Square Enix Wanted Cheap Final Fantasy Port, Producer Rejected Gacha
Final Fantasy Resonance producer Keisuke Nakashima has revealed that Square Enix executives initially wanted to release a cheaper, straightforward port of the mobile RPG Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, but he pushed for a more ambitious console adaptation without gacha mechanics or microtransactions.
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