The new Nomura?

[Enkidoh]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

[Carin-Eri]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

Apologies for my ignorance.... but "belts"? Not familiar with this reference.

[Enkidoh]

Apologies for my ignorance.... but "belts"? Not familiar with this reference.

It's an old meme - Tetsuya Nomura likes to design characters with lots of belts (along with black leather and zippers), sometimes excessively so (Lulu from FFX springs to mind, but also Squall from FFVIII), suggesting Nomura has a thing for them. Yoshi though removed equippable belts from FFXIV back when EW lauched, so... it's a little injoke to an old meme.

[Carin-Eri]

It's an old meme - Tetsuya Nomura likes to design characters with lots of belts (along with black leather and zippers), sometimes excessively so (Lulu from FFX springs to mind, but also Squall from FFVIII), suggesting Nomura has a thing for them. Yoshi though removed equippable belts from FFXIV back when EW lauched, so... it's a little injoke to an old meme.

Ahh - thank you for explaining!

[Hurlstone]

I for one enjoyed FFXVI. Not the best FF sure, but for me it was the best since X (If we are not counting XIV).

As for Yoshi himself, I like him, he has done good things and his mindset seem more clear and ethical then a lot of big name people in the gaming industry. That said, I do always think people put him on too high of a pedestal after ARR. No producer, creative etc is gonna be perfect, they are gonna fail and do things one dislikes. Its human, and in the end he is there to make SE money. I see nothing about Dawntrail that would make me think any less of him, but we shall see.

Normra is... I love him and find myself fustrated by him haha. Not sure I would like to se ehim take over XIV. You know who I would? Yoko Taro. Yes, I liked the raids!

[Zarkovitch]

Idk YoshiP release games with no retouch à la nomura style.Look at FF15 and KH series. But def he's quite safety first guy when he makes games. I do love is perfectionist side of how making games, even tho his game turn out to be too much accessible freak in "gameplay". But none the less, he's a better AAA dev than other AAA devs. Like or not he's good but he's flawess human like everyone else.

[jameseoakes]

Apologies for my ignorance.... but "belts"? Not familiar with this reference.

Nomura has a reputation of using an obscene amount of belts on his designs (see Lulu from 10 for an example)

[Carin-Eri]

It's an old meme - Tetsuya Nomura likes to design characters with lots of belts (along with black leather and zippers), sometimes excessively so (Lulu from FFX springs to mind, but also Squall from FFVIII), suggesting Nomura has a thing for them. Yoshi though removed equippable belts from FFXIV back when EW lauched, so... it's a little injoke to an old meme.

Nomura has a reputation of using an obscene amount of belts on his designs (see Lulu from 10 for an example)

I just Googled this Lulu character... and I can see what you mean now! In fact it looks as if her 'skirt' isn't one - it's a collection of belts!

[Kazhar]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

Sales in Japan are so far the worst of the entire mainline series (most of which weren't multiplatform entries), and it was beaten by Pikmin 4 in a single week.
Square Enix claimed the sales were strong after one week, but it barely sold any copy since. It seems the game hasn't convinced anyone who didn't already buy it day one.

[Koros]

FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success

It's not even 90 on Metacritic.

Banri Oda

Good one, I actually laughed. Thanks for the funny post.

It seems the game hasn't convinced anyone who didn't already bought it day one.

And it's the direct opposite of BG3. People played FF16 and mention all the issues: its simplicity, linearity, lack of RPG elements, atrocious action gameplay, complete void of difficulty, tedious filler quests, etc. Meanwhile BG3 keeps attracting more and more players. Funny because I literally hear more talk about BG3 than FF16 ever got in-game.

The only reason it's even above 80 is because of Soken's music, the stunning primal fights, the great early game story with a complex political narrative (that they basically wasted after Titan) and CBU3 fanboyism.