Square Enix Adding 11 Final Fantasy XVI Songs To Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

Sad that we won't get any characters from XVI, but it's still nice that the DLC includes XVI music in the first place!

Shame “All is One”‘ isn’t in there. Still, that’s a pretty good set of songs though I wish they put one or two more in there with it being a numbered entry and all.

Decent list, unfortunately my mood on 16 has soured quite a bit. Very disappointing game imo

@Anti-Matter - If it helps, down here in Australia the game (FFXVI) is rated 15+ (and yes, we do have an 18+rating, but that’s saved for stuff like Cyberpunk and Resi Evil Village), so you could argue it’s not that bad, just overrated in other countries (alternatively, since it’s just dlc, you could easily avoid it by sticking with the base game).
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Nice to see them keeping the game updated. Wasn’t sure if they’d do it, despite how obvious it seemed. Wonder if they’ll do the same for FFVII Rebirth, once that comes out?

@anti-matter that is such a bizarre thought process. You don't want to play game A because of the music from game B being a roman numeral based game that has mature themes being featured as DLC that you would choose to buy to add in the game on your own and isn't there by default.

@FullMetalWesker I hope so. Some updated tracks for 14 and Nier: Automata would be awesome.

Meh, I just wish if they did another round of DLC where they'd sdd some more tracks for FF4-FF9, they really didn't add enough in the jump from 3DS to here and 4 and 6 in particular feel incredibly shafted.

16 was disappointing, but FF music rarely disappoints.

I think I will skip Final Fantasy XVI after all. If Square decides to make a Final Fantasy game again and also makes it a USK 12 rated game again, like they were in this country, I will gladly buy it again.

Do we have a battle theme or not?

@Anti-Matter If the music is good, then what on earth is the problem? It's not like the music is rated 18+.

18+ games are all evil. Or something like that.

On a serious note, Final Fantasy usually has great music, so you can't go wrong with this.

I really disliked FFXVI by the end, but the music (the Phoenix theme!!!) is amazing!! Glad I paid for the dlc bundle 3 already ❤️ this game has infinite replayability

@Anti-Matter Well, you're missing on lots of good music then. It's okay to not want to play games with adult themes, violence etc, but judging music without even listening to it is just bizarre. And even if you didn't like FF XVI music, they're completely optional DLC.

I guess this would have been coming at some point although I think it would have been fun, even if it was Switch exclusive, to have Super Mario RPG tracks included. Would've been nice cross-promotion. I mean two Smash arrangements of FFVII appear in the game. That said, SE do appear to own full rights to them...

A good way to end the DLC though I do hope they surprise announce more DLC later on like how we thought there was only going to be 1 Fighters Pass for Smash Ultimate but then Fighters Pass 2 was announced.

Don't really have much to say about FFXVI itself as I haven't played it (don't have a PS5) but it would be really cool if it got ported to the Switch's successor alongside the FFVII Remake trilogy if the system is powerful enough.

Yeah! I bet on this horse months ago! Glad they added FF16!

Does anyone know why the US eshop doesn’t list the Digital Deluxe Upgrade and you need to find it through Deku deals?

@JokerCK It's not even just trolling. It's spam at this point because it's almost word for word the same thing every single article.

Happy to see FF16 music, and twelve tracks no less. I'm hopeful it doesn't stop here, even if this is all that was planned, since I really need the Octopath 2 battle and menu themes.

I wish the music from FFXVI was a free update since it's a mainline game, but then again people who paid for the season pass probably want to get their money's worth. I have the base game but I have not purchased any DLC. I'm tempted by the Chrono pack, but it's really not worth the price for a handful of songs.

The base game is great though, I like it. Buy it on sale if you're interested.

@Anti-Matter We know you don't like 18+ games. You don't need to state that over and over again. You're not gonna get this game because of it? No need to comment then, we're a lot of people here enjoying the game and your comments always derails the topic. You're like a broken record sometimes. I've defended you before, but I'm getting tired of these comments you make. It's like a fixation you have. Please stop.

I haven't played FFXVI yet (not sure if I will like it), but I will get this DLC as FF music is at minimum good and mostly great. Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is in my top 5 of the best games from 2023 so far, it's really a fun time!

@hippoeater Eh, I don't play the songs from the MMO games as much either, but that's because I have no memories of them. Maybe it works the other way around too? If you really disliked it, you dont want to relive those moments?

I LOVE your avatar btw, it's so cute!! 😻

Glad they keep updating it. I've played curtain call like 100 hourse but probably more. Got almost all the dlc songs. So there wasn't a whole lot of "new" songs for me yet. Definitely love that its up to 2 main entries, remakes and amazing franchises like Octopath, Bravely etc. 🤎

Can't believe the composer of Final Fantasy XVI pulled rank over the composer of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker to get his songs in the game 😔. The producers of those two games should call a truce.