Game on! Fire up your old console and let’s play a few hours of that classic JRPG, Final Fantasy (and its many, many sequels).
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The Dorky Round
One
What name was it originally conceived under?
Fighting Fantasy
Two
Which was the first Final Fantasy released on a non-Nintendo system?
Final Fantasy VII, released for the PlayStation One
Three
What is the name used by all of the various engineers in the series?
Cid
Four
What is the name of the race with pom poms on their heads who are sometimes playable, and sometimes allow players to change their names?
Moogles
Five
What is the name of the race of birds which serve the same role as horses did in medieval times?
Chocobos
Six
In the first game, what is the most powerful black magic?
Flare
Seven
In the first game, what is the most powerful white magic?
Holy
Eight
Which Final Fantasy VII character is known for a giant sword and spiky hair?
Cloud Strife
Nine
What was Zidane Tribal’s distinguishing physical feature in Final Fantasy IX?
He had a tail.
Ten
Which Star Wars characters inspired the names of minor characters in several Final Fantasy games?
Biggs (Darklighter) and Wedge (Antilles)
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The Geeky Round
One
Who is the creator of the franchise?
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Two
Who was the composer on the first several games?
Nobuo Uematsu
Three
Which Japanese game was released in North America as “Final Fantasy 2”?
Final Fantasy IV: Easytype. In Japan, FFIV was released in two difficulty levels, and North America got the easy one, with less EXP per character level and universal status healing items available from the start.
Four
Which was the first game released in North America as a Final Fantasy title, but was released in Japan as part of another franchise?
Final Fantasy Adventure. In Japan, it was Adventure of Mana, but in America, Sega has exclusive rights to the Mana games and Nintendo had the only portable system on the market, so the title was branded as FF.
Five
Which platform’s Final Fantasy games are no longer considered members of the franchise?
Game Boy. “Final Fantasy Adventure” became “Adventure of Mana” and launched the Mana franchise, while “Final Fantasy Legend” was part of the Seiken Densetsu brand.
Six
Which Final Fantasy game was intended as an entry level RPG that could be played in a single afternoon?
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (aka Final Fantasy USA)
Seven
Which game introduced the first playable collector’s card game?
Final Fantasy VIII
Eight
Who designed many of the characters for the early part of the series?
Yoshitako Amano
Nine
What was the first Final Fantasy MMO?
Final Fantasy XI
Ten
Which character famously declared “you spoony bard”?
Tellah, in Final Fantasy IV
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The Nerdy Round
One
Which was the first game in the series to name the characters controlled by the player?
Final Fantasy II
Two
Which was the first game in the series to have a world map altering cataclysm part way through the story?
Final Fantasy II
Three
What is the name of the one character who actually travels from game to game?
Gilgamesh
Four
Which was the first game to eliminate character levels as an upgrade mechanism?
Final Fantasy II
Five
Which was the first game that allowed you to change character classes by, essentially, treating a character as a member of the intended class?
Final Fantasy II
Six
Which was the earliest Final Fantasy to get a direct sequel?
Final Fantasy VII
Seven
Which main series Final Fantasy game is actually a sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics?
Final Fantasy XII
Eight
Which game’s Japanese release included a “programmers room” that was removed from the North American release?
Final Fantasy IV
Nine
Which game first introduced us to chocobos?
Final Fantasy II
Ten
Whose grave can be found in the original release of the first Final Fantasy?
Erdric, a major character in the Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest series. In rereleases made after the Square Enix merger, the grave belongs to Link.
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