Film and Media Atlas

How Stories Are Broadcast
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Landmark Work

Final Fantasy VII

Interactive and Networked Media Landmarks

Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation, directed by Yoshinori Kitase, following the mercenary Cloud Strife and the eco-terrorist group Avalanche as they oppose the powerful Shinra corporation and confront the former soldier Sephiroth. The game combined pre-rendered background art with three-dimensional character models, a technique that allowed far more elaborate visual environments than the series' earlier entries, and its marketing and reception marked a substantial expansion of the Final Fantasy series' commercial reach outside Japan. Final Fantasy VII is widely credited with helping popularize console role-playing games in Western markets and is frequently cited among the most influential video games of its era.

Facts
Classification
Award
D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console) 1
Award
D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year 1
Award
Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Grand Prize 1
Award
Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Computer Game 1
Release Year
1997 2
Country
Japan 2
Connections

Associated With

Sources
1. Final Fantasy VII (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console)
    Wikidata P166 (award received): D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console).
  • Wikidata P166: D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year
    Wikidata P166 (award received): D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year.
  • Wikidata P166: Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Grand Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Grand Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Computer Game
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Computer Game.
View the Source
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII, lead paragraph, opening sentence
    Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII, lead paragraph, release sentence
    The seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series, it was released in Japan by Square and internationally by Sony Computer Entertainment, becoming the first game in the main series to have a PAL release.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.