Summary

  • Director Naoki Yoshida is open to bringing Final Fantasy 14 to Nintendo's Switch 2 console in the future.
  • Final Fantasy 14 became a top MMO after a complete revamp by Yoshida, with plans for potential Switch 2 port.
  • The game continues to expand with new content, while rumors suggest Switch 2 may have specs to support it.

The Nintendo Switch may be the only current platform never to receive a port of hit MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 by this point, but director Naoki Yoshida is still reportedly open to the idea of releasing the game on the console's successor, the Switch 2. While there are no official plans for a Switch 2 port as of now, Yoshida has mentioned that he hopes to bring Final Fantasy 14 to as many platforms as possible, including Nintendo's, if the opportunity arises.

Though it released to mediocre reviews and an outraged playerbase back in 2010, Final Fantasy 14 grew into its role as one of the biggest MMOs of all time after Yoshida took over the project as director and revamped the entire game. Adding entirely new base game content and dubbing the new version A Realm Reborn followed by multiple massive expansions, the game quickly became a top competitor in the MMO market, even rivaling the likes of World of Warcraft.

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Final Fantasy 14 Launches 10th Anniversary Edition

Final Fantasy 14 releases a new 10th Anniversary Edition of the game, which includes some special goodies that fans and newcomers may want.

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While plans for a Nintendo Switch port of the game had reportedly been discussed as far back as 2019, the idea never came to fruition and now, as the Switch nears the end of its life cycle, the door is open once again to port the game to the alleged Switch 2 console. According to Yoshida, who spoke about the possibility on the YouTube channel Easy Allies, reported on by Nintendo Everything, Final Fantasy developer Square Enix "would love to have our title available on the Nintendo platform."

The Future of Final Fantasy 14

Of course, Yoshida's comments are fairly optimistic, as the director also mentioned how long it took for Final Fantasy 14 to receive an official Xbox port, which only recently released earlier this year. Such a port was years in the making and took a lot of work for both Yoshida and Square Enix as a whole, given that the game's servers had to be hugely expanded to include Xbox players in its shared cross-platform world.

For now, though, Nintendo has yet to confirm a release date for its next console, so it is difficult to say how long it might be until fans see more news about a potential port to the system. However, rumors place the upcoming console's specifications somewhere between the Xbox Series S and the PlayStation 5 in terms of hardware, and considering Final Fantasy 14 started life over a decade ago, it should be more than capable of running the game.

Yoshida and the Final Fantasy 14 team have been hard at work bringing the game's upcoming Dawntrail expansion to life, which adds entirely new regions to explore along with two new player jobs and several new game modes. In the meantime, the game is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and the Xbox Series X/S and even recently saw its free trial expanded, letting new players play the game entirely free all the way up to the game's second expansion, Stormblood.

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Final Fantasy 14 (2010)
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Released
August 27, 2013
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Begin your adventure in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn
Create your very own Warrior of Light and embark upon a quest to deliver the land from an eternity of Darkness.
Take to the skies in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward
Take your first steps in the reclusive nation of Ishgard, locked in a seemingly never-ending struggle with dragons.
Rekindle the fires of hope in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood
Journey to the East and rise up against the might of the Garlean Empire.
Become the darkness in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers
Travel to a world where light ushers all unto oblivion. But hope is not yet lost, for where there is light there is shadow.
Journey to the very stars above in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker
A great calamity has been building - a second advent of the Final Days. The Warrior of Light must journey ever higher and stand firm as hope's last bastion.
Set forth for new horizons in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail
Blue seas, clear skies, and boundless possibilities await! Explore uncharted territories with familiar faces as hope's light dawns once more.

Developer(s)
Square Enix
Genre(s)
MMORPG