Final Fantasy 6 Remake Would Need Four or Five Games, Says Series Director

Two of Square Enix's most prominent Final Fantasy directors have poured cold water on the idea of a Final Fantasy VI Remake — and the scale of the original game is the main reason why.

At the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Berlin, Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi and Final Fantasy XIV director and Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida discussed the topic on stage. Yoshida was blunt about the challenge: "Look at Final Fantasy VI; it's such an incredibly huge game. The scale is just immense," he said, adding that the same applies to Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX. His estimate is that remaking Final Fantasy VI in the same style as the Final Fantasy VII Remake series would require "four installments, or maybe even five installments." Hamaguchi, meanwhile, has repeatedly had to clarify that he is not working on a Final Fantasy VI Remake — he noted with a laugh that every time he mentions the game as his personal inspiration, articles appear the next day claiming he's already on it. When Bloomberg asked him about his next project after Final Fantasy VII Revelation, he was direct: "It's not going to be a remake." He suggested his team might instead pursue a smaller double-A title, a new mainline Final Fantasy, or an entirely new triple-A franchise.

Final Fantasy VI, originally released in 1994, is widely regarded as one of the greatest JRPGs ever made — a sprawling ensemble story with over a dozen playable characters and a scope that dwarfs Final Fantasy VII's more focused narrative. The Final Fantasy VII Remake project, which began with the first part in 2020 and is set to conclude with Final Fantasy VII Revelation in 2027, has already stretched across three full games. Yoshida's four-to-five installment estimate for Final Fantasy VI underscores just how much bigger that undertaking would be. Final Fantasy VI did receive the Pixel Remaster treatment alongside other classic entries, but a full modern remake remains firmly in the realm of fan wishful thinking for now.

Neither director explicitly ruled out a Final Fantasy VI Remake ever happening — just that neither of them is the one to do it, and that the project would be a generational commitment for whoever takes it on. Hamaguchi suggested it might be "in better hands if it went to another creator in Square Enix." For fans hoping to see Terra and Kefka reimagined in full 3D, the message from Berlin is clear: don't hold your breath.