Chocobo (series)

Chocobo
There is no unified logo for the series; this logo was used in Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!
Publisher(s)	Square, Square Enix
Artist(s)	Toshiyuki Itahana
First release	Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon December 23, 1997
Latest release	Chocobo GP March 10, 2022
Parent series	Final Fantasy

The Chocobo series is part of the Final Fantasy franchise owned by Square Enix. A spin-off series meant to have more child and casual gamer appeal than the main games, it spans multiple genres, beginning with Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon in 1997. It features a recurring cast of characters designed by Toshiyuki Itahana and rendered in a more chibi style than traditional Final Fantasy games. They include Chocobo, the protagonist and a member of the fictional chocobo species of flightless birds; Mog, a moogle who is Chocobo's friend, Shirma, a white mage, and Croma, a black mage, among other recurring series characters. One of the most major genres within the series are Mystery Dungeon games, while it has also branched off into tabletop games.^[1] Its most recent entry is Chocobo GP, a kart racing game released in 2022 for the Nintendo Switch.