The Next BIG Final Fantasy Could Be On The Way 

I just want ff tactics remaster. Something like the tactics ogre reborn remaster. That was so good.

I would rather them stick to rebirth’s combat system for future final fantasy games and just build upon it. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

i hope it doesn't require 18 billion copies to be sold this time

I hope that Final Fantasy 17 returns us to the roots medieval magic and such but with a happy ending just like 9 was man what good times back then.

Strangers of Paradise Sequel, Tactics, FF9R...I'd be happy with any of these.

I would love to see a nostalgic theme for FF17 in the way FF9 paid homage to past titles. Bring me all the white/black mage’s and crystals and classic lore.

I absolutely LOVED FF16. However, there are 2 things I would have appreciated: 1) being able to directly control the other characters and 2) elemental weakness / resistance in most enemies.

I hope it's FF17. Creative Studio III is insanely talented and skilled, I want to see them develop another FF main single player title now that they have more experience with it

I’d love an HD-2D FF game!

I believe they're definitely making a Tactics game, either a remake or a new entry. As for their second game, FF9 remake. He brought up the fact they're referencing ff9 in dawntrail and that its a secret. If that secret was just FF9 themed alliance raid, it'd be a terrible surprise, especially since they've referenced other FF themed raids without secrecy.

Final Fantasy Tactics remake would be a dream come true.

I want a FF17 with the rebirth system.

Final fantasy 11 remake please!

*FF XIII series Remasters please with QoL changes and some tweaks*

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I personally love dark fantasy, which is why I'm excited to play FFXVI when it gets on PC. but I can totally understand the need to switch genres, especially from a genre that can be a bit distressing after awhile. Koji's statement about Yoshi-P makes alot of sense especially when you look at Dawntrail being kinda sorta the "Beach vacation episode" for FFXIV which has had aloooot of dark stuff going on the past expansions.

I just need a mainline game with the scenario written by Ishikawa. Her being less involved in FF14 really hints towards this.

Gosh I am super excited to see what Creative Studio 3 has in store for the future! All I can do is speculate, and I honestly can't wait to hear more!🙌🏽🤩💞 Thank you for covering the interview NSP!❤ I am also struggling with the new rebranding from CBU3 to CS3.😅 It will take a while to get used to!

Just need FF7R pt3, deal with the rest later.

They need to do something with FFXI ………

A Final Fantasy game in the style of Wuthering Waves + Final Fantasy 16 would be SO my jam!

FF16 was my favorite FF since 9 tbh

Final Fantasy is in an interesting place right now. I do wonder if the next game is going to be “scaled down “ a bit. The games may vary in quality but I never regretted my time with any of them. Let’s see what they bring to the table.

FFIX remake would make my life complete, over 2 decades i've been replaying it over and over again. I don't think i'll ever stop

I want an FF with the epicness and twists of 7, the music and y2kness of 8, the charm and bittersweetness of 9, the unique world and romance of 10, etc.

Can we just get FF versus 15 though? Or at least a complete remake or retelling story of ff15. We really need to finish their story without having to finish the anime, movie, dlc and novel. Like, a COMPLETE vision of both Tabata and Nomura; mixed into ONE game.

The fact he expects these games to be announced soon makes me think they're probably not FF17. Unless they work much faster with 17 than they did with 16, I don't see their potential 17 coming out before late 2027 at the earliest, after FF9R, KH4, DQ12 and probably FF7R part 3. (unless soon means 2025 with an announcement 2 to 3 years before the intended release)

I'd like to se CS3 focus on smaller projects while they catch their breath before tackling another big game. As for FF17, I'd love to see another swing in the Ivalice universe. Are the FF12 folks still around?

It sucks. FF16 has a lot of potential on fixing itself and be even greater. I would have liked to see FF16 have character control over Joshua tree and Jill. It should not only be about Clive. It would add more strategy to the game to use other characters. You can use Joshua for fire and Jill for ice . Instead of Clive doing it all. You could have team up attacks. There could be weaknesses and strengths between the other elements ie using Jill and Joshua. Fire vs ice etc. this could even be done in side character focused dlcs . The DLC of 16 was doing disappointing mostly because it had no bearing on the ending. Now 16 is finally done and dead with only pc coming. It's unfortunate. There were a lot of great things in 16 we may not see in future Final fantasy games so it would have been better for more DLC or parts after PC .

I want ff 17 with FF 7 rebirth combat system, ff16 has wonderful combat but as I said before it's lack of the rpg element.

Even if the next FF isn't a dark fantasy or setting, I would like to see more games with a mature rating going forward. Going from FF16 to FF7 Rebirth was noticeably different, and I thought the remake series would have been pretty cool if it was more mature, and had some more graphic moments for it's dark segments etc since the sensorship of some parts just felt weird with lack of blood or showing anything

I want a main series FF game that feels kinda like Kingdom Hearts, personally. Something that backs away from realism and focuses more on whimsy and creative scenarios. FF15 and FF16 both aim for a level of realism and immersion and while they did well, 16 especially, I'm just kinda tired of it. I want something cute. Something playful. Make a game that feels like it can don the more mascot-y looks for Chocobos and Moogles without the extreme realism slapped on top- yet with a level of detail and care put into it that's just as present. Maybe something more pixar or anime feeling in that way? Again- something like Kingdom Hearts. I feel like this is something the Final Fantasy series has barely if ever played with actually. Even FF9, for how cute it is, still goes for a certain immersive, realistic feeling with its designs, environments, etc. Just in a more "super detailed children's storybook" kinda way. FF17 being colorful and expressive would be a really cool change of pace.

They need to be working on tactics lol

Insane how it's already been a year...

I hope the next project will be final fantasy 17 or final fantasy 9 remake

CBU III needs another chance at a mainline FF since they have more experience now.

I'm kind of hoping that a different team is working (will work?) on Final Fantasy XVII. I love XVI but I'd prefer something a little more traditional. I'd be happy with a game the builds on or takes inspiration from Rebirth. I'm actually hoping it's new IP. As long as SE learned lessons from Forspoken. I'm actually a fan of it but I'm not blind to it's flaws.

I would love to see an FFII,FFIV and FFVI remake

I'm sure the titles cs3 are working on will be amazing no matter what they choose to do.

If they were to do the battle gameplay of IX similar to VIIR, it would be cool if they stuck to the big change IX had from VII and VIII's ATB: lower enemy HP. Even though the hardest enemies capped barely above 60,000, for that reason they hit hard, really hard. Any offense you could dish out in that game was a struggle because you have to heal and prepare so much between your attacks.

I'm honestly surprised you haven't passed a million subs yet

I think the best case scenario is that it's a new IP. If square wants another hack & slash that's all good but it shouldn't be what Final Fantasy is from now on imo. Final Fantasy can be many things, but it must be an rpg first and foremost. And XVI didn't hit that mark.

I hope they are making new hack n slash ip. We rarely get high profile fast paced action games, it's all soulslike nowadays. Ff16 had great ideas in combat and enemy design and responsive controls. There are issues and poorly though out moments, but that's exactly why I hope they continue improving on what they did in 16. I genuinely bielive that Creative Unit 3 can make a character action game that would rival Devil May Cry, Bayonetta and Ninja Gaiden.

Awesome, this is good news from Creative Studio 3

will be great to see Vagrant Story on FF16 engine

I wouldn't mind XVII being the exact carbon copy of 7 Rebirth in all but characters and story

I hope it’s prehistoric

17 needs to use Remake/Rebirth's ATB system

still waiting to play FF16 on PC and STEAAAAAAM, pls YoshiP

FF 17 could be like Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

Matsuno is working on something. We know how much Yoshida looks up to Matsuno. These two have to be cooking something, right?

I hope its not FF 17 but 18 as I want 17 to come out sooner than later and I want 17 to be a Nomura Produced and Creative Director Game of Verum Rex with KH 2's combat lead on it. And if they continue to use the Radec Engine I hope they work out the performance for consoles so it can be as smooth as a God of War Ragnarok.

Please bring back the turn base system, and a good story and side squeak like FF7, FF8, FF9, and FFX

I hope they arent working on FF9 remake, i dont want that to be devoid of RPG mechanics like FF16 was

After they finish the 7 remake series, I'd love to see a remake of tactics,8,9 and 10. I really think they could open the world more on 10. I don't want to see them change anything about those games. Just make an updated version of them that looks and plays good on the new systems

FF X Origins, Strange Of Paradise: Jecht, Auron and Braska I want the story of how they actually planned to kill Yevon, how Jecht meant for himself to become Sin. And the original plan was for Auron to be the one to kill him and Yevon. But they failed because Kinoc betrayed Auron when they were going after Yunalesca because Kinoc wanted to perpetuate the Yevon religion because he wants to maintain control of the population.

I want them to scale down and release new FFs every third year or so with focus on great stories and characters. Use graphics akin to Octopath or something. The ultra ambitious scope nowadays gives us one new mainline entry every decade of we're in luck. It's ridiculous.

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After 7 and 9 are done I would love to see a proper remake for FF8, however I don't know if this will happen anytime soon or even at all. Still, there's a glimmer of hope. Also, games like Xenogears or Chrono Trigger really need some visual upgrades. Even Star Ocean 2 got a remake, so why not these popular titles?

I can definitely see them working on the rumored IX remake but does that mean IX will be action based instead of turn based? But to me, they’re probably working on a genshin like game. I think this is what YoshiP meant when he said it would be more challenging now since they’ll be constantly delivering content, updates and patches to this new game just like genshin while also working on XIV expansions. This also makes sense since they were hinting about hiring new people to work on new projects. Didn’t Luminous Studios just got dissolved back into SE? They have worked on 2 open world games - something that CS3 needs to make a genshin like game. I can see CS3 hiring some of the LS staff for this genshin like game specifically. And the last hint for me is how they talk about being done with dark themes for quite a while. Genshin like games are light hearted. Those are my speculations. I always thought the VIIR team would be making the genshin like game because of how great rebirth’s open world is but I’m guessing they’re super busy working on remake part 3.

FFXVII - bring back classic turn based combat in 4k and create it masterfully like they once did. It was once the king of the JRPG genre, it hasnt shown it in over 20 years now.

Creative Studios III has my full support. Final Fantasy XVI was so top tier that I am positive their next triple-A project will be epic. Fingers crossed, it is the next series' installment.

Yoshi-P, more like Yoshi-B with the B meaning Based.

I seem to be alone on this, but I wanna see a FF6 remake. YOU'RE THE GREATEST NSP!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

À turn based ff xvii with ffxvi's graphics and animations would be great, kinda like lost odyssey

“Torgal and F(r)iends” mini game

Thing is, I absolutely love the main gameplay of 16, so I would love to see a comeback, but this time the game needs more RPG, more depth to tactics, enemy design and character building, it needs a reason for world exploration and it needs more varied quest design.

They know whats good, it depends if they want to keep making new ideas or stick with already know that works. Ff9 was a great equation btw

Ngl the new name CS3 just reminds me of the old Adobe Photoshop naming scheme from back in the day lmao

I don't know. But hopefully a new Parasite Eve or a new action IP.

I hope next FF still made in a medieval setting.

If your telling me that the team who makes ff14 and 16 are remaking ff9 and tactics I'm all in those are not just some of my favorite ff games but games in general and business 3 making those would be amazing

16 took years and that was after it announcement, I doubt 17 will be for 4 to 5 years, but 16 was announced 5 years after 15 came out. I doubt 17 will be till way later

I heard that FF17 will be in black and white, in a sad desert with a flippy hair emo character, and then transition into a colorful Hiroyuki Ito game with Uematsu playng Somewhere Over the Rainbow. And then emo dude cuts his hair, and takes off the 10 belts he's been wearing, and gives his gothic armor to a neaby homeless man. At least that's what the leakers tell me. Lol

i want a chrono trigger remake, it deserves just as much love as final fantasy. would be a nice tribute to akira toriyama as well, since he worked on the art of the original.

I think more FF fans care about the story having serious themes and strong characters rather than being set in a dark fantasy setting; I personally prefer the dark fantasy setting but there is a certain degree of audience focalization when games are rated M. I hope they don't shy away from covering serious stuff, cause at the end of the day well written characters within difficult tribulations makes very memorable characters

He's tired of dark fantasy? He hasnt even done dark fantasy yet. FF Versus XIII was supposed to be dark but they had to completely redo it so it would sell in China.

Honestly if so much investment was made for yet another new game engine, they're more likely than not to continue trying to recoup costs by developing KH4 with it, which might lend to why things have been very hushed and delayed with its progress.

FF11 is an MMO, FF14 also an MMO, 14 plus 3 is 17, so.... 17 also an MMO?

there's going to be another final fantasy game?! 😮😮😮

Lighthearted? Im struggling to think of any Final Fantasy games that fit that......

I wonder if Yoshi-P still wants to make another MMO still, like he mentioned not too long ago. Maybe that's 'the next big step'...

they should bring hiroyuki ito as the next director again for 17.pls square

Still waiting for that next truly great FF, tired of being disappointed

14s gameplay loop being used in 16 meant all the parts I hate about 14 being the focus in 16. The cutscenes and objectives just didn’t do it for me at all. I was very disappointed in 16, after having been 100% excited to play going to really resenting honestly. lol I know I’m being way too hopeful and unrealistic but I can’t help but notice the use of “paradigm shift”. Lol

Based on what yoshi p said: 1. One of it should be new IP, lighthearted theme one 2. Another one most probably Tactics remastered

Jill! ❤ I hope when the PC versions come out, they will give us a last update that will make other characters playable. Especially Jill.

I hope when the FFT remake comes out that it's not gridbased, I hope it's more similar to Xcom, Battletech, or BG3. I really dislike grids for some reason, every time I play a game with grids they always make me sleepy and I just lose interest quickly. No matter how good the game is, it always happens without fail.

If Square-Enix was smart, they would give FF17 to Yoko Taro. Imagine what he could do, with a good studio behind him(like he had with Nier Automata), and an AAA budget?! But unfortunately for us, Square is not smart.

I love Final Fantsy game & and !) are may fav ones I just wish ff 7 remake and ff 16 was on xbox

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I doubt that CS3 will be involved with making FF9 Remake if that is actually being made but they'll definitely work on something FF related.

Only things that would make me jump out of my seat from Square right now: FF7 Remake pt. 3 Ff9 Remake Chrono Trigger Remake FF Tactics Remake or Remaster Parasite Eve Trilogy Remake.

Just want another FF16 DLC that gives us a happy ending for Clive and Jill!

It will be FF17, and 17 wil be a shooter. For the brand addicts who always say they are fine with everything. I'm going with either the Tactics or IX remake.

I think its a new IP and A FF spinoff game or remaster before they go on to develop FF17. Its a bit too soon for 17 and smaller games as mentioned before could help in giving developers experience and filling the SE lineup for the future.

Bring back old school FF turn based!!!!

I actually really like 15 but it’s crazy that’s it’s more profitable than 16 which is a better game. I hope they stick to multiplatform

OMG FF16 TACTICS WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER PLEEEEEEEEEASE MAKE IT!!!!!!