Final Fantasy 16 won’t be directed by Naoki Yoshida regardless of rumors on the contrary.
Recent rumors pegged Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida for Final Fantasy 16, however the rumors usually are not true, in keeping with Yoshida.
Speaking throughout an ongoing Final Fantasy 14 stream, Yoshida was requested by a fan if the rumors of him helming the subsequent entry within the collection have been true.
“Looks like some kind of big fake news came out,” Yoshida wrote in response to the query in chat (thanks, RPGsite). “I’ll say it clearly – it’s annoying.
“I’m nonetheless going to proceed being answerable for Final Fantasy 14 for extra years to come back so long as I don’t die from illness or accident. So please ignore any non-official bulletins. It’s so bothersome.”
A job posting again in 2019 indicated Square Enix and Yoshida’s Third Development Division have been engaged on a “new core project following Final Fantasy 14,” and that the studio had “begun the challenge for the next generation.”
The itemizing famous the preliminary improvement was accomplished and it was heading into full-scale improvement. This appeared to point Yoshida’s studio is engaged on a more moderen title for next-gen with work persevering with on FF14.
Rumors of Final Fantasy 16 being in development go way back to 2017. With the final bit of Final Fantasy 15 content launched in February of final 12 months, the workforce at Square might have already moved on to the subsequent installment within the franchise. With next-gen arising this vacation, it wouldn’t’ be extraordinary for Square to make an announcement of the game being in improvement, however that’s simply hypothesis because the game could also be a good distance off.
