After the latest launch of Fantasian: Neo Dimension on PC and consoles, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is at the moment engaged on one other sport as a part of his farewell tour, one which he envisions as a religious successor to Final Fantasy 6. Whereas Fantasian was alleged to be his sport growth swansong, the veteran sport producer defined that his time on the sport was extremely pleasant for him and that he could not flip down a possibility to proceed working with the Fantasian crew.
“I used to be considering of creating Fantasian: Neo Dimension my closing work, however the improbable crew that was assembled to finish this venture was so pleasant to work with that I discovered it arduous to half methods,” Sakaguchi mentioned to The Verge. “People are grasping creatures, aren’t we? For that motive, I am at the moment engaged on a brand new venture with the identical crew that labored on Fantasian: Neo Dimension. It is typically going to comply with an analogous type to my earlier works, and it will be one thing that may be a successor to Final Fantasy 6 in a superb way–our aim is to create one thing outdated however new on the similar time. It’s going to be half two of my farewell notice.”
Final Fantasy 6 was the ultimate mainline sport within the sequence to be developed in 2D, because the sequence shifted towards 3D sport graphics with Final Fantasy 7. Extremely considered among the finest Final Fantasy video games of all time because of its deep gameplay methods, ensemble solid, and story-based focus, Final Fantasy 6 has been ported to quite a few methods over the many years because it was first launched. When requested final 12 months by French YouTuber Julien Chieze, Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase defined {that a} remake of Final Fantasy 6 in the identical type because the latest Final Fantasy 7 remakes can be fairly difficult to supply and would take about 20 years to finish.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake producer Masaaki Hayasaka, nonetheless, thinks Final Fantasy 6 can be good for the HD-2D to work on. “Octopath Traveler–the first HD-2D title–was developed whereas referencing [Final Fantasy VI], because it had the highest-quality pixel artwork,” Hayasaka mentioned. “I’d like to see how the sport we referenced would look with the HD-2D artwork type.”