The return of Final Fantasy Tactics to modern consoles didn't happen through careful long-term planning. It all started with game director Kazutoyo Maehiro's nostalgic replay and a sudden realisation that the game's building blocks were missing.
"A few years ago, certain circumstances led me to play the original Final Fantasy Tactics game," Maehiro tells Square Enix in an interview. "It was my first time playing the game since it first released all those years ago, and I got to experience its brilliance all over again, from its outstanding design that still holds up today even among modern games, to its deep narrative."
