Yoshi-P Says Final Fantasy VI, VIII, and IX Remakes Could Need Five Installments and Teases Hamaguchi Over Final Fantasy XVII

At the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin, Naoki Yoshida and Naoki Hamaguchi took part in a “Naoki’s Room” panel where they addressed fan interest in further remakes and possible future projects.

Yoshi-P responded to requests for remakes of other entries in the series.

“Of course I understand the feelings of the players, but you gotta think about it. Look at Final Fantasy VI, it's such an incredibly huge game. The scale is just immense.”

“And the same applies for other titles like Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX. So, of course, now because you are working on the Final Fantasy VII series, I do get that people would be asking for remakes of other titles. But if we did remake those other titles, we'd probably end up having to release them in four or maybe even five installments.”

Hamaguchi also spoke about Final Fantasy VI being a personal influence and how his comments about the game repeatedly lead to speculation about a remake.

“I’ve given this answer to a lot of media interviews, and it is also a Square Enix title so apologies for that, but Final Fantasy VI is the reason I wanted to work in games so that always has a special place in my heart. But every time I give that answer to a journalist or someone, the next day there’s an article online saying ‘Hamaguchi will be remaking Final Fantasy VI’. So I also say ‘no, I am not’ at the same time.”

He also explained the practical difficulty of committing to another multi-game project of that scope.

“I really think, having worked on the Final Fantasy VII Remake series, that I am truly blessed with a wonderful team. They’ve stuck with me for over 10 years working on three separate games, that are a remake of a single game, and there’s not many that would do that. We’re not quite at the finish line yet, Revelation isn’t out, but we’re almost there, and I’m so grateful to them that we’ve been able to make it this far. … So that’s why I can’t just sit here and go ‘yeah, yeah, I’ll remake VI’, because it’s not quite that easy.”

Later in the same panel, Yoshi-P praised Hamaguchi and teased him about a possible future project.

“But there were comments along the lines of ‘I want this guy [Hamaguchi] to make Final Fantasy XVII.’ So I think that's probably the highest praise you can get. You don't have to respond.”

Hamaguchi started to reply with

“If I answer…”

before Yoshi-P interjected,

“No, no, don't!”

The exchange does not confirm what Hamaguchi might work on next, but fans will undoubtedly continue to speculate about his future projects.

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