Overview
- Naoki Yoshida told fans at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest in Berlin on Monday that remaking Final Fantasy VI, VIII or IX to the production and narrative level of the Final Fantasy VII Remake would probably need four or five separate instalments.
- Naoki Hamaguchi said he often cites Final Fantasy VI as a major influence but denied he is currently remaking the game and pushed back on stories that assume his involvement.
- Hamaguchi emphasized that keeping the same development team across multiple back‑to‑back instalments was unusual and that finding a similarly committed team would be a major constraint on any long, multi‑game remake.
- Media and fans quickly speculated onstage praise for Hamaguchi as a sign he could lead a future mainline title such as an unconfirmed Final Fantasy 17, a suggestion Square Enix has neither confirmed nor announced.
- Reporters noted practical alternatives — single‑game remakes or HD‑2D style updates — that would modernize older entries without stretching their stories across several high‑budget releases and that the FF7 Remake trilogy itself concludes with Final Fantasy VII Revelation in 2027.