The Sq. Enix team behind Final Fantasy Ways — The Ivalice Chronicles did not simply remaster the iconic technique RPG, they had to undergo the bother of remaking the source code from scratch, in accordance to Bloomberg. In an interview with Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, the sport’s director Kazutoyo Maehiro defined the arduous means of designing The Ivalice Chronicles, which is about to launch at the finish of the month.

When getting to work on the remake, Maehiro and his team found they had to rebuild the source code from the floor up because it was misplaced thanks to the trade’s unstandardized practices in the ’90s, in accordance to Bloomberg. When translating Final Fantasy Ways from Japanese to English for the international launch, the firm would overwrite the original Japanese model’s code. For Maehiro, that meant the team had to undertake a ground-up overhaul and recreate the source code by enjoying the original sport that launched in 1997, consulting the sport’s grasp disc and the 2011 model known as Final Fantasy Ways: The Conflict of the Lions, in accordance to Bloomberg. Maehiro additionally stated throughout a PAX West 2025 panel that the team gleaned a variety of misplaced information from fan-made databases.

Revealing extra of the behind-the-scenes selections for The Ivalice Chronicles, Maehiro informed Bloomberg about the debate surrounding Rely Cidolfus Orlandeau. Higher often called Cid, and appropriately nicknamed Thunder God Cid, this overtuned character joins you later in the sport, however many followers complained about him being overpowered. As a substitute of nerfing Cid, Maehiro informed Bloomberg that maintaining this character’s energy stage the similar would higher symbolize the storyline since “his function in the story is being that very highly effective character who joins your get together.” To quell any issues of Cid being too damaged, Maehiro informed Bloomberg that the team determined to buff the different characters to even issues out. Wanting forward, Maehiro additionally hinted at exploring sequels for the Final Fantasy Ways franchise and even model new video games in the technique RPG style, provided that The Ivalice Chronicles does properly, in accordance to Bloomberg.