FF Creator Wants to Make a "Successor to FFVI"

[@joshuahawaii]

Sakaguchi lived in Hawaii for a long time. I met him when he made Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. In the picture he is doing a Shaka 🤙🏼

[@madambutterfly1997]

Where did you get a full head of hair

[@ImOblivious]

Jandelaine

[@Irrashaimase1]

And can you take up surfing, bruh. 🌊🏄🤟

[@MushadX]

Bro!, i haven't seen you in min, and I'm shocked by your hair.

[@poloDhTip]

Just saw the article. Looking forward to sakaguchi's next rpg

[@DoktorWieg]

My guess as to what a successor to FFVI would be : 1) A large cast of characters with unique personalities / mechanics (ex : Umaro, Gogo, Gau) 2) While you get a PoV character, there's openness to the concept of a central protagonist so most of the characters likely could be the main protagonist of the story 3) Setting would mix magic and technology in some way, either opposed or combined (magitek). Perhaps two kinds of technology : one purely manmade and one made from magic? 4) Some kind of ATB (best ATB was FFX-2 in my opinion) for battles with abilities that manipulate ATB in some way 5) Either a class / job change system or equipable items that grants abilities you can learn (ie : Magicite) 6) Characters have personal goals on top of the main plot (ie : Locke wanting to return his girlfriend to life) or having an indecision about what they are doing after a major event (Terra wanting to look over children instead of fighting Kefka again) 7) Either 2D sprites or HD2D (if Octopath Traveler taught anything, it is that style would fit a remake or successor to FFVI perfectly)

[@Xylus.]

Beautiful locks

[@Ikuraga]

Hair Metal Mrhappy before GTAVI....What a time to be alive!

[@Varizen87]

The main thing holding I Am Setsuna back was the fact you couldn't use Inns. it made party healing a bit irritating. In my personal head canon, I choose to believe I Am Setsuna takes place after the fall of Zeal in Chrono Trigger, but long enough after the fact people have forgotten what happened, but not before the Ice Age faded.

[@lokikol6537]

Hitting the halfway point in Fantasian after being a huge FFVI fan got me thinking, “my man is doing it again!”

[@Makoholic11]

This is exciting news. 6 is by far my favorite as well.

[@AliceinEntropy]

Ys 1 and 2 are short and a bit old and clunky but I love them. Recommend trying Ys 1, not to mention the MUSIC.

[@Scerttle]

I know he ain't working directly for SE but it feels like Sakaguchi has finally come out of exile.

[@SuperRamos619]

I feel playing FFXIV reinvigorated his passion for game making.

[@ricky_pigeon]

I wonder if this was an idea when they made the tech demo for the N64 and used ff6 characters. Probably not though.

[@MrBaritone]

I have tuned in a while and had a culture shock. Hasn’t been that long has it?

[@BlaBlaBla-76]

Yes please!!

[@varmintx0]

Got a case of Hayao Miyazaki-itous.

[@thursdayangelgummybear1513]

That's a Shaka brah!

[@AliceinEntropy]

"AI" for devs is more than likely to be more powerful tools they already use, like unreal has terrain generation.

[@madambutterfly1997]

Sakaguchi: The Man Behind the Fantasy

[@OhNoTheFace]

Give me atb back and wild abilities for characters and lots of those characters

[@HenshinFanatic]

Didn't he already try that with Last Story?

[@ricky_pigeon]

3:43 typical upscale artifacts in some textures in FF14 after DT and i don't hear anyone mentioning AI so i guess people don't notice.

[@anonwalkerr]

I hope he doesn't do another diorama type game. The rendered backgrounds are cool but idk

[@Thederpyguide]

I found this interview pretty funny as I am playing fantasian right now as my really biggest thought with it is "wow this feels like a upgraded version of ff6" already

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

chained echos was definitely a spiritual successor to the og jrpg genre on whole

[@KAvanAlten]

I really wished I like it, but I really don't. I stopped right after you are out of town.

[@matc1995]

hair

[@KAvanAlten]

Why not call it Final Fantasy XVII?

[@OhNoTheFace]

Because I have a feeling that one will be another action game

[@KAvanAlten]

@OhNoTheFace Its possible, but every FF starts anew so don't need to be a follow up on its predecessor. SQ has suprised us in the past before. No one saw a FF MMO happening back in 2000 and suddenly there it was.

[@khonsu7603]

I'm pretty sure a few months ago you had just buzzed your hair, wth happened?!

[@Mrhappy1227]

I haven't cut my hair since October of 2023

[@toychristopher]

Yes please! I want a turn based game with an ensemble cast with an amazing story, both character driven stories and a grand overarching plot.

[@Onebie]

What i hope AI does in the future for game developement: Optimization Debugging Fill the world with more life For rpgs, i hope they can make bigger more vibrant cities with more courners to explore

[@DarynLuna]

Ai is theft. Dont be adumbass

[@marcosdheleno]

but they already did, its called ff7. the materia is literaly a better version of the esper system. and in 7 remake/rebirth, they managed to mixthe materia system with character unique abilities. making it the true successor to ffvi(which, while amazing, does suffer from the esper system basically making characters pointless as it vastly overpowered them with magic). now when it comes to story, again 7 could be seen as the successor to 6, since they both deal with similar themes, except, in 6 its magic, and magical beasts that they sacrifice in the name of power, x could also be seen as the successor to 6, so does 8 and 9. in many points.

[@kavlar3]

It would be a bad idea for SE to co-develop Sakaguchi's last game. Modern SE has proven themselves to be taken over by the west. Let Sakaguchi create his vision unfettered by corporate interests.

[@FF18Cloud]

I thought that was FF9 for him ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@Scerttle]

I see that more as a successor to FF4.

[@GorbixElite01]

It would make me really Mr.Happy if they just didn't. They will completely cock this up and you know it. Just leave the masterpieces alone. Modern square enix can't handle the raw story telling power of the older entries.