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A lot of people say this is their favorite PlayStation 1 game. (lemmy.world)
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[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

This is an urban legend. They were originally going to title the game "Fighting Fantasy," but they couldn't due to the Steve Jackson fantasy game book series having that name already. They liked the "Fi Fa" sound, so they came up with "Final" for the alliteration and because it sounded cool.