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Hironobu Sakaguchi wants his next (and maybe last) game to be ‘a successor to Final Fantasy VI’

Bold ambitions.

Fantasian was a return to Sakaguchi’s roots, a throwback roleplaying game from the creator of the Final Fantasy series, which added some innovative gameplay ideas and an incredibly charming world made of handcrafted dioramas. I think another factor is how these games allow developers to utilize energy created from this extraordinary technology to come up with unique mechanics that enable players’ total immersion in virtual worlds. When I spoke to you ahead of the Apple Arcade launch, you said you only wanted to work on games that brought you “genuine joy.” Now that you’ve wrapped up Fantasian, what does that joy look like for you moving forward?

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