Final Fantasy 16 Producer Naoki Yoshida Says The Game Is Near The End Of Development

Final Fantasy XVI is nearing the end of development, according to producer Naoki Yoshida, but there’s still no word on a release date for the RPG. 

Oddly enough, Yoshida’s reveal about the development of FFXVI doesn’t come by way of any usual channels like Twitter, a press release, or a development update video. The reveal comes via Yoshida’s interview, which is currently in Japanese Uniqlo magazines. Twitter user alverich_ff14Translated by Video Games Chronicle.

This magazine will be free and tie into a partnership between Uniqlo & Square Enix. Uniqlo sells 16 different tees, each one based on one of 16 Mainline Final Fantasy games. 

“Development of the latest title, Final Fantasy XVI, is in its final stages,” Yoshida says in the magazine. “Final Fantasy XVI aims to integrate the story and the gaming experience into a single player game. Final Fantasy XVI focuses solely on one player, unlike online which presents multiple characters simultaneously. The story is more vivid because of this. It’s a very dense story. As an adult, I learnt about society and said to myself, ‘reality is not as easy as a video game.’ I hope that those who once left Final Fantasy will remember how exciting their passion for video games was back then.” 

As pointed out by VGC, Yoshida said in October of last year that Square Enix was nearing the final stages of development and during a Tokyo Game Show livestrem earlier that year, he said that FFXVI’s development team was working on finalizing the final side quests for the game. Yoshida announced that FFXVI news would come in the spring of 2022. That news still hasn’t come yet, unless this free magazine is what he was referring to, but last month, a new Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary website was launched and it teases that we could be getting information on upcoming titles soon. 

While waiting for more news about FFXVI, read about how FFXVI has an “expansive” skill tree and then read about how FFXVI could get an easy mode. You can check out Game Informer’sAfter that, ranking for every Final Fantasy mainline game. 

[Source: Video Games Chronicle]

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