Final Fantasy Creator Finished with the Series, Sees Himself as a Player

My comment may be irrelevant but this article took me to more than two decades back when Enix didn't want to merge with Square for a period of time due to the financial stuff happened and my hopes of Sony to acquire Square back then after successful relationship between the two in the PS1 era. Sigh... it never happened

Didn't we know this back on the PS3? It's not like he left square on super friendly terms, enough that I think it's crazy that they're publishing mistwalkers game at all now.

That's fun that he plays xiv now though. The only ff that reflects his own vision for the franchise since he left. Coincidence? 🤔

Kind of a shame he has no interest in bringing Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon to modern systems.

I think those games deserve a second chance - they did “Final Fantasy” better than Final Fantasy during that particular console generation (I wasn’t a particular fan of FF XIII).

Good thing I can still play both on Xbox, though!

14 is crazy overrated IMO and to have one of the head people responsible for putting Final Fantasy on the map say he doesn’t want to ruin his enjoyment of 14 by developing another game is so upsetting to me- I always thought he had one more FF in him But, live your best life sir.

He left Square over 2 decades ago and the last Final Fantasy he directed released 30 years ago. Why would anyone think he'd ever work on the series again? That chapter has been closed for a long time now.

I am not surprised but it was a pipe dream of mine to see him return for one chapter, it would have been cool. It’s pretty neat he still lays and enjoys the series and he is way less conservative and mind-caged than some FF fans.

Sad that Lost Odyssey is not being considered for modern platforms…Blue dragon, no thank you 🫶🏻😅

We still have hope since this fantasian port is happening because of yoshi-p we need to get insiders to start whispering to yoshi to get Sakaguchi to agree to ports of his older titles they would have so much reach now on newer platforms

There's no reason for him to go back to FF. Right now he's 61 years, a grandfather, and as a game developer he already acomplished most if not everything in his career.

So, he pretty much wants to relax and enjoyed his freedom far from corporate stuff or any tight schedule.

I mean... he has been off if for quite some time. I think FF10 was the last one he still participated on but left during development.

Now it would be lovely if he helmed a new entry in the Chrono series. Maybe a tribute to Akira Toryama.

Also, i must confess he is younger than i thought. To think he was still in his 30's when he left squeenix and he had already helped make 10 mainline titles and some spin off's.

I loved The Last Story. Such a brilliant game and a shame it seems to be locked onto Wii forever.

@Nem Sakaguchi was only worked as an executive producer for FF X. He didn't involved with the development at all because he was busy making FF The Spirits Within. And Sakaguchi last FF was X-2 before he left SE and founded Mistwalker.

@PuppetMaster I want to forget X-2 existed, thanks. 😆

@Nem Great battle and job system though.

@Ainu20 The whole game was a filler act to re-enact the perfect ending of FFX.
I really can't put it on the same level.

@Nem Sure, the game as a whole is pretty damn silly. But still, that part of it was excellent.

Let the man rest. He has more than earned it.

I can understand why he doesn't wanna go back to the FF franchise, but not wanting to atleast try bringing Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon to modern consoles is a letdown imo.