Final Fantasy Resonance is a console RPG announced on June 9 and 10, 2026, as the first Final Fantasy game to use HD-2D graphics, based on the first season of the mobile title Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and set for release on October 22, 2026.
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Resonance across two days, June 9 and 10, 2026, first during a Nintendo Direct broadcast and then in a separate media preview. The game is the first entry in the Final Fantasy series to use the HD-2D visual style, a pixel-art aesthetic previously applied to titles like Octopath Traveler and the Dragon Quest III remake. The story adapts the first season of the mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, following protagonist Rain and his companions on a journey involving crystals.
The battle system is turn-based with command inputs and includes a break gauge mechanic. A Vision system lets players equip the abilities of past series protagonists, and guest characters such as Cloud and Tina appear as phantoms who lend their power. Cinematic pixel-art event scenes, called Cinematic Pixel, were shown in the preview. The battle screen composition is designed to evoke classic Final Fantasy entries.
Final Fantasy Resonance is scheduled to launch on October 22, 2026. The platforms named across the stories are PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The preview was conducted on a PlayStation 5 build.
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Square Enix's Final Fantasy Resonance, a console remake of the mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (FFBE), is the first Final Fantasy title to adopt HD-2D graphics, fusing pixel-art characters with 3D backgrounds. Based on the first season of FFBE's story, which ended service in October 2025 after about 10 years, the game launches on October 22, 2026, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Windows), with a Steam release on October 23. A media preview event offered roughly one hour of gameplay on a PS5 development build. The game introduces a visual style called "Cinematic Pixel," using dynamic camera work and close-ups to create dramatic event scenes and battles. The turn-based command battle system features a break gauge: hitting enemy weaknesses depletes the gauge, triggering a break state that grants extra actions and allows a finishing move called Resonance. Party composition is customizable through "Visions," which are essentially jobs representing characters from past Final Fantasy titles, including Cloud from Final Fantasy VII and Tina from Final Fantasy VI. The preview highlighted a mysterious girl who can summon Bahamut as a playable character, and the story centers on Rain, captain of an airship squadron from the kingdom of Grandshelt. The standard edition costs 7,678 yen, with a Digital Deluxe Edition at 9,878 yen and a Collector's Edition at 25,500 yen.
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Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy Resonance, a new RPG based on the first season of mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, rebuilt as a console title. It launches October 22, 2026 on PC, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch. The game is the first Final Fantasy to use HD-2D visuals, with turn-based battles, break gauges, and a Vision system for equipping character abilities.
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Square Enix announced Final Fantasy Resonance, a new HD-2D offline RPG based on the first story arc of the defunct smartphone game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, during a Nintendo Direct livestream on June 9. The game will launch on October 22 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store on Windows. The Steam version follows on October 23. This is the first Final Fantasy title to use HD-2D graphics, which blend pixel art characters with 3D backgrounds. The story follows Rain, commander of an airship squadron, and his childhood friend Lasswell as they investigate a weakened magical barrier and confront a mysterious armored man who shatters the Earth Crystal. The game rebuilds the smartphone original's first season for console, with producer Keisuke Nakajima stating that everything except the broad story outline and characters has been changed. The battle system is turn-based command with a job system, and players can borrow the power of past series protagonists through a Vision system. A Collector's Edition including an artbook, soundtrack, and trading card is available for pre-order.