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I've just started a replay of FFVI via the Pixel Remaster Collection and it brought to mind what an incredible, concentrated run of form it started for the series.
VI launched in April '94 and by common consent is considered one of the best JRPGs on the SNES and indeed of all time.
Then in January '97 Square launched FFVII, possibly the most important single game in the genres history, at least in the West. It made the genre much more cinematic and gave the series several of its most iconic characters.
Two years later they released VIII, than just over two years after that IX launched, which happens to be my personal favourite.
Finally, one (!) year after IX, in July 2001, Square released FFX, which went fully polygonal and added voice acting, and just looked and sounded generally incredible for the time.
So, in seven years and three months, Square released FIVE mainline FFs, and I would guess that many people would put at least three of them at the top of their series list, if not four or all five.
For context, FFXV came out in November 2016, and when XVI releases in June it will have been six and a half years between the two.
VI launched in April '94 and by common consent is considered one of the best JRPGs on the SNES and indeed of all time.
Then in January '97 Square launched FFVII, possibly the most important single game in the genres history, at least in the West. It made the genre much more cinematic and gave the series several of its most iconic characters.
Two years later they released VIII, than just over two years after that IX launched, which happens to be my personal favourite.
Finally, one (!) year after IX, in July 2001, Square released FFX, which went fully polygonal and added voice acting, and just looked and sounded generally incredible for the time.
So, in seven years and three months, Square released FIVE mainline FFs, and I would guess that many people would put at least three of them at the top of their series list, if not four or all five.
For context, FFXV came out in November 2016, and when XVI releases in June it will have been six and a half years between the two.