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The Final Fantasy 16 producer has had his say on the first FF 14 and FF 15, explaining that they have ruined the saga’s reputation.
Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida said the original Final Fantasy 14 and Final Fantasy 15 had an impact on the series’ reputation .
In a new interview with the Japanese newspaper 4Gamer, Naoki Yoshida talked about the reputation of Final Fantasy among the younger generation of players, pointing out how the long development times meant that no title of the series was released during the adolescence of these. younger generations, thus making other video game series more popular.
Furthermore, the original Final Fantasy 14 and Final Fantasy 15 created a bad impression and affected the reputation of the series. The first had a disastrous launch that required a relaunching, while the second is felt to have been released as an incomplete game.
Being the producer of Final Fantasy 16, Naoki Yoshida had to take this view of the public into account and wants to show that a different Final Fantasy is definitely possible, not repeating the mistakes of the past. Some players, as pointed out by Yoshida himself in the interview, will not be convinced easily, as they think that the next chapter of the series will be the same as the previous one, but the producer and the development team are determined to make a game that suggests that the series, as a whole, is fantastic.
Yoshida also revealed that the Kingdom Hearts team contributed to Final Fantasy 16’s combat system.
