Two weeks in the past, Square Enix made waves when it introduced it could be teaming up once more with Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi for the Nintendo Switch launch of his newest RPG, Fantasian: Neo Dimension. Despite the online game reunion being 30 years within the making, Sakaguchi tempered followers’ expectations by saying the team-up wouldn’t spell his return to Final Fantasy or every other video video games from his previous.
In a latest interview with Bloomberg, Sakaguchi stated that he has little interest in returning to Final Fantasy or every other video games he contributed to. The 61-year-old’s reasoning is solely that he has “switched to a client slightly than a creator” — primarily, he’d slightly simply benefit from the video games as a participant then be aware about the behind-the-scenes particulars.
“If I tackle the Final Fantasy model once more, I don’t know if I’ll have the ability to genuinely get pleasure from Final Fantasy XIV as a lot,” Sakaguchi instructed Bloomberg.
Sakaguchi additionally expressed disinterest in bringing different video games he labored on, similar to Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, to trendy consoles. An exception to Sakaguchi’s aversion to revisiting previous video games, nonetheless, is Terra Battle, a method recreation that was launched in 2014 on iOS and Android gadgets however was delisted. According to the Bloomberg story, he wish to revive that title.
Sakaguchi started his profession at Square Enix (then referred to as Square) in 1983. During his 30-year tenure, Sakaguchi took inspiration from formative RPGs like Wizardry and Dragon Quest to make the primary Final Fantasy. The recreation, as Bloomberg notes, saved the corporate from chapter and went on to develop into a juggernaut within the online game business, promoting greater than 185 million copies throughout the sequence. Sakaguchi would additionally go on to provide different pivotal RPGs like Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. He formally parted methods from Square Enix in 2003 with Final Fantasy X-2 as his closing contribution to the sequence he created.
Since leaving Square, Sakaguchi began a brand new online game firm referred to as Mistwalker with fellow Final Fantasy collaborators. Key amongst them is the sequence’ famed composer, Nobuo Uematsu. Fantasian Neo Dimension — which was beforehand an Apple Arcade unique — will launch on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC through Steam this winter.
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