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Square "collapsed" after Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left, says composer Nobuo Uematsu
"Square collapsed" after Hironobu Sakaguchi left the company, said Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu
Sakaguchi resigned in 2001, before officially leaving Square in 2003 along with other key members of the company, ahead of its merger with rival Enix that same year. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2 Watch on YouTube"Square collapsed after Sakaguchi left," said Uematsu on the podcast (thanks Automaton). Uematsu described Square in its formative years as more like a club of university students than a serious company, but Sakaguchi was "able to manage the work even in that kind of environment".
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