{"rewrite":{"id":"r_626c10ccf1d5dad4199ffd68","clusterId":"c_3da58d65e6b4c0c8c431a43e","slug":"final-fantasy-resonance-announced-as-first-hd-2d-game-in-the-series","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy Resonance, First HD-2D Game in the Series","summary":"Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Resonance, a new HD-2D offline RPG based on the first story arc of the defunct smartphone game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, during a Nintendo Direct livestream on June 9. The game will launch on October 22 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store on Windows. The Steam version follows on October 23. This is the first Final Fantasy title to use HD-2D graphics, which blend pixel art characters with 3D backgrounds. The story follows Rain, commander of an airship squadron, and his childhood friend Lasswell as they investigate a weakened magical barrier and confront a mysterious armored man who shatters the Earth Crystal. The game rebuilds the smartphone original's first season for console, with producer Keisuke Nakajima stating that everything except the broad story outline and characters has been changed. The battle system is turn-based command with a job system, and players can borrow the power of past series protagonists through a Vision system. A Collector's Edition including an artbook, soundtrack, and trading card is available for pre-order.","whyItMatters":"Final Fantasy Resonance marks Square Enix's first attempt to adapt a discontinued mobile game's story into a full console RPG using HD-2D, a format previously reserved for original titles like Octopath Traveler and remakes of classic entries.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eProducer Keisuke Nakajima first proposed the plan at the end of 2020, about six years before release. The core development period was shorter, with the first one to two years spent purely on research into how to make pixel art and 3D backgrounds blend together. Development studio Lancarse Co., Ltd. is handling production, with Kaito Furuya as director. Scenario work is by Synthese Co., Ltd., and sound is by Elements Garden. The original FFBE scenario writer Yukinori Kitajima rewrote the scenario for Resonance.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNakajima said the team changed \u0026#34;everything except the broad story outline and characters\u0026#34; from the smartphone original. Dialogue, plot points, and even the order of events were restructured to work as a console RPG. Side quests are entirely new scenarios. The main scenario is fully voiced. Playtime for the main story is 30 to 40 hours, and with side content it reaches 60 to 80 hours.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe battle system uses random encounters rather than symbol encounters. Nakajima said random encounters make battles \u0026#34;more memorable.\u0026#34; A speed-up function (1.5x and 2x) is included. The team deliberately did not add auto-battle. \u0026#34;If we made auto-battle possible, it would become too simple and not very interesting,\u0026#34; Nakajima said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e26 characters from past Final Fantasy titles appear as Visions, including protagonists from every numbered entry from FF1 through FF16. For FF11 and FF14, Shantotto and Y\u0026#39;shtola represent those games. Each Vision has a role in battle, and abilities were designed from scratch while keeping iconic skills like Cloud\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Braver.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe world map was revived for this title. Director Kaito Furuya said it was \u0026#34;absolutely necessary\u0026#34; to create the sense of an adventure to save the planet. Touching a city symbol on the world map transitions to the city map, similar to Final Fantasy VI.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Final Fantasy Resonance, the first HD-2D game in the series, adapts the first season of the defunct mobile game FF Brave Exvius. Producer says everything except the broad story outline and characters has been changed. Out October 22 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, PC.","twitterPost":"Square Enix is betting that a mobile game story can work as a console RPG. Final Fantasy Resonance rebuilds FFBE's first season with a world map, turn-based combat, and all 16 numbered protagonists as Visions. October 22.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Resonance, the first HD-2D game in the Final Fantasy series. Based on the first season of the defunct smartphone game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, it launches October 22 for multiple platforms. The game rebuilds the story and systems for console, with a turn-based command battle system and a Vision system that lets players borrow the power of past series protagonists.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-09/square-enix-announces-final-fantasy-resonance-hd-2d-offline-game-based-on-final-fantasy-brave-exvius/.238327\",\"title\":\"Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy Resonance HD-2D Offline Game Based on Final Fantasy Brave Exvius\"},{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/011/G101135/20260609044/\",\"title\":\"First HD-2D title in FF series, \\\"Final Fantasy Resonance\\\", to release on October 22, 2026. 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