There are few video game creators as influential as Hironobu Sakaguchi, the mind behind Final Fantasy, Mana, Chrono Trigger, and more. Since leaving Square Enix in 2003, Sakaguchi and his studio, Mistwalker, have crafted even more beloved RPGs, with each new game feeling drastically different from the last. That’s never been more true than with Sakaguchi’s last game, Fantasian, but you’d be forgiven for having not played it. Released on iOS in 2021 as an Apple Arcade exclusive, Fantasian is a hidden gem that manages to feel wonderfully nostalgic, but also vibrantly new and exciting.
