The Final Fantasy Challenge Part 1: In The Beginning

Written by Josh Hurley Sunday, 05 February 2012 06:00

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Every story has a beginning. This is the history of Final Fantasy.

Released in Japan in 1987, and in 1990 to North America, Final Fantasy is one of the most well known RPG series of its kind.

Created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, Final Fantasy has gone on to spawn countless games, movies, and almost any other type of media you could think of.

Final Fantasy is the story of four Warriors of Light attempting to save the the princess from an evil force named Garland. Meanwhile, various phenomena around the world start occurring. The wind has stopped blowing, grass and plant life is dying, and the world seems like it's slowly slipping away. Could all this be related? Who will stand up and save the world from the impending evil? [spoiler alert: you, or for this blog: me.]

Now, I am going to be using the Game Boy Advance version. Why? Well random reader, let me tell you. Wait. Better yet, let me show you:

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I'd be looking at this type of graphics for about 20 hours, if not more. And it isn't just semantics. I'm also playing the Game Boy Advance version because there are added dungeons, which I'll be going through. I also find that the MP system is easier to work with as opposed to only being able to use spells a certain amount of times. That stated, let's get started!

Quick word of warning: This update is image heavy. The next couple probably won't be, unless people like this layout. Either way, let's get to it.

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Final Fantasy, where it all begins. After picking our team (Warrior, Thief, White Mage, Black Mage). Anyone who says differently about this team is wrong. I'm willing to listen to your opinions though. The crew is told to go rescue a princess. If this were another certain franchise it would take eight dungeons. Seven of those would just end in an anthropomorphic fungi telling us we picked the wrong one. After being rescued, she would then be kidnapped soon after.

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Comments

# Onilink 2012-02-05 07:02

My first run through of Final Fantasy was the GBA version. I put a lot of hours into it. I remember grinding until the warriors level capped. Good times.

# Redwelshdragon92 2012-02-07 04:21

Ahhh Final Fantasy 1 is one of the best games i played for a while i had it on origins on the playstation 1 which was mentally fun but always love powergrinding. The zombie dragon in the zombie cave was one of my fav battles in the first Final Fantasy games.