You’re not alone in wanting a new Final Fantasy Tactics game, as it turns out Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida wants one too.
It’s been a long while since a new Final Fantasy Tactics game was released. While the spin-off games are a fan favourite, only a handful of titles with the Tactics subtitle were ever released, though those that are fans of the games have a lot of love to give them. Interestingly enough, Yoshi-P recently shared in an interview with TheGamer that he would be interested in seeing a new one too. When asked about using Final Fantasy 16 as the base for a new Tactics game, Yoshida, Rising Tide DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka, and localisation director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox all apparently laughed and agreed that its scale might not be the best way to go about it. “What would we even call it?” Fox laughed, “Final Fantasy 16 Tactics? That’s a lot.”
Yoshida went on to say, “We have a lot of our staff who worked on previous games like Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy 12, so you’re going to have a lot of that [Tactics] feel because a lot of the same people are on the team. We’re very happy for you to suggest this because we’re all fans, but if we were going to make this, we wouldn’t want to do the same story that turns out to be a different story.”
VelocityRacer95
It’s exciting to hear that even the producer of Final Fantasy 16 is interested in a new Tactics game! The idea of merging the two worlds is intriguing, but I can understand the hesitation in keeping the story fresh and unique. It’s great to know that there are still fans within the development team who have worked on previous Tactics games. The potential for a new entry in the series is definitely something to look forward to!