Originally posted by Mehka Gallant
On Kawaii's note, I, myself have had the same complaint... Coming from... Myself... I just think it's a bit redundant to name each one Final Fantasy... But alas... I came to a conclusion that should satisfy my retentive nature...

I look at it in the way that each, "Final Fantasy", is the "Final Fantasy" for that particular setting... It's like, Square developed multiple dimensions and universes, (all of them possessing a Cid strangely), and set a "Final Fantasy" in each... So while they call them Final Fantasy 1-12 and such, the number referrs to the corresponding universe/dimension... It's a vague explanation, but it's all my tiny little brain can think of...
No. The first game was called Final Fantasy because Square was on the verge of bankruptcy in '87 and Mr. Sakaguchi figured it would be the last game he'd ever have a hand in. He didn't imagine that it would ever become popular enough to spawn a series of sequels.

Old news.