What makes Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy?

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morenoingrato said:

Is it the name Cid? No. No names.
Chocobos? Partly.
Airships? Partly.
Summons like Shiva, Ifrit and Bahamut? Not for me.
The turn-based fighting? Yes, yes, yes yes yes. Why can't they understand this.
The world on the brink of destruction storylines? I liked them, it would be nice if Square goes back to that kind of story in FF15.
Three-tiered elemental spells? Kinda.
Mini-games? Not really.
End-game sidequests? Yeah, sidequests, lots of them. FF6 was made of sidequests, and finishing each one of them was very well worth it.
Nobuo Uematsu's music? Yes.
Barging into people's home and stealing the treasure they've hidden in drawers, chests and pots? Always.

This.  And by the way, what happened to good ole' turn based JRPGs?