Square Enix has revealed its exhibitor list for Tokyo Game Show 2022, and although the publisher is going big with a bunch of popular games, it seems we won’t see much of Final Fantasy 16 or Dragon Quest 12. The list of confirmed games for the Square Enix Booth Showcase …
Read More »Japanese players are begging for Final Fantasy 16 on Steam after the PS5 price hike
Japanese players have gotten Final Fantasy 16 trending on Twitter in the wake of newly-announced PS5 price hikes, and many of them are hoping for a PC port so they won’t have to shell out for new console hardware. Earlier today, Sony announced that the price of both PS5 models …
Read More »Final Fantasy 16 producer wants summons to “go wild and destroy the map”
Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed a few personal ambitions for the new action-RPG. Today on July 14, Famitsu Weekly published a brand new issue featuring an interview with Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida. While some snippets have previously appeared, one new detail to emerge is that …
Read More »Final Fantasy 16 doesnt have any American voice acting because of angry Americans
Final Fantasy 16 doesn’t have any American English voice acting because Square Enix was worried it might offend… Americans. This is according to Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida, who touched on this aspect of Final Fantasy 16 in a recent interview with Dengeki Online (opens in new tab) (translated by @aitaikimochi (opens …
Read More »A Final Fantasy 16 demo could launch next year
Final Fantasy 16 might get a demo prior to launch, according to one producer. That producer would be Naoki Yoshida, who just recently did media interviews with publications around the world. In an interview with Dengeki Online (opens in new tab) (and translated by GamesRadar+), Yoshida mentions that he would …
Read More »Why Final Fantasy moved away from command and turn-based combat
Why did Final Fantasy move away from the turn-based battle system? It’s a question that long-time fans of the series, which is set to celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2022, may be asking themselves when looking towards games like Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. And now, we …
Read More »Final Fantasy 17 will have different devs and a fresh battle system
Final Fantasy 16 isn’t even out yet, and director Naoki Yoshida is already willing to discuss where Final Fantasy 17 is going. Yoshida tells us that Final Fantasy 16 is going for action combat in large part to ensure there wouldn’t be a clash between turn-based battles and the highly …
Read More »The Kingdom Hearts team at Square Enix contributed to Final Fantasy 16s development
The Final Fantasy 16 developers have had a helping hand from another group at Square Enix, the Kingdom Hearts team. In an interview with The Washington Post (opens in new tab), Naoki Yoshida (aka Yoshi-P), producer of the upcoming Final Fantasy title, reveals that the Kingdom Hearts team at Square …
Read More »Final Fantasy 16 is playable from start to finish, but it doesnt have an open world
Final Fantasy 16 is currently playable from start to finish, but it isn’t actually open world. Earlier today on June 22, interviews with Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida were published from various outlets around the world. One such outlet was actually the PlayStation Blog (opens in new tab), where …
Read More »Final Fantasy 16s Naoki Yoshida thinks the new action gameplay is good for the entire series
The producer of Final Fantasy 16 says that the game will lend “a helping hand” to players who aren’t fans of action games. Speaking to GamesRadar+, Naoki Yoshida explains that the breadth of combat options available throughout the entire Final Fantasy series means that “it’s impossible to put together what …
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