7 Reasons Final Fantasy is still JRPG King

I suspect that if you clicked on this article then you are well Aware that the Final Fantasy series has undergone a bit of an extended rough patch. In fact, if you are twenty years old, the rough note can be anything you know. But while its reputation has taken a hit, one thing remains true: Final fantasy is still the JRPG king.

Now I can see Dragon Quest and Persona fans struggling on the bit, ready to throw on me. Understand though: I'm just the low messenger. I will indicate all the reasons why at the end of the day I am hard to claim that Final Fantasy is not still sitting on top of the throne. At least hear me before you torch me in the comments!

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38 years inheritance is hard to shake

Final fantasy has been around for a long time now. The original game was released in 1987 in Japan, and Square has not looked back since. At this point, there are over 100 Final Fantasy games (although math can be a little ambiguous considering that there are games like Legends titles).

What does this legacy do so Impact is that final fantasy for a number of these generations was the Premier RPG -Franchise. While the Mass Effect series could go from being the largest RPG franchis in its generation to basically Being irrelevant for a decade, it is important to remember that its time at the top was relatively short. Final fantasy, on the other hand, has proven to be difficult to put in. A large part of it is its strong heritage. Final Fantasy could possibly be your grandparents, parents and children's favorite game franchise. Inheritance as it puts down roots.

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Square has done a good job of keeping their classic Final Fantasy titles relevant

But what is a legacy if you don't preserve it? Playstation had Final Fantasy Anthology titles. More classic Final Fantasy games would be remashed for PSP. When telephone games became a big thing, Square began to create gates of their classic games for phones. There has Never been a generation where Square did not release their classic games in one form. Add to the stable stream of games expanding on these classic titles, and you get a franchise that maintains the relevance of its older titles decades after they have been released.

And more to the point, Square has become better at it over the years. More effort is done in the porting process for the older titles, and they handle the extension of their classic gaming franchise more tasteful – just compare Final Fantasy 4: The After Mears to Final Fantasy 7 Remake to see what I mean. By always making their classic games available on modern hardware, Final Fantasy has made it ignorant for all new players to experience the best games in the franchise.

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Final Fantasy IP is still strong

This is now a point that I am sure I would have believed myself a year ago. I know that Uematsus orchestra sells out when it is touring, and that Final Fantasy products have always seemed to have driven figures, but when Final Fantasy 7 rebirth sales were under the forecasts, I wondered if maybe Final Fantasy IP had lost some of its luster. It was, until I saw the magic: the collection sets sales …

Now I think we all expected these cards to sell well. Much effort entered that set. However, what I did not expect was for the Final Fantasy set to sell out all the sets that had come before it. Do you know what had the previous record? Lord of the ring. Do you know how long it took the Final Fantasy set to sell Lord of the Rings? 24 hour! I'm sorry, it speaks pretty clearly about the power of the Final Fantasy brand. It is still a power center. Even with square fumble the ball for twenty straight years, Final Fantasy IP is extremely powerful.

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Final Fantasy is still at the forefront

Although it is doubtful that Final Fantasy has lost the ground overall, at the end of the day, it is worth taking a step back and looking at how it performs in comparison to its peers. Let's start in the MMORPG space. Final Fantasy 14 is the only MMO that has ever challenged World of Warcraft. In fact, when its new extensions are launched, sometimes takes the lead. Given that World of Warcraft is in an institution at this time, it is quite performance.

And what about the Final Fantasy Pixel remaster? They sold over five million copies. How many remaster can say they have met sales numbers even near To these? It is basically only Mario collections that make these numbers. And although Final Fantasy 16 was reported to have sold under expectations, it has still sold over 3.5 million copies. Clair Obscur has probably surpassed it already, given the glimpse we got about its performance.

But from sales data we have seen, they are likely to be in the same sales neighborhood. At the end of the day, Final Fantasy Still sells extremely Well, although Square wants it to be sold even more.

By the way, the original persona 5 sold just over three million copies, so it places it in a similar place.

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Final Fantasy has a demographically rich audience

Final Fantasy has one of the most demographically diverse audience around. It is popular in both West and Asia. It has a larger than usual number of female players, and a nice spread of ages likes to play them. Although Final Fantasy's Japanese fans make skewed quite a little older.

Although there is definitely some concern when it comes to reaching the younger end of the demographic spectrum, it is worth pointing out that the audience has everything falls within the age range that has access to money. That is probably why a final fantasy game can step on their own toes and still pull in very respectable sales. And when it comes to the younger generation, Final Fantasy is just a few Fortnite dances and Skibidi names away from being relevant there too!

The last part was a joke. I beg you, don't take it as advice, square.

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Everyone still compares every RPG with Final Fantasy

This is my last big point, but I think it's my strongest. At the end of the day, if you want to know who the JRPG king is, just look at what franchise people compare each RPG with. If an RPG succeeds, it is always compared with final fantasy. Always. And it's not just the journalists. You will see these comparisons in every dirty corner on the internet where people discuss games.

Although final fantasy may not have the appearance of invincibility as it once had, for better or worse, it is still the name that people associate with the genre. It's not just a matter of historical significance either. Wizardry is undoubtedly one of the most influential RPG series ever that has existed and has had dozens of publishers, but no one takes up the franchise as a comparison point. People mention final fantasy because that name is still the largest in the genre.

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The future looks bright

While Final Fantasy has had its stumbles over the past two decades, Final Fantasy 16 was a polished, well -received title that fixed many of the narrative questions that have plagued the latest (in relative terms) main titles while maintaining the same feeling. Although the single game titles have fought in one way or another, the only final fantasy 14-end is a juggernaut in MMO space, fifteen years after being released, and is loved.

But there is even more reason to be hopeful for the future. Square's refusal to return to the roots to Final Fantasy and give people the classic JRPG experience that the fans continue to beg are likely to end soon. Square can be stubborn, but they are not stupid. What have been the best -selling RPGs in recent years? Turn -based RPG that embraced its genre with the entire chest.

Given that Square is “conscious” about the success of tour-based games, and even invited Clair Obscur developers to their offices recently, it certainly feels like they are founded and ready to completely correct the ship and bring final fantasy back to the promised country in the process. If Final Fantasy does, there will be no more challengers for the throne, and articles like this will feel like an artifact of an forgotten time.