Square Enix's Naoki Yoshida, known as the producer of Final Fantasy XVI and the director and producer of Final Fantasy XIV, has teased a port of the popular MMORPG to Nintendo Switch platforms during an in-game New Year celebration on Japanese servers. As reported by the blog Livedoor, when asked about it, he replied 'Please look forward to it.' It's not quite a confirmation, but fans are taking it as a definite sign that progress is being made on that front.
Yoshida previously discussed the possibility back in June 2024, when he opened the door to the port, but also suggested that it might not happen for quite some time. Now we're into 2026, though, so we might be closer to an announcement.
The Final Fantasy XIV director then returned to the topic in a Gamescom 2025 interview with VideoGamesChronicle, when he mused on the benefits of such a port for existing players and newcomers.
For existing Final Fantasy XIV players, if hypothetically a Nintendo Switch 2 version was released, they would have the chance, for example, going through the main story—they could play that on the PC and do raiding on the PC. But when it comes to other types of content, they could sit back, relax on the sofa with the Switch 2 in hand, and they could do their gatherer and crafter content, and I'm super excited about that sort of possibility for our players.
For those who have never played Final Fantasy XIV, the younger generation, if they started playing on Switch 2, being an MMO, it could be a genre new to them, and I would be really happy to introduce these new players to the genre and let them have fun with the game. It's precisely because of this that we have started discussions with Nintendo, and so far they have been positive, so I really hope that players can expect good news in the future.
Interestingly, though, in the New Year message, Yoshida appears to have referenced Switch in general, rather than specifically the Switch 2. Final Fantasy XIV was originally released on the PlayStation 3, so it could certainly run on the Switch, although that platform has long since been abandoned and the latest expansions are a bit more taxing than the base game. The safest bet is to assume that the game will only launch on the Switch 2. Meanwhile, the game recently received patch 7.4, which introduced new Main Scenario Quests, a new dungeon, a new Trial, the Heavyweight Raid Tier for the Arcadion series, an overhaul of the Glamour System Overhaul, and a new Frontline map.
Chinese players already have a taste of playing the MMORPG on the go through the mobile version, Final Fantasy XIV: Crystal World, which was developed by Tencent's LightSpeed Studios and released in China on June 19, 2025. A global launch date has not been confirmed yet.
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