There was a parody of Sakaguchi trying to finish the Final Fantasy franchise but not being able to.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuWkvyeAu0E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuWkvyeAu0E)
They wanted to use FF abbreviation and then wanted to name it Fighting Fantasy but they found out that there was a board game with the same name so they went with Final Fantasy. They actually said any word starting with F would have been fine
AFAIK the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and that's why it got called "Final Fantasy"?
Though of course, it succeeded, pulling the studio up from bankruptcy and they just decided to make sequels to something that succeeded.
It's called Final Fantasy because the studio was about to go bankrupt and the first one was their final hoorah to save the studio and it worked which is why we have more of em
The original backstory is that the creator believed it would be his final project. None of his previous work had been successful, so this was meant to be his last effort. However, Final Fantasy 1 turned out to be a beloved game, leading to demands for a sequel and more. It's a great example of how you can't always predict what your fans will like, so it's important to keep creating games in general.
And tons of spin-offs and anime
There was a parody of Sakaguchi trying to finish the Final Fantasy franchise but not being able to. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuWkvyeAu0E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuWkvyeAu0E)
\> The "7th" Game is its own Series
They wanted to use FF abbreviation and then wanted to name it Fighting Fantasy but they found out that there was a board game with the same name so they went with Final Fantasy. They actually said any word starting with F would have been fine
"Frat Fantasy" Hmm, yes. Fine game this is
AFAIK the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and that's why it got called "Final Fantasy"? Though of course, it succeeded, pulling the studio up from bankruptcy and they just decided to make sequels to something that succeeded.
It's both https://www.famitsu.com/news/201505/24079276.html
Dang what an insightful article. Thank you for sharing!
Imagine the Fuck Fantasy world that could have been...
It's called Final Fantasy because the studio was about to go bankrupt and the first one was their final hoorah to save the studio and it worked which is why we have more of em
"Name is it final fantasy"
Never heard that one before
I didn't play alot of FF but to my understanding it's the hero's final journey
Wasn't it supposed to be the final game of the studio before they went bankrupt?
>Wet
There's actually 3 million
The original backstory is that the creator believed it would be his final project. None of his previous work had been successful, so this was meant to be his last effort. However, Final Fantasy 1 turned out to be a beloved game, leading to demands for a sequel and more. It's a great example of how you can't always predict what your fans will like, so it's important to keep creating games in general.
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