As a part of the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, Sq. Enix introduced Last Fantasy Resonance, an HD-2D turn-based RPG scheduled for launch on October 22 of this yr for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Swtich 1 and a couple of.
It’s an adaptation of the story from the primary season of the now-closed cell sport Last Fantasy Courageous Exvius, but additionally incorporates parts from different updates and distinctive story content material. It is neither a port nor a remake, however it’s based mostly on the story of Courageous Exvius. It encompasses a new turn-based fight system that makes use of conventional flip order fairly than the ATB system of different older Last Fantasy video games. It features a new overworld, chocobos, airships, and most of the sequence’ acquainted touchstones. Resonance options the Courageous Exvius soundtrack and 33 new songs created particularly for the sport.
A significant a part of Resonance fight is equippable imaginative and prescient. Visions are characters that you just accumulate and fix to social gathering members like within the job system. These grant further talents and degree up individually when used. Whereas there are some visions particular to Resonance, the principle attraction lies within the visitor visions from different Last Fantasy video games. The next have been confirmed up to now:
- Warrior of Gentle, Last Fantasy I
- Terra, Last Fantasy VI
- Cloud, Last Fantasy VII
- Zidane, Last Fantasy IX
- Shantotto, Last Fantasy XI
- Yashtra, Last Fantasy XIV
Like Courageous Exvius, Resonance tells the story of Rain, a extremely revered knight within the kingdom of Granshelt, the place her father is the king. Collectively along with his associates, together with Lain’s right-hand man Laswell, Rid, a genius engineer who has succeeded Cid, and Fina, a summoner who has misplaced his reminiscence, he units out on a basic journey to guard the magic crystal and save the world. You journey by way of a number of continents within the overworld, battle by way of non-compulsory dungeons to unlock espers that Fina can summon in battle, and discover extra visions at shrines the place cutscenes take you down reminiscence lane.
In my unique hands-on preview of Last Fantasy Resonance, I dive deeper into my full ideas after three hours of play. We will even function an interview with producer Keisuke Nakajima and director Hiroto Furuya, who will speak concerning the improvement course of.