Nintendo NX Could Get A Port Of MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

I would rather have a single player Final Fantasy game on the NX but beggars can't be choosers. I will take whatever as it's been far too long since we've seen a FF anything on a Nintendo console then alone the proper series! Something like this would make the system a day one for me. It would show me Nintendo wants some of their glory days back!

I would be all over this. This news is nuts.

I don't care for MMOs. I'd rather have XV

I usually don't like MMORPG games, but might check it out if it came on a Nintendo console.

Possible, but not likely.
I'd love to see Phantasy Star Online 2 come out on NX... But that's a stretch.

Great news but actual single player Final Fantasy games would be better. Really sad how Final Fantasy remakes have skipped Wii U.

@ekreig Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut was released and was really good IMO, but I don't know if there have been others.

I'd rather have the FF VII remake come instead. Or have an FF VI or V one.

New style on TV, old style on GamePad, use -/SELECT to switch.

Is it really that hard to pander to both?

I'm currently playing it on PC (with a gamepad) and this would be wonderful addition to a Nintendo console(?).

@Spoony_Tech You better buy FF Explorers if you hope that'll come to fruition. Oh, and Bravely Second too, because apparently the 3DS isn't big enough of a platform for anything other than spin-offs.

I'd be honest, the original FFT on PSX would really fit on a 3DS, not the PSP port.

In the meantime, could we have some Square Enix VC games?

The first main Final Fantasy game on a Nintendo console since FF6 in 1994? This seems a little too good to be true...

So now it's basically confirmed that the NX will have a console part?

@ekreig And this is why Nintendo shouldn't have made the Wii U purposefully hard to port to. It meant Publishers didn't want to spend the high amounts of money to port unless big sales were guaranteed, and it didn't take them long to see that was not going to happen.

final what?i dont like anything beyond 9(with 6 as my favorite)...what i do want square is star ocean!(i dont own a playstation)

They have been avoiding putting any major games on Nintendo consoles for almost 20 years. Now I am supposed to believe they are bringing numbered final fantasy games and dragon quest to it. Sure.

They support Nintendo's handheld but that is pretty it apart from a poor spinoff on the consoles. So until more is known next year, I will not care for most of the rumors a crap about nx. I know the square stuff is not a rumor but it just seems something is wrong. Unless another company, like a western one, says they are in talks to maybe bring something I am still going to think of the nx as something that is probably going to disappoint us.

I'll believe it when I see it. But if this happens, I would be so happy.

If the game wasn't so utterly boring, this would be a positive sign...

Mh =/ Just to shed some more light to this whole thing:
The producer Naoki Yoshida always wanted to put FFXIV on as many platforms as possible resulting in the current PS3, PS4, PC and Mac versions. All playing on the same servers. Microsoft allowing cross platforming between Windows 10 and Xbox One doesn't mean anything as long as they don't open up their policy to allow older windows versions and Playstation to play together. So a Xbox One version is still not happening.

The same goes for any possible version on a Nintendo system. Nintendo would need to allow PS3, PS4, PC, Mac and at that point maybe Xbox One players to play on the same servers. So that ever happening depends on what the NX will really be, hardware specs, costs of a port and Nintendos policy on cross pllatform play.

@manu0 ''According to the developer, negotiations with Nintendo still have to be started.''

Ergo, they don't know anything yet.

@Harmonia well there has been a game that feature Wii U/PC crossplay namely a Chess game, not the same I know but seems to suggests Nintendo is open to the idea

Seems Sqaure-Enix really wants us to think about NX, I have to assume they've seen it otherwise they wouldn't be confirming... sorry considering three titles for the system. I do find it interesting that two of them are MMO's.

I would love to love this, but having to pay extra kinda forces me not to... I'd rather have more typical Square RPGs on the 3DS. FF6 3D plz!!!

If I'm not mistaken, cross-platoform play is allowed on both 3DS and Wii U, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be on NX. It would be great if FFXIV was released on NX, and in North America. MMORPGs are really cool, but there are hardy any on Nintendo systems. In fact, I think DQX is the only one

There were great FF games on Wii.... and most of them were exclusive
1. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
2. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
3. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
4. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
5. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
6. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
7. Crystal Defenders R1
8. Crystal Defenders R2
9. VC Games: Final Fantasy (NES), Final Fantasy II/IV (SNES), Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)
10. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Gamecube)

Also, Square Enix made Dragon Quest X for Wii U in Japan and Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut for Wii U in the West.

"News" seems a bit presumptious, maybe "could be?" or "stranger things have happened". Actually you guys already use "weird", should have gone w/ that.

If NX releases in 2017 we'll all be having Deja vu from when Wii U launched w/ mass effect 3 and Batman, this game will seem so old by then. 2016 might not be too bad.

@abe_hikura It is certainly not impossible but one should be carefull:
the problem is not cross platform play between a Nintendo System and PC but basically allowing people to play with Nintendos direct competition (in this case PS3/4). There would have been a Xbox One version for over a year now if Microsoft wasn't being a special snowflake and would permit crossplay instead of wanting their own servers.

For Nintendo it would be a great opportunity: SE does the port, hosts it on their own servers and while you dont have to pay the sub double, people still need to buy the licence for the Nintendo version. Voice chat isn't a concern as their isn't one implemented in the game anyway.
It would even have an advantage over the PS versions as Playstation currently needs you to use the Playstation Network to be able to play.
Frankly a WiiU version would have been possible as it's definitely better as the PS3 but apparently wasn't worth the effort to port over (the Gamepad would have been nice to use with the game)

I would also be careful to read too much "SE support for the NX" into it. Naoki Yoshida basically doesnt have anything to do with the other announcements being made in regards to ports for the NX. He basically is a guy that, if he could, would make this game avaible on every platform and throw everyone onto a single big server. But that certainly is not the reality and while it's a sign that he is open to the idea it's really just his own wish for more people to be able to play

@twistedbee I would KILL for Phantasy Star on the NX. Or any Phantasy star iteration on the New 3DS.

This is a good sign i guess

I'd buy an NX bundled with all of these Square Enix games, hopefully including FFXV

I've played XIV when it originally came out and when it was re-released in 2013. I migrated from PC to PS3 to PS4 and frankly, for a console-based MMO it handles superbly. Though, the game itself relied too much on recycling the classic tropes of Final Fantasy games and instead of feeling like a modern MMO it's very...well...retro, I guess.

A Realm Reborn improved a lot of the animation speeds and navigation, but dumbed down a lot, and I mean A LOT of the game mechanics - particularly the job and leveling system. The whole thing just feels like one big fanservice, but I suppose that's all that matters.

Anyway, there's no reason to think that a version of XIV won't already work on the Wii U, let alone the 360, and as far as Nintendo is concerned: I know for certain they won't have problems with cross-platform multiplayer. I've dreamed about something like this for years: A game that connected players from around the world anywhere and everywhere possible, regardless of their platform of choice.

A PC player in a party with a Nintendo, Sony AND Microsoft player running through a dungeon together...none of the stupid biases getting in their way of defeating enemies, pillaging chests and riding chocobos into the great beyond...

Alas. Until Square Enix decides to actually do something, this is just a dream...

@Kaze_Memaryu This game is far from boring.I've sunk alot of hours into this game. If it ends up coming to NX. I'll have no reason to keep my pc as it's what i use it for. Gives me an excuse to sell the PC to fund an NX

Square Enix now release Rise of the Tomb Raider on the NX and you will be good in my book.

There sure is a lot of talk about the NX getting exactly what it's competitors get, and we have 0 about the system in general. Some people know some "thing" obviously. I just hope the NX will live up to all this hype it's been generating.

Why?

@MeloMan That was actually exactly what I was going to write. lol

I'm so hype for this! If it runs well I'll gladly switch from PS4 to NX

Dang...Square Enix seems really, really, really interested in the NX.

Also, unlike DQX and DQXI, FFXIV being considered for NX sort of confirms that the NX is a console. I find it hard to believe that Square Enix will take the time to optimize and modify FFXIV for a handheld device, unless the handheld is ridiculously powerful.

But this is good news for NX, regardless if the platform is a home console or a handheld. 3 third party games "in consideration" for the NX many months before it has actually been revealed by Nintendo themselves.

@SPLAofTOON I dealt with FFXIV for several days by using the 14-day trial, and I couldn't find anything interesting besides the character creator. Boring environments, dull combat, a story FFXIII-levels of pointless, and some really annoying interface overload (which had to be solved by wasting almost an hour of reassembling HUD elements) - this game is a very typical MMO that has absolutely nothing unique going for it. I've seen almost everything in the game done better elsewhere, and a fair number of counterexamples are even F2P.
I won't deny the possibility of this game being fun to people (I mean, people have fun playing The Order, so anything's possible), but a genuinely good game from Squenix is something that can only be worded in past tense.

Square Enix being so eager to produce these games on a system we know almost nothing about must mean something, right? My guess is Nintendo's already given them the run down on NX, at least in concept, and perhaps that's what's gotten them excited for it. Still a somewhat odd situation as none of these titles are actually confirmed yet.

@Kaze_Memaryu wow the gameplay is that bland?

Nintendo doesn't deserve a awesome game like FFXIV They should be lucky to just get Dragon Quest...

I'll take some WIIU games squeenix...you know the system that is currently out?

@hYdeks Saying a company or a group of fans don't deserve something is just plain out being a fanboy, no matter what side you on.

Don't bother Square Enix. Late ports of old games are guaranteed sales failures. Dragon Quest XI, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy VII Remake? Now those are ok.

At least square is giving signs of support, we'll see if these actually pan out or not.

All the news surrounding peoples opinions of NX does bode well for the future consoles performance and scope. Let's hope all these utterings are true; not just for the fans that want these games but for the general increase in support for the Big N.

Its a great game, but I've already got it on PS4. If it does come to NX, I'd recommend it to any FF/MMO fan.

I cant imagine playing an MMO on console. Too many spells to cast and abilities to activate than what can be bound to buttons on a controller. Im just not a fan of MMOs in general, but I'm all for having numbered FF games on Nintendo consoles again, as well as Squeenix bringing Dragon Quest back to the west.

It would be pretty amazing if this was true, since it would mean some very big titles could launch alongside the NX. I don't see why Nintendo would refuse, considering they're apparently putting tons of effort into the system just on their own, although there will probably be big obstacles. Either way, I've been dying to try a modern FF game (MMO or not) since I've only played Final Fantasy 3 on the DS so far.

@Kaze_Memaryu Clearly didn't get past level 20.....

This is one of the best MMOs I've played in 15 years and dropped WoW after 10 years for it. Currently level 60 with my Monk main. Has some of the best story I've seen in an MMO and the zones are all gorgeous looking. Class mechanics are less forgiving, more complicated, and more fun than WoWs despite a slightly longer GCD. My Monk is faster than my enhance shaman ever was anyway.

Great news if this does come over but I'll be sticking with my PC version unless they finally make macros/keybinds server side. Then I can take the console elsehwere for a dungeon fix, etc.

Catgirl Monks!

Forget that, just give us Final Fantasy XV or that FFVII remake. Heck even Kingdom Hearts 3 too while we're at it.

@TurboTEF That's one of these pretentious arguments that are completely worthless. Is it really my fault when the game is an unbelievable slog to play until at least Level 20? If Squenix is too incompetent to make a game interesting from the start, that's not something you can hold in favor of the game.
Besides, I've looked at several videos of higher-leveled people to see if I'm missing anything, and I almost started laughing at how lazily similar to previous FF games the environments look. As for the story, same thing as with the gameplay: if the start sucks, the story lacks an elemental aspect to convince me into paying it more attention than my breakfast (and I don't even eat breakfast).

I wouldn't bet on this coming to any Nintendo system. I hope it does but thee seems to be a problem with Nintendo and MMORPG's . I don't know if it's Nintendo just saying no way or if Dev's are just skipping Nintendo because they think nobody is going to play. Either way players are losing out. We should have been playing Dragon Quest X a longtime ago in the west

@Kaze_Memaryu

ALL MMOS ARE A SLOG TO START AT START! They usually don't pick up until around level 30-50. Level 40+ for WoW and FF, 30+ for TERA, etc. GW2 is the only exception but its combat system is much simpler.

Eh, your loss. Its a fantastic MMO and a great FF game. HM 4-mans are actually hard and fun. LOL, environments ARE amazing, gtfo. I hve 3k+ screenshots of the game to prove that too. Name me one FF game that has similar outside of 1-2 areas (coastal bits) from FFXII. That argument is silly anyway since other MMOs studios reuse areas and story form their past games too. Kind of a petty stance IMO. /shrug

Anyway, you've made your mind up already so I won't reply back again.