What is the name of the card game in Final Fantasy VIII?

The card game in Final Fantasy VIII is Triple Triad.

Triple Triad is a collectible-card minigame introduced in Final Fantasy VIII, released in 1999. Players select five cards and place them on a three-by-three grid. Each card has numbers on its four sides; a higher number defeats an adjacent opposing card, turning it to the player’s color.

The game is woven into the world rather than being a detached menu activity: many non-player characters can be challenged, and cards depict monsters, characters, and guardians from the game. Regional rule variations, card trading, and rare cards make it more strategically involved than its simple interface suggests.

A common mix-up is Tetra Master, the card game introduced in Final Fantasy IX. Blitzball belongs to Final Fantasy X, while Sphere Break appears in Final Fantasy X-2. Triple Triad later returned in Final Fantasy XIV, where it became a substantial optional activity with its own card collection and tournaments.