Final Fantasy's original creator Hironobu Sakaguchi doesn't want to return to Final Fantasy - because he's too busy playing Final Fantasy. It's been years since the JRPG icon left the series he created almost four decades ago, but he still has no plans for a Final Fantasy comeback, partly because he no longer works for publisher Square Enix , and partly because he just wants to enjoy critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy 14 as an everyday fan. "It started off as a courtesy," Sakaguchi said in an interview with Bloomberg while discussing how he first jumped into the hit MMO.
Square Enix reportedly asked Sakaguchi to be a guest speaker on a Final Fantasy 14 panel, prompting him to sign up for research purposes. "Now I almost live in Final Fantasy 14," he said. Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy 14 habit has become so dire , his own employees at developer Mistwalker will poke him in-game to remind him about missed meetings.
"On a rare occasion — I want to stress rare occasion — sometimes one of the Mistwalker team members will hop on Final Fantasy 14 , and I'll see a message saying, 'Hey, the meeting's started.'" That habit also means Sakaguchi has no desire to step back into a creative role for the series, or any of his old series, in fact. "If I take on the Final Fantasy brand again, I don't know if I'll be able to genuinely enjoy Final Fantasy 14 as much," he said, adding that he's "switched to a consumer rather than a creator" for the series.
Despite totally staying away from Fi.
