Developer · Publisher
Square
In the catalog, developer of 61 and publisher of 66 games; the atlas has read 19. A dot's size is its number of Wikipedia language editions, a measure of notability rather than sales.
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| role-playing game 56 | Secret of Mana | Chrono Trigger | Super Mario RPG | Xenogears | Final Fantasy VIII | Final Fantasy IX | Final Fantasy X | Kingdom Hearts | Final Fantasy X-2 | ||||||||||
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| other 1 |
History
Games read
- King's Knight 1986 · publisher
- Suishō no Dragon 1986 · developer
- Cleopatra no Mahō 1987 · developer
- Final Fantasy 1987 · developer, publisher
- JJ 1987 · developer, publisher
- Kalin no Tsurugi 1987 · publisher
- Mystery Quest 1987 · publisher
- Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School 1987 · publisher
- Rad Racer 1987 · developer, publisher
- The 3-D Battles of Worldrunner 1987 · developer, publisher
- Deep Dungeon III: Yūshi e no Tabi 1988 · publisher
- Final Fantasy II 1988 · developer, publisher
- Hanjuku Hero 1988 · developer
- Square's Tom Sawyer 1989 · developer, publisher
- Final Fantasy III 1990 · developer, publisher
- Final Fantasy IV 1991 · developer, publisher
- Final Fantasy V 1992 · developer, publisher
- Final Fantasy VI 1994 · developer, publisher
- Final Fantasy VII 1997 · developer, publisher
Their mechanics
Critical hit 7, Damage formula 7, Hit chance 7, Fleeing 6, Elemental weakness 5, Random encounter 5, Turn order 5, Multi-hit attack 4, Active Time Battle 3, Limit Break, Random number generator
Release years are each game's first release. Genres come from Wikidata through the atlas's taxonomy; a game sits in the lane of its first mapped genre.