Square Enix has yet to announce Final Fantasy XVII, but according to Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida, fans are eager for the game to be directed by Naoki Hamaguchi, who is currently overseeing the Final Fantasy VII Remake project. “But there were comments along the lines of ‘I want this guy [Hamaguchi] to make Final Fantasy 17,'” he revealed. “So I think that’s probably the highest praise you can get,” he commented, going on to say, “you don’t have to respond.” Back in January 2024, Yoshi-P touched briefly on Final Fantasy XVII during a podcast interview with Shuhei Yoshida, where he suggested that the game should be directed by someone new, preferably from the younger generation of developers. Square Enix hasn’t officially announced development of Final Fantasy XVII yet.