Final Fantasy Resonance Launches on Switch, PS5, Xbox, and PC
The first HD-2D Final Fantasy title is a Brave Exvius season one scenario rebuilt for consoles, so Square Enix is treating its mobile back catalog as source material for premium pixel-art releases rather than a one-off experiment.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Square Enix released Final Fantasy Resonance on October 22, with the Steam version following on October 23. It is built on the concept of what Final Fantasy would look like if it had kept evolving as pixel art, and uses HD-2D plus Cinematic Pixel to render 3D scenes as pixel art. The standard edition costs 7,678 yen and the Digital Deluxe Edition 9,878 yen. Cloud, Terra, and Clive appear, and players equip Vision Crystals to learn abilities.
The scenario comes from the first season of the smartphone game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, but lines, plot, visuals, and systems were revised and many elements rebuilt. The setting is a war from long ago, with a girl who commands powerful summons and an armored man who destroys crystals across the regions. The revenge story and its bonds span hundreds of years.
Alongside the main story, the game includes a Gilgamesh storyline, a Colosseum that ranks fights against powerful monsters, a Twelve Weapons Chamber with bosses sealed in twelve armor pieces, and Ultima Weapon as completionist content. The game is out on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and PC, with only the Steam version arriving on October 23.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Denfaminicogamer 『ファイナルファンタジー レゾナンス 』本日より発売開始。「もし『FF』がドットのまま進化を遂げていたら」がコンセプトのHD-2D作品