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May 6th, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Looking back today, it is easy to see that Final Fantasy was a success and why. Back in the day though, even Square was not all that interested in Final Fantasy, to the point that they initially wanted to only produce 200,000 copies in Japan. That is after Hironobu Sakaguchi convinced them to green light the game in the first place.
In North America Nintendo expressed their contractual right to publish 3rd party games as their own with Final Fantasy. This was great news for Square as it alleviated them of many financial obligations associated with producing NES games.
Final Fantasy is now, obviously, an iconic role-playing game. Square Enix has built an empire on the back of this franchise, to the point that they were able to buy out their competition – Enix. Enix, for those that do not know made Dragon Warrior/Quest – Final Fantasy’s direct rival on Nintendo platforms.
When released in North America, and to a lesser extent in Japan, Final Fantasy was unlike much else available on Nintendo’s first console. So unique that Square was not interested in even developing the game.
Thankfully they did because console role-playing games might have been set back many years without Final Fantasy.
Fans that took up the challenge were greeted with a world of three major continents, Black and White Mages, creatures from all walks of monsterdom, and a story that was engrossing and not like the arcade games that flanked Square’s title on store shelves.
Final Fantasy has seen re-release on many platforms over the years. There have also been a few remakes which improved on graphics and sound released as well.
If you want to grab a copy of Final Fantasy, then you can do it multiple ways. One way is to grab the Nintendo NES Classic Mini or an original copy
of the game. Another is to grab one of the remakes that Square Enix has released
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