Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 20, 2007

Final Fantasy VII is a console and computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co., and the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy video game series. It was released in 1997, and it is the first numbered Final Fantasy game for the Sony PlayStation video game console and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers, and is also the first to use 3D computer graphics featuring fully rendered characters on pre-rendered backgrounds. The game's story centers on a group of adventurers as they battle a powerful mega corporation called "Shinra", which is draining the life of the planet to use as an energy source. As the story progresses, conflicts escalate and the world's safety becomes a major concern. A major critical and commercial success, the game remains arguably the most popular title in the series, and is often credited with allowing console-style RPGs to achieve mainstream success outside Japan. The ongoing popularity of the title led Square Enix to produce a series of sequels and prequels in the early-to-mid-2000s under the collective title "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". (more...)

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