{"id":86660,"date":"2026-07-28T05:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86660"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:36:58","slug":"square-enix-dev-yoshi-p-says-final-fantasy-6-8-and-9-remakes-would-probably-have-to-be-released-in-four-or-even-five-installments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86660","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Dev Yoshi-P Says Final Fantasy 6, 8, and 9 Remakes Would Probably Have to Be Released in Four or Even Five Installments"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>At the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Berlin on Sunday, Final Fantasy 14 director-producer Naoki \u201cYoshi-P\u201d Yoshida invited Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi to the stage for a chat. Over this 75-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/R6Yb4ZS3rLo?si=1HKXv6KY-F39Pa8f&amp;t=17108\">Naoki\u2019s Room section<\/a>, the two Final Fantasy devs discussed their motivations, upcoming FF7\/FF14 crossover content, and the future of the series. However, one comment may have quashed fans\u2019 hopes for Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 8, or Final Fantasy 9 ever getting the remake treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The talk of remaking other FF games came up when Hamaguchi named Final Fantasy 6 as a big influence on his life. \u201cFinal Fantasy 6 is the reason I wanted to work in the game industry and it will always have a special place in my heart,&#8221; he said. He added that whenever he mentions this in interviews, it inevitably sparks hopes and headlines that Hamaguchi will remake FF6, something that he always has to deny.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshida added, \u201cI understand fans\u2019 feelings. But please think about it.&#8221; He then went on to explain why these remakes would be such a huge effort to develop and release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Final Fantasy 6 is an incredibly huge game, and the same goes for other titles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Berlin on Sunday, Final Fantasy 14 director-producer Naoki \u201cYoshi-P\u201d Yoshida invited Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi to the stage for a chat. Over this 75-minute Naoki\u2019s Room section, the two Final Fantasy devs discussed their motivations, upcoming FF7\/FF14 crossover content, and the future of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":86662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86660"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86664,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86660\/revisions\/86664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}