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Square Enix has been involved in the development of mobile games in recent years Final Fantasy XI R with Nexon. The game was called an “MMMRPG” or “Massively Multiplayer Mobile RPG”. But now apparently it is no longer.
Originally announced in 2015 as Final Fantasy XI Mobile, the game promised to be a mobile version of, you guessed it, FFXIIt was announced for release in both Japan and South Korea in 2016, but that never happened. Social game information reports that FFXIR did not meet the expected standards and the developers of the project have switched to other games.
Final Fantasy XI R was apparently in the development pipeline last fall, but it was finally officially canceled in February. Kotaku follows for clarification.