Final Fantasy IV

Active Time Battle and fixed story-driven characters pushed JRPGs toward scripted drama.

Released 1991 Developer Square Platform SNES Genre RPG Era 8- and 16-bit Website square-enix.co.jp ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Final Fantasy IV inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

1987

Final Fantasy ~~1987~~

1991

Final Fantasy IV ~~this page~~

1994

Final Fantasy VI ~~1994~~

1997

Final Fantasy Tactics ~~1997~~

1997

Final Fantasy VII ~~1997~~

1999

Final Fantasy VIII ~~1999~~

2001

Final Fantasy X ~~2001~~

2002

Final Fantasy XI ~~2002~~

2006

Final Fantasy XII ~~2006~~

2009

Final Fantasy XIII ~~2009~~

2013

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ~~2013~~

2023

Final Fantasy XVI ~~2023~~

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