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Same effect Final Fantasy IV/VI, Chrono Trigger, Phantasy Star, Earthbound... had on so many players new to RPG, as revolutionary as it gets I guess.[/QUOTE]

Those games didn't bring in as many new players as final fantasy 7 did. I think you should go read some of its initial reviews to see what type of impact.it had when it was new. Comparing those games to final fantasy 7 is like night and day when comparing how many new players they brought in. Final Fantasy IV is one of my favorites but it didn't bring in as many new people. When people first seen 7, they fell in love. Even those who didn't like rpgs. I'm telling you this with first hand experience. Not many games have moved the video game world the way final fantasy 7 did. Regardless if you want to believe it or not, but history speaks for itself. There are things you can look up to see how big it was. I dont think you realize how big final fantasy was in those days because you didn't live through them. The popularity of 7 helped move the whole genre and make other games such as WOW possible to succeed commercially. 7 is the RPG that brought the genre to the mainstream. Anything before that was a niche market, where not many people really played, and I say that as being one of only a few people I knew who was playing rpgs on the snes, while most people were playing games like street fighter and mortal kombat.

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