Do you think the Final Fantasy series would have been as popular if....

[ultima88]

Do you think the Final Fantasy series would have been as popular if, after FF1 they had continued to make the Final Fantasy games, but not called them Final Fantasy, if u know what i mean, arguably FF7 was the most popular/most bought, but what if when it came to FF8, 9, 10, 10-2..... they had given them other names, do u think it would have been as popular ? just look at vagrant story, if they had named this final fantasy whatever do you think it would have been more popular ?

this was just somthing i was thinkig to myself, what do you's think ?

[Mihhailovitš]

Well depends on what name

Had they named it Book reading adventure I personally dont think it would have been very successful.

[Rengori]

I doubt FFVIII would sell well if they named it "Military School."

[ultima88]

well yeh i kinda guessed that, but i just ment if they thought up a good name for it

[Rengori]

If they thought up a good name, it'd be Final Fantasy.

[ljkkjlcm9]

well you can't really say in the beginning people only bought FF games because it was an FF game... like FF2 didn't do well because it was FF. And for most fans, as long as it is made by Square, as I know myself to be this type of fan, I'll take a look at what it's like and probably pick it up, and definitely will if it's an RPG.

THE JACKEL

[rubah]

FF2 didn't "do well" because it wasn't sold in this country until a few years ago.

I'll wait for someone to quote how it did in japan now xD

[DJZen]

Well enough for them to want to remake it 5 times. Yes, FIVE times.

[Rengori]

DoS (duh), Origins, the one on the Wonderswan. That's three. Yes, THREE times. Prove me wrong for a .

[DJZen]

Final Fantasy I & II - Nintendo Famicom
Final Fantasy II - FoMA 90li

Now gimme a cookie and do your homework!

[Rengori]

Final Fantasy I & II - Nintendo Famicom
Final Fantasy II - FoMA 90li

Now gimme a cookie and do your homework!

You--->:twak:<---Me

[MecaKane]

The NES one is not a remake.

And of course they wouldn't do as well if they were all named something different. Sure they could still advertise "from the makers of blah blah comes blah blah" but it wouldn't have the effect of a series of titles implying they all have the same levels of quality and characterstics.

[Dreddz]

Do you think the Final Fantasy series would have been as popular if

they are already popular......

[Primus Inter Pares]

That's the beauty of it, and why square-enix(or whatever they're called nowadays) sticks with FF, they don't need to come up with new names, just sell em as roman numerals, they found one good name and stuck with it...

[Captain Maxx Power]

Would the series have been as popular if there weren't Chocobos? Would it have been as popular if they hadn't had the Scan spell? If all the male characters had long hair? If the women all did silly dances randomly? It's all moot point really, because what's in a name after all? Not much, since the quality of the product will determine the popularity of the brand name, not the name itself (for the most part).