Final Fantasy Resonance Producer Says Square Enix Wanted a Basic Port
Keisuke Nakashima's 2020 pitch grew from a desire to bring the story of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius to a wider audience.
Final Fantasy Resonance grew out of a disagreement over how much Square Enix should rework Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Producer Keisuke Nakashima says executives wanted a quicker, less expensive port of the mobile game, while he argued for the broader adaptation that became the released RPG.
Brave Exvius was a mobile gacha game that shut down in 2024. Resonance draws on its foundation and adapts parts of its story as an HD-2D, turn-based RPG, without the original game’s gacha mechanics or microtransactions.
Nakashima’s pitch for a fuller console adaptation dates back to 2020. In a Bloomberg interview, he said he resisted the simpler port because he wanted to create “an original version for consoles that was a full-blown gameplay experience.”
His approach was informed in part by feedback during a Brave Exvius press tour. Nakashima recalled meeting people who were interested in the mobile game but did not want to play because of its gacha elements. A console version offered a way to bring the story to a wider audience, he said.
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Final Fantasy Resonance
Developed by Lancarse, Square Enix Creative Studio 5
Return to the pixelart world of FINAL FANTASY, evolved from its classic roots. Travel with companions bound by fate and call on Visions to aid you in battle to uncover the truth behind a force that threatens to bring everything to ruin.
- Genre Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Perspective Bird view / Isometric
- Modes Single player
- Release October 22, 2026
- Publisher Square Enix
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