My wife and I look after a lot of Japanese students who come to NZ for small stints and when I ask any of them if they play video games it's mainly Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft etc. now and then they also play Smash Bros.
If I ask them if they play games like Final Fantasy, in most cases they don't even know what it is😬 I can see why Square has put FF on Switch 2, I think it's needed for the IP's survival in Japan.