Overview
- Naoki Hamaguchi, the series director, said Friday he has completed over 40 full playthroughs of the yet-to-be-announced third entry.
- His remarks point to the game being fully playable and now focused on polish and quality tuning.
- Hamaguchi said the team wants to ride the momentum from recent Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S ports to keep the trilogy’s releases close together.
- He teased more updates this year as Square Enix readies announcements, yet the name of the game, its release date, and the final platform list remain unannounced.
- The finale will close out Square Enix’s three-part remake of the 1997 classic, which has raised player hopes for a shorter wait after the recent ports narrowed the gap between earlier entries.