Last Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has confirmed in a current interview with Bloomberg (thanks, VGC) that he’s not considering revisiting the franchise.
Granted, provided that he left Sq. Enix in 2003 to ascertain Mistwalker, this should not essentially come as a lot of a shock, however what’s fascinating is the reasoning behind his resolution. In response to Sakaguchi, he loaded up Last Fantasy XIV in 2021 with the intention of spending only a few hours with the sport earlier than attending an occasion.
A couple of hours became a real obsession, with Sakaguchi confessing, “Now I nearly dwell in Last Fantasy XIV”. As such, he expressed concern that revisiting the franchise in an expert capability would impression his enjoyment of the sport, citing his change from creator to client.
“If I tackle the Last Fantasy model once more, I don’t know if I’ll have the ability to genuinely get pleasure from Last Fantasy XIV as a lot.”
Moreover, Sakaguchi reiterated that he doesn’t want to work on bringing older Mistwalker video games, comparable to Blue Dragon or Misplaced Odyssey, over to fashionable platforms. He confirmed that he and the crew are engaged on one thing model new, however wouldn’t touch upon what this is likely to be. Finest guesses for the time being level to a direct sequel of Fantasian, with the corporate lately submitting a trademark for ‘Fantasian Darkish Edge’.