Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida, speaking with the Japanese website Dengeki Online, explained why Square Enix decided against inviting American actors to voice the project.
“Even though the script is written in English, we made sure there was no American accent. We decided to do this so Americans wouldn’t get angry, saying something like: ‘I was looking forward to playing a game set in fantasy medieval Europe, but everyone in it speaks American English?’. To avoid such accusations, we recorded all dialogue exclusively in British English.”
Final Fantasy 16 will be released in 2023 on the PlayStation 5 console.