Earlier this week, Square Enix published an interview with the remaster's director, Kazutoyo Maehiro. There are several highlights, though the one that's grabbed the most attention is that The Ivalice 👍Chronicles isn't featuring any of the new content The War of the Lions introduced for Sony's portable console – that means fewer cameo characters, such as Luso and Balthier, and that youꦰღ can't unlock the Onion and Dark Knight jobs.

"We did of course cꦜonsider the addition of new jobs, abilities, and characters - including the jobs featured in War of the Lions," Maehiro explained. "However, the original version of Final Fantasy Tactics is a very complete game both from a game design and story perspective.

"If we were to make major changes, it would only be a loss for not only fa🌞ns of the original game, but also those new to the title."

Everyone disliked that. So much so, wor♓d has reached the OG FFT director Yasumi Matsuno – who, for clarity, is working on the upcoming FFT remaster as a scenario writer and editor. He, rather diplomatically, to one fan on Twit♛ter who apologized for all the messages he's been getting.

"If I were the director, I might h♛ave incorporated some elements from the PSP version. (Not all of them.) However, the director, Maehiro-san, stuck strongly to the original PS1🦹 version. He is a passionate fan of the original.

"It is the director's role to determine the♑ final specifications. The director is also the one who taꦦkes responsibility. Therefore, I support his decision."

As for the additional storyli🐠ne introduced in War of the Lions, Matsuno it is "undoubtedly different from my vision," but "nevertheless, I do not mean to belittle it."

Matsuno also speaks 🅠about the script for The Ivalice Chronicles that he worked on. The War of the Lions did its own writing overhaul – notably dropping the 'ye olde' English – and the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics remaster isn't using that, but it is still refreshing the old tome's scribbles regardless.

On that, Matsuno says, while he hasn't counted exactly, he reckons the main ꦇscenario's volume in the Japanese version is "approximately +60% that of the original (PS1) version.

"This does not include system-r🌜elated text, such as organization screens, chanting text, brave stories, sound novels, and movie parts," he . "It is difficult to compare the 𒊎total amount of text between the old and new versions, so we will not do so here."

So there you have it. Final Fantasy Tactic🐻s: The Ivalice Chronicles doesn't have much of The War of the Lions within it, but there's plenty of Matsuno goodness new and old.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Iva꧑lice Chronicles releases September 30.

Square Enix finally ported Final Fantasy Tactics after its director played it for the first time in years, then instantly ran into issues because no one had the source code anymore.

Patch 7.25, which adds the new Field Operations content Occult Crescent and other new features to the MMO, isn't being received well by many players, despite Square Enix saying it 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:took past feedback into account while designing it.🤡 From reviews stating the content has "too much repetitive grind with not much to do" to those describing "so ma🧔ny issues" and explaining how the latest in the game's line of Field Operations feels like "recycled Bozja and Eureka," fans have been sharing a lot of thoughts.

Square is prepared to tackle these, however, as per the developers' new regarding their upcoming Live Letter. The first part of the Live Letter, according to the studio, is set to directly address "player feedback on Cosmic Exploration and the Occult Crescen🐓t," while the second will provide a glimpse of Patch 7.3 and other "miscellaneous updates." While it's a good sign the team is listening, not all players are convinced things will improve.

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A recent thread disc๊ussing the Live Letter reveal proves as much. "'We're sorry you feel that way,'" writes one player sarcastically. "'Please provide feedback, and we'll look at it. But it's too late to change anything for the next Cosmic zone and the next Occult Crescent zone, even though it's one year away. Please look forward to it.'" Other fans seem to have a bit more hope about the devs' plans, though.

"Dedicating half the Live Letter to feedback makes me think they're going to be making some changes to Occult Crescent," comments one player. There's no telling what Square Enix has up its sleeve until June 20, the date the stream goes live, rolls around, however. As a longtime fan myself, and someone who finds Patch 7.25 lacking, I can openly say I do loꦬok forward to something… anything at all, really.

Final Fantasy 14 devs once thought Field Operations would only "resonate" with select fans of the MMO, but now "it feels like even more players than we expected are looking forward to the next piece"

"A few years ago, certain circumstances led me to play the original 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy Tactics game," in an interview. "It was my first time pl🐼aying the game since it first released all those years ago, and I got to experience its brilliance all over again, from its outstandi💜ng design that still holds up today even among modern games, to its deep narrative."

It wasn't just a personal trip down 🧜memory lane. As Maehiro replayed the classic, he realised something was missing for everyone else, namely, a way to play the game at all on newer hardware. "However, there was no way to play the game on the current generation of consoles. I really wanted the younger generation of players who didn't get to experi🥂ence the original release to be able to play this incredible game. That's why we started developing this title."

With that, the team set out to bring Final Fantasy Tactics to a new audience. But almost immediately, they hit a wall that no amount of technical know-how could fix: the building blocks of the game had simply vanished. "There were a number of major challenges, but all of them stemmed from the fact that the master data and source code from the original game no longer existed," Maehiroꦅ admits.

It wasn't about neglect, just a sign of the times. "This isn't to say that they were mishandled or poorly managed or anything like that, keeping that kind of data wasn't a normal thing༺ to do at the time," he says. The technology and workflows of the era weren't built for long-term preservation. "In those dꦏays, we didn't have the sort of robust resource-management tools that exist today, and on top of that, the production workflow of the game was such that the Japanese version was produced first, and then we would create localised versions by overwriting the data with that of other languages, including English."

Even patching or updating after release siꦚmply wasn't a thing. "There was also no such thing as online patches or updates, so unless there was any major reason to do something different, once you'd ma🤪de the game, that was it." It all added to a perfect storm: a beloved game ready for a comeback but without a technical foundation to build on.

"So, I think it's fair to say that developing this game without any maꩲster data or source code was the biggest challenge."

The solution? It wasn’t easy, or glamorous, and when ask꧋ed how they solved the problem, Maehiro laughs, "Put simply: by sheer force." With no short🦂cuts available, the team went into detective mode, scouring existing versions and piecing things together line by line. "We analyzed a number of existing versions of the game and reconstructed the programming of the original, but there were also times where we played the original and it worked out by feel alone…"

That process was painstaking and, at times, downright unpredictable. "The entire process was the result of cumulative hard work, on the one hand working to implement new features, while behind th🅘e scenes our work was similar to porting an old arcade game to the NES."

In the end, it was all about teamwork and perseಞverance. "The staff who wor🦄ked on this game were real lifesavers. I can’t thank them enough."

So, the next time you loꦇad up Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles on a mode🐽rn console, remember: it's more than just a port. It's a labour of love, built piece by piece from the ground up, driven by a director's rediscovered passion and a team that simply refused to give up, even when the original map was nowhere to be found.

A Final Fantasy Tactics remaster appeared in the Nvidia giga-leak nearly 4 years ago, so with The Ivalice Chronicles announced I'm staring extra hard at the Final Fantasy 9 Remake that was also mentioned.

Maehiro explains: "I and other members of this development team were not directly involved in the War of the Lions, but I d✱o believe that the content in that game did fully meet expectations for players at that time."

He adds, "during the creation of this game, we asked ourselves what our team – those who created the original Final Fantasy Tactics – could do to ♕bring this game to a new generation of players. It was through considering this question that we came to the conclusion that the most appropriate path for us was to pay respect to the original game's experience and recreate that in the best form possible."

The interviewer then asks if some of the War of the Lions-exclusive content would be retrofitted into Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, such as the inclusion of characters like Luso and Balthier (from Tactics A2 and Final🌃 Fantasy 12 respectively), or the Onion and Dark Knight jobs. However, while it was considered, the team decided against it, saying making major changes would "be a loss for not only fans of the original game, but also those new to the title."

Maehiro says that "our first step in reviving Final Fantasy Tactics in the present was to adhere to the original and put a spotlight on the original game🌞’s char🌌acters and jobs, as well as the original gameplay experience."

One remnant of War of the Lions will be appearing in the game, as the original version of the game will also be included in The Ivalice Chronicles alongside the enhanced version, featuring the updated translation from the 2007 PSP release. I don't know if I'm just cynical after seeing Persona 3 Reload 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:adding updated version content through DLC, but perhaps War of the Lions' added extras could a🧸ppear later down the line as DLC.

Don't feel bad if you fell for Final Fantasy Tactics' viral "penalty for a crime" meme, the OG strategy RPG's director says "it certainly sounds like something I would have written."

Back in April, Dawntrail finally saw its reviews rise to "Mixed" on after eight months of sitting at "Mostly Negative" due to feedback surrounding the expansion's story and content – but now, it seems they've fallen back down after Patch 7.25. While Dawntrail's overall reviews remain Mixed, it's safe to say that the new patch, which adds the new Field Operation, Occult Crescent, and other fresh features to the MMO, isn't being received well by all players, despite Square Enix saying developers 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:took past feedback into account while designing it.

Some of the latest reviews on Steam highlight fans' problems with 7.25, with one writing that "the spark is gone" and "the formula is stale." Another explains that new additions like Occult Crescent are "boring" right no🐻w, with "too much repetitive grind with not much to do." In fact, the most recent of Square's Field Operations is cited by others, too, as having "so many issues" and feel🥂ing like "recycled Bozja and Eureka" content.

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A thread discussing the expansion's Steam reviews and their drop from "Mixed" to "Mostly Negative" echoes this sentiment. "Was personally hoping that 7.2 would be an indicator of a rebound,𝓰 but [7.5] is starting to look like a cycle of 'It's so over' and 'We're so back,'" reads the original post. "Occult Crescent has disappointed many people," de♉spite the fact that "the critical engagements are nice."

It simply isn't enough to carry the rest of the content and other complaints, as the poster says, like those revolving around the player limit per instance and "being unable to effectively organize 48 players into the same group." It seems Occult Crescent and its "questionable design choices" are sadly falling short of impressing the community –🍒 and as a longtime fan myself, I have to admit I also haven't exactly felt excited about diving into Patch 7.25.

Final Fantasy 14 devs once thought Field Operations would only "resonate" with select fans of the MMO, but now "it feels like even more players than we expected are looking forward to the next piece"

Speaking in a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new interview with GamesRadar+ on all things Occult Crescent, Final Fantasy 14 assistant director Tsuyoshi Yokozawa and battle content designer Daisuke 🍌Nakagawa say that, although reactions to their initial reveal of the new entry in the MMO's growing series of Field Operations came too late to "impact" development, Square Enix received quite a lot of feedback on previous iterations like Eureka and Save the Queen that helped.

"When we announced that we'd be adding the Occult Crescent, our planning and some implementation were already underway, so there was no direct impact on development," state the devs. "That said, we received a great deal of feedback on previous Field Operations, and the impact of this feedback has been extremely significant on the development of this content." That's not all, though – Field Operations have proven more popular than expected.

In fact, many fans were waiting for more since the close of Endwalker and the later arrival of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dawntrail. "The requests for Field Operations that continue from Endwalker were reiterated by the many voices of anticipation ꦇwe received when we announced the implementation of the Occult Crescent," explain Yokozawa and ♊Nakagawa. "We feel that player demand and enthusiasm have increased compared to when we originally released Eureka."

The two describe the surge in interest in Field Operations – one I'm sure will continue with Occult Crescent now, as a longtime player myself. "Back then, we thought it would be the kind of content that would really resonate with the select people who love the concept - but now, Field Operations serve as a major type of content in Final Fantasy 14, and it feels like even more players than we expected are looking forward to the next piece."

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"The development of Field Operations continues t✃o evolve with community feedback obtained through the release of Eureka and Save the Queen, and our work on the Occult Crescent is no exception," explain the developers, stating that implementing such content was "extremely challen𓆏ging" at first. The main attraction of Field Operations, as they say, "is that you can feel the presence of other players while playing the content."

That's the draw of content like Eureka, and now Occult Crescent. "These connections develop organically – either as a loose association or something more tight-knit, depending on how you play," say the devs. The "new form of content" th💜at came in the form of Eureka and subsequent Field Operations succeeded. "As it turned out, a goꩲod portion of the community understood what we were going for, and we received a lot of positive feedback."

To this day, as the two point out, "There is still a core Eureka player base, showing how much people love the content even now." Its release proved "there is a certain level of demand for this style of content." Not all feedback was positive, however – and Square Enix took it all into account while developing later Field Operations. "On the other hand, we also received a lot of negative feedba🧔ck about gameplay being unclear and/or the content being boring."

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The team used both positive and negative feedback to refine Save the Queen's own content, with a goal of making it more accessible, "especially for players who want to play Field Ope🎶rations in a more casual way." Reception, while overall positive, was still a mixed bag with some fans thinking "there were not enough core elements to keep them invested for longer" after post-Eureka and pre-Save the Queen changes.

"This resulted in a lack of content that people could really sink time into and a lower degree of freedom," recall Yokozawa and Nakagawa. "In Save the Queen, we in💖corporated improvements on issues we experienced with Eureka, and encountered new issues raised from the com🧸munity's feedback." That's where Occult Crescent comes in. "We took it upon ourselves to conduct another thorough investigation into the good and the bad of Eureka and Save the Queen, and further evolved the good points, and made corrections to improve the bad points."

How did the devs do so? "First of all, we have added more variety to the gameplay than was in ꩲEureka and Save the Queen. We wanted to create a place where players could do ꦦwhat they feel like when they feel like it – whether that's creating a goal ahead of time for themselves or just diving right in and having fun wandering around." The two also discuss the integration of Phantom Jobs, and how they add to the latest of the Field Operations' experience.

"In addition, the Phantom Jobs are one of the major elements of the Occult Crescent, and there is truly a wide range of jobs th🀅at can be freely swapped around depending on the situation," describe Yokozawa and Nakagawa. "The actions and abilities are very effective, and we believe that even if you cannot skilfully master them, you will feel their effects."

How did fans' reactions following the Occult Crescent ⛎reveal impact development, though? Not too much, apparently. "When we announced that we'd be adding the Occult Crescent, our planning and some implementation were already underway, so there was no direct impact on development," the devs admit. "That said, we received a great deal of feedback on previous Field Operations, and the impact of this feedback has been extremely significant on the development of this content."

The popularity of Field Operations also came as a surprise. "We feel that player demand and enthusiasm have increased compared to when we originally released Eureka. Back then, we thought it would♛ be the kind of content that would really resonate with the select people who love the concept – but now, Field Operatio🐈ns serve as a major type of content in FFXIV, and it feels like even more players than we expected are looking forward to the next piece."

Field Operations, including Occult Crescent, are likely becoming more popular thanks to the feedback taken on board by devs. "The Occult Crescent has been improved based on feedback from the community to make it even easier to enjoy, with a high degree of freedom in how you can play it. We hope those kinds✤ of players will be sure to try it out whenever they're in the mood and see how they like it for themselves."

Some of these improvements are reward-related, with Yokozawa and Nakagawa suggesting that especially dedicated fans give obtaining them all a go. "In the Occult Crescent, we have increased the amount of new items compared to previous Field Operations. The more time you play, the more items you will naturally acquire, so weꦛ encourage completionis🧜ts to see if they can obtain them all."

That's not the only fun sugge🎉stion the two devs have, either. "For those of you who want to explore absolutely everything on offer, we recommend trying your hand at conquering the Forked Tower. There are, of course, exclusive items that can be obtained by clearing the Forked Tower, and the more you master Phantom Jobs and enhance your content-specific equipment, the easier it'll become to clear."

In other words, "the more you grind, the higher your chances of success" – a mantra to live by as a frequenter of Fields Operations, for sure.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade - the second part of the remake trilogy - appeared at the Xbox Game Showcase, with Square Enix announcing that Cloud and co would be available on Xbox Series X|S this winter. There's 🐼no exact release date for that just yet, but we do know that it's arriving this winter, so that should mean a launch somewhere in the next s🐷ix to nine months.

That sho🐎uld give you just about enough time to play the other Final Fantasy game that's heading to Xbox. Final Fantasy 16, which originally launched on PS5 in June 2023 before making the jump to PC in September 2024, will be available on Xbox later today. For a massive JRPG like that, six months feels like a decent amount of time to make your way through everything.

If you're an Xbox fan who's been holding out on Final Fantasy over the past few years, then you're in for a treat. Our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 16 review said it "stands among the series' greats", while our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 🧜7 Re🉐make Intergrade review described "a loving reimagining of the origin🐼al." Both of those were 9/10 scores, so you know you're getting a whole heap of excellent JRPG gameplay. And the fact that you'll pretty much get to stack them back-to-back🐻 means that if you want, you could probably be playing a pair of genre bangers for a whole chunk of the rest of this year.

Never miss an announcement with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest 2025 schedule.

"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class." It's a line many Final Fantasy Tactic🔯s fans know well, but there's a catch to it – it never actually appears in the 1997 RPG from Square Enix. Aftermath explored into believing it truly originated from the game in 2023, only to later present in Final Fantasy Tactics – the very one turned into a meme by .

"What purpose do laws serve when even those who would enforce them choose not to pay them heed?" That's the real in-game line, but according to Final Fantasy Tactics director Yasumi Matsuno, the one more commonly shared isn't exactly unrealistic, either. "I found the line that became an internet meme interesting," writes the lead in a 𓆏new , going on to recite the viral "penalty for a crime" quote known so well in the community.

"Of course, this line was not written by me, nor is it a line in Final Fantasy Tactics," admits Matsuno. "However, it certainly sounds like something I would have written. It's a shame I didn't know about this funny line until today." Replies under the director's post mention just how many folks actually believed the meme's line was real, prompting Matsuno to respond that it might simply be because a majority of players didn't get faꦺr in-game.

"Wiegraf is very popular," he jokes. "I am sure it is because many✃ players stop playing at Chapter 1." Elsewhere in the comments, Matsuno addresses a fan's question about politics in Final Fantasy Tactics, saying that while the line and themes surrounding it can be perceived as political, the RPG's primary purpose is to entertain its players: "It's entertainment, so whether or not it's political, the important thing is whether or not it's entertaining."

There's no telling what the line will look like in The Ivalice Chronicles come the remake's big release on September 30 this year, but one thing's for certain – there are likely bound to be plenty of new memes made by fans to enjoy and speculate about post-launch.

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One of the best things from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PlayStation State of Play during Summer Game Fest 2025 was Square Enix finally announcing the long-rumored Final Fantasy Tactics remak𝓰e. Square Enix has some additional good news regarding the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 edition of the game.

If you haven't been paying attention, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of original Switch games are a bit of a convoluted case. For games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Party Jamboree, you'll need to pay an upgrade fee to get the Switch 2 version. Nintendo's own games are often a $10 or $20 upgrade depending on how much is added, while others like Fantasy Life i: The Gi𓂃rl Who Steals Timeဣ are only charging $2.50. No Man's Sky decided to skirt the fee altogether, givin🍃g the ꧅upgrade for free.

Hello G🐲ames is about to have company, as Square Enix has confirmed on its (via ) that Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles will have a free♋ Switch 2 upgrade for owners of the original Switch version. And considering the is a code in a box, that's a relief. Now you can buy the more robust Switch version and just upgrade.

Curiously, Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D remake – which was also receꦬntly confirmed to be getting a Switch 2 release – doesn't have 💎this disclaimer on its page. Hopefully this is something Square changes as we get closer to launch.

"The will to resist is in your hands": Final Fantasy Tactics writer puts capitalism on blast as the strategy RPG returns nearly 30 years later to a world still filled with "inequality and division."

Way back in September 2021, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nvidia confirmed that a massive list of games dug out of the GeForce Now app was real, but it called the listings "both released and/or speculat❀ive" as a bit of a smokescreen. No surprise therꦜe.

The list, , sounded ridiculous. A made-up wishlist of PC ports that will surely never happen. And when you cast a net that wide, from former PlayStation exclusives to XCOM 3 to a new Metro, you're bound to catch something. But I'll be damn𝓰e﷽d if it doesn't keep coming true.

Before Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:it was Tactics Ogre: Reborn. It was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers. It was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kingdom Hearts 4, sort of. Now, fully cognizant that some, if not most, of this could be sheer coincidence b𓄧orn of the games industry's predictable release patterns, I'm wondering once again if it might one day be Final Fantasy 9.

A purported Final Fantasy 9 remake raised more eyebrows than most games mentioned in the Nvidia leak. Years later, it sometimes feels like fans and conspiracy theorists are still just betting that we can all collectively manifest it if we cope har🧸d enough.

We don't have any hard evidence of a Final Fantasy 9 remake existing in any form, either as a project in active development, even pre-production, or simply as an idea on a whiteboard somewhere in the Square Enix offices. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rumors have swirled for years, as rumors do. If Square Enix so much as farts♔ on the ninth day of any month, fans will record it for the archives.

The Nvidia leak is arguably the most convincing snippet there is, and for all my copium it's frankly not that convincing. Tons of those leaked games have not magically materialized and almost certainly never will. But Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, an idea that seemed far-fetched just days ago, makes the what if that much harder to resist.

For a brief and shining moment, Bravely Default's Nintendo Switch 2 remaster l🌼ooked a little li♊ke Final Fantasy 9. (I'm also very excited about this remaster.) A comforting mirage in the desert that fans have, admittedly, partly built for themselves. Final Fantasy 14 and 16 boss Yoshi-P 澳洲幸运5开奖♛号码历史查询:knows fans want a Finalℱ Fantasy 9 remake, but doubts it would work as a single title, and frankly, would rather revisit Final 💯Fantasy 3 himself. (A fair ch♔oice!)

A Final Fantasy 9 remake does feel inevitable in some ways. I'd expect Square Enix to do the whole dang series at some point, if only because the remasters and remakes sell well enough to warrant it. And it is fun to relive these games, and it's good to see them become more accessible on modern platforms, particularly with the treatment given to The Ivalice Chronicles, which includes a near shot-for-shot port of the base game alongside an enhanced version. I probably would've told you in 2021 that FF9R would eventually, likely happen. This week, Nvidia and Square♏ Enix h🗹ave just teamed up to make me dream all over again.

Final Fantasy 14 devs just went ahead with their FF9 homage because otherwise they would have been "waiting and waiting" for the rumored JRPG remake to show up.

At yesterday's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:State of Play, Square Enix finally put the rumors to rest and revealed Final Fantasy Tac🍰tics: The🦩 Ivalice Chronicles, which bundles the original game as it was alongside a🦩n enhanced version that features full voice acting, revamped menus, extra scenes, and more🌱.

A new developer now gives us insight into who's actually making the remaster and - surprised Pikachu face - it's more orܫ less the s🌊ame people who made the original almost 30 years ago.

The game's original director and writer, Yasumi Matsuno, is🧸 back to pen the script, as is art director Hiroshi Minagawa. Final Fantasy 16's creative director, Kazutoyo Maehiro, was actually part of the original team at the very start of his career, but he's now directing the re-release. Talk about an upgrade.

"Almost 30 years have passed since then, and I now find myself working on Final Fantasy Ta𝄹ctics once again as the director," Maehiro says. "I feel that what we have created together is worthy of being called the quintessential versiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon of Final Fantasy Tactics."

"For this upcoming title, we tried to respect the feeling of the original while also reworking the game with a modern interpretation," Minagawa added. "Of course, aside from the visual evolution, we believe the addition of superb voice acting will immerse you even deeper into the troubles an🐽d grievances of the pixel-art characters, right down to their very breaths."

"We have worked together with a new generation of development staff ⛦to enhance🍬 and revive the world crafted by the original team of creators all those years ago," he noted.

"The will to resist is in your hands": Final Fantasy Tactics writer puts capitalism on blast as the strategy RPG returns nearly 30 years later to a world still filled with "inequality and division"

The retweet was captured on the , since if you look at now you'll simply see his laments over Final Fantasy 14 mahjong matches. One would♎ assume, of course, that Matsuno deleted his retweet to stave off any undue speculation, but naturally this has all had♔ the opposite effect.

You can browse that Reddit thread for yourself🅰 if you want🎉 to enjoy varying degrees of copium and hopium from fans, but the sentiment is probably best summed up by : "So you're saying there's a chance."

Rumors of a Final Fantasy Tactics started circling when it appeared amon💧꧒g the games listed in a big Nvidia leak from 2021. The company called the game listings from that leak "speculative" at the time, but many of those them have since proven to be real, including Square Enix remasters like those for🌱 Chrono🌼 Cross and Tactics Ogre.

If you want a little extra fuel for the fire – in 2024, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier noted in a that "the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real and happening." Today, Schreier is about Final Fantasy Tactics. Take that as you will, but beware joining the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hollow Knight Silksong community in the pits of unending despair.

If this remaster is real it would, of course, be the second major rerelease for Final Fantasy Tactics, which was previously upgraded for a 2007 PSP release called War of the Lions. It's one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best PSP games ever made and would certainly give a fine base for𒅌 an even more moderꦜn remaster.

State of Play gives us an early stop on the road to Summer Game Fest. Check out the full 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest schedule 2025 for everything you can expect this week.

Preservationists have just hit a major new milestone in the quest to save Before Crisis, resurrecting the title's Chocobo racing mi🔴nigame. "Here is most likely some of the first-ever footage of Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII Chocobo Racing in action," as hacker Yuvi says in the description of the YouTube video below. (Thanks, .)

"I've been on a mission to resurrect this game and the network-heavy servers it needs," Yuvi continues. "This is just one of the many features currently working in the game.♛"

Keitai preservation is a wild scene, as the people working to save these games spend their time importing Japanese flip phones and cracking them, mostly simply hoping that there'll still be some as-yet-undiscovered game left on the device's memory. We've previously covered the efforts to save a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xenosaga RPG, a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:lost Professor Layton game, and an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:impressive King's Field port, but♐ as you might imagine, a canonical entry in a story as beloved as Final Fantasy 7 has drawn a lot of extra interest.

Before Crisis has proven particularly difficult to preserve because it was released in episodes, and many of its features had to check in with Square Enix's servers in order to operate. With old episodes being regularly deleted to free up the tiny bits of storage space available on keitai phones, even finding one with Before Crisis installed would leave you with an incomplete game, never mind the work you'd have to do to make sure the online-꧒tied features worked.

Yet still, little by little, more of Befo🥃re Crisis is being saved. "This was thanks to a P900iV that I secured," according to from Naoya, another member of the keitai preservation scene. "The more copies we find, the more we can recover." Here's hoping the keitai scene manages to continue this run of good luck.

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That comes from producer aꦰnd director Yoji Fujito, who has been speaking about what the future of the original Final Fantasy MMO might have looked like if things played out a bit differently.

Speaking to , Fujito reveals that at one po𝕴int prior to Final Fantasy XI’s 20th anniversary in 2022, Square Enix considered ending support for it as a living game. "There was a real possibility that 2024 would be the year updates would come to an end, with the game shifting into a so-called maintenance mode, where only system upkeep would be performed," he shares (via ).

Expanding further, Fujito says that the original idea was to wrap things up after The Voracious Resurgence storyline came to a close in 2024. On top of that, the producer recalls that the thought of shutting Final Fantasy 11 down entirely was also floa⛄ted as the MMO was r𝄹eaching its server lifetime.

Thankfully, that didn't happen as fans continued to invest time and money into Final Fantasy 11, with the dev team receiving "a lot of support" to keep it going for the long term. "We thought, if The Voracious Resurgence wrapped up and FF11 clearly started losing its momentum, then maybe we really should prepare to end it," Fujito explains. "But that didn’t happen. I took this as a sign that we s🦂hould keep running the game."

And so, Final Fantasy 11 lives on. Alongside an ongoi༺ng collaboration with MMO sibling 𝓰Final Fantasy 14, FF11 is also getting various twe♌aks and adjustments that include making it more friendlier to play solo and the With fans continuing to show up an💙d support the game, hopefully FF11 has plenty of life in it yet.

Discord's creator is such a Final Fantasy 11 fan he essentially created the entire platform just to talk to friends while playing the MMO.

The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 Direct featured a metric ton of exciting announcements for the upcoming console. Of course, there was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mario Kart World and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Donkey Kong Bananza doing the heavy lifting on Nintendo's side of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Switch 2 games, but the amount of ma🧔ssive 𒆙third-party support shown was impressive.

Not only did FromSoftware's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring and a brand new exclusive from the studio, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Duskbloods, get revealed, but we finally saw Square Enix let ꦰFinal Fantasy 7 Remake escape PlayStation and finally come to another console, with the first title of the remake project arriving on Nintendo Switch 2.

However, the natural question on everyone's mind is will the sequel, 2024's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and the currently unannounced third entry in the remake trilogy make the jump to Nintendo's new console, too? Square Enix 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:has hinted at it, with the game's director Naoki Hamaguchi telling fans to "look forward 🦩to the continued development of the FF7 Remake series" when the port was announced.

Now, speaking in the , Hamaguchi dropped some more crumbs of hope for fans looking for a Switch 2 release of Rebirth and beyond. The director described his first time seeing the Nintendo Switch 2, stating his intrigue with the system's new featu🐽res and specs, before saying, "I felt it would have enough pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚower to run the Final Fantasy 7 remake series I was creating."

Meanwhile, the v🌞ideo ends with Hamaguchi saying, "I hope players are looking forward to the Final Fantasy 7 remake series on Nintendo Switch 2."

While it may be inevitable to some that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will eventually make its way to the system, having some semblance of a confirmation that it's on the cards for Nintendo Switch 2 is nice. Although, as always it's best to just wait it out and see what happens, and if not, you can always give it a go on Steam 🐬Deck.

Keeping up with all the latest 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 news? Be sure to check out our Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order live blog too to keep an eye on the new console's stock levels.

The biggest factors in Expedition 33's success are its lovable characters, great combat, and relatively low $50 price tag, as Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics tells . But he adds that "there was also an ꧒opening for a modern, realistic-looking JRPG" with a traditional battle system.

"Square Enix was reticent to do it with the Final Fantasy series," Elliott continues. "Now it's probably kicking itself. Expedition 33 has given RPG fans something they💦 alw🥃ays wanted. If you asked Final Fantasy fans from the late '90s/early '00s what the ideal version of a JRPG should look like, it'd be something like this."

Back in 2022, Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida told Gam𝄹esRadar+ that he understood the appeal of turn-based combat – after all, he came up alongside that style of gameplay just as series fans did – but he equally seemed to believe that action-based battl꧃es were a far better fit for games with re🍌alistic graphics.

"One thing ꧃that we found recently is that as graphics get better and better, and as characters become more realistic and more photo-real, is that the combination of that realism with the very unreal sense of turn-based commands doesnꦐ't really fit together," Yoshida said at the time. "You have this kind of strange gap that emerges."

Yoshida didn't attribute the decision to go all-in on action for FF16 to any sales directive, but there has historically been a feeling in the game industry that action games sell better than turn-based ones. Larian publishing director Michael Dose recently lamented how difficult it is to convi𓃲nce people that "your turn-ba✨sed RPG will sell," but Baldur's Gate 3🌳 certainly proved that there's still an appetite for that style of game. Expedition 33 is ably proving that the JRPG fandom's hunger is still alive, too.

According to Elliot, Expedition 33's sales are measuring up more than favorably against Metaphor: ReFantazio, the biggest turn-based JRPG in recent memory❀, and that game offers its own lessons on the power of old-school combat.

"One of the main selling points of a turned based battle system is the fact that players can take their time to think about the action they should take, and then in turn receive appropriate feedback based on those choices," Metaphor's lead 🏅battle planner ﷽Kenichi Goto told GamesRadar+ earlier this year, noting that game꧑s where you make "one wrong move and everything's lost" offer their own kind of thrill.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I hope the success of all these games helps to prove that there is, indeed, a market for turn-based RPGs, and not a niche one. I'm as desperate as anyone for Fina☂l Fantasy to return to its roots, but in the meantime there are still excellent games like Expeꦕdition 33 to fill the void.

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Square Enix has for years been open about how it's remaking its iconic JRPG in three parts, and with Remaಞke and Rebirth already out, a finale is up next. But the threequel appears to be progressing much faster than expected, as remade Cloud's voice actor Cody Christian recently posted a picture of himself in the recording booth on Instagram (reposted on ), alongside a little graphic depicting Cloud and a caption that reads "so happy to be back with my bestie."

It's a welcome surprise because voice recording sessions don't usually take place until nearer to a game's compleꦇtion, partially to avoid leaks but mainly because things can change drastically during development (which would then mean scenes would need to be re-recorded and such.)

Of course, there's no official confirmatiꦯon that voice recording for the game has started. Christian might be voicing the spiky-haired icon for a spin-off, an ad, or even an unrelated project that has nothing to do w꧃ith Final Fantasy, while the mini animated Cloud in his post just threw everyone off.

Last we heard, t🐻he plot for Final Fantasy 7 Rem𒐪ake's finale was completed late last year, but the game was already "off to the races" just months after Rebir꧅ꦇth came out too, so it wouldn't be too outlandish to think that Part 3 is coming alon🔜g 𓂃speedily. Especially since trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi previously about how Rebirth - a brain-bogglingly massive game - came together quite quickly because of the development team's tight chemistry built up over the last 10 years.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 and its sequels might too, as Square Enix says to "look forward to the continued development" of the JRPG series

At least that's what it's supposed to be – but fans are saying it's anyꦡthing but "casual" now, as more invested players bulldoze progress through Cosmic Exploration and leave others with nothing to do. A recent meme shared on﷽ highlights the issue, with the caption reading "Cosmic Exploration on populated servers be like" and the attached image saying "Cosmic Exploration just arrived... aaaaand it's finished."

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Comments see players agreeing with the meme, with one saying they were "off today for it and still missed the first two phases," admitting it's "crazy how fast it goes." Another on the platform shows fans criticizing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Square Enix for the debacle, titled "Cosmic Exploration infrastructure expansion already finished the morning of Day 1?"🎃 The OP questions how the developers didn't "think to add some sort of basic time gate."

Not everyone feels the same, however. "FFXIV players are the type to finish a ﷽small segment of time-gated content and start dooming that they finished all the content and there's no time ga🤪ting," reads a elsewhere on the site, seemingly poking fun at those complaining that Cosmic Exploration isn't properly time gated. Another expresses a similar sentiment: "I feel people are overexaggerating how much they missed on Cosmic Exploration."

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It's all almost too reminiscent of Island Sanctuary's own release in Final Fantasy 14 back with patch 6.2, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how quickly players were optimizing it rather than enjoying it aꦐs the relaxing, casual content it was meant to be. You can always count on MMO stans to min-max, thoꦓugh, I suppose – especially if it's multiplayer-based content that requires collaboration rather than a single-player focused instance like the Island Sanctuary.

After 8 months, Final Fantasy 14 expansion Dawntrail finally goes back to "Mixed" Steam reviews as MMO fans praise patch 7.2: "A massive improvement in all regards"

Dawntrail's long-awaited release was somewhat of a disappointment to many longtime fans, despite leading to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"a record number of concurrent users" initially, eventually earning "Mostly Negative" reviews on . Players compared the expansion to Stormblood, citing its weak characters and story, "bland job design," and an overall lack of content in negative reviews, with many hoping that post-launch patches could bring it home in the future.

It would appear that, after all, patches ar♔e doing just that. Recent Steam reviews have risen back up to "Mixed" after eight long months of sitting within the "Mostly Negative" trenches, and fans leaving positive feedback seem to largely be praising patch 7.2 and crediting it with helping Dawntrail "get better" over time. A thread echoes similar thoughts as players gather to discuss the expansion's n﷽ewly improved reviews on Steam.

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"7.2 is a massive improvement in all regards," comments one fan. Another says that "7.2 has been very good and for once I am genuinely interested in what's happening in the MSQ." Not all players are convinced by the patch, officially dubbed Seekers of Eternity, however. "The base game and 7.1 had very poor writing," reads one such sceptical commenter's response on the online thread. "7.2 being better doesn’t mean mu൲ch for me at this time."

It's an understandable position to take, especially when considering other disappointing moments within Final Fantasy 14's history – including more recent ones, too, like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:this year's Hatching Tide event reward, a simple parasol. Hopef༒ully, Square Enix pays close attentio𒉰n to fans' improving reviews following patch 7.2 and kicks even more solid content into gear come future Dawntrail updates. I know I'll be keeping my own fingers crossed.

Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was unsure about referencing Final Fantasy 9 so heavily because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it"

The Hatching Tide event arrives every year during the spring, and it's usually accompanied by an array of limited-time items to snag, ranging from cosmetics to mounts. This year's big rewards aren'ꦿt so big, however – in fact, there's only one, and it's a chocobo-themed golden parasol. While this reward might seem like a fair one to those less acquainted with Hatching Tides of previous years, longtime fans aren't too impressed.

A recent online announcing the event proves ﷽as much, with dedicated players taking to the comments to express their dismay. One questions whether Square Enix is pulling a prank with the reward. "You're serious, a parasol?" Another fan criticizes the parasol when other, arguably better items are available for real money via the Mog Station. "And🍬 here's where the dying game makes all good rewards cash shop only, and you get a yellow umbrella."

Elsewhere, a thread regarding this year's Hatching Tide event sees players sharing similar thoughts. "Definitely a reward obtained through a seasonal event," jokes a fan. Below their response, another simply lists every Hatching Tide reward since 2꧃014 – and 2025 is, to say the least, nothing to boast aꦰbout. In 2017, the MMO gave participants a whole mount and furniture, while in 2022, it rewarded them with a minion, emote, and housing items.

As a big Final Fantasy 14♎ stan myself, I'd be lying if I♎ said I wasn't sad to see what this year's reward is. While the parasol is admittedly cute, this Hatching Tide feels like a mediocre event compared to its predecessors. I don't think Square Enix will ever manage a cooler spring reward than the 2024 mount, Peatie, the goobbue maiden, though – but at this point, I'd be thrilled to see any sort of minion or mount (or anything other than a parasol at all).

Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was unsure about referencing Final Fantasy 9 so heavily because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it"

Rumors of a Final Fantasy 9 remake are nothing new – they've been 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:floating around for years at this point, and Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida, producer of FF14 and FF16, is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:well aware that people want it to happen, although he's expressed his doubts that a remake could be squeezed into one single game. Not that I imagine that those desperate for its return would mind a Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy-style approach, mind you. Anyway, everyone wants it, Square Enix knows we want i🅘t, and official news has🤪 remained completely silent.

Recently, hopes have been particularly high. It was only last month that Square Enix launched an official 25th anniversary webpage for Final Fantasy 9 while teasing "various projects," which probably fed into fans being convinced for a few short seconds that a remake was being announced during the Switch 2 Direct, only to realize it was Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster. Now, though, Square Enix🍬 has posted a line from the game on Twitter, "my memories will be part o𝕴f the sky," while captioning the screenshot, "if you know, you know," complete with a crying emoji.

Before you get too excited, there are a couple of ways you can read into this. Without spoiling anything, that line comes from the ending of the game – Square Enix might just be referring to how emotional it is if you're aware of the context☂. Obviously, though, everyone would much rather it mean something else, namely, 'Yes, this is a Final Fantasy 9 quote, and you know what that means.'

Square Enix still hasn't actually announced anything, but fans are going predictably feral. "Please announce𒅌 it Square I'm begging on my hands and knees," . "Leaving this summoning circle here. I FEEL IT'S HAPPENING SOON," says another, sharing their efforts to manifest the remake. Even YouTube Gaming is joining in: "PRETTY PLEASEEE," .

So, is it finally happ൩ening? We'll just have to watch this space – FF9 enthusiasts have been let down before, after all. However, with the JRPG's actual anniversary in Japan coming up on July 7, we can still convince ourselves that there's good reason to stay excited for now.

For more games like Final Fantasy 9, be sure to check out our roundup of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best RPGs you can play right now.

But it wasn't to be. What was actually on screen was Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster – coming to the Switch 2 as a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:launch game this summer – and one of its four central characters, Agnes, who shares a few featurღes with Dagger: s🥀he has long brown hair, is from a Square Enix game, and, at least in the announcement trailer below, wears a bright dress similar to some of Dagger's fits.

I wasn't the only one who freaked out, though. I've seen tons of other people joke about how they were fooled by the trailer's opening shots, which💞 show Agnes' back with Square Enix's logo printed i🐼n big letters on top.

And a new compilation proves I wasn't totally out of my mind. Anyone who has any love for the best Final Fantasy (yes, it is) or 𓄧anyone who's heard of the long, long rumored remake also seems to have h🍒ad the same idea.

If you're unfamiliar, mentions of a Final Fantasy 9 remake were found in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a Nvidia leak from years ago, which happened to have held legitimate information about then-future games like Helldivers 2, PC ports for exclusives like God of War, and hard-to-guess remakes/remasters for games like Actrais🍸er and Destroy All Humans 2.

Since then, speculation about a Final Fantasy 9 refresh of some kind has been near꧅ly non-stop. Final Fantasy 14 had some unignorable references to the classic game that director Naoki Yoshida later said he was unsure about even in༺cluding because of the fanbase's attachment to it.

More recently, Square Enix created a 25th anꦕniversary website for Fin꧋al Fantasy 9 in preparation for "various projects" around its milestone birthday, so a remake is look♐ing more and more likely by the day.

With its Nintendo Switch 2 remaster on the horizon, Bravely Default producer hopes "we can carry on this lineage into the future"

Standing as an entirely revamped release of one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best JRPGs ever created, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is only available♒ to play on the PlayStation 5 or on PC – but not for long. As the Direct livestream yesterday and a from game co-director Naoki Hamaguchi reveal, the monumental remake and first part of the plann🦩ed Final Fantasy 7 trio is going to be available to play on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Whether or not 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and iಞts follow-up will join Remake on the new Switch is still unclear, but it certainly sounds like a possibility if Hamaguchi's words offer any hope to hang onto. "🐈FF7 REMAKE is coming to Switch 2," writes the director. "We are excited to be able to launch FF7 REMAKE to Nintendo console game fans. Please look forward to the continued development of the FF7 REMAKE series!"

There's no telling whether Hamaguchi's last line could point to a potential Rebirth launch on the Switch 2 or the Remake trio's third title on Nintendo's coming console, but it's certainly a fun thought to consider – and judging by fans' comments, it's safe to say players would be interested. "I can't wait to play FF7 REMAKE again on the Switch 2," reads one such response under Hamaguchi's post. "So excited for the future of this series."

Rebirth will drop on the Switch 2 after Nintendo's upcoming console's hotly anticipated release itself, which is set for June 5. As for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Switch 2 pre-orders, they're scheduled to begin going live next week on April 8 – but anyone hoping for an early invite from Nintendo will need to tick off a certain number of requirements from the company as a result of its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:plan to combat Switch 2 scalpers, including a Nintendo Switch Online membership.

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Briana White, the iconic English voice behind beloved character Ae🐠rith Gainsborough, shares as much in a recent online. Responding to news of the live-action film's 2027 release, the actor says she wants to audition "so bad" for the role of Princess Zelda: "I jus🌟t wanna audition for Zelda so bad. Just an audition." Unsurprisingly, fans (it's me, I'm fans) are commenting to express how much they'd like to see White as Zelda.

"PLEASE," writes one, "you 𓃲did SUCH a good job voicing Aerith." Another tells White she'd "make a g⭕reat Zelda."

It's not just fans that think so, either. Fellow voice actors are replying to White to show their own support, too. As Dragon Ball, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Genshin Impact, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Paul Castro Jℱr. comments, "Fr you’d b෴e a killer Zelda!"

The idea is certainly f🍸un to consider, but Nintendo's own pick for Zelda remains a mystery.

Not much is known about the movie's plot just yet, including Zelda's actual role in it – is she a child or an adult, and which timeline is the film's princess from? There's no telling for now, but I'd argue that White could do a mean 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Breath of the Wild or 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Tears of the Kingdom Zelda impression.

Other popular actor picks making rounds within the series' community include Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as Hunger Games and Euphoria actor Hunter Schafer.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Speaking to Variety in the past, Schafer admitted she'd also love to play Zelda. "That would be so cool," said the actor. "I love the game, personally. I played it as a kid, and I still play it now. Who knows! That woul༒d be pretty cool."

Whether꧙ it ends up being White, Schafer, or another talented actor, though, I'm personally just happy we're finally seeing a Zelda-related on🤪-screen production come to fruition – and no, the 1989 animation doesn't count.

The Legend of Zelda movie and Sonic 4 are game for competition with both set for release a week apart

The , a celebratory page recently launched to commemorate Final Fantasy 9's 25-year anniversary, mentions "various projects" in the works - a reveal that, unsurprisingly, has fans hoping for a remake of one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Final Fantasy games to date. While Sqꦏuare Enix doesn't give too many fine details about these projects, the company does state that they'll include some "merchandise and collaborations."

Judging by past crossovers between the studio's games, it's likely collaborations with other beloved entries in the JRPG series, such as MMO 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 14, could see limited-time features referencing Final Fantasy 9 drop. Whi🥀le cosmetics and mounts are good fun, though, fans are now discussing the possibility of a full-blown re🅠make being one of the mentioned "various projects" to come with the anniversary.

A highlighting the new Final Fantasy 9 website showcases as much, with some players going as far as speculating that Square Enix has been waiting for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo to release more news of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Switch 2 to announce a remake. "When they say 'we're preparing various projects,' yeah, Final Fantasy IX Remake is just confirmed at this point,💙 it's just a matter of when," comments one fan. "Switch 2 Direct maybe?"

Another agrees, saying that a potential remake's "announcement delay" is down to developers wanting "it to be a Switch 2 launch title." There's no telling whether a remastered edition of the ever-beloved Final Fantasy 9 is actually underway as of now, however, but as always, the community (including myself) continues to ch✱ug the hꦬopium that it is – especially with past rumors still in mind.

Two years ago, leaks regarding the supposed remake resurfaced as Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb said in a podcast he "heard very recently, once again, Final Fantasy 9 remake is real, that is real and happening." One year later, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic Games Store database launch further sparked interest in a Final Fantasy 9 remake following cryptic listings possibly referencing it, so anything's possible at this point – and I'm choosing to hope for the best.

While you wait for a remake, here's a stunning 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 9 mod to help make the decades-old JRPG feel new.

Many had compared the combat of Final Fantasy 7 Remake to Final Fantasy 13; however, this wasn't the source of inspiration. , Endo said, "I didn’t really look at different Final Fantasy titles, as I felt like if I leaned too much on them, it would prevent me from pus🍌hing the envelope. I tried to look at it from a very sort of flat and non-biased way" Endo added, “I wanted to take the feeling of fun of a c💟ommand-based battle, that feeling you get, not necessarily the system itself. So I built the system from scratch, and it might have been a coincidence that parts of it felt similar to other games.”

When Endo joined the Final Fantasy 7 Remake project, it had already been decided that the game wouldn't be turn-based, but outside of that the combat hadn't been defined. Inverse says that during his time as lead game designer on Monster Hunter World🍷, Endo had "accumulated knowledge working on the various action elements of Monster Hunteꦐr that worked to his advantage, and when combined with Square’s technology and unique skills, it created a 'chemical reaction'."

Endo was asked how his approach to the game's combat was altered by Final Fantasy 7 Remake being spread across multiple (and at the time an unknown amount of) parts. Endo said, "I don’t really give too much thought in terms of long-term planning, but put my all into whatever I’m working on. If I think too much about what’s supposed to come ahead, I get too tied up in that thinking, feeling like whatever I put in the moment will be incomplete." He added, "I want to put my full focus into whatever project I’m on, then add to it and build from there. I think that will eventually lead to a better conclusion." Given that the combat in Final Fantasy 7 Remake is one of the best in the series (I'm a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Devil May Cry sicko, so F💝inal Fantasy 16 gets my vote), I'd say that this appro♊ach worked out perfectly.

Elsewhere in Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 14's producer Yoshi-P was hesitant to reference Final Fantasy 9 because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it."

Pr🦩eviously, Final Fantasy 14 introduced what was supposed to be an improvement to its blacklist feature, allowing players to block all characters tied to an account when they blockꦇ one of them.

In theory, this should have reduced the chances of players being harassed, but players discovered that, with this new feature, every player had a unique account ID, broadcasted to the game's client.

This ID is supposed to be invisible, but a mod that could access it soon surfaced – neither personal information nor payment details could be accessed this way, but needless to♈ say, it wasn't good news for players who were now faced with the possibility of others tracking down all of their alternate characters using their account ID.

With 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Patch 7.2, Square Enix has to the blacklist, noting t꧂hat, "to help prevent the identification of account IDs that are not displayed in-game, relevant savedಞ client data has been reset."

Anyone you've blacklisted will remain blacklisted, but their character names have been removed, and will only be visible if you block the🌱m again. Furthermore, fans investigating the situation fouꩲnd that some level of account ID obfuscation had also been put in place, but this apparently isn't enough to stop the problem at all.

"After a *lot* of testing and a group chat full of my smartest FF14 friends, we have figured out the obfuscaꦰtion is vulnerable, and that the account IDs are actually reversible," one player who goes by "[Square Enix] needs to stop sending the account ID entirely to clients and just set a hidden flag or something."

Continuing, NotNite explains that "this functionally means nothing to plugins like PlayerScope" – the mod that was previously used to iden✃tify account IDs – the only difference is "they need to work slightly harder and discover the algorithm on their own."

NotNite and their frien༺ds have reportedly already "been able to deobfuscate severa💛l account IDs (of friends with consent) with a 100% success rate," but they understandably aren't sharing the details of how it's done beyond noting that "it is very easy to do."

NotNite is calling on Square Enix to fix the flaw, and "fix it properly." They alleg🎃e that "it's a security risk," and that "they should not obfuscate this information, they should completely stop sending it to the client."

Needless to say, Patch 7.2 hasn't brought the reassurance that players left feeling uncomfortable by the blacklist exploit saga were hoping for. Clearly, though, Square Enix wants to see this issue dealt with, so hopefully the ൩developers can make another attempt to solve it foꩲr good.

Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was unsure about referencing Final Fantasy 9 so heavily because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it."

"Thank you for voting for Tifa," Nomura says in a statement for the (translated by ). "It has already been about 30 years since I designed the original Tifa. Her getting such support, even now, after 30 years, is a great honor as a designer. However, a character is not just about appearance, personality is also important. I believe Tifa’s good qualities are the combination of her character, expressions, voice, movements, combat abilities, and all of her other charms. The entire team worked together to create her charm, and we are truly ✱grateful for the recognition that it has received."

If you've been on the internet for more than three seconds, you've probably seen an array of Tifa fanart running the gamut from "admirably chaste" to "beyond pornographic," and there's historically been a bit of debate in the Final Fantasy fandom over whether Tifa's appeal is in he🦩r looks or her character. Of course, some of that debate is the product of deeply silly fandom wars between Aerith stans and Tifa fanatics, so maybe it's best to just ignore all that and enjoy your favorite characters on your own terms.

As Nomura points out, people latch onto a character for a variety of reasons. Yeah, sex appeal is one of them, and Square Enix is more than aware of that – even OG FF7 background designer Kenzo Kanzaki t🌠hat his favorite character "would be Tifa, because of her ample bust." But that kind of appeal only gets you so far, and there's probably a bigger reason Tifa's popularity has outlasted that of, say, FF15's Cindy or FF13's sexy chocobo.

Square Enix points to Tifa and this $2,600 Nier Automata 2B statue for driving its "strong" merch sales - and I need to know how many of you bought it.

Final Fantasy 9's fingerprints are pretty much all over the MMO's latest expansion – locations like Alexandria Castle are central to both, you can draw clear parallels between certain characters, FF9's iconic sword-fighting minigame is definitely referenced in Dawntrail, and the expansion in🧜cludes wind-up cameo minions of the classic's leading pair, Princess Dagger (Garnet) and monkeyman Zidane.

Speaking to in an interview translated by , Yoshi-P made some incredibly based comments about feeling "rather torn" ༺about reꦜferencing Final Fantasy 9 so much because it's "a masterpiece and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it, so I wanted to avoid consciously pulling the story too much in that direction."

As Dawntrail's narrativ𝄹e and general structure started to become more concrete during development, those nods just seemed natural, though.

"When we first decided on the main storyline, Alexandria Castle was not so ౠimportant. But once we decided to incorporate more FFIX elements, we made sure to create them with proper meaning and intent," Yoshi-P explains.

"I thought it might be best to distance ourselves a little from homages to FFIX and was going to go with that approach," he continues, but with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:patch 7.2 coming in two weeks and 7.3 heading towards the expansion's big conclusion, Yoshi-P seems to me more comfortable with callbacks to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Final Fantasy of them all (fight me).

Despite what some fans might hope for, all the references don't seem to be part of some shadowy plan to tease a Final Fantasy 9 remake under our noses, if Yoshi-P is to be believed. Last summer, he said 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he wasn't working on such a project and didn't know if the game was eveꦑn being remade.

More recently, Yoshi-P expressed wariness about a potential Final Fantasy 9 proje�🥃�ct since it would probably balloon into another multi-game saga, like the Final Fantasy 7 remakes.

Regardless, Final Fantasy 9's remake was part of those prophetic Nvidia leaks from years ago and rumo🌸rs a🌌bout its existence have continued to swirl online since then.

The Final Fantasy series has sold a whopping 200 million copies, while the Pixel Remaster reportedly outsells FF16 with 5 million copies

Tha𒉰t comes from the latest Letter from the Producer live stream, which features a new trailer and announces that one of the MMO's largest patch runs yet will begin in just over 10 days.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.2 will follow the usual tradition of advancing the story as we deal with the aftermath of the Dawntrail expansion befo💦re eventಌually moving toward what's going down in the next expansion.

You've also got the second section of the The Arcadion raid series that includes three new encounters, and will release before a Savage version comes thereaf♍ter to really test you.

What's go🌊t most fans excited, though, is the extra content that's due to come as part of the 7.2x series of updates. While we'll get some of the content spoken about on March 25, a lot of it will come in the weeks and months ꦏfollowing.

Getting into that, there's the crafting-oriented Cosmic Exploration and, for those who have been missing Eureka and Bozjan Southern Front-like content, the Occult Crescent, which promises big boss battles, Phan𒊎tom Jobs, and 48-player raids. The longer stretch of time between꧋ patches means we've had to wait a bit longer for the sort of goodness many of the community missed from Endwalker and beyond, but it's nice to say it's nearly here.

That's not it, either. You've also got the Dawntrail weapon enhancement quests, another Trial and Unreal Trial, and other bits like balancing updates. There's also a new dungeon called The Underkeep. It's no wonder that director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshiℱda reportedly called Final Fantasy 14's 7.2 upd𝓰ate the MMO's largest ever.

As Final Fantasy 14 raiders tear through the MMO's hardest duty with no healers and then no tanks, the community can only see this going one way: "Now it's time to clear without DPS."

"The Final Fantasy series has now sold over 200 million copies across the globe," the publisher announced today, "Wherever you joined us on our adventures, thank you." Those sales account for a whopping 16 mainline games (22 if you include numbered sequels and the recent FF7 remakes), alongside countless mobile spin-offs, strategy pivots, orchestral rhythm💛 tappers, fighting game experiments, and much more.

Squeenix's recent Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster "series" has also moved more than five million copies after receiving staggered multiplatform ports across PC, mobile, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. The Pixel Remaster bundle includes the series' first six classic outings with a much shinier coat of pi🍎xels slapped on top, though each game is also available to buy individually, so I'd be curious to see how those sales were split. I'd guess some (FF4 and FF6) probably fared better than others (sorry, FF2).

To coincide with the major milestone, the🍷 Pixel Remasters got a addressing minor bugs across all platforms. Final Fantasy 3 now also has a handy accessibility feature allowing you to adjust the "rate that characterꦡ job level increases" if you'd like to cut down on the grinding.

Pixel Remaster's success is so nice to see because turn-based, non-Pokemon JRPGs were almost an endangered subgenre two console generations ago. Now, the collection is seemingly a bigger hit than the spectacle-stuffed Final Fantasy 16, which has only managed to sell 3.5 million copies. Maybe that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:multiplatform strategy is finally bearing fruit.

Either way, Final Fantasy's updated numbers puts itꦛ in very exclus♑ive company, as only the likes of Mario, Pokemon, FIFA, Call of Duty, and a few others can boast of such success.

For now, why not reminisce with the very 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Final Fantasy games of all time?

Speaking in a recent interview with (translated into English using both Google and DeepL), Yoshi-P discusses some of the new content that's set to drop with patch 7.2 and says he's looking forward to it. The lead first describeꦆs the crafting-oriented Cosmic Exploration and then the Occult Crescent, the update's Eureka and Bozjan Southern Front-esque instance, which features large-scale boss battles, Phantom Jobs, and 48-player raids.

Yoshi-P continues, diving into a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at MMORPG development – and how it, unsurprisingly, differs from the way players experience gam🐎es like Final Fantasy 14 on a day-to-day basis. Developing content post-Dawntrail isn't quite the same as working on 6.0 and onward was, either, when Square Enix had set a goal of "widening the scope" of the game. With patches post-7.0, developers' focus has shifted.

Production was no longer about players being able to enjoy the game alone, but rather with others – the core of the MMO genre. According to Yoshi-P, multiplayer content is largely what Square Enix has its sights set o🤪n now, and patches like 7.2 should reflect as much. The soon-to-release update is especially exciting as it's appa♑rently the "largest ever" – and that means it's seriously large, considering past behemoth post-expansion patches like 6.2.

Seekers of Eternity, as patch 7.2 is titled, sounds like it'll be one of the most impressive in a while, if not the most overall. There's not long left to wait now until the update arrives later this month, bringing everything from main scenario quests and instances like the Occult Crescent to higher-end challenging content such 🃏as The Arcadio𓄧n: Cruiserweight Tier, with four new Normal raids and Savage variants, and the Recollection trial.

World of Warcraft's new housing system lets you decorate without the floating hacks I've been using in Final Fantasy 14 for 11 years, and I weep

Three weeks ago, Solution Knights managed to clear Futures Unwritten, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Square Enix's most recent Ultimate raid in Final Fantasy 14, without any healers at all. A full video showcasing the impresꦉsive feat is up on , highlighting the successful party's composition and the strategies employed by the players to manage the no-healer clear. The group consisted of ಞfour Paladins, a Reaper, a Dancer, a Red Mage, and a Pictomancer.

As if that wasn't mind-blowing enough, three days ago, Fuures Rewrien (yes, that's a clever play on Futures Rewritten without any "t") – except this time, without any tanks. The static's composition was markedly different than Solution Knights' aside from its inclusion of a Picto﷽mancer, with a Scholar, Astrologian, Sage, Monk, Dragoon, Ninja, and Bar🌃d instead – and no tanks in sight at all, of course.

Now that the raid has been cleared by a group with no healers and a group with no tanks, fans are wondering what's next for the Ultimate. A recent thread highlighting the no-tank run proves as much, with players discussing the possibility of🐓 a no-DPS clear. "Homies better hit us with the no DPS run before 7.2, complete the trifecta," jokes one commenter. Another fan adds, "Now it's time to clear without DPS."

The community is going as far as theorizing compositions and methods for a no-DPS run (or one close to it): "7 tank/healers + 1 Picto." Not everyone is happy about the prospect of such an "easy" Ultimate, however, with some saying Futures Unwritten "will be another UCoB in a few years where you will see kills with 30 deaths." As a longtime raider msyelf, though, I'd argue the Unending Coil of Bahamut is still an impressive clear – as is Futures Unwritten.

What's next for Final Fantasy 14 when its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:biggest post-Dawntrail patch yet drops later this month?

You might remember that back in 2023, Final Fantasy 14 content creator Pint took to the internet to share their long journey to beat the world record to overcome the Kugane Tower jump puzzle (introduced in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Stormblood expansion) as fast as possible. For five long years, the record – held by a speedrunner known only as Em0_oticon – stood at 43.5🍎8 seconds, but after a lot of effort, Pint was able to shave a few milliseconds off and grab the ꦬrecord with a 43.30-second run.

And so, the world record belonged to Pint… for a day. Em0_oticon took no time at all to respond to their challenger, as they snatched back their place on the pedestal in under 24 hours, with a jaw-dropping🐻 time of 38.74 seconds.

But what could Pint do to reclaim෴ that fleeting moment of glory? That's exactly what the player has mapped out in . For a start, splashing some cash was required – starting the game with a new character that could live on the EU servers instead of the US ones meant that the UK-based player had le🐷ss lag to deal with, which was vital, but required about $60 to be spent on the Jobs to climb the tower as quickly as possible. On top of that, Pint found that they could add the jump command to a Macro (a sequence of commands that can be used with a single button), and spam that button in order to send out a jump on every server tick. This, combined with a 20% speed buff, meant Pint had all the tools possible to beat the tower jumping puzzle in record time.

And that's exactly what they did. With a new time of 38.31 seconds, smashed in just a day, the record had been reclaimed. Except… Pint still isn't the world record holder. It turns o𝓀ut yet another challenger, known as Azura Stargazer, had also been training to take the number one spot♛, and had already beaten Em0_oticon's time. While Pint's 38.31-second time did briefly become the world record once more, Azura wasn't going to give up that easily. In fact, , posted yesterday, was just 34.616 seconds long.

Alas, Pint concedes that they've lost, "but at least I tried," and hey, at least they did reclaim that world record for a ไlittle while. Mea🏅nwhile, it sounds like it's going to take an actual wizard to beat Azura's new best time, but at this point, nothing is impossible.

For more games like Final Fantasy 14, be sure to check out our roundup of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best MMORPGs you can play right now.

Reflecting on his time as the lead account manager for Japanese publis𝔉hers and developers, Yoshida says the goal was to ensure that all major games from the region came to PlayStation. And at the time, few were bigger than Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

"When a new one came out you had long lines of customers waiting to buy them," Yoshida tells . "It mܫade the national news when a new Dragon Quest came out. There was controversy over kids calling out sick from school to stay home and play games."

One problem. Both💝 Square and Enix were "close to Nintendo" and initially "weren't interested" at all.

What follows is well-worn ground, with Yoshida saying that Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was "disappointed" when he learned that the Nintendo 64 would continue using cartridges. "Squaresoft tried to convince Nintendo to change that plan, but they wouldn’✨t," Y💧oshida adds.

PlayStation offering the CD-ROMs that the Nintendo 64 wouldn't cer😼tainly gave Sony an in, but a deal wasn't guaranteed. Getting the signature came about thanks partly to a ✤Sony Music veteran who had an industry trick or two up their sleeves.

"Our team – my boss was a schmoozer," he says. "He’d come from Sony Music. He hung out aꦺ lot with the executives from Squaresoft, throwing parties at his apartment. Eventually we were able to get Squaresoft to commit to 𝓡the PlayStation. They brought all their franchises from Nintendo to the PlayStation."

Funnily enough, the move also prompted Enix to bring Dragon Quest to PlayStation, as the team had always wanted to release the JR𝓡PG "on the console with the largest insta🎃lled base."

It's not the first time we've heard about Sony Music's role in PlayStation's early days. In an interview with , Fellow PlayStation alumni Shawn Layden paints an amusing pi♊cture of the same period.

"When [Sony] decided they were getting into the game business, they knew they h🦋ad the technology, the engineers," he recalled. "But they said, 'Let's b🉐e honest, we sell electronics'. Sony knew that without entertainment DNA, we would not be successful.

"So the initial stage was made a joint venture between Sony Electronics and Sony Music. Half the company was from the music side and, well, you could see it on the shop floor at 8am. All the hardware engineers were at their desks wearing their Sony vests, working on their engineering thing. And then around 10 through 11am, all the Sony Music guys would come in - hungover, sunglasses, cigarette❀s hanging out their mouths. They'd look at the Nikkei paper for 45 minutes, drink a cup of tea, and then go: 'alright, lunch.' They'd all stand up. They'd all leave."

Layden goes on to say that you wouldn't see them for the rest of the day because Sony Music populated sales, marketing, adver🔯tising, and publisher relations. "So those were the guys who would go out with the people at Square and ply them with whiskey until the wee hours of the morning to finally get Final Fantasy 7 off of Nintendo and onto PlayStation."

Real schmoozers, indeed.

Final Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game."

Initially released for the GameCube in 2003 in Japan and in 2004 🧜elsewhere, the spin-off action RPG saw the series return to Nintendo for the first time since Final Fantasy 6. Fast forward to August 2020, weᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ got a remaster including goodies like enhanced graphics and additional dungeons for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Android, and iOS.

We mention iOS lightly, however, as Square Enix is ending service. As per an on its website, the Final Fantasy deve𓆉loper shares that reports have been coming in since January 25, 2025, that iOS users are unable to access the content they have paid for. After looking into the whole situation, all of it has been brought about due t👍o a bug that Square Enix can't fully fix.

"The issue is due to changes made to the in-app pur๊chases model," an announcement reads. "Further investigation revealed that we are unable to completely fix the bug and implement the new changes, making it unlikely to resume service for the game. Thus, we must regretfully announce that we will end support for the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles."

Thankfully, if you're one of the customers who made in-app purchases in Januray, 2024, or later, you have until August 31 ✨of this year to make a refund request.

After 3 years of playing Final Fantasy 14 "almost every single day," series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the MMO "might be the game that I've played the most in my life."

While Sakaguchi is most synonymous with the beloved series, programmer Nasir Gebelli's own reputation has aged likeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ fine wine. Your favorite programmer's favorite programmer, Gebelli was behind several early PC games that proved legendary at the time, so much so that Doom guy John Romero called him

His subsequent work on the first three Final Fantasy games has aged just as well. Just last year, in fact, we reported that some people believe it took 13 years to bring Final Fantasy 3 back 澳洲幸运5🅺开奖号码历史查🅷询:because no one could replicate his code.

Despite all of that, Gebelli is seemingly humble, too. After years of silence, he reappeared to feature in a Final Fantasy🔯 documentary to say his legendary code "was pretty simple," and it couldꦐ even be better.

Now, Sakaguchi himself has joined the chorus of praise, saying Gebelli was "li𝓡ke a god to me."

"I was introduced to computers and games on the Apple II, so Nasir was like a god to me," he tells . "It was a mira✨cle and a great honor to meet him, and even more so to work with him on Final Fan♋tasy.

"I think that respect for Nasir helped to make the first Final Fantasy an amazing game. I still strongly feel that the core program itselꩲf is the 'life' of a game. All of my memories of him are fuzzy (laughs), but they always contain his enveloping kindness and politeness, which makes the happy memories come back even brighter. Nasir truly is a wonderful person."

A wonderful person and a dang good coder, it woul🃏d seem.

After 3 years of playing Final Fantasy 14 "almost every single day," series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the MMO "might be the game that I've played the most in my life."

Speaking to , Sakaguchi charts the road back to Square Enix that recently led to his lovely wee JRPG Fantasian springing free from Apple Arcade jail ♑to PC and consoles. Replaying Final Fantasy 6 influenced him to make Fantasian in the first place, though it was how Final Fantasy 14 honored its seriesꦬ' legacy that helped set things in motion for a post-release port.

“I'vꦅe been playing Final Fantasy 14 for a little over three years now, and I log in almost every single day. It might be the game that I've played the most in my life," he says. "Because of that, I can't pinpoint the specific factors that influenced me. I believe I have been sig🀅nificantly influenced by it in ways that aren't overt.

“My experience revisiting Fܫinal Fantasy 6 influenced Fantasian's production. But witnessing how Final Fantasy 14 honors the legacy of earlier Final Fantasy games while also enhancing them impressed me and allowed me to approach the direction I had for Fantasian without wavering.”

Sakaguchi goes on to say that playing Final Fantasy 14 also brought him into contact 𒁏wit🧔h the MMO's producer and director Naoki Yoshida, who played a large role in making Fantasian's Neo Dimension glow-up a reality.

“I felt that Yoshida-san was a diligent and sincere person through my experience with Final Fantasy 14, and that impression was reinforced through working with him on Fantasian Neo Dimensi♑on,” Sakaguchi says. “Needless to say, if the opportunity arises, I strongly wish to work together with him again and create something new."

Fantasian: New Dimension is out now.

Final Fantasy creator says his Final Fantasy 14 habit got so bad "on rare occasion" that some of his employees would hop on the MMO to DM him about missed meetings.

You can read our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:previous coverage on the exploit for more details on how it works, but in short, the new blacklist means that when you block a character, you now block all characters tied to an account. That function is facilitated by the fact that servers now broadcast an account ID for all the characters youꩲ come into contact with. This isn't visible to players, but if the right mods were created, you could collect account ID information and start building a list of every ch🍌aracter tied to a given player's account.

A mod that did exactly this soon went public, and, while it's since been driven underground, players came to fear that stalkers would use the informatio🔴n generated by this mod to create alternate accounts and start harassing a target's alternate characters.

A few weeks after these concerns started taking hold, Yoshi-P put out a noting that the devs "will continue to take a firm stance again🥃st" the usage of third-party mods, and were exploring both "requesting tha🍷t the tool in question be removed and deleted" and "pursuing legal action."

In today's Letter from the Producer broadcast (which was entirely in Japa🌱nese, but helpfully translated by the folks at the ), Yoshi-P reiterated some of the details from that previous statement, reconfirming that no personal information – such as address or payment information – could be accessed by the tool.

Nonetheless, Yoshi-P said "I am very disappointed that this kind of tool exists, but we will be improving the system going forward," according to that fan translation. These improvements – which the devs are remaining vague about for now – will start to land in the upcoming patch 7.2, which promises to be the biggest𓆉 Dawntrail update yet.

"It's simply impossible": Final Fantasy 14 lead explains why the MMO's difficulty level will never be "just right" for all players.

Revealing as much during the most recent live letter stream from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Square Enix, Fin🃏al Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida walks fans through some of the content releasing with patch 7.2 in late March. Dubbed "Seekers of Eternity," the patch brings new main scenario quests continuing the 💫post-Dawntrail story as well as duties to run alongside them. For more story-focused or casual players, there's The Underkeep dungeon.

The Arcadion: Cruiserweight Tier is coming, too, with four new Normal raids and Savage variants. Another trial is also joining the plethora of patch 7.2 duties in both its Normal and Extreme form, t♑itled Recollection. As for content geared toward more dedicated fans of crafting and gathering, Cosmic Exploration is coming with Seekers of Eternity – and it's massive. Think the Diadem or Island Sanctuary, but if they were set among the uncharted stars.

Fans of instances like Eureka and The Bozjan Southern Front are eating good this patch, too, thanks to the addition of the Occult Crescent. With large-scale boss ꧒battles and 48-player raids, it sounds downright chaotic – but it's the jobs available within the Occult Crescent that truly set it apart. Known as Phantom Jobs, these unique mix-and-match classes offer new abilities on top of the ones alread♒y granted by normal jobs.

It's a lot of content coming at once, and this doesn't even cover it all. According to Yoshi-P, the patch will also address community concerns like the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:backend exploit third-party tools were taking advantage of. You can watch the full stream for more information if you're as excited as I am to hop into 7.2 once it's here, bu🐬t it's important to note that the stream is in Japanese and hasn't yet been translated into English.

"It's simply impossible": Final Fantasy 14 lead explains why the MMO's difficulty level will never be "just right" for all players

Square Enix just released it✱s for the nine-month period ending on December 31, where it broke down just how much money it made from merch. In the last nine months of 2024, the company cashed 14.8 billion yen (or roughly $97 million), which is a steady jump from its merch sales in the last two financial years over the same period.

So, what's responsible for the spike? Square Enix says it's "mainly driven by strong sales of new character merchandise," and pointed to a trio of "major products," namely, a set of acrylic Dragon Quest stands, a probably bolstered by the release of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and an exorbitantly-priced 2B statue.

That's no exaggeration, either. The of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nier: Automata's mascot retails for a𒈔 whopping $2,600, while the costs a marginally more 'affordable' $2,400. In fairness, the three-foot statue is absolutely gorgeous and I'd probably grab it if I ever unlock the IRL infinite money cheat.

"The base includes the support un🎶it 'Pod 042,' as well as many elements that tell the story of the battles of the YoRHa unit, such as parts of the YoRHa heavy armament unit and flight unit, as well as Virtuous Treaty, all of which are presented as a single three-dimensional piece," the item's description reads.

The deluxe version tries to justify the extra $200 with a head part without combat goggl🏅es, a right arm with the Virtuous Contract in hand, and a lower body part "in self-destruct mode" - AKA, her iconic outfit all ripped up, and that's probably the reason it seemingly outsold the cheaper version. (Sigh.)

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s PC sales were “fantastic,” analyst says after Steam players put the JRPG atop the US’ best-selling games chart.

Circana games industry analyst some info from Circana's own retail tracking service on Bluesky, and says that, across both physical and tracked digital൩ game purchases, "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was the best-selling game of the week ending Jan 25 in the US market ($ sales), while the FF7 Remake and Rebirth Twin Pack ranked third." That's a huge week for Final Fantasy, especially considering we're now approaching almost a year since Rebirth's initial release on PS5 – it goes to show that PC ports are seriously valuable for getting more players on board.

Responding to this info, Bloomberg reporter his own thoughts, concluding that "Steam has become a bright spot for many game-makers as console sales have flattened," and arguing that "console exclusives will become obsolete soon, especially for third-party publishers." The latter is an interesting suggestion, and it'd tie into Xbox's recent efforts to make more of its prior exclusives available on other platforms. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, one of Xbox's biggest 2024 games, is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:set to be playable on PS5 this spring, and it'll be 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:joined by Forza Horizon 5.

Anyway, given Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's success on PC, it makes you wonder if the third and final part of the remake trilogy could see a simultaneous release across PC and console. The wait between Rebirth's console and PC release was shorter than it was for Remake, but those without one of Sony's current-gen consoles still had a pretty long time to wait. At the very least, it's been confirmed that the next game won't be exclusive to the as-of-yet unannounced PS6, so we shܫouldn't need to worry about securing yet another new console in order to play it.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead asks thirsty PC players to not make "inappropriate" mods after FF16's Clive got swiftly unrobed.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director waℱs worried modders would be quick to add slightly more, err, risque cosmetics to the game's PC release, but indecent outfits aren't what's dominating modding website NexusMods. Reshades, tech improvements, support for ultrawide screens, and new hair colors were qu꧑ick to pop up onto the site before any nudist mods tainted our childho🌞od icons.

Some Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players have now turned its combat into chaos, though. In the vanilla game, characters who aren't actively in your chosen party of thr🐭ee will occasionally give you support from the background - now, the '' mod makes all heroes, both in and out of your party, way more involved. They don't just sit in the backgroꦫund and rain down fire from far away; they're right up in the action.

Once you combine that with a mod that permanently - two characters you get to control in only a select few moments - then fights turn into utter chaos with all nine of them slashing away at enemies at the same time. Twitterer GamesLover went one step further and somehow managed to cycle through all characters, as well. You're usually only allowed to swap between three characters at a time, so the clip embedded above seems to give the player a little more control over all the mayhem. I cou🔯ldn't quite find any mods that let you co☂ntrol more than whoever's in your party, nor has anyone glitched the game into submission just yet, so I'm not too sure how GamesLover was able to get this to work. Still, anything's possible in future mods.

“There are mods that could shock some players”: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director agrees mods “breathe life” into games like Fallout and Skyrim, but says please keep it clean. 

As part of a video series on Square Enix's YouTube channel, actors Briana White (Aerith) and John Eric Bentley (Barret) meet up for a chat – a party chat, if you will. The who꧑le hour is worth watching for the rather wholesome vibes theဣy bring, but a highlight is White reminiscing over how Bentley helped put her at ease.

Bentley recalls a m🍷oment in Vancouver post-E3 that allowed the cast of Final Fantasy 7 Remake to chat properly. With most of the recording done at that point, White adds that she was able to ask about the process –⛎ "is this normal, is that normal, am I cut out for this?" Given her "lack of experience," the situation was likely rather new.

Getting directly to the pointജ, White says that Bentley simply told her, "They cast you for a reason, and you are allowed to be in that booth, 🍬and to bring makes you special to the acting. That just opened up a whole new world for me."

Barely missing a beat, Bentley tells White she took the role elsewhere because she made it her own. And, just a few years later, she has a rather shiny 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Golden Joystick award for Best Supporting Actor to show for it. Love𓃲ly.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ending proved divisive, but the director of the original JRPG is "very satisfied" with Part 3's story and is confident you will be too.

Last December, Hamaguchi asked modders "not to create or install anythin🐼g offensive or inappro♛priate" in an interview. And you can see wh🔯y – brooding Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive was swiftly unrobed when the action game hit PCs, after all. Given the chance to clarify his position further, Hamaguchi tells 𝓡that he sees modding as a "positive thing" and uses the odd mod himself, just, you know, be careful out there.

"I wasn’t trying to tell people not to use mods," he says. "It was more about being m𒈔indful. Both creators and users alike should ensure mods don’t detract from the intended game experience."

Hamaguchi acknowledges the range of mods available, from helpful UI customizations to "extreme" costume changes and reverse engineering, though it's the latter sort he's been referring to. "There are mods that could shock some players, so I encourage users to research what they’re installing and for creators to be mindfulꦜ of their audience," he says.

Can the raging thirst of the Final Fantasy fandom be contained on PC? . Still, I respect😼 the point Hamaguchi is trying to get across. Horny mods aside, Hamaguchi appreciates what a modding community can do to keep breathing new life into a game long after its release.

“Mods have played a significant role in the rise of the PC m🧜arket," he says. "Look at series like Fallout or The Elder Scrolls – even years after release, new mods breathe life into these games, making players want to come back to them."

So there you have it. Hamaguchi seems on board with the sweeping range of benefits that a modding community brings. Just, you k🐽now, consider what y🐭our search preferences are when scouring mod websites.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ending proved divisive, but the director of the original JRPG is "very satisfied" with Part 3's story and is confident you will be too.

Once described by Doom creator John Romero as his "programming god", programmer Nasir Gebelli is a legend of game development, having programmed the first three entries in the Final Fantasy series, as well as Secrets of Mana. But despite his clear impact on RPG history, he revealed in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:an interview with GamesRadar+ that until the first Final Fantasy ga🃏me, h💝e had never even seen an RPG before.

"I thought it was pretty similar to what I was doing for Apple in the same processor," he begins, "so as far as coding, it was pretty simple. There was no learning curve. But I'd never seen any role-playing games until Final Fantasy." Having never worked on an RPG before, this understandably provided some challenges for Gebelli. "For example, you're playing ♕this level, and this level has this manyꦐ messages. While you're playing the game, if the computer can create this background and messages and store them in the temporary memory, and if needed display them, it's gonna take much less memory."

That being said, Gebelli notes that the challenges of working on something so new were part of what made the work so enjoyable. "It was 🉐a challenge, but at the same time it was exciting to be able to do something different."

With hundreds of people working on today's Final Fantasy titles, it can be hard to appreciate just how big a role Gebelli alone played in the series' early development, with some developers believing that the original games took 16 years to receive a remake simply because 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gebelli's code was too good to replicate.

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In an interview with , Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi discussed his previous game, 2021's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fantasian, which had a PC and console release last month, and how he had initially planned to step back from work for goo🦂d following its release. However, while he "intended Fantasian to be my final project before I retired," he now plans to finish his career with a game he views as 🎉"a successor to Final Fantasy 6."

Fantasian is a game that has drawn comparisons with Final Fantasy 6, the last game in the series to use the original 2D-pixel art style that characterised the series in its early years, though Sakaguchi views things dꦆifferently. "My approach to creating Fantasian was different from my previous works. For this project, I aimed to tap into my inner creativity to earnestly craft an RPG once more, so because of this, drawing comparisons with existing games felt pointless to me," he explains, before describing Fantasian as "somewhat of a farewell note from me."

However, Sakaguchi found the process of developing Fantasian so enjoyable, that he decided to stick around to develop one more game with the team. "The fantastic team that was assembled to complete [Fan🌊tasian] was so enjoyable to work with that I found it hard to part ways," he begins, "I'm currently working on a new project with the same team that worked on Fantasian."

While ⛦he wants to explore the idea of a successor to Final Fantasy 6, Sakaguchi is clear that it won't just be a rehashing of old ideas. "Our goal is to create something old but new at the same time," he says. "It'll be part two of my farewell note."

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We first got word that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's story had been completed back in November last year, and this came up again in a new (with translations , checked using Google and DeepL♚). In it, Kitase, who also served as producer on Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth, says he tasked Tetsuya Nomura, the director of Remake and creative director of Rebirth, with making something that wouldn't just "respect the original," but also give a "sense of satisfaction" that goes beyond what the 1997 game offered.  

It couldn't have been an easy task, and there's no doubt that the team will have had in mind the mixed responses to Rebirth's conclusion, even if director Naoki Hamaguchi recently explained that the devs "wanted to inspire speculation and discussion among fans during the gap between the second and third game," and therefore got 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"the response we wanted to achieve." However, it sounds like Part 3's story is likely meant to be more universally accepted, as Kitase says he's "very satisfied with ꦓit" and is "sure" that fans will be, too.

Square Enix is yet to show off Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, or even give it an official name, for that matter, but expectations are high. With that said, Kitase previously claimed that this is what he wants, saying: "I really hope the fans can have ཧgreat expectations toward this game, and we will meet those expectations. We will definitely expand on and make the world of Final Fantasy 7 even bigger than it is now." 

If you're on the lookout for more games to play in the meantime, be sure to check out our roundup of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best JRPGs.

In a recent interview with (with translations provided by ), producer Yoshinori Kitase says we can "rest assured" that the third game in the Remake trilogy won't be exclusive to PS6. Remake was exclusive to the PS💙4 before it came to PC, and Rebirth never touched the PS4 at all but launches on PC today.

If you're wondering why we're reporting on the PS6 when it hasn't even been announced yet, it's because Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 hasn't been in development for long. Square Enix started work on it "right after Rebirth ended, in March, April 2024, so we’ve been developing it for about nine months already," Kitase says, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the plot has been completed already🙈. Remake came out in April 2024, s🦩o we may be waiting until 2028 to play the final entry of this series.

By then, the PS6 will likely be out, and after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the supply issues we all faced when the PS5 first launched, it makes sense people are worried about anything being exclusive to the platform when i🍸t comes out.

This doesn't mean that the game won't be exclusive to PlayStation, however. It may simply be available on both the PS5 and PS6. Don't hold your breath for a PS4 version, though. Square Enix said last year that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rebirth sales were "below expectations," so it may try to break from Sony exclusivity for the finale and come to Xbox, too, or launch on PC at the same time rather than mont𝔉hs later.

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