Although most of the mainline games aren't directly related, the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy series has seen a number of direct sequels, prequels, and spin-offs over its 35-year history, from games that continue the story like Final Fantasy 10-2 and Final Fantasy 4: The After Years, to games that expand on what happened in their respective pasts, such as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 Before C🍃risis, Cr꧙isis Core, and The First Soldier.

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But there are plenty of Final Fantasy entries that never received another game, even though a prequel involving certain characters could help flesh out their backgrounds and the stories told in their successive gꦏames.

8 🌌 World Of Final Fantasy

World Of Final Fantasy Parents

In World Of Final Fantasy, the player eventually learns about Lann and Reyn's parents, Lusse and Rorrik, late in the game. They also learn that they have the same powers — being able to control mirages. A prequel could explore when and how these parents obtained their abilities and how they first met, leading up to the birth of the twins.

A prequel could also add Champions and Mirages𒉰 not present in the first game. World Of Final Fant🐼asy only featured 17 Champions and 180 Mirages, so there are still plenty of characters and creatures from the franchise that could still be added.

7 ꦰ Final Fantasy Tactics ✨

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy Tactics is part of the Ivalice series, which means it takes place in the same world as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 12 and Vagrant Story, but they're set at different times. There are also plenty of stories that could be set during the Fifty' Years War, which ended before the start of the game. It could even be set in the kingdom of Ordallia since it's never explored in the original game.

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Because the war was fifty years long, there could even be mul𒉰tiple prequel titles featu𝓡ring different characters before they catch up to the time frame of the original game.

6 Final Fantꦦasy 3

final fantasy III cover & warriors of darkness

Final Fantasy III introduces the dark counterparts of the Warriors Of Light, appropriately named the Warriors Of Darkness, who protected their world from being engulfed by light (and also partially inspired the story leading up to and during the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shadowbringers expansion of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 14).

Unlike the🅘ir Final Fantasy 14 counterparts, the Warriors Of Darkness never fight against the Warriors Of Light, as they had saved their world long before the start of Final Fantasy 3. The Warriors Of Darkness ultimately aid the Warriors Of Light by sacrificing themselves, so it would be a fitting tribute to be able to experience their journey.

5 🅷 ꦓ Final Fantasy 5

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In Final Fantasy 5, we're told about a past adventure thirty years before the start of the game that featured the Warriors of Dawn, which included Galuf Halm Baldesion, main protagonist Bart Klauser's father, Dorgann Klauser, and his allies Xezat Matias Surgate and Kelger Vlondett.

Of course, the main antagonist would still be Exdeath, so there would be some familiarity there, but we'd finally be able to experience the events that led up to Final Fantasy 5 instead of just hearing about them. Final Fantasy may not be the most well-liked game in the series, but giving it a prequel could help fans appreciate it more.

4 ღ Final Fantasy 8

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According to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 8's scenarist Kazushige Nojima, Laguna's role in the game was supposed to be much more significant. His story was to take up half of the game's content, while the story of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Squall and his party would take up the other half. This never came to fruition, and sections had to be cut. Still, Nojima has been interested in helping create a possible spin-off focusing on Laguna's story.

Similar to Final Fantasy 5, Final Fantasy 8 isn't always looked at as fondly by longtime fans as other games in the series. However, it still has a passionate fanbase that could grow larger with a Laguna-focused prequel.

3 ♕ ༒ Final Fantasy 10

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In 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 10, we're told about Summoner Braka's journey with Tidus's father Jecht and the impossibly awesome Auron, but it would be even better if we got to experience it. Auron may have been a playable party member in Final Fantasy 10, but Braka and Jecht never were.

Jecht isn't the best dad, to put things lightly, and Summoner Braska might feel too similar to Yuna in some ways, so it would be understandable why fans may not want to play as them. They could always make Auron the main playable character since he's already one of the 168澳洲꧟幸运5开奖网:coolest characters in Final Fantasy 10 anyway.

2 Final Fantasy 12 ཧ

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As previously stated, Final Fantasy 12 is related to other games in the Ivalice series, but it is set in the distant past. Luckily, this means there's a massive gap between games that could be explored.

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Since Final Fantasy 12 is inspired by Star Wars, it's only natural that it should have a prequel. It could even star Gabranth as the main character since he has a handful of similarities to Darth Vader, and we could see the events leading up to the story of Final Fantasy 12 — as long as there aren't any characters similar to Jar Jar Binks.

1 Final Fant🐓asy 15🥃

final fantasy xv cover & kingsglaive

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 15 does already have some prequel material between Kingsglaive, the Brotherhood anime, A King's Tale, and the Episode Ardyn DLC, but those are all relatively brief experiences, and it does not yet have a fully fleshed out prequel video game.

It would be interesting to see King Regis's own journey set years before any of the events more directly related to the story of Final Fantasy 15. And let's be honest, it would be great to be able to understand more about what led up to the events of Final Fantasy 15 without having to view all the additional media.

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