Square Enix has made some tasty salad of porting its Final Fantasy games to mobile for a very long time now. It’s been roughly eleven years since the first two games in the series dropped on iOS, and as the years passed the others came. In 2011, Final Fantasy 3. In 2012, Final Fantasy 4. 2013 and 2014 saw the fifth and sixth games arrive, bringing us to the edge of the PlayStation era of the series. In 2015, the big moment arrived: Final Fantasy 7 came, albeit with fewer changes than the previous iOS releases. Indeed, it felt like something running in an emulator, but it was still cool to see such a huge game hit our little screens.
Following this pattern, it would seem logical to think that Final Fantasy 8 would arrive in 2016. Well, we did get a Final Fantasy game that year, but it was the rather impressive port of Final Fantasy 9. Unlike the previous game, this felt like it was rebuilt for the hardware. Perhaps that was the hold-up with Final Fantasy 8" At the time, I thought we’d see the eighth game arrive in 2017. Instead, we got the original title Final Fantasy Dimensions 2. Hm, maybe in 2018" No, that ended up being Final Fantasy 15 Pocket Edition. Oh, I see! 2019 is the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy 8! Square Enix, you sly dogs. But no, no such luck on mobile that year. It did come to other platforms. Perhaps it was just a bit behind on mobile" 2020 passes, nothing. I’ll level with you, friends. I thought Square Enix wasn’t...