Sq. Enix’s Octopath Traveler franchise celebrated its 8-year anniversary in July. Speaking to Dengeki Online in a commemorative interview, the collection’ core improvement members, together with producer Tomoya Asano, lately addressed Octopath Traveler’s future.
With the 8-year milestone having handed and the 10-year anniversary already in sight, Asano says his group is absolutely conscious that anticipation for an “Octopath Traveler III” is extremely excessive. Nonetheless, considerably apologetically, he says there may be nothing he is ready to share in the intervening time. “We genuinely really feel [fans’ expectations], I simply wished to convey that.”
Asano additionally provides that given how a lot the scope of the HD-2D type has expanded and the robust efficiency of Octopath Traveler – which has bought over 7 million models thus far – his group strongly feels that it “can’t merely launch one thing half-baked.” He and the remainder of the builders agree that “if we’re going to do it, we’re going to push the bounds,” suggesting {that a} potential sequel might be much more bold in its scale or idea. They ask followers to “hold wanting ahead to what comes subsequent.”
On a facet observe, in the case of different multimedia developments within the Octopath Traveler collection – akin to novelizations and the TRPG adaptation – the builders say they’re keen to listen to what followers want to see made, welcoming concepts.