With Ultimate Fantasy XVI out the door, Sq. Enix and followers are wanting in direction of what’s subsequent, and what’ll seemingly be referred to as Ultimate Fantasy XVII.
There’s no actual information on what that sport will appear like but, however when it comes to who’ll be engaged on it, Ultimate Fantasy director and producer Naoki Yoshida thinks somebody new ought to be given the reigns.
Yoshida-san directed final 12 months’s Ultimate Fantasy XVI and a number of different entries within the collection, and may very well be referred to as one of many ‘previous guard’ nonetheless engaged on the collection.
Which appears to be partly why in a current podcast interview with Sony’s personal Shuhei Yoshida, the Ultimate Fantasy veteran needs to see some younger blood infuse their very own concepts into the collection.
“I’ve had the prospect to work on two of those, 14 and 16, so possibly it’s time for somebody new, as an alternative of getting the identical previous guys deal with the subsequent one.
I feel in some methods it might be good to look to the longer term and herald a youthful era, with younger sensibilities, to make a brand new Ultimate Fantasy with challenges that swimsuit at the moment’s world.”
Yoshida-san did even have some recommendation for whoever does take the reigns although, as a veteran himself.
“Simply dive in and first put down on paper what you consider can be essentially the most gratifying Ultimate Fantasy, earlier than considering too onerous about it.”
You may take a look at the complete interview with English subtitles under.
Supply – [Game Maker’s Notebook Podcast via Eurogamer]