There will be various Final Fantasy games to consoles and the PC in the course of this year and 2019. It’s World of Final Fantasy Maxima, Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! and Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2 and XII: The Zodiac Age.
On the website of Square Enix you can find which games are being re-released and for which platforms. The first game to come out is World of Final Fantasy Maxima, a spin-off game that originally appeared as World of Final Fantasy and now comes out as a ‘powered up’ version again. This game will appear on November 6 for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Steam. The original version came out on October 28, 2016, for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. WoFF Maxima is an RPG, just like the games from the main series and the game has almost all main characters from Final Fantasy I through XIII. In addition, several locations from the series are back in the game.
In the winter Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It is a remaster of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, which came out for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS in 2007. This game is part of the Mystery Dungeon series, developed by Chunsoft.
Screenshot from World of Final Fantasy
Over the years Chunsoft has granted the license on the series to several developers, including Nintendo. He used the license for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Mystery Dungeon contains roguelike elements, where the player has to navigate through procedurally generated dungeons. In addition, characters do not come back when they die.
The ports that receive the FF games from the main series are based on remasters that have been released in recent years. According to Eurogamer it is the first time these games are released on a Nintendo console. Final Fantasy VIII is the only game that is missing. Why FF VIII gets no port is not known.
Screenshot from Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy
Game | Release Date | Platform (s) |
World of Final Fantasy Maxima | November 6 2018 | Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Steam |
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy | Winter 2018/2019 | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered | 2019 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 |
Final Fantasy VII | 2019 | Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age | 2019 | Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
] Final Fantasy IX | 2019 | Xbox One, Ni ntendo Switch |
Final Fantasy X | 2019 | Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Final Fantasy X-2 | 2019 | Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |