Final Fantasy's Naoki Yoshida keen to direct another major title

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Naoki Yoshida is keen to direct another major title for Square Enix.

Yoshida led development on Final Fantasy 16 on top of his work as producer and director for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, which will receive its next expansion Dawntrail later this year.

Yet despite all that work, he told Famitsu (translation via Aitai Kimochi) he would like to direct a «next major title».

«It's completely undecided as of now, but if the opportunity arises to work on the next major title, I would like to direct it myself!» he said.

Yoshida considered adding one more title to his name, but then decided against setting a ceiling for himself.

«If I were to fall into the trap of thinking 'I can only do one more title', then it might be marked as something odd, like 'Yoshida's masterpiece', which isn't a good look,» he said.

«For example, I'm in my 50s right now and still snowboarding, and the more I snowboard, the better I become. I honestly think I'm at my peak at the moment, no joke! I feel like I can still push even further, so in lieu of that, I haven't set a cap for myself.»

He added: «We don't know what the future holds, so why not challenge ourselves each time? I think that's definitely a better way to look at it. I hope that I can take even greater leaps to the likes I have not ever imagined.»

Previously, in an interview with Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, he said Final Fantasy 17 should be directed by someone new «instead of having the same old guys handle the next one». It seems, though, he's still interested in taking on the challenge himself.

Further, Yoshida has spoken to Game Informer about the forthcoming DLC for Final Fantasy 16 named The Rising Tide.

It's unlikely there will be more DLC for Final Fantasy 16 after this as Yoshida is keen to move on to the next project, but the door remains open.

«My honest answer is, 'I don't know at the moment,' but at