Wiki Loves Africa: Share pictures of "Play and Africa" with the entire world and win great prizes! Jump to navigation Jump to search Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 5,802,135 articles in English • • • • • • • • • Arts Biography Geography History Mathematics Science Society Technology All portals From today's featured article Game director Yoshinori Kitase The characters of Final Fantasy VIII include an elite group of mercenaries called SeeD as well as soldiers, rebels, and political leaders of various nations and cities. Thirteen weeks after the 1999 North American release of Final Fantasy VIII, a role-playing video game by Square, it had earned more than $50 million in sales, making it the fastest selli Final Fantasy title at the time. The game's characters, created by Tetsuya Nomura unde the direction of Yoshinori Kitase (pictured), are the first in the series to be realistically proportioned in all aspects of the game. This graphical shift, as well as the cast itself, ha received generally positive reviews from gaming magazines and websites. The six main playable characters are the loner Squall Leonhart, the passionate Rinoa Heartilly, the instructor Quistis Trepe, the martial artist Zell Dincht, the cheerful pilot Selphie Tilmitt, an the marksman Irvine Kinneas. (Full article...) Part of the Final Fantasy VIII series, one of Wikipedia's featured topics. • Recently featured: Damageplan Radcliffe, Greater Manchester Khalid al-Mihdhar • Archive By email More featured artic Did you know... 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The Grammy Awards is an annual ceremony, where honors in several categories are presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The honor was first presented to Metallica (pictured) at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990) for the song "One". Metallica holds the records for the most wins, with six. The bands Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Slayer, and Tool have each received the award twice. Ministry holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with six. (Full list...) • Recently featured: Astronomical symbols Green Bay Packers retired numbers Ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire • Archive More featured lists Today's featured picture The common black hawk also includes the eagles, h thought to be a distinct spe common black hawk. This picture shows a bird o Photograph: Charles J. 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