Remember the massive NVIDIA GeForce leak that occurred in 2021 and disclosed a significant number of undisclosed games that were in development?
Now, one of the games that was discovered to have been stolen was Square Enix‘s Fantasy Tactics Remaster. In a recent interview with Finaland, the producer and director of Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, respectively, Ichiro Hazama and Masanobu Suzui, said that the team working on Final Fantasy Tactics is “extremely busy at the moment.” Because of this, there is a lot of conjecture going around online that the crew is now working hard to finalize the Fantasy Tactics Remaster.
A Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster could happen?
The subject of our inquiry is the video game’s cast, namely the lack of prominent roles for key characters. It is currently the sixth anniversary in Japan, yet we are still lacking characters like Rikku, Red XIII, and many characters from FINAL FANTASY TACTICS and FINAL FANTASY XIV. This is despite the fact that the occasion has been celebrated for six years. Is there a purpose for this, and is there any chance that we may see them in the future?
Hazama: I believe that I have some understanding of the current situation. In terms of the characters from FINAL FANTASY TACTICS and the reasons why the majority of them are not yet included in the game, the reasoning behind this is fundamentally comparable to what we do with Theatrhythm. This is a title that is included with the whole of the series, which includes characters and storylines for each and every one of them. What we don’t want to accomplish with these sorts of games like Opera Omnia and Theatrhythm is just make Final Fantasy the way we believe it already is or the way we think it ought to be. It is necessary for us to consult with the members of the staff who are accountable for each of the specific titles.
For instance, if it has anything to do with FINAL FANTASY VII, we have to go speak to Nomura-san about it so that we can check it out. For FINAL FANTASY TACTICS, we have to go to the team that owns Tactics since they are the ones in charge of that game. There are a variety of persons inside the firm that own those games and who were responsible for making them. We need to have a conversation about the characters, namely how they should behave in the game, what kind of talents they should have, how they should be depicted, and what kind of performance they should have. We have to make sure that everything is in order, but we don’t want to do it ourselves.
The Tactics team is now very swamped with work since they also have other responsibilities to attend to. Due to the fact that they are now working very hard on another project, we just do not have the time to speak with them. We simply need some more time to figure out the specifics before adding any further TACTICS characters to the game, which is probably why there aren’t more of them. At the very least, I believe that is what is happening with the characters in the Tactics faction. I have no doubt that Fujiwara-san will request that they be included in the game; I am well aware that he is interested in TACTICS.
