Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
During the production of "Final Fantasy Type-0", the development team explored the possibility of a high-definition port of the game. The idea never went beyond experimentation as the team was focused on keeping the game as a portable experience. The team also experimented with a sequel on eighth generation consoles, but production was halted when the development team were transferred to "Final Fantasy XV". After some time working on "XV", original director Hajime Tabata decided to develop "Type-0 HD" for eighth-generation consoles. The game began development in mid-2012, around the same time "XV" was shifted onto PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One. Tabata came on board in July of that year as director and producer, though his involvement was fairly minor due to his directing duties for "XV". The main development was handled by HexaDrive, who had previously collaborated successfully with Square Enix on "The 3rd Birthday", and had developed the high-definition remasters of "Ōkami" and "". The remaster was intended as an incentive for "Final Fantasy" players in both Japan and the west to purchase eighth generation consoles before "XV"s release. The original plan was for a port to both the seventh generation PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, and eighth generation consoles. After the PS4 proved popular at the 2013 Tokyo Game Show, and as Tabata had no development experience with seventh generation console hardware, the team focused on the eighth generation versions. According to art director Yusuke Naora, moving from the PlayStation Portable to eighth-generation hardware proved hard for the team. Despite early claims, no version of "Type-0 HD" was developed for the PlayStation Vita. According to Tabata, this was due to difficulties in porting between console and Vita development environments, and his wish for a playing experience he could only envision on home consoles.
Development of Final Fantasy XV
To promote the game, and also forming part of the collection, a mobile app titled "Justice Monsters Five" was developed. Based on an arcade-style mini-game from "XV", it used gameplay similar to the "Monster Strike" series and incorporated classic "Final Fantasy" monsters. "Justice Monsters Five" was released on August 30 for mobile platforms, and eventually shut down on March 27, 2017, seven months after its initial release. A planned Windows 10 version was not released. A second promotional item was "A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV", released through GameStop and EB Games in North America as a free pre-order bonus. Playing as an arcade-style beat 'em up, "A King's Tale" relates King Regis' exploits thirty years before the game's events, told to the young Noctis by Regis as fairy tales. "A King's Tale" was later made available for free for PS4 and Xbox One on March 1, 2017. In addition, another mobile game titled "King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon" released in 2017. It is a remake of the 1986 game, and was available in "XV" as a game Noctis and his friends play. Square Enix and Machine Zone collaborated on a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for mobile devices based on the content of "XV", first released on June 28, 2017. Titled "" and developed by Machine Zone's subsidiary Epic Action, the game involves players taking the role of characters from "Final Fantasy XV" and fighting other player armies in real-time battles for control of the Crystal.