Naoki Yoshida is keen to direct another major title for Square Enix.
Yoshida led development on Final Fantasy 16 on top of his work as producer and director for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, which will receive its next expansion Dawntrail later this year.
Yet despite all that work, he told Famitsu (translation via Aitai Kimochi) he would like to direct a “next major title”.
“It’s completely undecided as of now, but if the opportunity arises to work on the next major title, I would like to direct it myself!” he said.
Yoshida considered adding one more title to his name, but then decided against setting a ceiling for himself.
“If I were to fall into the trap of thinking ‘I can only do one more title’, then it might be marked as something odd, like ‘Yoshida’s masterpiece’, which isn’t a good look,” he said.
“For example, I’m in my 50s right now and still snowboarding, and the more I snowboard, the better I become. I honestly think I’m at my peak at the moment, no joke! I feel like I can still push even further, so in lieu of that, I haven’t set a cap for myself.”