Days after revealing the release date of the Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail expansion, Square Enix confirmed that fans can expect to hear more news about it during the next Letter from the Producer LIVE event on April 12 and 13. The upcoming Final Fantasy 14 broadcast is expected to touch upon Dawntrail news that was not covered at the March 23 PAX East panel.
Final Fantasy's Naoki Yoshida keen to direct another major title
11.03.2024 - 11:44 / eurogamer.net / Square Enix
Naoki Yoshida is keen to direct another major title for Square Enix.
Yoshida led development on Final Fantasy 16 on top of his work as producer and director for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, which will receive its next expansion Dawntrail later this year.
Yet despite all that work, he told Famitsu (translation via Aitai Kimochi) he would like to direct a «next major title».
To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Final Fantasy 16 DLC trailerWatch on YouTube«It's completely undecided as of now, but if the opportunity arises to work on the next major title, I would like to direct it myself!» he said.
Yoshida considered adding one more title to his name, but then decided against setting a ceiling for himself.
«If I were to fall into the trap of thinking 'I can only do one more title', then it might be marked as something odd, like 'Yoshida's masterpiece', which isn't a good look,» he said.
«For example, I'm in my 50s right now and still snowboarding, and the more I snowboard, the better I become. I honestly think I'm at my peak at the moment, no joke! I feel like I can still push even further, so in lieu of that, I haven't set a cap for myself.»
He added: «We don't know what the future holds, so why not challenge ourselves each time? I think that's definitely a better way to look at it. I hope that I can take even greater leaps to the likes I have not ever imagined.»
Previously, in an interview with Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, he said Final Fantasy 17 should be directed by someone new «instead of having the same old guys handle the next one». It seems, though, he's still interested in taking on the challenge himself.
Further, Yoshida has spoken to Game Informer about the forthcoming DLC for Final Fantasy 16 named The Rising Tide.
It's unlikely there will be more DLC for Final Fantasy 16 after this as Yoshida is keen to move on to the next project, but the door remains open.
«My honest answer is, 'I don't know at the moment,' but at the same time, the possibility isn't entirely zero,» said Yoshida when asked about more DLC. «I don't want to bar out any real possibilities at this time. The reason being is that we did spend a lot of effort [...] and time creating this game [...] and we put a lot of cutting edge technology into this game.
»And because of that, we were able to gain a lot of experience, a lot of learnings, that we can possibly apply to our next project or title. So my honest feeling is that the team does want to take on a new challenge and move on to a different project — maybe it's a completely new game, perhaps in a completely new form of entertainment. I feel like ultimately, that might be the best route for not just the players, but for us as well,
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