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NEWS: Final Fantasy IX Game to Get Animated Series

Though Avatar The Last Airbender also featured the genocide of the Airbenders and that show was also for young kids as well.

*Huge line of cook being snorted*
So hear me out, we make a TV show for kid based on a video game that came out before the target audience was even alive, sounds great right?

So you like FF9 because it was generic fantasy, pray tell what is preventing SE from making a cartoon show called "final fantasy" set in a generic fantasy setting without using FF9? Also, from X onward? FF7-8 are way more science fantasy than 10/12.

I'm literally working under the assumption that it is not meant for FF fans (you know like the fact that the targeted audience is younger than the game), hence why there's no point in setting it in an established FF setting. The fact that it is aimed at non FF fan is part of the reason making it linked to FF9 is a bad idea. For non FF fan the fact that it's linked to FF9 either means nothing or is going to be something that'll make them less likely to watch it. It might do well, but it would do just as well if it was original story or linked to a more modern (or upcoming) game with non FF fan (and if you link it to newer game you can make more sales there).

The fact that various game have they're own fan and detractor is what makes the FF IP so powerful. If you just slap "FF" on something everyone that's a fan of even single of the game will take notice because they'll recognize the name. By specifically linking it to one entry you then lose everyone that didn't like or played that specific entry.

Linking it to a specific entry has plenty of downside but very few upside. Compare it to making the cartoon set in FF14 world. It's a current game so to a young audience it won't look dated, it's also available on more current console and can be sold for more (not to mention recurring subscription) it also has a free trail available for getting new player to get in easily, very nice for kid with little disposable income. Since the idea for the cartoon seem to be to get parent and kid to watch together you can also sell the fact that FF14 is build from the ground up for multiplayer, so you get parent and kid to also play the game together (and sell two copy/subsription). Because the game is modern you can also easily add content (imagine if, as the cartoon is playing, every week SE would release new sets of quests in the game that would reflect the content of the show, by drop feeding it you can get player to stick around for the duration of the show, keeping their subscription going). Now what are the downside of setting it in FF14 instead of 9... I can't really think of any, I guess you'll need to do a bit more witting as you'll need to make an original story, but I doubt that writing cost are that high.

You can do the same exercise with a show unrelated to any FF game and come more or less to the same conclusion. Setting it in FF9 is a high hanging fruit situation.

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Jeez, gotta love FF fans amiright? One wrong/slightly odd move and suddenly its “OMG the franchise is dead! What is SE thinking!” Nevermind the popularity and acclaim of VII Remake or everything Yoshi-P touches. Somehow we’re always teetering on the brink of irrelevance even when pop culture at large continually proves that brands never die. But I digress.