Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive

The Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive books are a series of guidebooks concerning the first fourteen titles of the Final Fantasy series. The original Japanese editions are titled the Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania and released in December 18, 2012, 25 years after the release of the original Final Fantasy, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the series. The books were written and edited by Studio BentStuff, and supervised by Square Enix.

The books are primarily art books, featuring short profiles of the main characters and some commentary on the art. Much of the art has not appeared in any artbooks published prior. The book released in three separate volumes, the first covering the six NES and SNES titles, the second covering the three PlayStation titles, and the third covering the following five titles.

The Ultimania Archive English-language version was published by Dark Horse Comics, who previously published Dawn: The Worlds of Final Fantasy and The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy, and released on three separate dates. Volume 1 is to be released on July 24, 2018. They appear to be page-to-page the same as the Japanese edition with text translated. The translations also provide alternate names the character has been given in different translations (including "Gus" for Guy).

Five years earlier the Final Fantasy 20th Memorial Ultimania was released at the beginning of 2008 covering the first twelve titles and Final Fantasy X-2. Instead of being primarily an art collection, the Ultimania was divided into three editions focusing on characters, scenario, and the battle systems.

The Ultimania Archive is published on A4 which is atypical for Ultimania books and strategy guides which are usually published in A5.