Jailbreak! Throughout Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, a trailer for Japanese RPG Fantasian: Neo Dimension revealed that the 2021 Apple Arcade unique is lastly coming to PC. Its creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, finest recognized for helming the Remaining Fantasy collection from 1987 till his departure from Squaresoft in 2003, had some shock assist in releasing Fantasian from its cellular exclusivity: Remaining Fantasy 14 producer Yoshi-P.
If you happen to observe Sakaguchi on Twitter, you may instantly notice it is a match made in heaven. Sakaguchi loves Remaining Fantasy 14, taking part in the MMO to the close to exclusion of all different video games. He “principally lived in Remaining Fantasy 14” again in 2022, taking part in it 12 hours a day, however has by no means collaborated on it, saying then he would not have the ability to get pleasure from taking part in it as a lot. Whereas Sakaguchi appears to be on good phrases along with his former Sq. Enix colleagues nowadays, he hasn’t labored on something with the studio in additional than 20 years. Till Fantasian.
“I am engaged on this along with Yoshi-P. Whereas speaking about FF14 lol,” Sakaguchi tweeted (through translation) on Tuesday, asserting that the brand new port to PC and consoles was being printed by Sq. Enix. Both time actually does heal all wounds, or Sakaguchi simply could not cross up the possibility to speak raid methods whereas at work. The Remaining Fantasy 14 producer’s staff, which can also be laborious at work on a PC port of Remaining Fantasy 16, have to be overseeing the brand new model of Fantasian.
“I developed Fantasian pondering that it might turn into my remaining work earlier than retiring, so it has a particular place in my coronary heart,” Sakaguchi shared in one other message posted on Twitter. “Having the chance to rebuild it at Sq. Enix this manner and making it extensively recognized is actually a blessing. This title is an amalgamation of the souls of the diorama craftsmen, Uematsu compositions, and naturally, the sport builders. If you would like, please do give it a strive!”
The craftsmen Sakaguchi’s referencing there are the members of his studio, Mistwalker, who constructed dozens and dozens of intricate dioramas that have been then digitally scanned and become fashions to function the RPG’s backdrops. Whereas the 3D graphics and Fantasian’s turn-based battles are in any other case pretty standard, the dioramas are drop-dead attractive and in contrast to anything on the market (besides possibly Harold Halibut). Hopefully they maintain up properly on bigger shows—my guess is they’ll, for the reason that iPhone 13 Professional Max, launched the identical yr as Fantasian, already had a really dense 2778×1284 pixel display.
A rundown of the brand new additions, courtesy of Sq. Enix:
- English and Japanese voiceovers
- 4K visuals
- Regular problem mode – “Fantasian was a really tough sport upon launch, with many bosses pounding gamers earlier than they labored out the optimum methods to defeat them. FANTASIAN Neo Dimension provides a brand new ‘Regular’ problem, to make the sport just a little extra approachable. After all, if you happen to crave the problem of the unique sport, that’s nonetheless there too!”
There isn’t any Steam web page for Fantasian but, but it surely appeared on SteamDB some months in the past, and is listed on the official website, so we all know it is coming. It is out in late 2024.