So I heard through the grapevine that the original Final Fantasy was teh last ditch effort from SquareEnix to make a successful game...Hence the name Final Fantasy...does this rumor have any merit?? Of course I could go to  wikipedia, but I was hoping for some really in depth deep nerdy shit here and get the real story from people who know what they are talking about...anybody know??? THX

I've only heard about the story, and thus cannot confirm its validity. That said, however, it seems plausible enough. If the two of us are in the wrong for believing in the rumor, then I've got no doubt that one of the more knowledgeable guys here will come and correct us.

After King's Knight, that rumor seems plausible enough.

That's what I've always heard...

cool...I was just wantin' to clear that up

I think it's true, yes.

It's true

i never knew that either... thats pretty cool, considering how well that franchise did. that goes to show you that all it takes is 1 hit to become a multi-millionaire!

That's what I've always heard too, and if you check games programmed by squaresoft before Final Fantasy, it seems very plausible.

At the time Square and Enix were different companies.

I've read the interview with the guy who created the series. He says it was HIS last ditch effort to actually make a game that was worth a damn, since he felt like games had become stale.

Nice to hear it confirmed. Never heard it before, but that's cool.

That's what I heard as well, although Square and Enix weren't merged at that point. What I heard is that it was Square's last effort to make a successful game.

Yeah, Enix was already doing quite well at the time with Dragon Quest/Warrior.

I don't think they merged until the Playstation era.

yeah i dont think square merged with enix until 02 or 03

Yeah, Enix was not with Square until the 2000s. Enix made sick stuff like ActRaiser and the mentioned Dragon Warrior.

But that's a cool story.

http://www.gametrailers.com/playe...

They talk about it right at the start, obviously it's not a Square site, but I'd take their word for it.

I've always heard it was the creators last effort at a game, not Square's, but I guess it was kind of both. Great video.

If anyone saw Icons on G4, it pretty much confirms everything said in this post. So if  G4 cant get the story right, I dont know who can lol.

Yeah, the merger didn't occur until the PS2 era I believe. I vaugely remember seeing "Squaresoft" up until then.

yeah - i've heard this too. It mentions this on gametrailers.com's retrospective.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/... (<-- check out Part I)