File:FFVIIbattlexample.jpg

Summary
This image is a screenshot from Final Fantasy VII, a role-playing video game developed and published by Squaresoft. The image portrays the characters Tifa Lockhart (right-front), Barret Wallace (right-middle) and Cloud Strife (right-back) taking part in a basic battle. Source:

Licensing
Rationale for the fair use of this image in the article Final Fantasy VII:
 * Square Enix has not released any such images to the public domain
 * The image is used to demonstrate the game's distinctive art style with relation to battles; this is an important aspect of the game, as navigation from one location to another (the main means of story progression) is interspersed with frequent random encounters and boss battles
 * The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game
 * The image is a small, web-resolution image
 * The image is used to illustrate important characteristics of the game mentioned in the article, which conveys to the reader an idea of what they look like
 * The image's only purpose is to aid in the description of the fictional world of Final Fantasy VII, and for no other purpose
 * The image does not limit Square Enix's ability to sell the game

Rationale for the fair use of this image in the article History of Eastern role-playing video games:
 * 1) This image is not replaceable because it illustrates an important feature of a late-1990s video game. The historical fact that there were no free RPGs of a similar kind during that time period precludes the use of an image from a similar free game.  Further, any image not from Final Fantasy VII would fail to achieve the same encyclopedic role as this File: to illustrate the revolutionary use of 3D that made Final Fantasy VII such a success.
 * 2) This single image of a video game respects commercial opportunities because it is an image of ordinary gameplay; thus, it is unlikely that someone would view this image instead of purchasing the game.
 * 3) This image is used once in the article, alongside several other images, which also illustrate other features that were created during the development of the video role-playing game. Each image represents a different feature and a different game, and thus omitting any one of those images would be detrimental to this article.  Thus, History of Eastern role-playing video games uses a minimum of non-free images.  Also, only one image from Final Fantasy VII is used, and it is low resolution, meaning that copies of the image will be inferior to the original game.
 * 4) This image comes from Final Fantasy VII, which was published in January 1997.
 * 5) This image is encyclopedic and meets the Wikipedia content standards for images.
 * 6) This image complies with the image use policy.
 * 7) This image is used in History of Eastern role-playing video games; thus, it is not orphaned.
 * 8) This image is used to illustrate the ground-breaking features that made Final Fantasy VII such a critical hit. It increases the reader's understanding on the role of 3D in the history of role-playing video games, and removal of this screenshot would be detrimental to the article's purpose.
 * 9) This image is only used in the article namespace.
 * 10) This image's page lists the source, developer, and publisher, a tag indicating that this image is a screenshot of a non-free video game, and a fair-use rationale has been listed for the two articles in which this image is currently used.