[quote=@Lurking Shadow]
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Also, if it is the final fantasy, wouldn't the first one be the last one? It would not be the final one if there are more to come, that's the opposite of what final means. So I got to take points off for that, unless the semantics of it are different in Japanese.
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The series is called "Final Fantasy" because when square (not square enix yet) made the the game, they thought it would be the final game they made before their studio collapsed. Thankfully, it sold rather well!

I guess the fact the games usually are in the middle of a "soon to be magical, world ending apocalypse" the final might be appropriate there.