Turned-based? Pixel art? Whatever Final Fantasy 17 is like, Naoki Yoshida thinks someone else should make it

Don't expect Final Fantasy 14 and 16 producer Naoki Yoshida to return for 17, as he thinks a younger team should take over. Yoshida, or Yoshi-P as he's affectionately called by fans, recently spoke with former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida on the AIAS Game Maker's Notebook podcast about a range of topics, including whether the Final Fantasy 16 producer thought he might want to work on the next instalment, 17. The producer didn't exactly answer the question, noting that because he's "on the board of directors now," he thinks that "maybe it's time for someone new instead of having the same old guys handle the next one." In a point I agree with quite a bit (due to not being a huge fan of 16), Yoshi-P said that he thinks "in some ways it would be good to look to the future and bring in a younger generation, with more youthful sensibilities to make a new Final Fantasy with challenges that suit today's world." When asked by Yoshida if Yoshi-P had any advice for a hypothetical younger Final Fantasy 17 director, the producer noted that "Final Fantasy is about challenging what's been done before. Read more