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Square Enix Vocal Covers: Timeless Classics, a new cover album from Square Enix and Keiichi Okabe’s MONACA, will feature songs from NieR, NieR: Automata, Final Fantasy IX, FFX, and FFXIII. It will launch in Japan on June 25, 2025, with European and US debuts following in July 2025. It will cost $26.99/€19.99 and feature six versions of five songs. 

It sounds like all six songs will be performed by the same singer, with two of them being English covers and the other four being in Japanese. Square Enix didn’t reveal their identity yet though. It did share the track list, which consists of two versions of “Melodies of Life” alongside the other four performances.

Here’s the full list of songs:

1. “Weight of the World” English Version from NieR: Automata
2. “Kaine / Salvation” from NieR Replicant and Gestalt
3. “Suteki Da Ne” from Final Fantasy X
4. “The Sunleth Waterscape” from Final Fantasy XIII
5. “Melodies of Life” English Version from Final Fantasy IX
6. “Melodies of Life” from Final Fantasy IX

Square Enix also started to share samples of the Square Enix Vocal Covers: Timeless Classics songs ahead of the album’s launch. It started with the first song on the album, which is the English version of “Weight of the World” from NieR: Automata. 

The second sample to appear showed off “Kaine / Salvation” from NieR Replicant and Gestalt.

The reveals are going in order, as the one that showed up after that is the third track, “Suteki Da Ne” from Final Fantasy X. 

The last one Square Enix shared is “The Sunleth Waterscape” from Final Fantasy XIII. 

Finally, here's the cover art, which was created by Aamond.

Square Enix Vocal Covers: Timeless Classics album will come to Japan on June 26, 2025, followed by a July 2025 worldwide release of the six songs. One of its last cover albums was #SQkawaii Sounds – Final Fantasy.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the winners of the PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 Japan Asia. While the company has also opened worldwide polls for the PS Blog Game of the Year Awards 2024, this award presentation particularly continued the yearly tradition established by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, which would also later expand to the rest of Asia.

One of the awards featured in this presentation is the s' Choice Award, where Japanese and Asian PlayStation Network owners voted for their favorite titles released on PlayStation platforms between October 2023 and September 2024. Five games won the award:

1. Black Myth: Wukong
2. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
3. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
4. Rise of the Ronin
5. Stellar Blade

As announced previously in October 2024, this year's edition featured additional PlayStation Generations Awards where s would vote for their most favorite titles from each of the PlayStation consoles released before the PS5 that had also won in previous PlayStation Partner Awards.

• PlayStation Generations Award: Final Fantasy VII
• PlayStation 2 Generations Award: Final Fantasy X
• PlayStation Portable Generations Award: Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
• PlayStation 3 Generations Award: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• PlayStation Vita Generations Award: Persona 4 Golden
• PlayStation 4 Generations Award: Elden Ring

In the same presentation, Sony Interactive Entertainment also gave awards to games based on sales performances on the PlayStation platforms between October 2023 and September 2024. One of which is the Special Award, which it gave to the following two titles for recording success while being developed by a third-party Japanese or Asian studio and published by SIE:

1. Stellar Blade (developed by Shift Up)
2. Rise of the Ronin (developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja)

The company also handed over Partner Awards to seven PlayStation games with notable worldwide sales performances during the same period:

1. Dragon's Dogma 2
2. Honkai: Star Rail
3. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
4. Persona 3 Reload
5. Tekken 8
6. The First Descendant
7. Zenless Zone Zero

In addition, it gave Grand Awards to the top three titles with the highest worldwide sales:

1. Black Myth: Wukong
2. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
3. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

In the 2024 edition, Sony also added an Excellence Award for a game with a consistently significant impact for three straight years. It gave the award to HoYoverse's Genshin Impact, which has been available on the PS4 and PS5 among other platforms. A more recent PS5 bundle featuring the same game also appeared in Japan in July 2024.

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The Kingdom Hearts series started out as essentially Disney meets Final Fantasy. This is seen even in the fact that several Final Fantasy characters from different iterations of the franchise appear in the various games. Here are the most notable and best Final Fantasy characters to appear in the Kingdom Hearts games.

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The brooding Cloud Strife is one of the first Final Fantasy characters players meet in Kingdom Hearts. He is also perhaps the most prolific, featuring in four of the titles in some direct way. This leads to an entire story arc revolving around Cloud, his training in the Colosseum, and his journey to defeat his nemesis Sephiroth.

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Tidus is one of the childhood friends of Sora and Riku. Despite being from Final Fantasy X, he somehow appears on the Destiny Islands in this series in a younger version of himself. There is a lot to love about the goofy and awkward protagonist, especially as he acts as a fun tutorial for Sora.

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Selphie is one of the other of the crossover trio that grows up on the Destiny Islands alongside Sora and Riku. She is perhaps even more notable, though, since she comes from a different game entirely — Final Fantasy VIII — and her lovable outgoing personality shines through. She even gets a significant enough story arc later in the series as a classmate of Kairi’s.

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The infamous villain of Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth, is even a boss for Sora to fight in this series. Sephiroth is one of the most challenging foes in both the original Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2. He will truly challenge your knowledge of the game and every mechanic. Plus, prior to Final Fantasy VII Remake, this was one of his best graphical appearances.

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I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the lovable mascots of the Final Fantasy series: the Moogles. Sure, they aren’t as flashy as the other characters on this list. However, they make up for this with being in every single game. In fact, they have the notable role of being the shopkeepers in most titles. This means they are actively involved in the player’s story in every game, being far more essential than most crossover characters.

Let us know what your favorite Final Fantasy cameo in Kingdom Hearts is below!

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Square Enix released the Piano Collections Final Fantasy soundtracks for 13 titles in the series. The arrangement albums are now available to listen online, as well as sold digitally and physically. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Here is the full lineup of Final Fantasy games whose piano arrangement soundtracks are now available to listen online:

• Final Fantasy IV
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy XI
• Final Fantasy XII
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Final Fantasy XV
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

To celebrate the release of the collections online, Square Enix released a 91-minute-long music video including 24 highlight songs selected from each album on the YouTube Square Enix Music Channel.

The video features an animated background displaying a piano sitting in the shore of a night beach alongside the emblematic crystals of the series. At certain points on the video a moogle will appear alongside an airship, accompanied by sound effects.

You can enjoy the highlight video for the FF Piano Collections here:

The Piano Collections Final Fantasy soundtracks for 13 titles in the series are now available to listen on various streaming platforms, including Spotify and YouTube.

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Square Enix is releasing new Play Arts Kai figures of Tidus and Yuna from Final Fantasy X. Each figure costs $194.99, and they are both available for pre-order from the Square Enix online store. The Tidus figure is expected to release on August 2024, while the Yuna figure will follow in September 2024.

The figure of Tidus comes with a stand, additional hand parts, his Brotherhood sword, a Blitzball, and two face plates. Each face plate offers a standard neutral expression and the other one a smiling expression. The figure is articulable and different poses can be set. You can take a better look at the Tidus figure in the gallery below.

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The Yuna figure also includes extra hand parts, some of which can hold her staff weapon. It also includes an alternate hair piece, as well as two extra sleeves of her top that can be used to create the effect of movement. You can check out the figure of Yuna in more detail here:

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July 19, 2023 was the 22nd anniversary of the original release of FFX in Japan, and to celebrate the occasion the official FFVII Remake Twitter shared an easter egg referencing Final Fantasy X and Blitzball that was included in Crisis Core.

The new Final Fantasy X Play Arts Kai figures of Tidus and Yuna cost $194.99 each, and they are both available for pre-order from the Square Enix online store.

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Square Enix recently shared new information about a Final Fantasy X Blitzball Easter egg included in Crisis Core: FFVII Reunion and its original release. It involves various Gun Bull Head robot enemies in Crisis Core: FFVII being named after Final Fantasy X Blitzball players. These enemies can be found during the sniper minigame in Chapter 9.

The original Japanese tweet shared by the FFVII Remake Twitter reads as follows:

“Surely many of you have recognized before the names of the Gun Bull Heads during the sniping section in Nibel Plains.

Several of them are named after Blitzball players in FFX!

Today (July 19) is the day that #FF10 was released back in 2001!

Congratulations!”

You can also check out the original tweet talking about the Crisis Core FFVII FFX Easter egg here:

https://twitter.com/FFVIIR_CLOUD/status/1681499109247647744

The sniper minigame occurs during Chapter 9 on the Nibel Plains, and shortly after the Nibelheim escape section of the game. In it, Zack has to defeat several Gun Bull Head robots before they flee and alert Shinra troops. While the tweet shared the Japanese names of the Gun Bull Heads, the localized English names of the robots coincide with the names of the Blitzball players in FFX.

The previous Crisis Core: FFVII bit of information shared by Square Enix relates to the Turks, and their tasks within Shinra.

Crisis Core: FFVII Reunion is immediately available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.

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Samantha Thavasa opened up pre-orders for its line of Final Fantasy bags. Its Samantha Vega line has bags based on Final Fantasy X, while its Samantha Thavasa Petit Choice line has items based on Final Fantasy VII. Aside from bags, you can buy things like charms and t-shirts. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

In the Samantha Thavasa Petit Choice line, there will be two wallets based on Cloud and Sephiroth. The long wallet version will cost 25,300 JPY ($178) and the smaller version is 18,700 JPY ($131.60). There will also be a smartphone bag for 18,700 JPY that has art of Cloud’s weapons from the original FFVII on it. Finally, there are two zipper pull charms you can put on any bag for 4,400 JPY ($31) each. They’re based on Cloud and Sephiroth, again.

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As for the Final Fantasy X bags from Samantha Vega, you can get shoulder bags based on Tidus, Yuna, Auron, and Rikku. They’re 18,700 JPY each, and there are also charms based on the four characters’ weapons. You can also get a hand bag for 19,800 JPY ($139.30), a wallet for 15,950 JPY ($112.20), and t-shirts for 7,700 JPY ($54.20).

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These items originally appeared at Parco as part of the Final Fantasy 35th anniversary campaign. Other brands that were part of this campaign include Angelic Pretty and ForSomeone. This campaign ran earlier this year in March 2023.

The Samantha Thavasa Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII bags are open to pre-order from its website.

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The Eternal Calm is an important event in Final Fantasy X. However, in order to understand what The Eternal Calm is, it’s important to understand Spira, the world that the game is set in.

The world of Final Fantasy X is marked by tragedy. This is because of Sin, a gigantic whale-like creature capable of leveling cities and wiping out entire armies. Society in Spira must constantly rebuild itself in the wake of Sin’s attacks. Meanwhile the people live in desperate hope that if they follow the religious teachings of Yevon, they will be spared from Sin’s wrath.

Sin can be defeated. Summoners from around Spira go on pilgrimages to gain Aeons, powerful creatures who can be called into battle. At the end of their journey, they get to summon the Final Aeon, a being powerful enough to take down Sin. This victory over Sin leads to the Calm.

The Calm is a respite from the devastation caused by Sin. With Sin gone, the people of Spira can live peacefully knowing their home isn’t about to be obliterated at any moment. However, the Calm is temporary, as Sin always returns after a few years. It’s an endless cycle that Spira is trapped in.

In Final Fantasy X, Yuna is one of the summoners who sets out on her pilgrimage to defeat Sin. She is ed by her Guardians, including the game’s protagonist, Tidus. During their journey, they learn many of the truths behind Yu Yevon and Sin and make a choice to end the cycle for good. They find a way to defeat Sin that leads to its permanent destruction.

This is where the Eternal Calm comes in. As with all victories against Sin, Spira enters The Calm. However, due to Yuna and her friends, Sin has no chance of returning, turning this into an Eternal Calm. In addition, Yuna’s actions have exposed the lies and corruption within Yevon, and the religious order collapses. With both of these changes, the Eternal Calm represents a new start for Spira and its people.

We don’t see much of the Eternal Calm in Final Fantasy X itself. Instead, its impact is seen in the direct sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, which wastes no time in showing how different the world is following the start of the Eternal Calm.

Many have derided the pop concert at the start of Final Fantasy X-2. It’s campy and over the top. It’s a drastic contrast to the somber ending of Final Fantasy X. However, this is the point. It’s a blunt way of showing it, but this scene is an illustration of why the Eternal Calm matters.

In Final Fantasy X, Spira was caught in the grip of a strict religious order and living in fear of Sin. The only levity the people were allowed was Blitzball. In Final Fantasy X-2, the Eternal Calm allows the people of Spira to live how they choose. And they choose to go to pop concerts, play coin games and form teams of treasure hunters with Charlie’s Angels style group poses. It’s all a little silly, but Spira in Final Fantasy X was a world in desperate need of some silliness.

The Eternal Calm is important to the story of Final Fantasy X because its arrival makes all the sacrifices of Yuna's journey worth it. After her long and arduous pilgrimage, this is what she has gained for both herself and the population of Spira. A thousand years of oppression are over, and now everyone can play Sphere Break. It's the happy ending Spira deserves.

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is available now for PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

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Square Enix announced a new array of Final Fantasy X merchandise featuring major characters from the series. People can buy single acrylic stands of nine heroes and villains from this entry. There's also a set of eight pins and a collection of eight visual art cards. Finally, a motel-style keychain will appear as well. All of them are going to ship out in October 2023.

The Final Fantasy X character acrylic stands are $17.99 each. Each one features the character and a quote from them in both English and Japanese on the base. So for example, the Yuna one’s quote says, “I will defeat Sin. I must defeat Sin.”

The other items tend to be sets of items. The Visual Card Set features key art of eight characters. For $21.99, you get images of Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri, Rikku, and Yuna and Tidus together. The $31.99 pin set includes the seven main characters and antagonist Seymour. Meanwhile, the motel keychain involves general Zanarkand imagery for $11.99.

Here’s a general gallery showing all of the new Final Fantasy X merchandise.
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And here’s one focusing only on the nine Final Fantasy X character acrylic stands.
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The Final Fantasy X character acrylic stands, pin set, visual card set, and Zanarkand motel keychain will ship in October 2023, though we don't have an exact release date yet. The game is available on the PS2, as well as on the PS3, PS4, Switch, Vita, Xbox One, and PC via the HD remaster with X-2. There's also a kabuki adaptation.

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The Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play will start streaming from April 12, 2023 until October 31, 2023. Since the stage play covers the events of the entire game, it will be fairly long experience. It comes in at around nine hours. Aside from a reimagining of Final Fantasy X to have a more traditionally Japanese aesthetic, there will be lots of stage gimmicks. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

Each individual part costs 2,420 JPY ($18.10) to watch. If you want to watch the entire thing, then it’s 4,400 JPY ($32.90). Those prices are for the basic HD version with stereo sound. The 4K 5.1ch surround sound version will cost 5,500 JPY ($41.10), and you will get to watch both parts. The tickets are valid within ten days of purchase, and you can stream the Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play on TBS Ticket, L-Tike Live Streaming, Rakuten TV, U-next, and e-plus.

At certain parts of the play, the audience seating will move around to make room for props. There will also be a large screen that will play holographic backgrounds. Onoe Kikunosuke, who is the actor for Tidus, also doubled as the planner for the play. The play was available to watch physically in Japan from March 4, 2023, and its last day will be April 12, 2023.

The Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play will stream from April 12, 2023 to October 31, 2023. You can also watch it live in Japan.

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Nomura Tetsuya, the original character designer for Final Fantasy X, drew new art of everyone for the kabuki stage play. As a reminder, the kabuki stage play for Final Fantasy X will run from March 4 to April 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. So far we can see art of TIdus, but Nomura has drawn all of the party in their kabuki outfits. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

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When you go to watch the kabuki stage play, the art of the seven party will be projected upon a 8-meter screen. It will show up before each parts; there is an intermission before the first half and the second half of the kabuki stage play. It will also be on the pamphlet, so you can look it over at your leisure. Outfits for all of the characters have a distinctly Japanese aesthetic in its reimagining to match with the kabuki format.

As mentioned before, the stage play covers the entire game so it is quite long. So there are two parts to the play, making it possible to purchase tickets for only half the show if your schedule can’t make the whole thing. The first half ends after the party finds out Seymour is an enemy. The second half starts from the group’s infiltration into Bevelle.

The Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play will run from March 4 to April 12, 2023 in Japan. You can purchase tickets for it here.

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A new key visual for the Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play appeared on the official Twitter . Previously, there was a teaser video featuring Nakamura Yonekichi V performing the Sending while in character as Yuna. Other of the cast include Nakamura Shido, Onoe Matsuya, and Nakamura Hashinosuke.

https://twitter.com/ff10_kabuki/status/1621342712560762882

All of the party , from Tidus to Rikku, appear on the poster. We can also see Jecht, Seymour, and Braska. Ogami Kikunosuke will play Tidus. As a reminder, you can actually buy tickets for just half of the show. The Final Fantasy X stage play will adapt the entire game.

Here is the full cast list for the Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play:

• Auron: Nakamura Shido
• Braska: Nakamura Kinnosuke
• Cid: Nakamura  Karoku
• Jecht: Bando Yajuro
• Kimahri: Bando Hikosaburo
• Lulu: Nakamura Baishi
• Luzzu: Nakamura Mantaro
• Rikku: Kamimura Kichitaro
• Seymour: Onoe Matsuya
• Tidus: Onoe Kikunosuke
• Tidus (Young): Onoe Ushinosuke
• Wakka: Nakamura Hashinosuke
• Yuna: Nakamura Yonekichi
• Yunalesca: Nakamura Shinobu

As a reminder, Nakamura Karoku, Nakamura Kinnosuke, and Onoe Ushinosuke will only appear in the second half.

Both the characters’ outfits and the music have had rearrangements to them to fit the kabuki aesthetic. This generally means that there is a more traditional Japanese feel to them. You could hear that in the Sending video as well.

The Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play will take place in Japan from March 4 to April 12, 2023.

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It’s not Obon season just yet, but restless spirits will get an early Sending. A kabuki stage play of Final Fantasy X will take place in Spring 2023. You will be able to watch it from March 4, 2023 to April 12, 2023 at IHI Stage Around Tokyo. It will have 35 shows during that period. There is a teaser video for it, in which the actor for Yuna performs a Sending. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Renowned kabuki actor Nakamura Yonekichi V will play Yuna in the kabuki show. Holographic Pyreflies appear on stage in the video as well. Unlike the soundtrack in Final Fantasy X, there is a distinctly Japanese feel to this arrangement due to the usage of traditional Japanese instruments. The music director who arranged it, as well as Nakamura Yonekichi V, previously worked on the Nausicaa kabuki stage play.

You can watch the Final Fantasy X kabuki Sending here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quH6v75QsX8&

The first half starts at 12 PM and the second half starts at 5:30 PM. Nakamura Karoku V, Nakamura Kinnosuke, and Onoe Ushinosuke will only appear in the second half. The most ticket will cost 32,000 JPY (with the cheapest being 19,800 JPY) if you want to watch both parts. The SS and S tickets will also include an exclusive acrylic stand. However, if you only want to watch either the first or second half, tickets start from 11,000 JPY. Note that if you buy tickets for only half of the show, then you cannot get the acrylic stand.

The Final Fantasy X kabuki show will be available at IHI Stage Around Tokyo from March 4 to April 2023.

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The Square Enix Store debuted a new series of Final Fantasy mouse pads and mats for fans to protect their desks and computer mice with. Pre-orders are open, with an estimated delivery date of March 25, 2023.

The Final Fantasy mouse pad mats measure 800mm wide (about 31.5 inches) and 400mm long (about 15 inches). They'll cover most of a typical computer work surface, with enough space for a keyboard and mouse, or a laptop and other peripherals. They're designed to provide a surface for a mouse to glide smoothly, without scratching the desk or the device.

The mats also feature art from several Final Fantasy titles. Six are available, with illustrations from the following FF games:

• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy XII
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Final Fantasy XV

The art emblazoned on the Final Fantasy mouse mats reflects promotional art used for the titles. For example, the FFVIII mat shows an image of Rinoa rendered in the style of the game's CG cutscenes, with Squall and Seifer behind her. The FFX mouse mat features a scene of Yuna and Tidus sharing a moment in the water. The FFXIII mat shows Lightning riding Odin in Gestalt mode. The FFXV mat shows a picture of Noctis and Lunafreya.

Two other Final Fantasy mats show off 2D artwork instead of the 3D images. The FFXII mat shows off Yoshitaka Amano-drawn concept art of the Archadian Judges Gabranth, Drace, Ghis, Bergan, and Zargabaath. The FFIX mat centers an illustration of Freya and Vivi.

Each Final Fantasy mouse mat pad costs about 3,300 Yen (about $25 USD). The games are available on various systems, including PS2, PS3, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

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Japanese video sharing site NicoNico held a popularity poll to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Final Fantasy series. The poll asked Japanese fans their favorite FF title, favorite music track from the series, and their favorite character. The results were topped by FFXIV, "To Zanarkand," and Emet-Selch.

The total sample size for the NicoNico Final Fantasy poll was about 11,169 votes. Almost all the top three spots in each category were held by entries from Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy X, and Final Fantasy VII. For example, the top three most-popular characters were Emet-Selch, Wakka, and Cloud Strife. Emet-Selch is one of the Ascians, a group of major antagonists from throughout FFXIV's main story. He was also the central villain of the Shadowbringers expansion. He is voiced in Japanese by Hiroki Takahashi (Keith Kepler in Spy x Family, Ryu in Street Fighter V) and in English by René Zagger.

The only exception to the trend was Final Fantasy V, which broke into the top three in the "Favorite Music Track" category. The top three songs were FFX's main theme, "To Zanarkand", FFV's "Battle on the Big Bridge," and FFXIV's "A Long Fall" (also known as "The Twinning").

Check out the ranking of entries from the character and game categories in the NicoNico Final Fantasy series poll below. The full list of music tracks is available at this link.

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1. Final Fantasy XIV
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Final Fantasy X
4. Final Fantasy VI
5. Final Fantasy IX
6. Final Fantasy V
7. Final Fantasy VIII
8. Final Fantasy XI
9. Final Fantasy XV
10. Final Fantasy III
11. Final Fantasy XIII
12. Final Fantasy XII
13. Final Fantasy II
14. Final Fantasy

Favorite Final Fantasy Character 2a2tj

1. Emet-Selch (FFXIV)
2. Wakka (FFX)
3. Cloud Strife (FFVII)
4. Tifa Lockhart (FFVII)
5. Zidane Tribal (FFIX)
6. Aerith Gainsborough (FFVII)
7. G'raha Tia (FFXIV)
8. Vivi Ornitier (FFIX)
9. Tidus (FFX)
10. Haurchefant Greystone (FFXIV)
11. Squall Leonhart (FFVIII)
12. Terra Branford (FFVI)
13. Yuna (FFX)
14. Lightning Farron (FFXIII)
15. Bartz Kla (FFV)
16. Noctis Lucis Caelum (FFXV)
17. Celes Chere (FFVI)
18. Zack Fair (FFVII)
19. Locke Cole
20. Sephiroth (FFVII)
21. Kain Highwind (FFIV)
22. Auron (FFX)
23. Faris Scherwiz (FFV)
24. Rydia (FFIV)
25. Cecil Harvey (FFIV)
26. Edgar Roni Figaro (FFVI)
27. Shantotto (FFXI)
28. Venat (FFXIV)
29. Gilgamesh (FFV)
30. Yuffie Kisaragi (FFVII)

Favorite Final Fantasy Music Track 5m1f5x

1. To Zanarkand (FFX)
2. Battle on the Big Bridge (FFV)
3. A Long Fall (FFXIV)
4. Searching for Friends (FFVI)
5. Suteki Da Ne (FFX)
6. Blinded By Light (FFXIII)
7. Triumph (FFXIV)
8. Who Brings Shadow (FFXIV)
9. Eternal Wind (FFIII)
10. Aerith's Theme (FFVII)

The Final Fantasy games are available on various platforms. The first six games in the series will arrive on PS4 and Switch via the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster line. FFXIV is available on the PS4, PS5, and PC.

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