The month of June is not yet over, which is usually a season of announcements for the video game industry and this time it began with a Sony State of Play, in which the second official trailer for final fantasy xvi for PlayStation 5. However, apparently the trailer had been ready for months, but Square Enix it was delayed due to the invasion of Ukraine.
In an interview with the Japanese portal Dengeki Online, the game’s producer Naoki Yoshida said that he delayed the Final Fantasy XVI trailer because he was worried that the ongoing situation would give another impression to the content of the trailer. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started at the end of February, but apparently the trailer for FF16 was ready since March.
Actually, it was ready to be released in March, but at the same time, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made the world’s situation unstable”, Naoki Yoshida on Final Fantasy XVI trailer.
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According to Naoki Yoshida, the fact that Final Fantasy XVI tackles heavy themes in its story made him wonder if the second trailer was going to be enjoyed by gamers, and when he shared the sentiment with Sony Interactive Entertainment it turned out that they were worried too. .
This was the reason why the trailer for Final Fantasy XVI was not published before, but since then it has been said that FF16 is about to finish its development and will have a “very dense” story to tell. In fact, in May the producer Naoki Yoshida had confirmed that the trailer was ready, but it took another month for us to see it.
Since we saw the trailer for Final Fantasy XVI in the State of Play we have received some details about the game from Square Enix, such as the fact that it is not an open world game but it took inspiration from the genre, as Yoshida wants it to be the game that brings Final Fantasy XVI to the generation of gamers who have no interest in the franchise.
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