Remaining Fantasy 16 producer gives replace on sport improvement, design objectives

Remaining Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida says the following mainline sport within the Remaining Fantasy sequence is within the “ultimate phases” of improvement, in line with translated comments Yoshida made to Uniqlo’s UT magazine. (Sure, Uniqlo the clothes retail big, which is about to launch a brand new sequence of Remaining Fantasy T-shirts for the franchise’s thirty fifth anniversary.)

Yoshida, aka “Yoshi-P,” additionally provided some perception into the event philosophy of Remaining Fantasy 16 — perception that appears tailor-made to enchantment to the sort of participant who would possibly fondly keep in mind previous Remaining Fantasy video games, however actually solely buys the retro T-shirts now.

“In contrast to a web-based sport that entails many gamers on the identical time, [Final Fantasy 16] gives a special expertise the place it focuses on the person participant and immerses you within the story,” Yoshida mentioned, in line with a translation from Final Fantasy fan and Twitch streamer Audrey. “I feel it’s a really fleshed-out story. For individuals who have grown up and realized that actuality isn’t sort to you and have drifted away from Remaining Fantasy, we hope that FF16 will probably be a sport that may deliver again anew the fervour that you just as soon as had with the sequence.”

Writer Sq. Enix hasn’t communicated any sort of launch date for Remaining Fantasy 16, however Yoshida himself has promised to indicate new details about the sport someday this spring. Yoshida has additionally mentioned that FF16’s improvement was slowed by the pandemic, impacting the sport’s improvement by as a lot as six months.

Remaining Fantasy 16 was introduced in September 2020 as a PlayStation 5 sport. A PC model has additionally been introduced.