English
Proper Noun
Final Fantasy
Etymology
Comes from Squaresoft's brush with bankruptcy, being a fantasy role-playing game and the final chance for Squaresoft to escape from bankruptcy.
Meaning
- Video games. The extremely popular Japanese-origin role-playing video game franchise from Squaresoft (now Square Enix), inspired by Dragon Quest, started on the NES by Hironobu Sakaguchi in 1987, carried over to many other platforms, and brought over to North America in 1990 and to Europe in 1998. Square Enix's flagship and best-selling video game franchise. Abbreviation: FF.
- A installment of this video game franchise.
- The fanbase or community of this series.
- Figurative. A product that was released as the last and successful chance to succeed a brush with bankruptcy.
- Figurative. The best-selling video game franchise of any video game publisher or genre. The flagship video game franchise.
- Figurative. Any successful final chance to escape from a financial or personal loss, emotional distress, bankruptcy, or death.
Translations
Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー (Fainaru Fantajii)
Related Terms
Further Reading
Wikipedia article on 'Final Fantasy'
