A sign of the Decline of Video Games.

[strredwolf]

Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 is being advertized on TV now... which got me wondering... how many FF's are there?

Wikipedia says 13, not counting the spinoffs and related content.  That jacks it up to about 29, and five films.

TWENTY NINE GAMES AND FIVE FILMS?!?

The Super Flash Bros and Double Helix was right.  This is truly the beginings of the Decline of Video Gaming. (Scroll almost all the way down)

Comments

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm wrong. It's FF12.

[bibliophage.livejournal.com]

Ah - XII instead of VII

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

No, no, no. FF12 doesn't come out until November.

What you're seeing is the 2nd direct sequel EVER in the Final Fantasy series. That's Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus. It's actually an action RPG game. The only other direct sequel ever made was Final fantasy 10-2. (Final Fantasy 5 had a direct sequel in the form of an anime OVA series, but not a game.)

It's not as bad as you make it sound, because with the exception of a few characters with similar names, and similar props like Airships, the Final Fantasy series is almost entirely free of real sequels. Each one is a whole separate world with whole new characters. FF7 is the second time they've broken that rule partially due to its immense popularity. They're making 2 direct sequels to it, and possibly even releasing a Playstation 3 remake later. FF10 got a sequel because FF11's name was used by a MMORPG, and they needed to do something with all the single-player ideas they had. ;)

FF13 is going to be the next one they do this with. They're releasing FF13 and FF13Versus at roughly the same time. *sigh*

They have kind of diluted the FF name in america though. There are 5 games released in america as "final fantasy" that were not final fantasy games. (Final Fantasy Legend 1-3, Final Fantasy Adventure, and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest)