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Also in 1999, the ballroom dance scene of Final Fantasy VIII was featured as a technical demo for the PlayStation 2. [53] In 2000, a PC version was released for Windows. This port featured smoother graphics, enhanced audio, and the inclusion of Chocobo World, a minigame starring Boko, a Chocobo featured in one of the side-quests in Final ...
Within two days of Final Fantasy VIII ' s North American release on September 9, 1999, it became the top-selling video game in the United States, a position it held for more than three weeks. [155] Final Fantasy X sold over 1.4 million Japanese units in pre-orders alone, which set a record for the fastest-selling console RPG.
Squall Leonhart was the first character Nomura designed for Final Fantasy VIII; he was inspired by actor River Phoenix, although Nomura said "nobody understood it". [11] Squall is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall, [ 12 ] and initially had long hair and a feminine appearance.
Various Ultimania books at a Books Kinokuniya in San Francisco, California. Dozens of Square Enix companion books have been produced since 1998, when video game developer Square began to produce books that focused on artwork, developer interviews, and background information on the fictional worlds and characters in its games rather than on gameplay details.
Zell's ultimate weapon is named Ehrgeiz, referencing the game which released around the same time as Final Fantasy VIII. Like Tifa, he fights using gloves and martial arts, and has a Limit Break called Dolphin Blow, which was also one of Tifa's Limit Breaks. His final Limit Break is My Final Heaven, while Tifa's was called Final Heaven.
The logo of the Final Fantasy series Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs). The eponymous first game in the series, published in 1987, was conceived by Sakaguchi as his last-ditch effort in the game industry; the ...
Final Fantasy VIII: PlayStation: February 11, 1999: Square: Co-published with Square in PAL, China, Hong Kong and Singapore only [b] Syphon Filter: PlayStation: February 16, 1999: Bend Studio: Published by 989 Studios in North America and by Sony Computer Entertainment in PAL only Final Fantasy VI: PlayStation: March 11, 1999: Square: Co ...