Final Fantasy Producer Naoki Yosphida

Clear and obscure: Adventure 33 It has always been one of the breakthrough hits in 2025. It's also a classic-style turn-based role-playing game that takes clues from many popular series including Final Fantasy. Both factors raise many questions about whether Final Fantasy may recover its roots, and this question is now raised as one of the leading edges of Final Fantasy’s Leading Direction.

The director/producer of Final Fantasy 14 and the producer of Final Fantasy 16, Naoki Yoshida was asked Interview with Animenewsnetwork After the success of Clair Obscur, is Mainline Final Fantasy reverting to a turn-based game.

“With this question of turn-based action, it tends to isolate gameplay to the combat system,” Yoshida said. “This doesn't take into account the game that the creator wants to pass to the player. For example, based on a certain graphic quality we want to show to the player, or the narrative we want to convey to the player, it has to do with how we set up the game system around it. This includes the combat system, game design, and the feel of the game. This is not a clear answer, if it's a turn-based measure, or it will become more actionable.

“(I) don't have to play Final Fantasy 17, so we don't want to hinder or limit our future directors, or who will produce 17 or even 18 games,” Yoshida continued. “We don't want to put them on the rails.”

Essentially, the answer is still in the air. After all, Final Fantasy changes with each entry; in addition to creating new stories and casts for each mainline numbering entrance, each game can also evolve or change from highly iterative to a comprehensive evolution or change. Check out the gameplay transition from Final Fantasy 9 in 12 and 13, highlighting how the series often impresses things for every successive installment payment.

Best Mainline Final Fantasy Game

Best Mainline Final Fantasy Game

In the context of Final Fantasy 16, Yoshida talked about this and chose a system that focused heavily on action. That Entry attempts to attract other groups of peopledue to the “expected” sales and impact of the mainline Final Fantasy.

We have had these conversations before, around the future of Final Fantasy and may be done again. After all, by Development timetable In the last few main gameplays, it may be a little bit until we start hearing Final Fantasy 17, less than 18 or over 18.

Meanwhile, Clair obscures: Expedition 33 and its development team at Sandfall Interactive Success is certainly achieved By honing your goals and passions, Maybe this is the real goal to pursue.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.