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25 Years Later, Final Fantasy’s Failed Experiment Proves An AI Gimmick Is Doomed

Pour one out for Aki Ross and 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.'

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "sort of the successor" to Final Fantasy creator's overlooked JRPG Lost Odyssey, lead says: "Truly one of the most powerful, emotional experiences of my life"

"It's one of the best games in the world," Guillaume Broche says

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is playing the Elden Ring DLC as we speak, it appears, and he's using the king of all shields

Not even the fabled Drip Inspector could complain

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Former Square Enix exec says backlash over Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up shared by the JRPG series' creator "shows how far down the rabbit hole the madness goes"

The father of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, has since addressed the backlash himself

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'Final Fantasy 6' AI Remake Clip Ignites Debate After Hironobu Sakaguchi's Reaction

Hironobu Sakaguchi sparks debate after praising AI-generated "Final Fantasy 6" remake visuals, drawing backlash from fans and developers.

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Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi praises AI slop trailer for a FF6 remake, earns himself a light ribbing from battle designer on the first 2 games

Fin-AI-l Fantasy.

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi responds to the backlash after shouting out a Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up that went viral for all the wrong reasons

As he animates Lost Odyssey concept art

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Final Fantasy 6 remake AI slop wows series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, fellow JRPG veteran tells him to stop but agrees the game deserves the Final Fantasy 7 treatment

The AI got another one

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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined convinces Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to do the unthinkable and drop FF14, at least for now: "Somehow I eventually cracked"

If he's keeping up his 12-hour-a-day FF14 habit, then he must be forgoing sleep

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In Clair Obscur's wake, Dragon Quest 7 finally has its chance to shine

Opinion | Once the black sheep of the Dragon Quest series, DQ7 is back to prove JRPGs never needed saving in the first place

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Final Fantasy 7's Materia almost had a very different name before series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi "had brilliant foresight" and realized it'd be "difficult to understand" for Japanese players

Spheres would have their day in Final Fantasy 10

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi shouts out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"

The JRPG-inspired game just swept up at The Game Awards 2025

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Final Fantasy creator finds plans for his first-ever game with Square while "decluttering," featuring detailed instructions like "give apple" to get a "kiss" and "kill lion with revolver"

Hironobu Sakaguchi has plenty of treasures in his declutter pile

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "cult classic" Xbox 360 JRPG from Final Fantasy creator is "one of the best games of its kind" and "the last game that made me cry"

Hironobu Sakaguchi himself was involved in Lost Odyssey

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35 Years Ago, A Struggling Creator Invented Final Fantasy, And Changed Everything

One of the most influential RPGs of all time hit the NES in North America 35 years ago, kicking off a series that's still innovating today.

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Before it was Square Enix, Square "collapsed" when Final Fantasy boss Hironobu Sakaguchi left the company, says composer Nobuo Uematsu: "The situation at Square was awful after he quit"

"Maybe Sakaguchi isn’t aware of this, but the situation at Square was awful after he quit"

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'Expedition 33' Carries on the Spirit of Classic Final Fantasy

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is clearly inspired by Final Fantasy, but in particular, it really carries forward the design ethos of Hironobu Sakaguchi.

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30 Years Ago, The Creators of Final Fantasy and Dragon Ball Made The Perfect RPG

It still remains a shining example of what true artistry in gaming looks like.

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Final Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game"

"I think that respect for Nasir helped to make the first Final Fantasy an amazing game"

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After 3 years of playing Final Fantasy 14 "almost every single day," series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the MMO "might be the game that I've played the most in my life"

Happens to the best of us

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Final Fantasy creator says screw retirement, he's got one more game in the tank: 'Humans are greedy creatures, aren’t we?'

"It’ll be part two of my farewell note."

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Final Fantasy creator plans to make another game before he retires, and this one is inspired by Final Fantasy 6

"It'll be part two of my farewell note."

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After Black Myth: Wukong's "social phenomenon," Final Fantasy creator says new tech like the RTX 5090 can power diverse RPGs, but the "old style" still has a place

"Another way to look at RPGs in 2025 is this diversity of experiences players have at their fingertips"

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The Final Fantasy 7 remake series is "perhaps one of the best interpretations" of an RPG remake, but Hironobu Sakaguchi wants to "continue giving birth to something new"

"I would like to continue giving birth to something new and bringing these different worlds to life as much as possible before I perish"

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The 10 Best RPGs of 2024, Ranked

2024 was a banner year for role-playing games, from 100-hour epics to more intimate experiences. Here are the 10 best RPGs of the year, ranked by the editors at Inverse.

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