{"id":12344,"date":"2022-05-07T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T05:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12344"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:07:17","slug":"20220507-12344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220507-12344\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix\u2019s PR team was upset with Naoki Yoshida for saying how FFXVI is in the final stretch of development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220507-201606\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-07 13:09<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Square Enix held a <em>NieR Re[in]carnation<\/em> official livestream on May 6 to reveal new information about its collaboration with <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em>. The <em>NieR<\/em> series producer Yosuke Saito and the <em>FFXIV<\/em> producer and director Naoki Yoshida both made an appearance, with the latter mentioning that the company\u2019s North American marketing\/PR team was upset with him for saying how the development of <em>FFXVI<\/em> is in the final stretch, during an interview with Uniqlo\u2019s UT magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30cb\u30fc\u30a2 \u30ea\u30a3\u30f3\u30ab\u30fc\u30cd\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3 \u516c\u5f0f\u751f\u653e\u9001\u3000#9 \uff5eFF14\u30b3\u30e9\u30dc\u7279\u756a\uff5e\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNfFS5watmY?start=4360&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent collaboration between the <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> series and the Uniqlo brand took the form of a collection of T-shirts to celebrate the 35<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Square Enix\u2019s flagship franchise. The lineup includes 16 designs based on each mainline title from the first <em>FF<\/em> to <em>FFXVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoshida is involved in the collaboration as producer and director of <em>FFXIV<\/em> and producer of <em>FFXVI<\/em>. He recently spoke with UT magazine and left a comment saying how the development of <em>FFXVI<\/em> is in its final stages, which was spotted by multiple media outlets and became a topic of conversation on social media. And apparently, the company\u2019s marketing\/PR team wasn\u2019t too pleased by Yoshida\u2019s remark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoshida previously stated in December of 2021 that the \u201ccomplications stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have delayed the game\u2019s development\u201d by almost half a year and that the company plans to conduct the next big reveal in the spring of 2022. Fans have been waiting for new information for a while, which likely caused Yoshida\u2019s comment to spread wider than he anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/finalfantasyxvi\/status\/1475335618905669635\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Yoshida, a new trailer for <em>FFXVI<\/em> is already complete and will come out soon. The game itself is shaping up well, and the team will work on polishing and optimizing the game through playtesting and debugging going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Final Fantasy XVI<\/em> is currently in development for PlayStation 5.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">\u00a9 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. 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