Final Fantasy (term)

The Final Fantasy series has sometimes had its own title, Final Fantasy, alluded to, or used as a term by characters, within its fictional universes. An ultimate illusion is a phrase used to allude to the title, as well.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
There is a Band ability named "Final Fantasy". It is used by combining Cecil (Attack) + Rosa (White Magic) + Kain (Jump) + Rydia (Black Magic) + Edge (Throw).

Final Fantasy takes 75 MP to perform and is offense/defense mix combining the powers of all five fighters. It exceeds damage limit and heals allies. Despite its power, the casting time is long, and it is possible a player character could die before the party finishes.

Final Fantasy V
An item called Final Fantasy appears within the game's data, but cannot be found within a normal playthrough. It doesn't have any purpose or usefulness, just like the Dragon Seal and Omega Badge.

Final Fantasy VIII
The speech Ultimecia holds in Deling City was almost completely different in the Japanese version, where she mentions the words final fantasy.

Final Fantasy X-2
When Yuna tells Nooj about her plan of using love as plan B in stopping Shuyin, he calls it "an ultimate illusion", a synonym for "final fantasy". Another reference to the term Final Fantasy, are the two Alchemist mixes, Final Phoenix and Fantasy Phoenix.

Final Fantasy XII
Gilgamesh's special attack is called Ultimate Illusion.

In the International Zodiac Job System version, a number of new weapons were added, each with a letter at the end of their name, such as Blood Sword A and Masamune I. If the player is to collect all the new weapons, in order from the weakest to the strongest weapon, the letters spell out "FINAL FANTASY".


 * Scorpion Tail F
 * Masamune I
 * Whale Whisker N
 * Sagittarius A
 * Dragon Whisker L
 * Shikari's Nagasa F
 * Durandal A
 * Orochi N
 * Volcano T
 * Blood Sword A
 * Gastrophetes S
 * Aldebaran Y

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Mewt creates an illusory version of Ivalice using a Gran Grimoire and a game referred to as Final Fantasy. Marche mentions that this Final Fantasy is a computer game, instead of any consoles that supports the real games (although this is technically correct, as by definition, all consoles are purpose-built computers). It is unknown which Final Fantasy installment they are referring to, although it is most likely the original Final Fantasy Tactics.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
The final part of Inward Chaos is titled The Ultimate Fantasy. Additionally, the final blow of Chaos's Utter Chaos attack is called Brink of Delusion. Both are synonyms for "final fantasy". The words final fantasy are also repeated during the game's narration.

In the Japanese version, when defeated, Exdeath references the Final Fantasy series by saying, "Is this my final fantasy?" In the English versions, this line is translated as, "Will I end like a mirage?"