Yoshi-P: Younger players “haven’t really had the chance to connect” with Final Fantasy series as “release intervals for new titles have gotten longer”

Yoshi-P: Younger players "haven't really had the chance to connect" with Final Fantasy series as "release intervals for new titles have gotten longer"

By Sickr on March 22, 2026

Final Fantasy 14 director and Square Enix veteran Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida has said in a YouTube video celebrating the release of mobile title Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy that he feels younger players haven't had much of a chance to connect with the Final Fantasy series because of the long release intervals. It's widely known that Square Enix has been trying to capture the attention of younger players who may never have played a big Final Fantasy game before. Here's what he said:

"I'm 53 now, and I've been playing since Final Fantasy 1 in real time. But for younger generations – people who grew up naturally accustomed to action-based combat and online competitive play – the recent entries in the series may have been harder to engage with. Part of that is simply because I'm sorry to say . . . the release intervals for new titles have gotten longer, so some players haven't really had the chance to connect with the series the way older fans did."