NHK found and interviewed Nasir Gebelli, the programmer who worked on Final Fantasy I–III. He hasn’t really been seen or heard from since the 90s so if you’re a fan of the early FFs, you’ll wanna read this. (via Alex Kraus on Bluesky; h/t Time Extension)
Tag: Final Fantasy
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Final Fantasy Tactics’s director Yasumi Matsuno tweeted some early images of what the game nearly looked like and explained that it was supposed to be an RTS game, much like Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (via Time Extension)
The Gamer compiled a list of their 10 most historically important JRPGs. I’ve not played the top 5 so I can’t comment. In fact, I’ve only played 2 from the list and you can probably guess what they are.