>>45605883I'm not commparing it to pokémon, beyond it not needing to sell plastic crap alongside it in-box to gain sales in the west.
But Final Fantasy is also better than it, found worldwide success from the outset, it sold 100k units MORE in NA than in Japan and ask any normie on the street which they recognise, they'll tell you final fantasy, not the niche series, unless you're polling people in downtown tokyo.