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== Critical response == ''Wild Arms'' has often been compared to such high-profile [[console role-playing game]] series as [[Square Enix]]'s ''[[Final Fantasy (series)|Final Fantasy]]''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} While some critics praise ''Wild Arms'' for its unique approach to storytelling,<ref name="IGNWA3" /> others denounce that it is at best a "filler" series meant to fill gaps between releases of other, more prominent titles.<ref name="IGNWA5" /> Each ''Wild Arms'' game has sold modestly in North America and Europe, with no titles selling above the requisite amount to qualify for a "[[List of Sony Greatest Hits games|PlayStation Greatest Hits]]" or "[[Platinum range|Sony Platinum Range]]" distinction.<ref name="GreatestHits">{{cite web | author=Sony Computer Entertainment | title=PlayStation.com - PlayStation2 Greatest Hits |year= |format= | work=PlayStation.com | url=http://www.us.playstation.com/PS2/GreatestHits | accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref> Sales in Japan have been significantly better, with the first five titles obtaining the equivalent "PlayStation the Best" or "PlayStation 2 the Best" distinction as well as reprints several months or years after their original release.<ref name="GameFAQs" /><ref name="GameFAQs2">{{cite web | author=Necropenguin and Ubersuntzu | title=Wild ARMs 2 Release Information for PlayStation| work=GameFAQs.com | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/data/913703.html | accessdate=2007-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Necropenguin | title=Wild Arms 3 Release Information for PlayStation 2| work=GameFAQs.com | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/478787.html | accessdate=2007-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=AssassinKing, Dizzyfan, GTONizuka and Hel Saga | title=Wild Arms 4 Release Information for PlayStation 2| work=GameFAQs.com | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/918840.html | accessdate=2007-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=ClaudeLv250, CW Boi 209, Necropenguin and Prince_EXE | title=Wild Arms Alter Code: F Release Information for PlayStation 2| work=GameFAQs.com | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/918799.html | accessdate=2007-02-20}}</ref> With the exception of ''Wild Arms 2'' and ''Alter Code: F'', each game has been released in the three major [[NTSC]] and [[PAL region]]s.
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