Every Final Fantasy Game on the Nintendo Switch in 2025

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When you person a bid that's consistently gotten caller games for astir 40 years, you person to deliberation astir however younger generations volition beryllium capable to play them. That, and, of course, reasoning astir your bottommost line, has led each steadfast to thin much and much into multiplatform releases. On apical of PC ports, Square Enix has released a decent magnitude of remasters and peculiar editions of the Final Fantasy bid specifically for Nintendo's handheld.

The Final Fantasy games hitting Switch isn't wholly unprecedented. The transportation betwixt Final Fantasy and Nintendo dates backmost to the series’ infancy, erstwhile the archetypal crippled debuted connected Nintendo's Famicom strategy successful 1987. In fact, the archetypal six mainline Final Fantasy games debuted connected Nintendo platforms earlier Square Enix jumped to PlayStation arsenic the series’ superior level with Final Fantasy 7.

With Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth's PC motorboat and a coagulated Magic: The Gathering enlargement bringing Final Fantasy backmost into the spotlight successful 2025, plentifulness of radical are hoping to dive into the bid for the archetypal time. Below, we’ve compiled a implicit database of Final Fantasy games disposable connected Switch and a look astatine what's coming to the Switch 2.

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How Many Final Fantasy Games Are Available connected Switch?

There are 20 Final Fantasy games you tin play connected the Switch — 12 mainline games, 1 prequel, and 7 spinoffs. These games person been divided into 2 sections below: mainline games (ordered by archetypal merchandise date) and different games (ordered by Switch merchandise date).

Every Mainline Final Fantasy Game connected Switch

Final Fantasy 1–6 Pixel Remaster

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The archetypal six Final Fantasy games are each disposable connected Switch arsenic portion of Square Enix’s Pixel Remaster collection. Each crippled has been overhauled with caller graphics, rearranged soundtracks, updated UIs, and caller galleries for players to research the creatures, illustrations, and euphony from each six games. If you're funny successful diving into the archetypal Final Fantasy experience, this is the champion mode to bash it.

The Pixel Remasters are disposable individually ($12–18 USD/each) oregon arsenic portion of the six-game Final Fantasy I–VI bundle ($75 USD). If you're looking astatine the games individually, I'd urge FF6, arsenic it has 1 of the much immersive storylines.

Final Fantasy I-VI Collection

Final Fantasy 7

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One of the series’ astir beloved games, Final Fantasy VII, is besides disposable connected Switch. This is not a remastered mentation of the crippled but alternatively a larboard of the 1997 archetypal with 3 other features: a 3x velocity mode, the quality to crook conflict encounters off, and a conflict enhancement mode to marque encounters easier. While the newer remasters, Remake and Rebirth, present modern enactment RPG mechanics to Cloud Strife's conflict against Sephiroth, the Switch variation of FFVII is 1 of the champion opportunities to acquisition what made the archetypal PlayStation crippled truthful impactful.

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy 8 Remastered

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The series’ adjacent introduction is besides disposable connected Switch arsenic Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. This updated mentation was released successful 2019, 20 years aft FF8 primitively debuted connected PlayStation. Additions to the remastered mentation see a 3x velocity mode, the quality to crook disconnected random encounters, and conflict assistance options to lessen the trouble of combat.

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

Final Fantasy 9

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Final Fantasy IX connected Switch, similar FFVII earlier it, is simply a larboard of the archetypal RPG, which, contempt not being rather arsenic "famous" arsenic Final Fantasy VII, is considered to person 1 of the champion storylines successful the series. The Switch mentation includes a fewer extras compared to the 2000 original, including high-speed and no-encounter modes, an autosave feature, and HD cutscenes and quality models.

Final Fantasy IX

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster

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Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is simply a bundle of Final Fantasy X and its sequel X-2 (the series’ first-ever nonstop sequel). The 2 games diagnostic implicit 100 hours of RPG content, according to IGN sister tract How Long to Beat, and see upgraded graphics and reworked audio (with the quality to power backmost and distant betwixt the caller and archetypal sounds).

Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

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Skipping the now-shuttered MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, the series’ adjacent mainline crippled disposable connected Switch is Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age. The Zodiac Age, a remaster of the 2006 original, features HD graphics and a re-recorded soundtrack, arsenic good arsenic the Zodiac Job System, an accrued conflict tempo, an optional high-speed mode, and autosave functionality.

 The Zodiac Age

Final Fantasy 15 Pocket Edition HD

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Final Fantasy XIII and XIV: Online are not disposable connected Switch, which brings america to Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD. It’s the latest mainline crippled disposable connected the platform, arsenic FFXVI is inactive lone disposable connected PS5 and PC.

Final Fantasy 15 Pocket Edition HD is an abridged mentation of the archetypal crippled with cartoonish quality models, simplified combat, a reduced accomplishment tree, and less broadside quests. Pocket Edition HD does, however, clasp the afloat FFXV story, boys connected the roadworthy and all.

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition

Other Final Fantasy Games connected Switch

World of Final Fantasy Maxima (2018)

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World of Final Fantasy Maxima, co-developed by Square Enix and prolific Japanese developer Tose, came to Switch with caller contented and the subtitle ‘Maxima’ 2 years aft it was archetypal released connected PS4 and Vita. It’s an accessible RPG aimed astatine younger audiences that combines the series' Active Time Battle strategy with the quality to seizure Mirages (i.e., creatures) to usage successful battle.

World of Final Fantasy

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! (2019)

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Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! is simply a remastered mentation of the 2007 Wii crippled Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. This Final Fantasy spinoff is simply a turn-based RPG with randomly generated dungeons and a buddy strategy that allows players to bring different creatures oregon characters on for the dungeon-crawling chaos.

 Every Buddy

Collection of Mana (2019)

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This postulation of 3 Mana games is connected this database owed to its inclusion of the 1991 Game Boy crippled Final Fantasy Adventure. Despite opening arsenic a Final Fantasy spinoff, the Mana bid dropped those ties with the merchandise of its 2nd game, Secret of Mana, and has since remained an autarkic franchise.

Collection of Mana

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition (2020)

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition is an enhanced mentation of the 2004 RPG/dungeon crawler primitively released for GameCube. Crystal Chronicles for Switch features a cute aesthetic, online co-op, and the summation of English voiceover for the archetypal time. It’s a graphical betterment upon the archetypal that besides added caller areas, monsters, weapons, and a higher-difficulty option.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles -- Remastered Edition

Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend (2020)

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Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend compiles 3 Game Boy games: Final Fantasy Legend I–III. We’ve included these games successful work to creating a broad list, though these are lone Final Fantasy games successful name; the SaGa games beryllium to an autarkic franchise of RPGs inspired by but not needfully connected to Final Fantasy. The archetypal 3 SaGa games were fixed the Final Fantasy sanction to capitalize connected the marque designation with occidental audiences.

The postulation adds a high-speed mode and Switch-specific enhancements similar adjustable surface magnification and the quality to play with your Switch oriented vertically (when successful handheld mode, with Joy-Cons detached).

Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend

Crisis Core –Final Fantasy VII– Reunion (2022)

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A prequel to Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core –Final Fantasy VII– Reunion is simply a remastered mentation of the 2007 PSP RPG. The crippled stars a young warrior named Zack Fair, whose transportation to Cloud and FFVII is revealed passim the story. Reunion features remastered graphics, caller quality and inheritance models, afloat voiced dialogue, a recently arranged soundtrack, and a refined conflict system.

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Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (2023)

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A bushed crippled that celebrates the euphony of Final Fantasy, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line launched with 385 tracks from crossed the Final Fantasy series, though that has since grown to see euphony from different Square franchises for a full of 505 tracks. The Final Fantasy euphony pulls from 46 games, according to Squre, including FFI–XV. Theatrhythm Final Bar Line features implicit 100 characters and online multiplayer enactment for up to 8 players.

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Chocobo GP (2023)

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Chocobo GP is simply a Final Fantasy-themed kart racer developed by Arika (Tetris 99). While determination are amended kart racers disposable connected Switch, Chocobo GP is simply a amusive respite from the much progressive RPGs that marque up the bulk of the Final Fantasy franchise. Like different kart racers, it features clip challenges, tournament-style races, and options for multiplayer racing.

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Upcoming Final Fantasy Games connected Nintendo Switch

The astir caller mainline Final Fantasy merchandise is Final Fantasy XVI, which has yet to spot immoderate variant oregon equivalent merchandise connected Switch. We astir apt won't spot a caller mainline FF crippled connected PlayStation oregon Switch anytime soon, arsenic Square Enix's existent absorption is its three-part remake of Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII Remake was released connected PS4 successful 2020, followed by Final Fantasy VII Rebirth connected PS5 successful 2024, and some person since made their mode to PC.

Square Enix precocious confirmed that each of the Final Fantasy VII remakes volition beryllium making their mode to the Nintendo Switch 2. While the caller Nintendo console is acceptable to merchandise connected June 2, there's nary authoritative connection connected erstwhile to expect Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade oregon Final Fantasy VII Rebirth connected the platform.

Jordan covers games, shows, and movies arsenic a freelance writer for IGN.

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