After talking about how Square Enix‘s American marketing team was upset with Yoshida for saying development on Final Fantasy XVI is “in the final stretch” during a recent interview with Uniqlo’s UT magazine, the following conversation between Yoshida and NieR series producer Yosuke Saito ensued:

Yoshida: “We said the next time we’d release information is in the spring… And I’m being told, ‘so when exactly is spring to you?’”

Saito: “After all, the NieR Re[in]carnation collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV is supposed to be in the early summer, and that’s already next week. Right now we’re in between spring and early summer.”

Yoshida: “No no… The trailer is already complete. But it was delayed for various reasons. I think it’ll come out soon.”

Saito: “I’ve seen some other footage as well. I was really impressed by what you guys made.”

Yoshida: “You were practically chuckling by how absurdly well-made it was. That being said, the development team has put in tremendous effort. From this point, we’re fervently playing it through, polishing, debugging, and thoroughly optimizing, so I think we’re going to take a little longer there. It’s already come together considerably. I feel like we should spend a little more time in that area.”

Final Fantasy XVI is in development for PlayStation 5.

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