We’re expecting Final Fantasy 16 release date news any day now as part of Square Enix’s on-going Final Fantasy 35th anniversary celebrations. We should be seeing more of the game within the next few months, as development is in “the final stages”.
Currently, Square Enix has a clothing line collaboration in place with Uniqlo in Japan for Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary. Alongside this, Final Fantasy 16 producer, Naoki Yoshida, was also interviewed for the store’s free magazine, which gets offered to customers. In the interview, Yoshida confirms that Final Fantasy 16 is now in the “final stages” of development, which matches up with previous reports that the game is much closer to release than initially anticipated.
The interview was translated by Aitai Kimochi on Twitter, who has previously translated other Final Fantasy-related interviews from Japanese magazines….