Final Fantasy Resonance Shows Shiva Freeze All Enemies With Diamond Dust
The new footage confirms how phantom beasts like Shiva will function as battle-changing allies in the HD-2D Final Fantasy Resonance, which arrives on October 22, 2026.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Square Enix posted battle footage on the official X account for Final Fantasy Resonance showing the summoned beast Shiva drawn in HD-2D. In the clip, Shiva unleashes Diamond Dust, which instantly freezes all enemies. The game rebuilds the smartphone app Final Fantasy Brave Exvius as a pixel-based RPG and is the first title in the FF series to adopt HD-2D visuals.
The latest clip runs about five and a half minutes and shows the player side confronting Shiva before she can be summoned. It covers turn-based command battles and various abilities with Japanese voice acting. Square Enix had previously released roughly 15 minutes of gameplay footage featuring a boss battle against Shiva, which overseas media IGN had also shown.
Final Fantasy Resonance is scheduled for October 22, 2026, with the Steam version arriving October 23. It launches on PC (Steam and Microsoft Store), Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The standard and download versions cost 7,678 yen, the Digital Deluxe Edition 9,878 yen, and the Collector's Edition 25,500 yen, all tax included.
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