kingdom hearts 1&2
dragon quest 8
crisis core did good and was popular

and somehow FF 12 and 13 are both in their top 5 all time sales games

What I do miss is caring whether I care. The Final Fantasy series name has long since stopped meaning anything other than "high budget game with pretty graphics" - that is literally the ONLY THING IT MEANS and that kind of makes me sad. I've spent eight years running a text-based MMORPG based on FF5/FF6/FF7/FFT/Chrono Trigger/Secret of Mana. I own all of the soundtracks and strategy guides, and many of the art books, ultimanias and even some sheet music for FF4 through FF10. I should really still care at least a little bit about the company. But I... don't. Just like the series, the only thing the company has retained from 15 years ago is its name.

If you want to sell games in the west, you have to SELL GAMES IN THE WEST.

We're still waiting on Type-0 (which will never happen) and Bravely Default (which will probably never happen).

Yet, we're guaranfuckingteed to get yet another FFXIII sequel over here.

I'm seriously done with you. So many other companies are putting out worthwhile games that don't serve only to deepen my disappointment. Thanks for the memories, but that's all you're good for anymore.

"NIS doesn't reuse sprites. They are redrawn every-damn-game. It just happens to be cheaper than 3D modeling."

WHAT? NO!

it's the other way around. using 3D models is cheaper compared to making good sprites.

Chrono Trigger
FFIV,V and VI
Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3
Terranigma
Front Mission
Super Mario RPG

FF VI = Beat all,end all of the entire series.
FF VII = Gold standard of the time.
FF IX = Glorious after the shit that was FF8.

PS. ff13 was horrific gutter-trash that I wasted 50hrs of my summer-holidays on 2 years ago - I will forever hold this 50 hr grudge against square and will urinate on the cover of every subsequent ff13 title - I mean fuck..we know you want to reuse your character models but seriously..FUCK YOU

NIS: "Why is Neptunia doing so well? Ok - I guess we'll make some more then!"

S-E: "Oh my god... Why isn't Final Fantasy selling? What can we do to stay afloat???"

Whether you're making a game to sell 10 units or 10,000,000, you want to hit, or even exceed your target. When that starts failing, going further in the direction that got you there is not a good idea, especially in an industry where a lot of big studios are completely destroyed by one flop.