Final Fantasy creator says FF6 is the "epitome of what I felt was my creative JRPG," and that replaying it after 20 years shaped the feeling he wants Fantasian to invoke

A boy and girl from Fantasian point off camera as a ship appears behind them.

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi calls FF6 the "epitome of what I felt was my creative JRPG."

Speaking to the press at the Tokyo Game Show ahead of Fantasian's eventual console and PC release, Sakaguchi takes a question about how his experience with the Final Fantasy franchise played into the development of Fantasian Neo Dimension, a souped-up version of the original JRPG that launched on Apple Arcade. He initially credited replaying Final Fantasy 6 as the inspiration to make the original Fantasian, though lately is more frequently spotted in Final Fantasy 14.