Final Fantasy 16’s intro is as intense and dramatic as a recreation might be, however followers in a position to pay further consideration amid the chaos could have seen similarities to the unique Final Fantasy recreation.
That’s as a result of the opening is straight impressed by the 1987 traditional in keeping with Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida, with its music, a key scene, and even the title card’s timing all paying homage to the unique’s.
Industry insider Genki translated on Twitter (under) feedback from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, who seen the opening of Final Fantasy 16 options the identical intro music as the unique Final Fantasy that launched on NES.
Sakaguchi says FF16 opens with the Final Fantasy Prelude music similar to FF1!
Yoshi-P stated the opening of FF16 was impressed by FF1, which is his favourite FF recreation. He stated the title display displaying up 2 hours into FF16 was an concept taken from the unique Final Fantasy recreation! #FF16 https://t.co/xaI8ipnbmQ pic.twitter.com/fy3Kwys3jQ
— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) June 23, 2023
The tweet additionally shares perception from Yoshida, who stated throughout an interview that the unique Final Fantasy is his favorite, and it due to this fact impressed Final Fantasy 16’s opening hours. As Genki factors out, the unique recreation’s title card reveals its protagonists standing over a cliff and looking out on the panorama earlier than them, which additionally occurs within the opening minutes of Final Fantasy 16.
Finally, those that’ve performed the unique Final Fantasy will keep in mind the title card showing after a prolonged opening sequence, and Yoshida stated this aspect was pulled over for Final Fantasy 16 as nicely.
Final Fantasy 16 launched on Thursday June 22 to a lot fanfare from Square Enix, which put the sport’s signature sword on show within the Tower of London as a advertising and marketing stunt. Players who tried the demo forward of time additionally grew obsessive about a brand new characteristic referred to as Active Time Lore and are calling for it to be an business customary going ahead.
In our 9/10 evaluation of the sport, IGN stated: “Featuring quick, reflex pushed, motion heavy fight, Final Fantasy 16 is definitely a departure from what followers could anticipate out of a Final Fantasy recreation, however its wonderful story, characters, and world constructing are proper up there with one of the best the sequence has to supply, and the modern Active Time Lore characteristic ought to set a brand new customary for the way prolonged, story-heavy video games maintain gamers invested in its world.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
