Square Enix used the latest Nintendo Direct to pull the curtain back on Final Fantasy Resonance, the first game in the series to adopt the HD-2D look. It draws on the first story arc of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, the long-running mobile RPG, though Square Enix is careful to frame it as more than a port. This is a ground-up rebuild into a full console-quality RPG.
Anyone who played Octopath Traveler 0 might recognize what’s going on here. That game reworked the mobile gacha title Champions of the Continent into a full single-player console RPG late last year, and it worked out pretty well, arriving as a well-received budget-priced JRPG. Brave Exvius looks to do the same, but for the Final Fantasy franchise. The mobile original had a solid run of its own, lasting around eight years before Square Enix closed its global servers in 2024.
Resonance leans on a strategic turn-based battle system with a modern twist, and it brings back series staples like chocobos, espers, and airships. Familiar faces appear too, with Cloud, Tidus, and the Warrior of Light among the Final Fantasy characters dropping in, all rendered in the retro-inspired HD-2D pixel art that gives the game its throwback look.
Final Fantasy Resonance launches October 22, 2026, on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, and PC through Steam and the Microsoft Store, priced at $49.99. A $59.99 Digital Deluxe Edition adds in-game items, while a $209.99 Collector’s Edition bundles those extras with four physical items, including an artbook, a soundtrack, and a Final Fantasy Trading Card Game promo card.
