Based on previous threads, here's another updated version of what we know about FFXI Mobile (iOS/Android) coming out around 2016 2017 uhh. It’s worth mentioning that, while this talk about consoles and multiple platforms is promising, the Final Fantasy XI reboot is still marked as mobile-only in the presentation. To solve this, they are using a combination of Web servers and TCP servers, in order to reproduce the environments to match the PC version of the title in the mobile terminal. :\. But I also think there may be something to some of the rumors. At the moment we’re fine tuning the battle system, and when the time is right we will be able to make another big announcement, an official one. It makes me wonder if they were going to release this as FFXI declined in population, only to find FFXI virtually not declining? Q: Will FFXI Mobile share servers or existing characters with the Windows version? They are currently increasing development staff, and have yet to set a completion date, but FFXI fans can rest assured that development is progressing. Products based on these four tenets will start rolling out in 2020. A: In April 2020, Square Enix replied in Gamer Escape's interview: As this is a joint project with NEXON, the FINAL FANTASY XI team is unable to provide an answer to this question at present. If they're making all of these new HD assets for FFXI anyway, why not at least attempt to apply them to the original game in some way? A: Japan, Korea, North America, Europe and rest of Asia. You dont have to keep playing but I did. Final Fantasy XI, also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Square (later Square Enix) as the eleventh main installment of the Final Fantasy series. SE says details aren't concrete yet. [...] the idea would be more along the lines of a further refined FFXI given the high-perfomance mobile devices available today. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002, for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in … This is indeed still listed as just mobile, but you weren't completely off base. XI remake is something I want so bad, but if it’s on mobile, I’m not gonna bother. Considering Star Wars KOTOR on Android is 2.4GB, it may be feasible for a 5GB+ game to be on the app store. They are able to choose race, gender, facial features, hair color, and height. The mobile game was announced in March 2015 as Final Fantasy XI Mobile as a part of the Vana'diel Project. For example, when considering that a method of payment is unimaginable at the stage we're currently at might be proposed, it is not possible to make a conclusive decision. It's a massive undertaking. SE is planning for seemingly all expansions after release: Players will eventually be able to play Rhapsodies of Vana’diel, so we'll be putting in a ton of effort to try and match or even surpass the PC version. but if everything is done through touch that just seems horrible to me. A community for those with interest in Square Enix's original MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI (FFXI, FF11). A: Unknown. If I can get a really nice Android tablet with a keyboard and mouse or controller and play it, I'll give it a shot. Active nearly two decades, FFXI has over a dozen active servers, receives monthly updates, and is tied to Nexon's unreleased Final Fantasy XI R mobile project. I think that's ultimately what's going on. tl;dr: Almost no new info, just that it seems to still be in development. It’s a “multiplayer co-op action game” that the publisher believes is “really exciting.”  They also think that the game will “change online games in the west.”. Q: Will it still be the normal interface/client? Final Fantasy XI Mobile Reboot Still in The Works; Nexon Will Target Consoles With its Online Games. Nexon recently provided some interesting information about its … Speaking about the new game by Embark, Nexon will talk “a lot more” about it later this year.