Should FF Type-0 be a numbered title?

[Skye]

Since they've announced HD Remaster for the PS4, Should the title be as XVI? I thought Type-0 would be weird name.

 

[yeah_93]

No, because they already released it. It wouldn't make sense.

 

[Azuardo]

Plus, I feel there are certain standards you expect from the next mainline FF game. Calling a handheld port the latest in line in the numbered series would be wrong to me. Doesn't make it any less of a potentially great game, but just wouldn't be right. We don't need to start messing around changing names again like we did in the NES/SNES days.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Final Fantasy Type-0 was designed as a handheld game. Not a console game.

And renaming Final Fantasy Type-0 to Final Fantasy XVI would give many the impression that Final Fantasy has taken a gigantic step backwards.

Consumers expect amazing production values with the numbered titles. They don't want PSP visuals. They want PS4 visuals. They want the latest and greatest. If they create a numbered title with PSP looking visuals, people will turn away.

Final Fantasy Type-0 does not deliver that console Final Fantasy experience consumers want and expect. That type of quality is not the main reason why people bought a PS4 and XB1 in the first place either.

Renaming it to Final Fantasy XVI would be a terrible idea. It could damage the brand.

 

[Joshua]

Squirrel Emperor wrote virtually the same thing I was going to write but beat me by 2 minutes

So here is my obligatory, "Yeah, that" reinforcement reply.

 

[Azuardo]

SE has stated in the past that numbered titles will always be console games, indicating the high production values that we expect, whilst spin-offs and the like will more often than not remain as handheld titles. That further rules out this sort of thing happening.

 

[ScienceNonfiction]

Not to mention it would make SE's development/release schedule unnecessarily complicated. If they were to rename it then having it ready before XV would be a problem. They'd have to delay it until after XV's release, even if there comes a more optimal time to release it in the meanwhile. And I'd imagine they'd want to place a good chunk of time between the release of Type-0 (or, in this hypothetical case, XVI) and XV, since both games cater towards largely the same audience. Don't want that customer overlap!

 

[Prince Naphtali]

Yes, It doesn't matter if they already released it, It would be better as a numbered title and would make some sense as to why it wasn't released on vita. I would love it to be a numbered title and be treated as such.

 

[yeah_93]

Yes, It doesn't matter if they already released it, It would be better as a numbered title and would make some sense as to why it wasn't released on vita. I would love it to be a numbered title and be treated as such.

What are you saying? The game was already released as a spin-off, not a mainline numbered title. It wouldn't make sense at all. And not only that, but also because of the (very coherent) reasons that other people gave.

 

[TRI Mike]

Of course not.

 

[Azuardo]

Petition to re-release Dissidia Duodecim HD as FF17, and the upcoming FF Explorers as FF18, please.

 

[KOKAYI5]

Nah. The next numbered FF needs to be something new. Even though I liked 13, too many of the recent stuff is tied to that mythos of l'cie and fal'cie and people want something new. Even 15 has some of it. When 16 hits, it should be something completely removed from the way the 13s, type-0 and 15 are. I'm hoping it'll be something like 9 and 6 mixed together but with a completely unheard of plot. Like a conspiracy that that's been in affected since the creation of a world or something.

 

[Squirrel Emperor]

Yes, It doesn't matter if they already released it, It would be better as a numbered title and would make some sense as to why it wasn't released on vita. I would love it to be a numbered title and be treated as such.

Except this game was designed as a handheld game and is nothing like a console Final Fantasy experience people expect. The public perception would not be positive if it were a numbered title.

would make some sense as to why it wasn't released on vita.

PlayStation Vita needs more market share in the west. The platform is not selling well. That’s why Square Enix has decided not to port Final Fantasy Type-0 to it.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Nah, no need to do that.

 

[APZonerunner]

I think if it hadn't already launched in Japan as Type 0 they could do this... but that ship has sailed now.

 

[KOKAYI5]

If it's still has the connection to 13 there's no need. IMO 15 should still be Versus 13.
That said, if they did make it 16.... I guess I could still play it. But I wouldn't like that.

 

[Crystal Power]

It would not be right imo. It was already released as the PSP game Final Fantasy Type-0, if they slapped XVI on it that would be incredibly lazy, also it would most likely release before XV. Just doesn't feel right...

 

[yeah_93]

I think if it hadn't already launched in Japan as Type 0 they could do this... but that ship has sailed now.

Maybe if it looked like a fully fleshed FF and not like a made-for-portable game. Nothing wrong with that, it's just that it would not be what people expect from a numbered FF.