Final Fantasy 16 was announced

[MsMisato]

So that's where all our sub money went!

and where some of the dev team went as well according to some articles.

[WhiteArchmage]

Huh, they threw the term's eikon and mothercrystal there, seems XIV actually has been a big influence, if not proof of Yoshida's involvement in the game...

[Jandroid]

Looking forward to this! Final Fantasy XVI makes me think of Final Fantasy XIV but with Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings influences.

I can't say I'm extremely excited for the combat though. There's too much Action RPG in the market and I was kind of hoping for a classic Turn-based RPG like Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI based on ATB instead.

I already have my Action RPG fix with Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, and many others currently out in the market. Project Athia is also coming out as an Action RPG too. I was hoping for Final Fantasy returning to its roots.

Either way, I'm still very excited to see more from this game. I expect a lot from Creative Business Unit III.

[LitoSunflower]

I actually really appreciated the 13 trilogy!

[Mirhd]

developed by business unit 3, aka the one Yoshida's in charge of, if I saw it correctly.

well, time for some speculation now: I recall an older interview in which Yoshida stated that he'd be willing to pass on one of his 2 positions (can't remember if it was director or producer specifically) to someone else with MMO dev experience. Keichi Okabe (the other guy from the NieR raid) jokingly stated in his video message during last years anniversary stream that he'd love to join the XIV team and take over as producer. Okabe and Yoshida have already worked together before on Dragon Quest X.
So, should Yoshida be involved with FF16, then I won't be surprised if Okabe fully joins the XIV team and takes over one of Yoshida's positions

Much as I love Okabe's work, he's only a music composer, as far as I'm aware. Why would he take over from YoshiP when he has no experience with either position, joking aside? I mean, such a thing wouldn't be unheard of, but you generally want someone with experience.

[Violet_Galaxy]

Ehh, I need to see more honestly, but it doesn't look bad. I do love the throwback logo that they used; reminded me of FFX/FFX-2.

[SenorPatty]

This trailer made me wish this was the April's fool joke ff16 and the latter being the real ff16.

[swiss_Momo]

Much as I love Okabe's work, he's only a music composer, as far as I'm aware. Why would he take over from YoshiP when he has no experience with either position, joking aside? I mean, such a thing wouldn't be unheard of, but you generally want someone with experience.

gah, Yosuke Saito I mean. Derp, lemme fix that

[Amnmaat]

For Yoshida's love of animal races we saw 0 in all of that.

Compared to

[linayar]

For Yoshida's love of animal races we saw 0 in all of that.

Maybe FFXIV soured him to unusual races. Then again, he's just the producer for FFXVI.