Near the end of the Final Fantasy XIV Letter From the Producer LIVE Part LXXXVII live stream on June 20, 2025, Square Enix seemed to imply that it’s working on a Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy XVI. There is no concrete evidence for this, though, and it’s still a rumor. [Thanks, Resetera!]
Near the end of the stream, Naoki Yoshida (producer) and Kazutoyo Maehiro (creative director) announced the Xbox Series X and Microsoft Store versions of Final Fantasy XVI. Both ports are now available. They suggest that people who haven’t played the game yet take this chance to try it out. After listing off all the platforms Final Fantasy XVI is out on, Yoshida mentions that “Nintendo-san” is the only one they have left to release the game on. The rest of the staff laugh, and they say they’ll “do their best.”
This isn’t the first time that rumors about a potential Final Fantasy Switch port flew around the Internet. In 2017, Hajime Tabata (who previously worked for Square Enix) cleared up confusion about a Final Fantasy XV Switch port. In a Famitsu interview, he stated that international media had jumped the gun and thought he was hinting at a possible Switch release. People had extrapolated his comments about how he’d performed technical tests on the Switch and how much he liked the console. Until Square Enix makes an official announcement, one should keep in mind that this could just be a joke.
Final Fantasy XVI is readily available on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.
Published: Jun 20, 2025 07:00 pm