the Main series of final fantasy

Final Fantasy XIII was released in December 2009 in Japan. It was released on March 9, 2010 in North America and Europe.It is the flagship installment of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation.Also in development is Final Fantasy XIV, an MMORPG due for release in 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and PC.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) also featured three installments of the main series, all of which have been re-released on several platforms. Final Fantasy IV was released in 1991; in North America, it was released as Final Fantasy II.[7][8] It introduced the “Active Time Battle” system. Cosplay Final Fantasy V, released in 1992 in Japan, was first in the series to spawn a sequel: a short anime series titled Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals.Final Fantasy VI was released in Japan in 1994, but it was titled Final Fantasy III in North America.

The PlayStation console saw the release of three main Final Fantasy Cosplay games. The 1997 title Final Fantasy VII moved away from the two-dimensional (2D) graphics used in the first six games to three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics; the game features polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds. It also introduced a more modern setting, a style that was carried over to the next game.It was also the first in the series to be released in Europe. The eighth installment was published in 1999, and was the first to consistently use realistically proportioned characters and feature a vocal piece as its theme music.Final Fantasy IX, released in 2000, returned to the series’ roots by revisiting a more traditional Final Fantasy setting rather than the more modern worlds of VII and VIII.

Three main installments, including one online game, were published for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). The 2001 title Final Fantasy X introduced full 3D areas and voice acting to the series, and was the first to spawn a direct video game sequel (Final Fantasy X-2). Final Fantasy XI was released on the PS2 and PC in 2002, and later on the Xbox 360. The first massive multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the series, Final Fantasy XI also introduced real-time battles instead of random encounters.The twelfth installment, published in 2006, also includes real-time battles in large, interconnected playfields.