Would a Final Fantasy game be your GOTY during the years they released?

[Lord Golbez]

Generally, yes, they always were up until FFXII (at least post NES). FFIV and FFVI were definitely and I don't even have to look at the year because they're my favorite games for the SNES. The only two games that even compete for me are Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger, and I know those weren't released in the same year as either (at least FFVI is also easily better than both those games for me).

FFV wasn't released here during the original SNES run. If I used the Japanese release date it might be. If I used the date it was first released here, I'm sure it's not.

FFVII is my favorite be of it's console and indeed of all time. I don't need to check it against what else was released that year.

FFVIII is my second favorite FF, but oddly faces the stiffest competition among the pre-FFXII and post-NES FFs. That's because it was released the same year as Suikoden 2, a game that with FF7 and FF8 cosy triumvirate of favorite games. I'd probably give it to FF8, but I'm not 100% on that choice.

FFIX is also one of my favorites and I know it didn't come out the same year as Xenogears which is probably the only PSX game that could challenge it for me.

FFX starts to decline for me but I still don't see a suitable challenger. MGS2 is up there, but no, FFX is still GOTY for me.

FFXII was released the same year as Suikoden V, a vastly superior game despite some minor flaws. FFXII does not get GOTY. I'm not going to bother with anything after FFXII. I didn't even finish any of them, so of course they're not my GOTY (this excludes FF7R which may be my GOTY).

FF1-3 would also be no, because they weren't that great and mostly didn't release here until much later.

FFT I don't really count, but it was released here the same year as Xenogears, so it's not my GOTY.