While it’s certainly true that many RPGs lack a system involving multiple playable characters, it’s equally accurate to say that the party system is one of the leading reasons many role-playing games are fondly remembered. For the most part, it’s something that’s been tied toFinal Fantasyfrom its inception all the way until today.
The number of party members per game has differed greatly through the series, as well as the degree of robustness regarding player control. But today, we’re taking a look at the game with the most of all. How many party members are in it, and how exactly does it work?
Final Fantasy 6 Has The Highest Number Of Party Members In A Mainline Game
Several Final Fantasy titles have impressively large casts of playable characters.Final Fantasy 4 has 12, which is pretty impressive; granted, only five remain playable in the final dungeon (GBA version aside), but it’s a far cry from what you’ll find in plenty of other entries.Final Fantasy 7has nine, another eye-opener of an ensemble. If you countguest members, thenFinal Fantasy 12has ten. But, as you either already knew or surmised from that header,Final Fantasy 6 has the most party members at a truly staggering 30.But wait a minute. How did we arrive at that number? We’ll get into the details in a sec, but…
Even If You Exclude Temporary Members, Final Fantasy 6 Still Has The Most
Some might argue it’s cheating a bit to say that Final Fantasy 6 has 30 party members. After all, of those 30,16 are temporary.Biggs and Wedgeare there for the first stage alone, whilethe ten moogles(each with a cute name of their very own!) are around for a handful of battles.Banonhangs with the gang for a single stage,Leofor a single solitary battle,Ghostis a catch-all moniker for the spooky folk who can tag along on the Phantom Train, andMaduin… well, Maduin doesn’t even stats; players simply control him in a series of short flashbacks.In short, there are a lot of asterisks for such a definitive-aiming answer. So, let’s pare it all back. Counting all optionally acquirable characters, there are14 main playable charactersin Final Fantasy 6. From joint protagonists like Terra, Celes, Locke, and Edgar, to more fringe characters likeGogo and Umaro,you’ve gotplentyof people to pick between, all charming in their own right.
Final Fantasy Tactics Makes A Strong Case For Number One
With respect to mobile gacha games and Theatrhythm, which pride themselves on giving you a veritable buffet’s worth of preexisting characters to mess around with,the biggest group of named andpermanentcharacterscounting Final Fantasy’s rich history of spinoffs isFinal Fantasy Tactics.A total of16 characters join the party permanentlyin the original version of the game, although several will serve as guests beforehand. In theWar of the Lionsversion seen initially on PlayStation Portable, with later ports for mobile devices, there aretwo morecharacters on the roster fora total of 18. Regardless, thisexceeds the 14 in Final Fantasy 6.Counting guest party members who never team up in full - Delita, Alma, Argath, Gaffgarion, Orran, and Ovelia -the count extends to 24, which is still six shy of Final Fantasy 6. So, ultimately, it’sa matter of perspective,and thus we’ll leave this article with a measure of ambiguity.After all, if your answer is FF6, you’re either excluding spinoffs or counting some very temporary folks. If your answer is FFT, on the other hand, you’re (obviously) counting spinoffs, and electing not to count such short-term combatants in the equation!
