Fantasian: Neo Dimension, the upcoming re-release of the acclaimed 2021 JRPG, will be bittersweet for long-time Final Fantasy fans in one major way.

The legendary composer has said in several years past that he won't be able to keep making full game soundtracks.

Composer Nobuo Uematsu announced that his work on Fantasian Neo Dimension will be his last video game music project.

Uematsu is now claiming that he isn’t retiring from video game music work, but that he’s going to “cut back” on them due to time constraints, clarifying that he’s still interested in composing smaller projects,

JRPG legend Nobuo Uematsu says Fantasian Neo Dimension will be his "final project" as a video game composer.

The latest Fantasian Neo Dimension trailer shows the progress from concept art to dioramas to actual gameplay.

Nobuo Uematsu has clarified that he's not retiring from making banging video game tunes, just planning to spend more time on personal projects.

Nobuo Uematsu has followed up this brief message clarifying he's "not retiring from video game music work". He mentions how there's apparently been "some misunderstanding" and he wants to cut back on this music so he has more time to make his own music.