Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been the talk of the RPG-loving town since it launched on April 24. Just last month, during a regularly-scheduled shareholders' meeting, Square Enix was asked to comment on Sandfall Interactive's smash success - particularly, how it might affect Square's own creative decision-making in the years to come.
And barely two weeks ago, Naoki Yoshida - better known as Yoshi-P, and the director of MMORPG sales behemoth Final Fantasy 14 (not to mention the producer for the highly action-centric Final Fantasy 16), faced a tough question during an interview with AnimeNewsNetwork: whether Clair Obscur's turn-based battle system would promote further consideration toward this more classical combat mechanic for future fare, like, oh, I don't know, Final Fantasy 17.
Is a hiatus en route? Or is a successor title closer than we think? Or... what?
Fast-forward to July 24, and Final Fantasy 7 Remake series co-director Naoki Hamaguchi has revealed that Square Enix's Tokyo-based global headquarters were recently visited by none other than several of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's senior-most developers.
Hamaguchi has cited "a creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas", which has - natch...
