New information about XVI, the new game from Square Enix’s role-playing action adventure game series Final Fantasy, keeps coming. In a recent interview, producer Naoki Yoshida stated that the game will remain faithful to the medieval European era and that British English will be used instead of American.
Yoshida said British English would be the most appropriate language for medieval Europe. He added: “In Final Fantasy XVI, motion capture and voice over are done by European players. However, since we Japanese designed the game, we first wrote the script in Japanese. We then translated it into English.
Since the voice of the game was done by European actors, we were careful not to add an American accent. We decided to use British English to avoid linguistic inconsistencies and to better reflect Medieval Europe.”
Final Fantasy XVI isn’t Square Enix’s only Final Fantasy project right now. The company has recently been working on both Final Fantasy VII Rebirth as part of Final Fantasy VII Remake and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, a remake of the beloved PSP game featuring Zack Fair.
Final Fantasy XVI will debut for PlayStation 5 in the summer of 2023.
