Square Enix announces that the publisher’s nextFinal Fantasyproject will beFinal Fantasy Legends 2, a game made exclusively for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Even for a franchise with the kind of dizzying highs theFinal Fantasyseries has experienced, 2016 has been a good year. Thepositive reception for theWorld of Final Fantasy, which was a big risk during development due to its art direction that aims at ensaring a younger audience, has paid dividends for Square Enix. The publisher now enters the 2016 holiday season with more good will to its name than it has had in years, and Square Enix is not resting on its laurels ahead of the company’s immenseFinal Fantasy 15launch in under a month.
Earlier in October, Square Enix unveiled a website that hinted at a brand newFinal Fantasyproject for mobile devices. Not much was known about the game besides the fact that Square Enix had enlisted the aid of Takashi Tokita, the director behindChrono Trigger, and Yoshitaka Amano, one of the most prominent artists to ever be involved with theFinal Fantasyfranchise. Today, Square Enix revealed just a little bit more about its newest project, announcing thatFinal Fantasy Legends 2is in development for iOS and Android devices.
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That announcement is a big deal, even if western video game fans aren’t likely to realize it at first glance.Final Fantasy Legendswas localized in the west asFinal Fantasy Dimensions, a game that paid homage to the old school NES versions ofFinal Fantasyand received a fair amount of critical praise in doing so. Takashi Tokita referred to the game as a “rebirth” on the website, which could really mean just about anything - Square Enix has enjoyed implementing vague,mysteriousFinal Fantasytrailerslately, and the description ofFinal Fantasy Legends 2is more of the same.
Final Fantasy Legends 2is currently in a pre-register campaign, and Square Enix is calling it “a newFinal Fantasylegend” while adding an addendum that states"a new adventure begins". Plans for a Western release, if there are any, have yet to be announced - but if Square Enix does decide to release the game in North America and Europe it’s a safe bet it will be calledFinal Fantasy Dimensions 2when it does.
Now thatFinal Fantasy 15has gone gold, Square Enix is wasting little time in telling the world whereFinal Fantasyis headed next.Final Fantasyon mobile has been a consistent formula for success for Square Enix in Japan, but the publisher has found western markets to be a little bit more difficult to impress. With Tokita and Amano on board, however, if there was ever a mobileFinal Fantasytitle that could buck the current trend, it’s definitelyFinal Fantasy Legends 2.
Final Fantasy Legends 2has no release date, but is confirmed for release in Japan on iOS and Android devices. No Western release date has been confirmed at this time.
