Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī^{?:The following are Japanese characters: 日本語です. If they don't appear similar to this image: , see the Japanese-language Characters subsection for instructions.?}) is a console role-playing gameA console role-playing game (often abbreviated CRPG)) is a video game genre that has its origin rooted in video game consoles and includes game mechanics and settings derived from those of traditional role-playing games. The term also applies to role-playing video games on handheld video game systems such as the Nintendo DS and PSP. Of the top 5 game franchises in the world, 2 of them are primarily CRPGs: Pokémon and Final Fantasy.console role-playing game developed and published in Japan by Squarewas a Japanese video game company founded in September of 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi. It merged with Enix in 2002 and became part of Square Enix.Square (now Square Enixis a video game company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series (known as Dragon Warrior in North America from 1989 until 2005), and the Kingdom Hearts series. Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between rivals Square Co. and the Enix Corporation. On April 1, 2003, Enix legally absorbed Square, with Square stockholders receiving 0.81 shares of stock in the new company compared to Enix stockholders receiving ...Square Enix) in 1987No quick definition available. 1987 and published in North America by Nintendo of AmericaNintendo Company, Limited (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki-gaisha?; , , ) is a Japanese multinational corporation originally founded on September 23 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, ...Nintendo of America in 1990No quick definition available. 1990, and is the inaugural game in Square's flagship Final Fantasyis a media franchise owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures and other merchandise. It began in 1987 as an eponymous console role-playing game developed by Square, spawning a video game series that became the franchise's central focus. The video game franchise of Final Fantasy ...Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy has been remadeIn video games, an enhanced remake (also called updated classics) is an updated version of a game that was originally developed for a less advanced system. Remakes with resolution upgrades are called high-resolution remakes. A remake with revisions in the plot, gameplay, and overworld is called a reimagined remake. The practice of updating old games began in the 16-bit era but was ...remade for several different video game consolesA video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that manipulates the video display signal of a display device (a television, monitor, etc.) to display a game. The term video game console is used to distinguish a machine designed for consumers to buy and use solely for playing video games from a personal computer, which has many other functions, ...video game consoles and handheld systemsA handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic machine for playing video games. Unlike video game consoles, the controls, screen and speakers are all part of a single unit. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, several companies--including Coleco and Milton-Bradley--made lightweight ...handheld systems. The game has frequently been packaged with its follow-up, Final Fantasy IIis a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) in 1988 for the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom, known internationally as the Nintendo Entertainment System) as a part of the Final Fantasy video game series. The game was only released on this system in Japan; enhanced remakes for the PlayStation (Final Fantasy Origins) and Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls) were released in North America and the PAL region. Other remakes were released on the WonderSwan ...Final Fantasy II, in collections such as Final Fantasy I-IISquare Co.'s seminal console role-playing games, Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II have been rereleased several times in collective works which include both games. Final Fantasy I•II is a compilation of two Square Co. console role-playing games for the Nintendo Family Computer: Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II. As both games had originally appeared on the Famicom, there were few substantial changes between the originals ...Final Fantasy I-II, Final Fantasy OriginsNo quick definition available.Final Fantasy Origins and Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of SoulsNo quick definition available.Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls.

The story begins with the appearance of the four youths called the "Light Warriors" who each carry one of their world's elementalMany ancient philosophies used a set of archetypal classical elements to explain patterns in nature. The Greek version of these ideas dates from pre-Socratic times and persisted throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, deeply influencing European thought and culture; but the concept ...elemental orbs which have been darkened by four Elemental FiendsNo quick definition available.four Elemental Fiends. Together, they quest to defeat these evil forces and restore light to the orbs, thus saving the world.

Final Fantasy was one of the most influential and successful role-playing games on the Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Nintendo Entertainment System (often referred to as the NES or simply Nintendo), is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Singapore, it was released as the or simply, the '. In South Korea, the hardware was licensed to Hyundai Electronics, which marketed it as the Comboy' (컴보이). The most successful gaming console of its ...Nintendo Entertainment System, and played a major role in popularizing the genre after Dragon QuestDragon Warrior, also known as in Japan, is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published in Japan by Enix Corporation (now known as Square Enix Co., Ltd.) and Nintendo of America for the MSX and Nintendo Entertainment System video game consoles. It was originally released in Japan, and was later released in North America. North America for the MSX and Nintendo Entertainment System video game consoles. It is the first game in the Dragon Quest series (then known as the Dragon Warrior series). Dragon ...Dragon Quest.