Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Special Interview | Part 1 of 2
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2023
- To commemorate Final Fantasy’s 35th Anniversary, we bring you a special roundtable with the original developers!
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, Pixel artist Kazuko Shibuya, who has been creating pixel art from the very beginning, and Brand Manager Yoshinori Kitase talk about secret stories behind the creation of Final Fantasy.
Here, you will find the first part of the history of FF leading to the Pixel Remaster series.
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I remember when it was Sakaguchi's birthday, I dropped by their FC house in FFXIV hoping to meet him. There was no one at the time but I decided to wait for few minutes thinking he's usually online. When I was just thinking of leaving, Sakaguchi suddenly appeared in front of their FC house (most likely just finished a dungeon run or teleported from somewhere else) so I luckily got the chance to say hi, greeted him a happy birthday and thanked him for giving me wonderful memories since childhood through Final Fantasy. He also gave me a sweatshirt he crafted himself (a limited time freebie he gives away because it's his nameday lol) Still one of my most prized posessions in my armoury chest to this day
Sakaguchi seems like such a fun person to be around casually.
I think his personality is synonymous with the older games. I really miss his influence on the newer entries.
@12ealDealOfficial agreed. His last was I think ff10 or 12 and you can tell how different all those entries are compared to the newer ones.
@@TheCaliforniaHP He took an Executive Producer credit on X-2 as part of his severance package and was credited as Executive Producer on X. X was a Kitase directed game much like VII and VIII. It's unclear what influence Sakaguchi had on X if any, given the close release period to The Spirits Within. Sakaguchi was directly responsible for XI's MMO and Everquest focus as a concept as well as its inclusion as a mainline game. He was also heavily hands on with IX, and responsible for the general theming and core concepts used in VII, before letting Kitase, Nomura, Nojima, et al maintain creative control on the project.
XII was a Matsuno game until he had his stress related breakdown and Ito then took up the slack for him. Sakaguchi had no involvement. There was a lot of silly controversy at the time surrounding XII that the "series had ended," without Sakaguchi's involvement, yet here we are in 2023 and XVI.
One of my favourite people in the industry. Such a great man.
Aye, but I'm 99% sure he is hammered in this lol
I’m so thankful to have such a vast and comforting franchise to be a part of my life, it has gotten me through some hard times
I wish I gotten into it earlier. However its such a beautiful franchise
Mood, but also I'm glad you feel that way, it's really comforting at many times ♥
Same 💚💎
Glad to see that Square respected the influence that Sakaguchi had on this franchise and invited him, even if he left the company years ago
I'm so glad they took the time to provide an English-subtitled version of this interview. Thank you so much. It feels so good, seeing M. Sakaguchi reunited with his friends again for a cheerful chat about these games we all love.
Yes, same here. I am a 48 year old American, and have very little information on the people who created these games that have been with me through most of my life.
I’m super grateful to get to know them. I wish they could have brought more of the original team.
The best thing about this is knowing that all of the things that sakaguchi says came out of nowhere or because they were bored etc. Are 100% true, and yet have become legendary staples of the franchise.
It was a delight watching them interact together, really made me smile. I just can't get enough of game development stories from the 80s and 90s. It's just so inspiring and really human.
Couldn't stop smiling throughout the whole video, can't wait for part 2!
happy 35th final fantasy anniversary and 60th birthday for sakaguchi san. I love all FF games up to ff12 and my favorite ones are FF5, FF8 and FF11.
I absolutely adore how Sakaguchi, Shibuya and Kitase remember and recall this period of their lives in relation to the games development.
I was happily suprised when I got to the Opera House in FF6. Anyone who has been playing these games for 30 years will be.
Such a great moment for the first time
Let’s go!!! Can’t wait for more finale fantasy in the future and I hope they remake older games as well.
@Snivy036that would honestly be amazing and I would buy it in a heartbeat.
ff6 remake would make me buy a deluxe version
Sakaguchi' is a legend, even to this day, his latest Apple-Exclusive game Fantasian is a treat to play, loved it so much.
This series has changed my life completely and means the world to me. It inspires me like no other. No other game gives me the feeling I get from these games. Long live final fantasy!
Except it's already dead, and FF16 - the fake Final Fantasy game - killed it.
@@AnonYmous69271 to be fair: FF died after X in the early 2000s after Sakaguchi left and Yoichi Wada (typical business alpha, no idea of gaming) took the company over...
@@AnonYmous69271 Oh cry more. You lot are all the same whining with ever release. Go back to 2003 where you belong.
@@AnonYmous69271 wtf are you talking about? The fanchise is currently at its best state since we got X. We have 14 which continuously gets banger after banger expansions and is currently the biggest mmo out there, the 7 remake trilogy, crisis core remaster which hugely improved the og version, the pixel remasters and 16 which is the best single player mainline title we got since XII or even X for most people. It's ok if you don't like anything i guess but the vast majority of the fans is very happy with the franchise currently.
@@Kostanovi Everything you said is invalidated by the fact that you said that "FF16" is a real FF game. It is not.
Next time please add a background, something that's not blindingly white. Awesome event, btw, would love to see more of these interviews with other creators.
This was absolutely delightful. I wish so badly that Uematsu could've been there too!
That would've been great
Whoever that teacher was i would like to thank him for contributing a part of my childhood along with amano and sakaguch, uematsu,and the rest of the development team of Final fantasy.
The FF series has been my go-to games for decades now. I am LOVING replaying them on Switch (doing 1-6 in order, not that it matters). Thanks for the interview!
cant wait for more games ! hope they can remake remake ff8, if possible!
Im truly blessed to have grown up during the time of ff3-6. It is some of the best story/combat/gameplay memories that has carried through time and even inspired myself to commit to a life of learning to one day also produce an experience for someone else to immerse in and get carried away. The theme songs are incredibly reminiscent
Sakaguchi-san elaborating on player housing in ff14 gives me life. Can't wait for part 2!
This interview/celebration was so great! So happy these creators came together like this…FOR THE FF FANS!
Hahaha
Sakaguchi: I was told I’d just be drinking and chatting with Kitase, but oh hey Shibuya is also here too!
😂🤣😂🤣
Oh wow, suddenly “60th Birthday Celebration” 😂🤣
Thank you guys for all these amazing years. I've been a fan of Final Fantasy since I was just a kid at 7 years old. I'm 33 now and just finished playing FF16. Thank you so much!!!
I'm as old as the series at 35, I feel as though we've grown up with the series and has matured with 16 which seems fitting for us veteran fans. Time sure flies!
@@XayRax Hell yeah brother 💪
You guys are the reason I became a games artist, it was the hardest thing I have ever done and FF has been my constant insperation, thank you!!
How the -FUCK- does this only have 13k views these people are legends in the fantasy and rpg community.
They have some of the biggest profiles known to mankind why is this NOT being talked about more this is like if we got a peak into the head of a legendary hero of old.
Like odds are they have worked on at least one of your favorite games growing up. Not just final fantasy but anything rpg related.
Like as far as ff is concerned the only person I would listen to with the story of ff is these three.
Thanks for producing this content it’s amazing. Thankful to have Final Fantasy in my life ❤
I just finished the first three games in the Pixel Remaster collection, so I finally had a chance to watch this. Thank you for providing this fascinating look into the history of Final Fantasy! I really enjoyed revisiting FFI and completing FFII and FFIII for the first time. And yes, that final Crystal Tower dungeon in FFIII is LOOOOONG
Final Fantasy changed my life thank you everyone at square for changing my life. i wish there were more videos of the the developers chatting discussing how their thought process was for each game and how they ended up becoming legends in the gaming industry thank you for the translation. I wish they could have nomura on a video one of these days we haven't seen him in a while
Sakaguchi is such a chad and friendly guy. I can see myself playing ff14 with him and seeing him go all full gamer mode like a homie
Still waiting for part 2. 😢
Awesome Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Special Interview Part 1 of 2 Video.
I'm so thankful for FF series and to this day I have ALL FF series I to XVI been a fan since childhood.
I do hope for FFXIII Trilogy they make a Remastered for All Consoles.
Which Lightning Returns turns 10th This Year
Such a beautiful thing to see, thank you so much for organizing and sharing this!
Love this videos! Thanks for all this years making Final Fantasy 💙
I really enjoyed this. Loved to learn about Shibuya's many designs and of course great stories from the Guch and Kitase. Can't wait for part 2!
such a awesome interview. good vibes.
Fantastic video. Really looking forward to the second! I love hearing about all of the background for these games. It's even more fascinating to think that they're really only even just touching the surface, too. Nasir sounds awesome.
I gotta look him up
This game series changed my life and I am so thankful to all those involved in the making. Your passion for games is still felt to this day and the joy you still experience is obvious within the interview. ty ty ty
Thank you for releasing this. Like so many others the games are a big part of our lives and to see the creative minds personalities behind a lot of it is a pleasure.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Final Fantasy 7 was my introduction to deep storytelling and the series is a cornerstone of my entire identity
Kazuko Shibuya has a deceptive amount of importance in this series, especially in the earlier games. There is probably no one more responsible for the way Final Fantasy looks and feels than she does, short of maybe Sakaguchi. I'm glad she was part of this interview.
We dodged a bullet with that "Fighting Fantasy" LMAO
Obrigado! Obrigado a todos os responsáveis, a todas as emocionantes histórias, q fizeram e fazem parte da minha vida!
Please hire Sakaguchi to be director for Final Fantasy 17 thank you!
now we know.... thank you for making this. love from Indonesia
Thank you! I love this!
It would be nice to watch one interview like this when Chrono Trigger gets 35th too, please!
I love this series
As someone who had experience working in Ginza, I can relate to his story when the HQ was in Ginza. Even now it’s hard to find a less expensive restaurant for lunch at work
That is one very bright room!
already watched this before theybtake this video down. great conversation btw 🔥🔥
Why would they take this video down?
@@GooseComics probably it was too soon.
This was awesome
After Final Fantasy XVI, "The Last Illusion" as a name hits different :`)
-happy 35th anniversary Final Fantasy.
Best Video Game Franchise of all time
I will appreciate if Final Fantasy universes can be developed into:
Monopoly games with different world on entire series,
Business strategy stimulation,
Sports games (like Mario And Sonic in Olympics, all characters get to play sports like tennis, badminton, golf, athletics etc),
And finally, virtual tour where all characters become tour guides for each world in the entire series.
Movie making where all characters for the entire series act in different genres like comedy, horror, drama, action etc
Sakaguchi said he was drunk for this interview. 😂😂
BEST rpg franchise OF ALL TIME ❤
Love for final fantasy from Palestine 🇵🇸
BRUH WHERE IS THE NEXT EPISODE!!!
Looking forward to watever memories he has to share on part 6, my first Final Fantasy... but I am now intrigued by who actually wrote the Queen Lamia-scene. Was it Sakaguci or NAsir who had a thing for snake-women? The internet demands TRUTH.
I need resolution on this new lore they dropped.
Nice to see Sakaguchi being in such good terms with SE these days
Square have got back in Sakaguchi's good books!!! Let's go FF9 Remake lol
You mean Sakaguchi has got back in Square's good books.
You can thank FFXIV. He LOVED it!!!
They’ve always been firm friends. There’s never been any hostility.
@@MattAndre24 There was a period between 2003 and 2015 that they had HUGE beef.
Square basically wanted to delete FF's connection with Sakaguchi, and Sakaguchi didn't ever want to talk about Square in a positive way.
Sakaguchi had HUGE beef specifically with Kitase.
Thankfully, it's mended now, mainly because Sakaguchi conceded Creative and Business defeat.
Final Fantasy is very dear and important to me. Although I have not liked the SciFi approach of later iterations. Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, 14, and 16 are my favorite ones! I hope the series continue to grow and bring joy to million of players worldwide!
Do you guys still intend to do a part 2 and cover Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI for SNES? That's probably my favorite era of Final Fantasy so far.
❤
Awesome interview. Those guys formed my early childhood! I still remember getting the airship the first time in FF1 on the NES early on a Saturday morning.(I think I was 10 or 11) I didn't get to play much because we only had one TV and the NES was hooked to it, but when that happened, I knew Final Fantasy was special. Of course, when the SNES came out I played the game that sticks we me even today, Final Fanstasy (II US) IV. Really miss those days where no one worried about inserting agendas/forced "wokeness"(hate that word), etc. Solid stories + Epic Music + Interesting gameplay = Success!
Please re=release the Pixel Remaster collection on PS4 physically. Or please make a PS5 physical version. Maybe include Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and IX also in 1 physical PS5 collection?
Will we get a Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy remaster? Will you port over the PS4 remasters and games to PS5?
They should make more copy’s on switch and ps4 🤔
Copies*
Part 1 of 2 be feeling like Disc 1 & 2.
Dissidia Final Fantasy for PS5.
Can you come back with your Mistwalker team and collaborate with Square Enix for Final Fantasy XVII? Please Hironobu, we need you.
Always loved the graphics off Final Fantasy VI in particular, as well as how the game looked overall. Cool to see that the female artist Kazuko Shibuya created the sprites. That Lv. 60 sprite @5:47 of Sakaguchi would work well as a cameo sprite in any new releases and/or remakes. Make it an extra character related to Cid's research operations or something like that.
I hope we get the definitive versions 1-6 in a collection pixel is great but the definitive versions with touch ups would be alot better
1987 was a very long time ago... and with the commencement of FF7R and FFXVI, graphics get so good and hyper-realistic it is like being in cutscenes and playing it in that quality, if only in 4k 60fps.
AWSM
Give us physical edition of Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster for PS4 worldwide!
WAIT THEY ANIMATED KAIN LOOKING UP IN THE FFIV LOGO!!
I think Square Enix have a good idea of how to proceed with the FF series at this point. When it comes to remaking the old games, just give them the treatment Crisis Core was given where pretty much everything is intact and improvements are made where it makes sense without breaking the bank. For the brand new mainline installments, stick with real-time action combat and AAA quality; FF16 was a big step in the right direction, so hopefully they build on that.
Yeah, but one day I would love to get fully 3d(HD, 3ds graphics made the games look worse imo)models for some of my most beloved characters from the earlier games. I'd be happy if they rebooted the Dissidia series and mad sure it was a 100% complete roster.
@@kolebowyer3837 Definitely suits Dissidia the most. I'd rather they not put total effort into 3D models and everything related to graphics... just to slap on turn-based combat. If they want to go all-out on a remake of one of the older games and keep it turn-based, they should go for an anime stylization akin to Persona 5. Could be interesting to see them go that direction.
Is it me or Sakaguchi just gave a new version for the origin of the name "Final Fantasy"? Looks like he gives a different one each time! ^^
No I have heard this before.
The story of the teacher making up a special meaning for it and Sakaguchi just saying "Yea that sounds cool let's go with that" I believe is the new info here (and it's honestly pretty fun to think about). The other stuff has already been known.
FF8 remake please ! TT
If anything, it would be FF6. Though, they need to finish the new FF7 sequel first.
They couldn't even be bothered to replicate the original FF8 PS1 rumble feature for Squall's critical sword strikes in the remaster. Fat chance of them putting the effort in for a full remake.
So can we get more physical copies 👀?
I miss Mobius FF.
Final Fantasy 8 remake when?
If anything, it would be FF6. Though, they need to finish the new FF7 sequel first.
They couldn't even be bothered to replicate the original FF8 PS1 rumble feature for Squall's critical sword strikes in the remaster. Fat chance of them putting the effort in for a full remake.
@@CorranHorn84 The rumor is FF8-10 remakes, not FF6. But only FF9 rumor has any credence at the moment.
A remaster and remake are often very different things, FF8 Remaster isn't relevant.
Why aren't you printing more physical copies of the PS4 version of the Pixel Remaster bundle?
bring back sakaguchi for 17......
yes please
17:40 the original FF was a sucess. The company moved to a worse office lol
Bring sakaguchi back..we want Jrpgs too not only action games
does anyone know what this promo sakaguchi is talking about at 8:17? i’m a big kyoko koizumi fan so i wanna see it
Wait, but where is the God of FF, Yoshi-P?
What about physical ps5 copies of pixel remaster?
we want the screen languages arabic games
Release pixel remaster on xbox plz
27:16 so Summon actualy its space filler ? LOL so thats why only a picture of monster with effect of magic LOL
I think they didn't know what they were doing until FF9 and FF10.
Those are the entries where you go, these people are geniuses.
The question is who pulled the weight on those titles the most.
Seemingly:
Hideo minaba
Shuko murase
Toshiyuki itahana
Kazushige nojima
Daisuke watanabe
Motomu toriyama
Yoshinori kitase
Tetsuya nomura
Also FF14 is awful, for the record.
Eso lo dijo hace 30 años no es nada nueva la noticia. Cómo quieren vender humo
They let people believe the wrong origin about their game series' name for over a decade? That's a bit unethical...
Final Fantasy is dead. "FF16" is not a real Final Fantasy game.
False. Even Sakaguchi ADORES XVI.
You are alone, bud. It has NEVER been about the gameplay. XVI still has all the crystals, summons, magic, Cid, Chocobos, Warriors of Light… It’s a Final Fantasy game. Deal with it.
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Cry about it, tho.
The series is DESIGNED to always evolve and always change. Kitase directed VI/VII/VIII, arguably the franchise’s “most popular” mainline titles.
Hell, using your insufferable logic, FF7 isn’t a “real” Final Fantasy game either, nor is FF8! Because they aren’t medieval fantasy like 1-6 were. FF16 is more medieval than 7/8/10/13/15… So it’s really MORE “Final Fantasy” than them.
@FFandMMfan L take
FF16 is a fantastic FF mainline game
@@dreamer6737 It is not a FF game. It is some Americanized DMC ripoff garbage. Final Fantasy is a turn based JRPG series, so clearly it is not one of them.
@@Megaflare99 L dies.
I was DEEPLY dissapointed with the FF6 Pixel "Remaster" since the company Square hired was lazy & actually made the musical score WORSE (no creepy breathing sounds in the Caves of Narshe etc.) & took out fun accidental features the original SNES game had. I also didn't like the change they did to a lot of the English localisation. Square needs to give FF6 the PROPER respect it deserves instead of milking the over-rated & underwhelming FF7 entry. They still should've remade FF5 & FF6 before jumping to 7. You do NOT show proper respect for your franchise by skipping over 2 titles to greedily milk a more "popular" one that only gained its statues from the ignorance its fanbase who STARTED with 7 & never knew the 6 games before it.
Do not delete this comment RUclips/Siliconeria...I am being civil & speaking the truth. It is NOT uncivil to disagree with people, so stop deleting this comment just because YOU don't like the truth I am lawing bare regarding FF7's overrated status.
Sigh
6 is popular abroad. Not even close to the same popularity in Japan. Especially compared to 7. Largely due to Woolsley taking liberties that improved the script. I love 6 but its obvious why they don't remake it.