Square Enix held its Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival on Friday, showcasing the sequel to the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The last big surprise of the show was the reveal of a Nintendo Switch2 version of Final Fantasy 14 It happens in August.
FF14 on Switch 2 marks the first time that the MMORPG, launched in 2010, has made its way to a Nintendo platform. In the short clip of the game played on the Switch 2this appears to be a faithful port of the game to Nintendo’s latest handheld console, but it will come at an additional cost for FF14 players who want to play this new version – and we don’t know how much it will cost yet.
Since FF14 is a subscription-based MMORPG, players must purchase the game and pay a monthly subscription fee. Subscription can range from $13 to $15 and depends on how many characters a player wants on their account.
The problem with the Switch 2 version is that it will require its own unique subscription. This means that for FF14 players already on other platforms, such as PC, PlayStation, Xbox, or Mac (all of which can be played under the same umbrella subscription), if they also want to play on Nintendo’s handheld console, they will need to purchase the Switch 2 version of the game as well as pay the additional monthly subscription cost for that version. Cross-progression is still available on Switch 2 for FF14 players, which will allow them to use the same character across all platforms.
Note that this Nintendo-specific supplement is not linked to the Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and players will not need the latter to play FF14 on a Switch 2.
It appears that these additional subscription fees came after “many months of discussion with Nintendo,” the FF14 team said on the festival stream. To compensate for these additional costs that players will face, Square Enix is making the first month of FF14 on Switch 2 free. Those who have an FF14 subscription on another platform will also benefit from a 50% discount on the Switch 2 subscription.
Square Enix did not immediately respond to a request to confirm the price of the game and the subscription for the Switch 2 version.
The other big news from the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival was that of the game’s next expansion. Evercold is set to release in January 2027. The expansion will include two new character jobs, a level cap of 110, new towns to explore, and more dungeons and raids to complete.
The Evercold expansion also includes a new raid series that will feature a crossover with the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series. A short teaser of this raid series was shown, but it didn’t provide any additional details on what it would consist of or what content from the bizarre and beloved anime would be included.
Square Enix hasn’t provided pricing for the Evercold expansion, but expansions typically cost $40.