{"id":240006,"date":"2023-07-16T03:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T07:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=298237"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:41:17","slug":"where-the-name-of-final-fantasy-its-creator-explains-the-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/where-the-name-of-final-fantasy-its-creator-explains-the-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Name that Shaped a Legacy: Final Fantasy’s Creator Unravels the Mystery of its Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are used to talking about videogame sagas with decades of life behind them. This is the case, for example, of Final Fantasy<\/a><\/strong>, owned by Square Enix<\/strong> and whose sixteenth installment<\/a><\/strong> has been released relatively recently. Now, it has been the father of the saga, Hironobu Sakaguchi<\/strong>, who has commented on where the name Final Fantasy comes from.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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According to the famed Japanese creative, the origin of Final Fantasy as a name is easier than one can imagine. From the now defunct Square, it was requested that the name of the game be “FF” once abbreviated<\/strong>. With this on the table, the first ideas revolved around “Fighting Fantasy<\/strong>“, but due to problems with some trademarks this option was discarded (there was a board game with the same title). So the team came up with the idea of substituting “Fighting” for “Fantasy<\/strong>” and alternating the order until they had that “Final Fantasy<\/strong>“. It was as simple as that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hironobu Sakaguchi says the name Final Fantasy came from Square wanting to call the game "FF" in short. The original name they wanted to call it was "Fighting Fantasy" but due to trademarks they couldn't use that so they reluctantly went with "Final Fantasy" as a last resort! pic.twitter.com\/61bJJgUHOh<\/a><\/p>— Genki\u2728 (@Genki_JPN) July 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>