Final Fantasy's 35th Anniversary: What Announcements Can We Expect?
2022 is a big year for Final Fantasy. It's the franchise's 35th anniversary, and a major anniversary milestone for multiple individual FF titles. Final Fantasy V's 30th anniversary, Final Fantasy VII's 25th anniversary, and Final Fantasy XI's 20th anniversary all take place this year.
In a recent earnings call translated by David Gibson, Square Enix said announcements for Final Fantasy's 35th anniversary celebration are likely to come at the end of this month or June (which is home to Summer Game Fest and other Not-E3 events). Here's what we know so far about which Final Fantasy projects are in the works and what could possibly be announced.
During a Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier stream, Tetsuya Nomura said that FFVII news will come sometime in June. Updates on FFVII Remake Part II are very likely, but if the FFVII news in June isn't related to Part II, we should see FFVII Remake news sometime within the year.
«We are hard at work on Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, so please look forward to that,» Director Yoshinori Kitase said in January (translation via VGC and PushDustIn). «We just started the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII, so we want to celebrate and get fans excited, so within the next 12 months we want to share some information. Look forward to more information!»
Last year, Nomura revealedthat FFVII Remake Part II will start right after Intergrade and, in contrast to Part I's atmosphere, will have a different tone since Cloud will be traversing the wilds instead of roaming around in Midgar.
We could see the FFXVI trailer and a firm launch date. Producer Naoki Yoshida of FFXIV fame confirmed FFXVI's trailer is ready during a Nier Reincarnation crossover stream. «The trailer is already complete. But it
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