Final Fantasy (computer game)
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| Original title | フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー | ||
| Studio |
 Square
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Square
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
18th December 1987 | ||
| platform | NES , MSX2 , WonderSwan Color , PlayStation , Game Boy Advance , PlayStation Portable , Wii , iOS , iPadOS , Android , Windows Phone 7 | ||
| genre | role playing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Gamepad | ||
| medium | Plug-in module (PS: CD-ROM , PSP: UMD ) | ||
| language | Japanese, English ( NES , PS , PSP ), multilingual ( GBA ) | ||
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Final Fantasy (OT: ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī ) is the first part of the Final Fantasy - video game series . The game was released on December 18, 1987 in Japan and on June 12, 1990 in the US for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). In Europe and the USA it appeared with slightly different content as part of the Final Fantasy Origins together with Final Fantasy II for the PlayStation . Another new edition called Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls , also with content changes, is available for both the WonderSwan Color (only in Japan) and the Game Boy Advance .
In Japan it also appeared on various mobile phone platforms : NTT DOCOMO's i-αppli on March 1, 2004, EZ Appli ( BREW ) on August 19, 2004 and S! Appli on July 3, 2006. On May 26, 2009 it was also released for the Virtual Console of the Wii . On February 25, 2010 a version was published in the Apple AppStore for iOS in Japanese and English, which has revised graphics and new content. A port of the iOS version for Windows Phone 7 was released on June 13, 2012 .
world
Final Fantasy takes place in a fantasy world with three major continents. The elementary forces in this world are symbolized by four crystals, each of which stands for one of the four classic elements: earth , fire , water and wind .
The world of Final Fantasy is inhabited by a multitude of different races. Elves appear as residents of Elfland (Elfheim). They are mainly characterized by their pointy ears. The elves are at war with the dark elves, led by Astos. The mermaids live on the "top floor" of the sea temple in the sea. The dragons live on the Cardia Islands, of which Bahamut is king.
action
At the beginning of the game, the four elements that rule the world seem to fall apart: the earth withers, fires burn the land, the seas foam and the winds stay away. According to a prophecy of the sage Lukan, warriors who own four crystals, the so-called "warriors of light", should restore the balance. These four warriors appear in the city of Cornelia - nothing is said about their background or how they got the crystals. The King of Cornelia orders the four to free his daughter, Princess Sela. The former knight Garland has kidnapped Sela and is holding her prisoner to blackmail the king. The warriors then move to the Chaos Temple, where Garland is hiding, kill him and free the princess.
After further trips to the pirate-ridden city of Pravoka and to Elven City, the warriors in Crescent meet Lukan, the author of the prophecy concerning them. He tells them that four monsters, the Chaosse, have nested in the crystal shrines and darkened them as a result. It is now up to the warriors to defeat the monsters and use their own crystals to restore the shrines to shine.
The warriors of light fight in the Terra Cave against the "Deathbringer" (in the original Ritchi , the Lich ), the chaos of the earth. In the Gurug volcano they compete against “Kali” (named after the Indian goddess of destruction, Kali ), the chaos of fire. In the sea temple inhabited by mermaids they encounter “Aquadon” (originally Kura-ken , the octopus ), the chaos of the water. Finally they travel to the castle in the air built by the Lufenians. Here they face "Tiamat" (named after the Babylonian primordial goddess Tiamat ), the chaos of the air. From the castle in the air, you can see how the forces of the four shrines unite in one place on earth: the Chaos Temple.
When the warriors of light reach the Temple of Chaos, they are thrown 2,000 years into the past through a portal. Here they meet again the Garland believed dead. He tells them how the Chaosse of that time saved him from the underworld . He then sent it 2,000 years into the future and thereby created a time loop . Garland transforms into the monster "Chaos" before the eyes of the warriors. After a long struggle, Chaos is defeated; the time loop dissolves.
Game system
An important feature of the game is the class system: at the beginning the player can define a class for each of the four fighters, which affects the availability of skills in combat, as well as the possible choice of weapons and armor. The classes are called in the German version:
- Warrior (a fighter who specializes in heavy weapons and armor)
- Novice (a martial arts expert who often fights with bare hands and without armor)
- Thief (a quick but comparatively weak attacker)
- Red Mage (an all-round mage who has both combat skills and most of the black and white magic)
- Healer (a mage specializing in defensive and healing spells)
- Black Mage (a mage specializing in offensive spells)
Since the four heroes - as was common in role-playing games at the time - neither have their own name nor personality and thus only become passive participants in the course of the game, the choice of character classes has no influence on the course of the story and dialogues. It was only in later Final Fantasy parts that the protagonists developed an individual personality.
struggle
Final Fantasy was the first video game in the series to feature the now popular turn-based system. However, there were still inconveniences in the original version, such as the fact that the fighters liked to hit in the void when the targeted opponent had already been defeated by a fellow soldier. The graphic representation of the fights is limited to a purely black fighting area with a colored stripe as a backdrop at the top of the picture. Both points have been adjusted for later publications.
Effects
When it was launched in the United States in 1990, even the sales record in Japan was broken. The influence on the development of the role-playing games was enormous; along with Dragon Quest , it is considered one of the most influential and successful RPGs for the NES .
Web links
- Square-Enix Official Website (Japanese)
- Final Fantasy Retrospective from Gametrailers.com ( Memento from March 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Final Fantasy at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FINAL FANTASY. Square Enix, accessed March 23, 2010 .
- ↑ FINAL FANTASY. In: iTunes App Store. Apple, accessed March 23, 2010 .
- ^ The History of Final Fantasy. ( Memento from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: GameSpot. November 2, 1998. (Last checked on December 28, 2015.)