Final Fantasy 16 had a helping hand from PlatinumGames and the team behind Kingdom Hearts

It turns out that Final Fantasy 16 got a helping hand from both PlatinumGames and the studio behind Kingdom Hearts during its development. Final Fantasy 16 is obviously leaning incredibly hard into the action genre, which was no surprise when it was revealed that Devil May Cry 5 designer Ryota Suzuki was on combat direction duties. Now, as part of a pre-launch celebration stream for Final Fantasy 16, it's been revealed that both PlatinumGames and the team that works on Kingdom Hearts took part in the development process for the latest entry in the JPRG series. PlatinumGames president and CEO Atsushi Inaba shared a video message as part of the live stream, saying, "PlatinumGames was graced with the opportunity to develop a part of Final Fantasy 16. We’d never had an experience to work on a title in this manner, so it certainly took us by surprise when we were first approached. But the development staff, myself included, were all extremely excited for this opportunity, saying things like ‘it’s the Final Fantasy’ and ‘we’ll never get another chance to work on Final Fantasy’. So we gladly accepted this opportunity and made it happen." Read more