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* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' was [[Gallows Humor|so named]] because Squaresoft thought it would close its doors after shipping the game. Today, [[Square Enix]] enjoys strong sales and a fan base best described as both rabid and numerous. The series is a massive commercial success, though it does not always receive critical praise. Most of the early games are considered classics, even by those who do not like the JRPG genre.
** The name wasn't a judgement on the game but the state of the company. Square needed ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' to be a '''major''' success in order for the company to remain open, so this is an example of a company scale And You Thought It Would Fail.
*** All of the above is a long-standing [[Urban Legend of Zelda|Urban legend]]. [https://www.famitsu.com/news/201505/24079276.html The truth] is that Hironobu Sakaguchi, the game's director, wanted a name with [[Added Alliterative Appeal]], and "[[Fighting Fantasy]]" was already taken.
* Before its release, Nintendo and [[Retro Studios|Retro]] made so many controversial choices with ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' that no one, not even levelheaded fans and critics, were kind to it. First off, Nintendo letting [[Retro Studios|Retro]], an unproven American studio, develop the game rather than doing it themselves. Second, making it in 3D which many expected but was still a controversial choice especially given how many franchises started to crumble with that jump the gen before it. Finally, making it first-person was thought to be the final nail in the coffin for the game having any hopes of being good and feeling like ''[[Metroid]]''. When it came out, not only did everyone feel like it was a true ''Metroid'' game, it and its two sequels are generally considered to be among the greatest games of all time.
* Combining Square and Disney's ability to pull this off, when people first heard about ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', a game where a Square character travels with Donald and Goofy, most people thought it was going to be a quirky kids game and that's it. Instead it was a huge success and became Square's second biggest series (right under ''[[Final Fantasy]]'').
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