Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy XII
An armor-clad man with a long cape holds two curved swords. He stands above the logo of Final Fantasy XII. The piece is done in a pastel watercolor style with a large vertical streak on the right side fading from peach to pink to blue.
Japanese and European box art for Final Fantasy XII, designed by Yoshitaka Amano
Developer(s)Square Enix
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)
Designer(s)Hiroyuki Ito
Programmer(s)Takashi Katano
Artist(s)
Writer(s)
Composer(s)
SeriesFinal Fantasy
Ivalice Alliance
Platform(s)
Release
March 16, 2006
    • PlayStation 2
      • JP: March 16, 2006
      • NA: October 31, 2006
      • AU: February 22, 2007
      • EU: February 23, 2007
      International Zodiac Job System
    • PlayStation 2
      • JP: August 9, 2007
      The Zodiac Age
    • PlayStation 4
      • WW: July 11, 2017
      • JP: July 13, 2017
      Windows
      • WW: February 1, 2018
      Switch, Xbox One
      • JP: April 25, 2019
      • WW: April 30, 2019
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Final Fantasy XII[a] is a 2006 role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The twelfth main installment of the Final Fantasy series, it was first released for the PlayStation 2 in March 2006. It introduced several innovations to the series: an open world; a seamless battle system; a controllable camera; a customizable "gambit" system, which lets the player control the artificial intelligence (AI) of characters in battle; a "license" system, which determines what abilities and equipment can be used by characters; and hunting side quests, which allows the player to find and defeat increasingly difficult monsters in the game's open world. Final Fantasy XII also includes elements from previous games in the series, such as Chocobos and Moogles.

The game takes place in Ivalice, where the empires of Archadia and Rozarria are waging an endless war. Dalmasca, a small kingdom, is caught between the warring nations. When Dalmasca is annexed by Archadia, its princess, Ashe, creates a resistance movement. During the struggle, she meets Vaan, a young adventurer who dreams of becoming a sky pirate in command of an airship. They are quickly joined by a band of allies; together, they rally against the tyranny of the Archadian Empire.

Final Fantasy XII was both a critical and commercial success, earning several Game of the Year awards and selling over six million copies on the PlayStation 2 by November 2009. In 2007, a sequel titled Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings was released for the Nintendo DS and, in that same year, an expanded version of Final Fantasy XII, titled Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System, was released on the PlayStation 2 exclusively in Japan. A high-definition remaster of the International Zodiac Job System version, The Zodiac Age, was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 in July 2017, for Windows in February 2018, and for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in April 2019.
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