 titles as a main title. And like how XIII got the "Lightning Saga", the FNC introduces "the story of Versus" (as referred to in the E3 2013 trailer) through its fifteenth main title.
*** So most of the gameplay involving ''FinalFantasyXV'' has been standard open-world RPG fare. Not like that [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} hasn't been tried before]], right Squa-- wait a minute, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3N_cAiwhWw when did Ramuh get so huge?!]] And he's nuking wildlife for [[{{Cap}} 9999 damage apiece]]! And you get to see the aftermath on the environment! ''And'' your party members comment on it!
*** [[http://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/happy-new-year-message-hajime-tabata IT'S COMING OUT IN 2016]]. ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs Aw hell yeah!]]'''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Yawn, another ''Final Fantasy'' title. It's probably just anoth- wait, Creator/NobuoUematsu is composing the entire soundtrack for the first time since ''FFIX''? [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome WIN]].

* Four and a half years after the {{Wii}}'s VirtualConsole service launches, we finally get... '''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'''. Please and thank you.

** Oh man, not another MMO-- Akihiko Yoshida you say!?

* Full remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. They did it... [[Film/JurassicPark the sons of bitches did it!]]

** Nomura has hinted that he is interested in remaking other ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games as well, specifically ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.