As reported recently, Square Enix’s marketing team in America had an issue with Naoki Yoshida. During an interview with UT Magazine he said that development on Final Fantasy XVI is “in the final stretch.” The title had been recently pushed back six months in December 2021.
Yoshida then spoke with the NieR series producer Yosuke Saito and this is what they talked about.
Yoshida: “We said the next time we’d release information is in the spring… And I’m being told, ‘so when exactly is spring to you?’”
Saito: “After all, the NieR Re[in]carnation collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV is supposed to be in the early summer, and that’s already next week. Right now we’re in between spring and early summer.”
Yoshida: “No no… The trailer is already complete. But it was delayed for various reasons. I think it’ll come out soon.”
Saito: “I’ve seen some other footage as well. I was really impressed by what you guys made.”
Yoshida: “You were practically chuckling by how absurdly well-made it was. That being said, the development team has put in tremendous effort. From this point, we’re fervently playing it through, polishing, debugging, and thoroughly optimizing, so I think we’re going to take a little longer there. It’s already come together considerably. I feel like we should spend a little more time in that area.”
If this conversation is any indication of how well production is going then color me intrigued and excited. Here is the original trailer from 2020. Check out the official site to learn more about the world and the characters of the upcoming game.
There is brief information about six realms including The Grand Duchy of Rosaria, The Holy Empire of Sanbreque, The Kingdom of Waloed, The Dhalmekian Republic, The Iron Kingdom, and the Crystalline Dominion. In addition, readers will be introduced to the Eikons, “the most powerful and deadly creatures” in the world. Lastly, a number of characters are profiled including the protagonist Clive Rosfield, his brother, Joshua Rosfield as well as Jill Warrick.
