Square Enix's Business Division 1 is working on another title alongside Mobius Final Fantasy and the ports they have outsourced.
This title is directed by Motomu Toriyama, the man who has directed more Final Fantasy games than anyone else ever. In a developer survey posted by 4Gamer.net on December 27, 2014 he said the following:
Recently, Square Enix president & CEO, Yosuke Matsuda confirmed a new JRPG for home consoles will be revealed at or around E3 2015.
Even more recently, the director of Mobius Final Fantasy was revealed to be Naoki Hamaguchi, the main programmer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. He also was a programmer for both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2. This means that the following key members of the Final Fantasy XIII team are most likely working on Toriyama's new title.
- Yuji Abe (Game Design Director)
- Nobuyuki Matsuoka (Battle System Director)
- Daisuke Watanabe (Scenario Writer)
In addition to Yoshinori Kitase (Producer) and most likely Tetsuya Nomura (Main Character Designer).
What do you think this title will be? Do you believe Matsuda is talking about Toriyama's title? Speculate below.
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