The Final Fantasy series is 30 years old

The original was launched on December 18, 1987.

December 18, 1987 Square Enix -then-Square – released on the NES the role-playing game Final Fantasy.

The saga, one of the most important of video games and japanese role-more popular at a global level, it was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. Originally planned with the name of Fighting Fantasy, but issues of brand and decisions of the company and the Sakaguchi changed its title by which it is known today.

Quickly became a great commercial success and critical, and was followed by sequels -the last launched in 2016, Final Fantasy XV– and numerous spin-off of different genres.

Many of the hallmarks of the original are still maintained. Yoshitaka Amano, artist of characters and creatures, it is still remembered in each game with the illustration of the logo, while the composer Nobuo Uematsu, although it does not participate as actively, still works in Final Fantasy XIV and downloadable content of Final Fantasy XV.

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what’s New in 2018

In 2017 we have received downloadable content of Final Fantasy XV, but 2018 promises many more new features to the series. In January he premiered Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, a new installment of the fighting game with heroes and villains from the entire series. later will come FFXV to the PC or the game of mobile World of Final Fantasy: Meli-Melo.

Recently the executive director of the company Yosuke Matsuda commented “we prepared several events with the occasion of the anniversary. We’ll continue to evolved the series forward”. Among these projects, yet to date is the remake of Final Fantasy VII, one of the episodes most remembered of the saga.

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evolution of Final Fantasy has led to Square Enix to say that the games “are a bit different from each other even though they are numbered, but they are, in essence, a new saga”, explained Matsuda. “Everything about them is different each time.”

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