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SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend) series

Release years by system:
1990 – Game Boy (The Final Fantasy Legend)
1991 – Game Boy (Final Fantasy Legend II)
1993 – Game Boy (Final Fantasy Legend III)
Notes:
  • The first three games of the SaGa series were marketed in North America as The Final Fantasy Legend series; the Final Fantasy name was dropped for later SaGa games brought to North America.
  • The games of the SaGa series include no themes or characters from the Final Fantasy games.
  • None of the three games bore any Final Fantasy branding in their original Japanese versions, where they were titled
    • Makai Toushi Sa・Ga (魔界塔士 Sa・Ga, lit. Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World ~ Sa・Ga?),
    • Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu (Sa・Ga2: 秘宝伝説, lit. Sa・Ga2: The Treasure Legend?) and
    • Jikuu no Hasha ~ Sa・Ga3 (時空の覇者　Sa・Ga3, lit. The Ruler of Time and Space ~ Sa・Ga3 ?).
  • The three games were republished by Sunsoft (again under the Final Fantasy Legend name) in 1998.
Chocobo series

Release years by system:
1997 – PlayStation (Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon (Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon)
1999 – PlayStation (Chocobo's Dungeon 2)
1999 – PlayStation (Chocobo Racing)
1999 – PlayStation (Chocobo Collection)
2000 – WonderSwan (Hataraku Chocobo (Chocobo on the Job))
2002 – Game Boy Advance (Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice)
2003 – Mobile phones (Choco-Mate)
2006 – Mobile phones (Chocobo de Mobile)
2006 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales)
2007 – Wii (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon)
2008 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Fables: Cid and Chocobo's Dungeon DS+)
2008 – Nintendo DS (Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon: Majō to Shōjo to Gonin no Yūsha (Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book: The Witch, the Girl, and the Five Heroes)
TBA – Nintendo 3DS (Chocobo Racing 3D)
Notes:
  • Series of games of different genres featuring a Chocobo, a creature from the Final Fantasy games, as the main character with environments based on the Final Fantasy series
  • Only Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Chocobo Racing, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon have been released outside Japan.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series

Release years by system:
2003 – Nintendo GameCube (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)
2007 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates)
2008 – WiiWare (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King)
2009 – Wii (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time)
2009 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time)
2009 – WiiWare (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord)
2009 – Wii (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers)
Notes:
  • Action role-playing game series featuring concepts from the Final Fantasy series
Crystal Defenders series

Release years by system:
2008 – Mobile phones (Crystal Guardians)
2008 – iOS, Wiiware, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network (Crystal Defenders)
2009 – iOS (Crystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm)
Notes:
  • Series of turn-based strategy games using concepts from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Final Fantasy Adventure
Original release dates:
  • June 8, 1991
  • November 1, 1991
  • June 17, 1993
 Release years by system:
1991 – Game Boy
Notes:
  • Known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (聖剣伝説 ～ファイナルファンタジー外伝～, Legend of the Holy Sword: Final Fantasy Gaiden?) and in Europe as Mystic Quest
  • First released as a side story for the Final Fantasy series, it has generated its own game series, called Mana.
  • Featured some elements from the Final Fantasy series which did not reappear in later titles or in its remake, Sword of Mana (2003)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Original release dates:
  • September 10, 1993
  • October 5, 1992
  • 1993
 Release years by system:
1993 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Notes:
  • Role-playing game with action-adventure elements
  • Released in Japan as Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest and in Europe as Mystic Quest Legend
Final Fantasy: Unlimited with U
Original release date:
  • August 20, 2002
 Release years by system:
2002 – Mobile phones
Notes:
  • A mobile phone game set in the Final Fantasy: Unlimited universe
Final Fantasy: Unlimited on PC Adventure - Labyrinth
Original release date:
  • May 16, 2003
 Release years by system:
2003 – Microsoft Windows personal computer
Notes:
  • A personal computer game set in the Final Fantasy: Unlimited universe, published by Amada Printing
Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding
Original release dates:
  • March 29, 2005
  • March 29, 2005
 Release years by system:
2005 – Mobile phones
Notes:
  • Port of the snowboarding minigame featured in Final Fantasy VII to mobile phones
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Original release dates:
  • December 18, 2008
  • August 25, 2009
  • September 4, 2009
 Release years by system:
2008 – PlayStation Portable
Notes:
  • 3D fighting game featuring characters from the main series
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Original release dates:
  • March 3, 2011
  • March 22, 2011
  • March 25, 2011
 Release years by system:
2011 – PlayStation Portable
Notes:
  • 3D fighting game featuring characters from the main series
  • Prequel to Dissidia Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Original release dates:
  • October 29, 2009
  • October 5, 2010
  • October 8, 2010
 Release years by system:
2009 – Nintendo DS
Notes:
  • Side story of the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Original release date:
  • September 6, 2010
 Release years by system:
2010 – Mobile phones
2012 – iOS, Android
Notes:
  • Released in Japan as Final Fantasy Legends: Hikari to Yami no Senshi
  • Side story of the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy Brigade
Original release date:
  • January 6, 2012
 Release years by system:
2012 - Mobile phones
Notes:
  • Online social game of the Final Fantasy series
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Original release date:
  • February 16, 2012
  • July 3, 2012
  • July 6, 2012
 Release years by system:
2012 - Nintendo 3DS
Notes:
  • Rhythm game of the Final Fantasy series

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