The legendary creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi talked at a panel today at PAX Prime, and he gave a few interesting details on his plans on his wishes for the future.
17 years later, it still stands out.
Two of the few games I still own for Xbox360 . I have Magna Carta 2 , Last Remnant but also have the PS4 version so I may have got rid of it and I have the DS version of Blue Dragon. I think and a few others but I forget what they are since I don’t dust them off. that’s about it.
Another one I still havent got to try is infinite undiscovery. I read it was pretty linear but I usually fk with tri ace(star oceans are great).
Really my only issue with lost odyssey was the level cap they hit you with throughout the game. I enjoy just relaxing and doing some grinding every once in awhile. Could've atleast given the option. Other then that. Excellent game.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The 360 imo had atleast half or more that Gen of being the better jrpg system. I bought one earlier then I normally would have for some, and Alan wake. Japanese devs really got in their feelings that Gen and dropped the ball(thanks Phil phish, cocky ass ign, etc)
You'd be better off playing Lost Odyssey on an XBO or Series X as no disc swapping and it looks and plays much better. Same with Blue Dragon. I still keep my 360 hooked up for games not on the bc list. for everything else, I use the series x now. Just last night I installed arkham origins as there is no 8th gen version like asylum/city.
I love having bc on xbox one/series hardware.
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When I bought the the Xbox one off a couple worker. That was the first thing indid. Bought blue dragon and lost odyssey. Been waiting to catch infinite undiscovery on sale but I forget to check.
I used to own the 360 versions but I bought these digital. I'd like to track down the 360 ones again but no huge deal. I was actually playing through lost odyssey waiting for starfield to drop.
The game was indeed amazing. Great characters, gameplay and story!
But the dream sequences penned by Shigematsu were sublime.
I still remember many of these stories and I have integrated in the past in my D&D campaign many years ago.
Microsoft should have just kept pumping money into these guys. Same with a lot of the other studios... the blundered hard.
Lost Odysee deserved a franchise even though development wasn't smooth
Am I the only one who doesn't wanna see every good game get sequel after sequel? It was a great game, but sometimes it's better to just make a one off and then create a new universe. Sadly that costs a lot more money and publishers don't wanna risk it, but I would definitely prefer it
I'm fine with sequels in jrpgs, even in the vain of ff sequels, all new stories and characters. It does get old in other genres though sometimes. For the most part I just game by game basis it all.
They could have done it like Final Fantasy, kept the title name and just start with a new world/characters, it's not like the creator isn't familar with that.
Idk, Japan never bit for Xbox despite their best efforts around this era. Mistwalker never exploded either, despite future partnerships with Nintendo whichhad a much better chance at success
It's not like it has had any competition since 2007. Would really like to own the short stories from it in book form.
360 had some amazing JRPGs in it's early days, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia off the top of my head were all amazing games.
The problem with most MS games on 360 was they didn’t make the games they paid for them and that makes you less money in the long run and isn’t something you can continue to do especially with declining sales of consoles. MS should have been starting and growing studios from the beginning but they went for paid games and it leaves them without the knowledge and culture of making games.
Not to mention killing the Japanese market that had all sorts of crazy and fun releases up until 2009-2010. They could have gained momentum on Nintendo and kept that going into the Xbox One era, but decided to "unify" efforts and that all but ended their presents in the country. Now, PS4's outsell the Xbox Series S three years into the new system's life cycle, and the 2/3DS at one point was doing the same.
The dev praised the non-Japanese team behind the game for keeping its setting authentic to real life.
Funny the downvotes but no one said anything. What ff game has came out better then 6 through 9. There isn't a better one 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 not even close.
‘Better’ is purely subjective. Why would you think everyone else had similar likes or dislikes?
I agree, but I still think FF10 was pretty good still, I just haven't enjoyed an FF game after 10, except World of FF and A Ream Reborn.
FF hasn't been good since the original VII. Granted XVI changed that, but that was a long wait.
Crazy how many Japanese developers have come out to praise the game when the Western journalists were trying to play it down and give off the impression it was somehow racist for a Western studio to make a game set in Japans history
Unfortunately, many so called journalist now a days are more activist than journalist, and are easily triggered at just about anything that does not fit into their narrow idealology.
Is this trying to reach back and aim for another round of cultural appropriation? Yes, some Americans made a great game that respects another culture, get over it and go Frosk yourselves.
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was asked whether he'd work on the MMORPG as a guest creator during a panel that TechRaptor attended in person, and his answer was relatable and funny at the same time.
I´m positive that Phil already got that covered.
Phil already confirmed that more AAA exclusive games from Japanese developers are coming! Including Hideo Kojima´s new IP (probably Overdose) and a new rumored JRPG from Tango Gameworks .
Not impossible, Spencer is a big fan and the whole reason the bc program included Blue Dragon and Lost Odyseey.
Someone needs to give Mistwalker some cash.
What is Sakaguchi working on nowadays? Fantasian was the last thing he put out right? That game really needs a Steam release or something.
NOOOO! I just beat the Last Story on my Wii U!
From the article, quote:
"Asked if there was a chance to see a new The Last Story game , Sakaguchi-san answered in English “Ok, yeah, you talk to Nintendo.”
Then the moderator of the panel asked who in the audience would want to see a sequel of The Last Story on Wii U, and while the audience cheered and applauded, Sakaguchi-san added, again in English, “And maybe PlayStation 4 too?”
Sakaguchi-san was laughing, so he was most probably just teasing the audience, but I can’t say I wouldn’t like to see something like that happen."
Un-quote.
I'd kiss the man if he made a Last Story sequel and brought it to the Wii U.
It, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Pandora's Tower were three of the greatest games to ever grace any console, and more players should have experienced them.
Also, he's looking forward to the N3DS, so maaaaybe a new Final Fantasy game will hit it eventually?
Fingers crossed; it's been too long.
Thing is, if he were to announce Last Story for the PS4, this TGS would be it.
An attempt to test the waters with an old game for further support.
Oh yeah
I would poop my pants if the last story goes to ps4!! Wii U would be nice too but I'd like to see dem next gen grafix. Loved the first one. Come on Sakaguchi-san make it happen! I'd like to see one of his games on playstation again...