Square Enix has teased a bit of Final Fantasy 16 plot information since the game was first announced in 2021, but a new Famitsu interview with producer Naoki Yoshida translated by Aita Japan CEO and Audrey, Twitter user, sheds a little more light on what drives the people of Valistea to go to war in the upcoming RPG. Each nation is built around the mother crystal, the source of the ether, which Yoshida says is the analog of the oil well in Final Fantasy 16. The continent is flooded with this magical oil, and over time, countries form around each nation. crystal.
A war begins when these supplies begin to run low, but this is no ordinary war.
The country’s proximity to the ether, its available amount, and how they have chosen to use it have shaped the culture of developing countries, and more importantly, their view of the Dominants and Akons who live there. Yoshida compares Akons and Dominants to nuclear weapons. They help shape national politics in some countries, winning seats in legislatures or even holding leadership positions, while other countries use them as tools of destruction.
Normally, the use of eikons in battle is prohibited, but when the Aether War breaks out, all nations seem happy to ignore this rule.
The problem is that there are two Akons in the Grand Duchy of Rosaria, where Clive, the protagonist of Final Fantasy 16, is from. One of them is Phoenix, the Duchy’s regular Akon in the form of Clive’s younger brother Joshua. This should be the only Fire Eikon allowed, except Ifrit apparently hasn’t read the rulebook.
The struggle to use these powers and how the conflict shapes the lives of the Dominants, who are inextricably linked to the Akons, is central to Final Fantasy 16, says Yoshida, and spawns the themes of enslavement and free choice of their own. own destiny. . It also means that we can directly control the group call.
Elsewhere, Yoshida said the goal is to release another Final Fantasy 16 trailer sometime later in 2022, before the game launches in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Remaster in summer 2023.
Source : PC Gamesn
