List of Square Enix companion books

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Seven thick large paperback books, each with different Japanese writing on the binding, wrapped in plastic, sitting on a shelf in a row
Various Ultimania books at a Books Kinokuniya in San Francisco, California

Dozens of Square Enix companion books have been produced since 1998, when video game developer Square began to produce books that focused on artwork, developer interviews, and background information on the fictional worlds and characters in its games rather than on gameplay details.[1][2] The first series of these books was the Perfect Works series, written and published by Square subsidiary DigiCube. They produced three books between 1998 and 1999 before the line was stopped in favor of the Script error: No such module "Nihongo". series, a portmanteau of ultimate and mania.[3] This series of books is written by Studio BentStuff, which had previously written game guides for Square for Final Fantasy VII. They were published by DigiCube until the company was dissolved in 2003. Square merged with video game publisher Enix on April 1, 2003, to form Square Enix,[4] which resumed publication of the companion books.

Both the Perfect Works and Ultimania books have focused primarily on Square and Square Enix's role-playing video game franchises, such as the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series; over half of the more than 75 books are for games related to the Final Fantasy series. Sometimes, multiple books have been written per game or revised editions have been published years afterwards. One of the books, Final Fantasy IX Ultimania Online, was solely published online as part of an experiment by Square Enix with online content delivery; another for Final Fantasy XI was planned, but the idea was abandoned as unsuccessful and all subsequent books have been published traditionally.[5][6]

The books are written and edited by Studio BentStuff; beginning with Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania in 2020, they switched to be credited to both Studio BentStuff and its parent company Digital Hearts, and since 2023 with Final Fantasy XVI Ultimania they have been credited solely to Digital Hearts.[7] The Ultimania series had sold over 10 million books by July 2007,[8] increasing to over 12 million copies sold as of 2017.[9] The highest selling Square Enix companion books are Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania (over 2.2 million copies) and Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania (over 1 million copies).[10] All of the books have been released solely in Japanese, but Dark Horse Books published English translations of the three-volume 2012 Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania as Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive in June 2018, and an English translation of the 2014 Kingdom Hearts Series Memorial Ultimania as Kingdom Hearts Ultimania: The Story Before Kingdom Hearts III in June 2021.[11][12]

Perfect Works

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Title Game Date ISBN Ref.
Xenogears Perfect Works Xenogears Template:Dts Template:ISBN [13]
SaGa Frontier II Perfect Works SaGa Frontier 2 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [14]
Front Mission 3 Perfect Works Front Mission 3 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [15]

Ultimania

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Title Game Date ISBN Ref.
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SaGa Frontier II Ultimania SaGa Frontier 2 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [17]
Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana Ultimania Legend of Mana Template:Dts Template:ISBN [18]
Chrono Cross Ultimania Chrono Cross Template:Dts Template:ISBN [19]
Vagrant Story Ultimania Vagrant Story Template:Dts Template:ISBN [20]
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles World Ultimania Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Template:Dts Template:ISBN [29]
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Chrono Cross Ultimania Chrono Cross Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana Legend of Mana Template:Dts Template:ISBN [18]
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Ultimania Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Ultimania Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Kingdom Hearts Series Ultimania α ~Introduction of Kingdom Hearts II~ Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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SaGa Frontier II Ultimania SaGa Frontier 2 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Vagrant Story Ultimania Vagrant Story Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 1: Character Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 2: Scenario Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 3: Battle Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Chrono Trigger Ultimania Chrono Trigger Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Ultimania Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Ultimania Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Ultimania Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania Action Side Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Template:Dts Template:ISBN [32]
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania RPG Side Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Template:Dts Template:ISBN [33]
Final Fantasy Type-0 Ultimania Final Fantasy Type-0 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Ultimania Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
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Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Volume 1 Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Volume 2 Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Volume 3 Final Fantasy series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Kingdom Hearts Series Memorial Ultimania Kingdom Hearts series Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Biohazard Revelations 2 Ultimania Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy XV Ultimania - Scenario Side- Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy XV Ultimania - Battle + Map Side - Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Ultimania Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space World Ultimania Another Eden Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [28]
Final Fantasy VII Remake Material Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [34]
Final Fantasy VII Remake Material Ultimania Plus Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [35]
Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Memorial Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [36]
Final Fantasy XVI Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Included with Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster FF35th Anniversary Limited Edition [37]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts Template:ISBN [38]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Material Ultimania Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Dts

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