Fantasian Neo Dimension Brings Brings Final Fantasy Creator's RPG To Consoles And PC

During today's Nintendo Direct, Fantasian: Neo Dimension--a port of the previously Apple Arcade-exclusive turn-based RPG Fantasian--was confirmed to be headed to consoles and PC later this year.

Fantasian follows the story of Leo, who wakes up in a mysterious world of machines with little memory of how he arrived there. Not only must he rediscover his own past, he must also contend with a mysterious mechanical infection that is impacting the world around him.

Battles in Fantasian take place in a classic turn-based RPG format, but there are a few unique mechanics that stem from the game's mobile roots; specifically, players can control the paths of their attacks in either straight or curved lines in order to take out multiple enemies at once. The Dimengeon System, meanwhile, lets players turn off random enemy encounters by sending those enemies to an alternate dimension; however, once the player decides to fight, each skipped battle must be won in gauntlet-style succession.

The game was developed by Mistwalker--the studio helmed by legendary RPG developer Hironobu Sakaguchi--for Apple Arcade and released in 2021. Longtime Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu wrote music for the game, and each in-game scene and town was created using real-world dioramas that were scanned into the game engine.

Fantasian: Neo Dimension is set to launch this holiday season for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.