Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy XII
Japanese and European box art for Final Fantasy XII, designed by Yoshitaka Amano
Developer(s)	Square Enix
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Director(s)	Hiroyuki Ito Hiroshi Minagawa
Designer(s)	Hiroyuki Ito
Programmer(s)	Takashi Katano
Artist(s)	Akihiko Yoshida Hideo Minaba Isamu Kamikokuryo
Writer(s)	Daisuke Watanabe Miwa Shoda Yasumi Matsuno
Composer(s)	Hitoshi Sakimoto Hayato Matsuo Masaharu Iwata
Series	Final Fantasy Ivalice Alliance
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 PlayStation 4 Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One
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 2, 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 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 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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