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Final Fantasy Resonance, the first Final Fantasy game to be rendered in HD-2D, will be released on October 22nd, 2026 (Thursday)!

The latest installment in the series, depicted with HD-2D graphics that blend pixel art and 3D.

Based on the concept of "What if Final Fantasy had continued to evolve while remaining pixel art…",
a story revolving around crystals is depicted in high-definition pixel art.

A game system that pursues the original fun of the series.

Enjoy the first trailer packed with the charm of Final Fantasy Resonance!

Supported Platforms: Nintendo Switch™ 2 / Nintendo Switch™ / PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam® / Microsoft Store on Windows

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[Fabieter]

Whatever brings us closer to ff 6 2d hd remake

 

[//DEVIL//]

This looks sick. I am in.

 

[German Shocks]

 

[ssringo]

I missed the trailer. Is this an offline version of Brave Exodus or whatever the mobile game was called?

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Day one.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Retooled FF Brave Exvius

ssringo Seems like it

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Ooooh wasn't expecting this

 

[German Shocks]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Trailer is up on the Squeenix YT channel, so I've added it to the OP. SW1, SW2, and PS5 physical versions are planned.

 

[Fbh]

Looks cool.
But is it a port / remake of Brave Exvius without the F2P crap? It has the same character and even the same soundtrack.

 

[proandrad]

So they renamed traveler octopath.

 

[KaiserCrab]

I missed the trailer. Is this an offline version of Brave Exodus or whatever the mobile game was called?

I wouldn't mind that at all. There are some gacha games with good core gameplay that get ruined by the rat race.

 

[ssringo]

I wouldn't mind that at all. There are some gacha games with good core gameplay that get ruined by the rat race.

True. I recall enjoying the story but fell off because I only have so much time to dedicate to gacha treadmills.

 

[Oberstein]

Thank God it's not an Octopath game. I'm getting a bit tired of the bloated cast, especially after 0. Excellent news.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Cowards too afraid to call it FF17.

 

[Killer8]

The HD-2D "style" claims another

 

[Pejo]

For those that don't know, this looks to be a remake of an old (now end-of-service) gacha game called Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.

The game had its own OC characters that fought alongside the classic FF characters. The story was ok, nothing special. The original gacha did not have any of the cutscenes and HD2D map stuff going on, so all of that seems to be new.

 

[Judge Magister]

Another mobile port like Octopath 0.

Square-Enix is as cheap as it gets nowadays.

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[ByWatterson]

I know I said I was done posting on GAF but I I just have to pop in to say Good LORD

 

[Icymanipulator]

Retooled FF Brave Exvius

ssringo Seems like it

Yes, I watched like 3 mins and it's obviously FFBE but turned into a single player game.

Strange they don't mention that as it's clearly BE characters.

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[Perfo]

not even in the 2DHD hype train but immediately preordered in CE from the SE store cause i always wanted to play brave exvius but hated the gatcha shit

 

[Sevyne]

I hate to be that guy, but I'm going to be that guy and say that I really really hate the HD2D style. If they wanted to go with oldschool spritework but updated just do something like CrossCode or Chained Echoes or something.

 

[Raven117]

I think it looks promising. Just matters if the story is good.

(And yeah, Octopath needed a break).

 

[Northeastmonk]

Wow that looks nice. The Octopath battle system physics kinda ruins it for me, but I'll definitely buy this. I'm sure it's fine.

 

[near]

Is FF back from the dead?

 

[IAmRei]

i'm hyped, finally my wish come true, FF in HD2D
woooo

 

[mèx]

Those initial few seconds of pixel art were mega hype. Then it switches to the standard HD-2D style. Still interested, I can't believe they are making a new 2D FF.

 

[Zamana]

No ATB combat, not exclusive - it's coming to Steam day 1 and gorgeous HD-2D world, I'm in.

This IGN video has more details.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Whatever brings us closer to ff 6 2d hd remake

ff 1-6 2d hd remakes

 

[Deerock71]

This game looked like absolute .

 

[March Climber]

I wouldn't mind that at all. There are some gacha games with good core gameplay that get ruined by the rat race.

 

[Pejo]

I can't tell from the video, but the gacha had a pretty fun battle system actually. You had each party member with their own touchscreen square. You queue up the skills you want to use (attacks, buffs, heals, etc), then tap them with expert timing to (hopefully) make the attacks combo with each other. The higher the combo, the more damage, and then there were characters with "finishers" which were like 1-3 big damage hits that you want to time at the very end of the combo to do massive damage. If they can bring that system into a console/controller input, it'll be a lot of fun.

 

[fallingdove]

Why Square? What's the point? Who is this game for?

I just don't understand, spending development resources remaking a F2P mobile game over, I don't know a decent port of Xenogears or Chrono Trigger?

I swear, the idiots that run that company.

 

[AJUMP23]

Probably the best surprise of the show. Art looks nice. Gameplay looks turn based, and looks like you can have way more than 3 party members in the battle. If I cannot Resonate with TIFA then I am out.

I want to see a nice Demo and explain why that girl is trapped in a Crystal. I did not see a Cid in the trailer.

 

[Pejo]

Probably the best surprise of the show. Art looks nice. Gameplay looks turn based, and looks like you can have way more than 3 party members in the battle. If I cannot Resonate with TIFA then I am out.

I want to see a nice Demo and explain why that girl is trapped in a Crystal. I did not see a Cid in the trailer.

The crystal girl (Fina) was famous in the gacha for having a "dark" version and that dark version having a selfcest ultimate cutscene.



*edit*

Here's a full rundown of all the CG Ultimate cutscenes. It looks like Resonance is just using the in-engine HD2D stuff to make approximations of these animations instead of doing the CG scenes.

 

[near]

IGN hands-on preview

 

[German Shocks]

They had me with chocobos on the world map.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I know I said I was done posting on GAF but I I just have to pop in to say Good LORD

 

[falling into hell]

I thought it was a new game. Square Enix these days are just a big disappointment.

 

[Ishma3L]

Steam page up:

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

But will it still be a 1st Edition Advanced D&D simulator?

 

[b0uncyfr0]

I dunno, i'm kinda burnt out on FF7 - rebirth was good but this looks exactly the fkn same.

 

[German Shocks]

I dunno, i'm kinda burnt out on FF7 - rebirth was good but this looks exactly the fkn same.

How the F does an HD pixel art game look like Rebirth?

 

[b0uncyfr0]

How the F does an HD pixel art game look like Rebirth?

Im referring to the newer releases ofc (intergrade, rebirth).

 

[Shifty1897]

So it's a rework of a mobile gacha game like Octopath Traveller 0 was. People liked that but framing this as a new HD-2D game is a little disingenuous.

 

[near]

So it's a rework of a mobile gacha game like Octopath Traveller 0 was. People liked that but framing this as a new HD-2D game is a little disingenuous.

It is new. According to the IGN preview it is only really an adaptation of Brave Exvius' story. It has a new combat system, overworld, airships etc.

 

[nikos]

Day one!