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Final Fantasy creator's lovely JRPG Fantasian makes the great escape from Apple Arcade jail this December

Hironobu Sakaguchi's latest is coming to PC and consoles on December 5

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Final Fantasy 14 devs just went ahead with their FF9 homage because otherwise they would have been "waiting and waiting" for the rumored JRPG remake to show up

"When would we be able to incorporate that essence of Final Fantasy 9 and make our hommage?"

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi can't stay away, says he's taking back his retirement plans because making games "may be more of a pleasure than a job"

Sakaguchi is working on a new game with the team behind the 2021 mobile RPG Fantasian

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Final Fantasy creator says returning to Square Enix after 20 years "was like returning to your home in the countryside, this old home that your parents always had"

Square Enix is helping Sakaguchi bring Fantasian: Neo Dimension to PC and consoles this winter

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Final Fantasy 14 encouraged series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to return to Square Enix after 20 years for help freeing his JRPG throwback from Apple Arcade jail

"Yoshida understands the essence of what Final Fantasy, and in this case, Fantasian, represents."

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The Most Overlooked RPG of the Decade Is Finally Getting Its Second Chance

Fantasian, released on iOS in 2021, is one of the greatest RPGs of the last decade, and it's finally getting a second chance with a gorgeous rerelease.

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JRPG icon Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons Final Fantasy 6 is the "most complete" game in the series, "especially because it was the last Final Fantasy to use pixel art"

That puts him at odds with fellow FF veteran Tetsuya Nomura, who thought the classic game could've been better

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Final Fantasy's creator doesn't want to bring JRPG hits Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon to modern platforms, but he does want to revive a decade-old strategy gem that was shut down 4 years ago

More Terra Battle, anyone?

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OG Final Fantasy creator won't return to the iconic JRPG series again, partly because he might not "enjoy Final Fantasy 14 as much"

Hironobu Sakaguchi says he practically lives in the MMO

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The father of Final Fantasy loves FF14 so much, fellow devs at his studio have had to log on sometimes to say 'hey, the meeting's started'

"On a rare occasion—I want to stress 'rare occasion'."

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Final Fantasy creator says his Final Fantasy 14 habit got so bad "on rare occasion" that some of his employees would hop on the MMO to DM him about missed meetings

Hironobu Sakaguchi is truly dedicated to the grind

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This JRPG from two Final Fantasy legends is secretly Nintendo's best announcement of the summer

Opinion | Fantasian Neo Dimension is finally escaping Apple Arcade

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The father of Final Fantasy says it's a "blessing" working with Square Enix and Yoshi-P to rebuild the JRPG he made "thinking it could become my final work"

Hironobu Sakaguchi says Fantasian "has a special place in my heart"

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The father of Final Fantasy teamed back up with Square Enix after 21 years to break his latest RPG out of Apple Arcade jail

Hironobu Sakaguchi's Fantasian is finally coming to PC—with a little surprise help from Yoshi-P.

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Fantasian, the lovely JRPG quietly released by Final Fantasy mastermind Hironobu Sakaguchi years ago, is escaping Apple jail and coming to Switch this year

Fantasian: Neo Dimension is straight from Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu

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Final Fantasy 14 superfan and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is running riot with the goofy FF6 outfit he made Yoshi-P add to the MMO

And he's already got an entourage

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Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creators pay tribute to Dragon Ball icon Akira Toriyama, having worked with him on several beloved JRPGs

Dragon Quest is synonymous with Toriyama's work

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Chrono Trigger’s creators shower Sea of Stars with praise: “it looks great”

Sakaguchi, Horii, and Torishiyama love what they've seen

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Final Fantasy founder is writing a new game, but he’s still playing too much Final Fantasy 14

Hironobu Sakaguchi's commitment to the grind is unreal

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The creators of Chrono Trigger love one of my favorite Xbox games of 2023

Recently on a Japanese Radio Show, the creators of the iconic JRPG Chrono Trigger showed recognition for Sea of Stars, an indie JRPG inspired by classic 1990s JRPGs.

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Final Fantasy's father was so obsessed with Final Fantasy 14 last year that he played the MMO for 12 hours a day and "basically lived in" it

How did Hironobu Sakaguchi do anything else?

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Final Fantasy 10-2 at 20: how breaking the series’ golden rule changed Final Fantasy forever

On the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy 10-2’s North American release weekend, we look back at this paradoxical RPG and how it reshaped the series.

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Final Fantasy father Hironobu Sakaguchi has a "new project" in the works

This comes nearly a year after Sakaguchi first revealed a new game was in the works

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Final Fantasy 14 is living proof that ‘JRPG’ is an outdated term

Speaking with Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida, it’s clear that so-called ‘JRPGs’ are part of a much broader gaming ecosystem.

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Final Fantasy 16 draws high praise from the father of the JRPG series

Hironobu Sakaguchi puts the "fan" in Final Fantasy 16

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