Square Enix has officially announcedTheatrhythm: Final Bar Linefor the Nintendo Switch as part of Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct. TheFinal Fantasymusic game will be packed to the brim with song tracks from across the popular JRPG franchise, but will also offer post-launch content for some surprising recent Square Enix games.Theatrhythm: Final Bar Linewas just one of Square Enix’s Nintendo Direct announcements, which includedCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 ReunionandOctopath Traveler 2.
Theatrhythmhas been absent from the gaming landscape for some time now.Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, whichFinal Bar Linewill be iterating on, launched in 2014.Theatrhythm Dragon Quest, which was never ported to the west, launched in 2015. Most recently,Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: All-Star Carnival, a Japanese arcade game, launched in 2016. It’s taken six years for the newTheatrhythmto come around, a long wait for rhythm game fans, but the new game looks to be worth the wait.
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Square Enix has confirmed thatTheatrhythm: Final Bar Linewill feature an astonishing 385 total tracks included in the base version of the game. These songs will all come from theFinal Fantasyfranchise, from the originalFinal FantasythroughFinal Fantasy 15, even if “Final Fantasy” has been dropped from the title. Specific songs mentioned include"One-Winged Angel" fromFinal Fantasy 7, “Suteki Da Ne” fromFinal Fantasy 10, and “Torn from the Heavens” fromFinal Fantasy 14.
Players will be able to get their hands onTheatrhythm: Final Bar Linestarting August 04, 2025, on both Nintendo Switch and PS4. But wait, there’s more, because if 385 songs wasn’t enoughSquare Enixhas plans to increase that number to closer to 500. Both theTheatrhythm: Final Bar LineDigital Deluxe and Premium Digital Deluxe editions will include 27 additional tracks at launch. There will also be three season passes, each delivering 30 more songs via 5-song packages post-launch.
What’s particularly exciting about the DLC forTheatrhythm: Final Bar Lineis that games beyond theFinal Fantasyfranchise will have their music included. Teased games include theNieRseries,SaGaseries,Manaseries,The World Ends with You,Octopath Traveler,Live A Live, and “loads more.”
Suffice to say,Theatrhythm: Final Bar Linewill be one of the most thorough collections ofFinal Fantasymusicavailable when it arrives next year. It’s a genuine celebration of all thingsFinal Fantasy, and the DLC plans for the game make the collection all the sweeter.
Theatrhythm: Final Bar Linereleases July 15, 2025 on PS4 and Switch.
