This recent Nintendo Direct has been quite the showcase, offering sneak peeks and first looks at all sorts of exciting titles – including Final Fantasy Resonance, a new JRPG from Square Enix that feels a whole lot like Octopath Traveler.
Final Fantasy Resonance is set to arrive on October 22, 2026, and it's stunning. Unveiled as "the first Final Fantasy game in HD-2D" – the very same art style that Octopath Traveler and its sequel use, the new entry in Square Enix's decades-old series will be available to play on both the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
It features the same turn-based battles folks know and love Final Fantasy for, as well as recurring iconic characters like Cloud Strife himself. As for the setting – Lapis, it shares a world with Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, the now-dead free-to-play mobile RPG... and it sort of looks like a remake, honestly.
Unsurprising, seeing as it's "based on the first story arc of Brave Exvius," as per a press release from Square Enix – but is also apparently "far from just a direct port," as "it has been refined and extensively rebuilt as a full-fledged console-quality RPG experience."
Last we saw of Lapis was back in 2025, when Brave Exvius was discontinued – so, this is pretty cool.
