{"id":1686069,"date":"2026-09-07T12:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2R3S8eEseADyVWfG7ZMTKb"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:22:10","slug":"square-enix-wants-final-fantasy-7-to-be-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-which-is-strange-to-say-about-a-franchise-thats-already-ever-evolving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/square-enix-wants-final-fantasy-7-to-be-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-which-is-strange-to-say-about-a-franchise-thats-already-ever-evolving\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix wants Final Fantasy 7 to be an &#8216;IP with an ever-evolving future&#8217;, which is strange to say about a franchise that&#8217;s already ever-evolving"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/final-fantasy\/ff7-revelation-guide\/\">Final Fantasy 7&#8217;s remake trilogy<\/a> has, at the very least, given us a trio of pretty solid RPGs\u2014I had a great time with the first, and I&#8217;m soon to buckle up and finally give Rebirth a go. But I can&#8217;t help but wonder, quietly, whether or not Final Fantasy has fallen into the same &#8216;fear of new IP trap&#8217; as other games.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not to say that the FF series isn&#8217;t getting new games. Final Fantasy 16 came out in 2023 and snagged a solid 79 from us in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/final-fantasy-16-review\/\">Final Fantasy 16 review<\/a>. And yet, a small part of me wonders what new and exciting games we might&#8217;ve gotten if Square Enix had devoted the Remake team to making new final fantasies, rather than spending three entire big-budget titles and over half a decade rehashing a classic.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, Square seems reluctant to release its grip over the FF7 cast. That&#8217;s per a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FcPh2FmCovU\" target=\"_blank\">PAX West panel<\/a> (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/final-fantasy\/square-enix-wants-to-turn-final-fantasy-7-into-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-beyond-the-ff7-remake-trilogy\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar+<\/a>) wherein director Naoki Hamaguchi said (via translator): &#8220;We want to make this a work that creates new fans 20 or even 30 years from now,&#8221; a game that can &#8220;move beyond being a classic of the past and shape it into an IP with an ever-evolving future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And listen, I don&#8217;t want to be a grumpy old git about this, but\u2026 that&#8217;s just what Final Fantasy is in general, surely? <\/p>\n<p>It does seem weirdly backwards that Square Enix has invented a franchise that allows for the best of both worlds\u2014a recognisable, strong brand with recognisable mainstays and iconography that, nonetheless, allows the developer to make a new world with a new cast of characters with every entry. <\/p>\n<p>In other words, Final Fantasy is\u2026 already meant to have an ever-evolving future. Will there be other ever-evolving futures within that ever-evolving future? Like a constantly ever-evolving matryoshka doll?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not to say Square Enix isn&#8217;t going to stop trying or making new FF games, obviously. But after three full-length remakes following Cloud, I can&#8217;t help but feel bone-tired at the idea that we&#8217;ll be hearing more out of him in the immediate future. Let the blonde twink rest, for heaven&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"bb2d30ba-aab6-11f1-856a-95e57b3e2a8e\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/square-enix-wants-final-fantasy-7-to-be-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-which-is-strange-to-say-about-a-franchise-thats-already-ever-evolving.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"bb2d30ba-aab6-11f1-856a-95e57b3e2a8e\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/final-fantasy\/square-enix-wants-final-fantasy-7-to-be-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-which-is-strange-to-say-about-a-franchise-thats-already-ever-evolving\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy 7&#8217;s remake trilogy has, at the very least, given us a trio of pretty solid RPGs\u2014I had a great time with the first, and I&#8217;m soon to buckle up and finally give Rebirth a go. But I can&#8217;t help but wonder, quietly, whether or not Final Fantasy has fallen into the same &#8216;fear of new IP trap&#8217; as other games. That&#8217;s not to say that the FF series isn&#8217;t getting new games. Final Fantasy 16 came out in 2023 and snagged a solid 79 from us in our Final Fantasy 16 review. And yet, a small part of me wonders what new and exciting games we might&#8217;ve gotten if Square Enix had devoted the Remake team to making new final fantasies, rather than&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/square-enix-wants-final-fantasy-7-to-be-an-ip-with-an-ever-evolving-future-which-is-strange-to-say-about-a-franchise-thats-already-ever-evolving\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1686070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[1333,748,34],"class_list":["post-1686069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-final-fantasy","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Square 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