The producer of Final Fantasy 16 claimed that the war in Ukraine delayed the release of the recent trailer.
Speaking with Dengeki Online, Naoki Yoshida revealed that the current situation could have shed a different light on the content of the trailer.
“It was actually ready to be released in March, but at the same time Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made the world situation unstable.“said Yoshida.
“Since Final Fantasy 16 deals with a rather heavy theme as a story, I wondered if the trailer around this time would be really enjoyable for gamers. When I communicated this feeling to SIE, SIE was also worried, so I decided to postpone the release after extensive discussions.“.
The trailer was finally shown during Sony’s June State of Play. The trailer showed the new combat system and the large-scale battles that will be featured in the game.
Yoshida recently said the game is nearing the end of development. This is after he declared last December that the development of Final Fantasy XVI was delayed by almost half a year.
In an interview with Famitsu, Yoshida explained that the game will have an action-based battle system, similar to that of Kingdom Hearts, rather than a traditional turn-based battle system like that seen in most previous Final Fantasy games. .
Source: VGC.
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