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Hironobu Sakaguchi was working in Squaresoft who was slowly going bankrupt near the end of the 1980s. After tallying everything up they decided that they had only enough money for one more game. Sakaguchi was told that he had to make said game and replied with "I don't think I have what it takes to make an action game. I think I'm better at telling a story." From that, Final Fantasy was made. Sakaguchi gave the game the name 'Final' (despite there eventually being dozens of Final Fantasy games) because he thought that it would be the final game he would make.
Sometime between 2002-2004 Sakaguchi formed Mistwalker where he stated working on Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. Blue Dragon was released in 2006 and Lost Odyssey was released in late 2007.
Creator of Final Fantasy and affectionately known as "the Gooch."
Early Life
Hironobu Sakaguchi was born on November 25, 1962 in the Japanese City of Hitachi. Sakaguchi joined Square in 1983 after dropping out of an electrical engineering course.Hironobu Sakaguchi was working in Squaresoft who was slowly going bankrupt near the end of the 1980s. After tallying everything up they decided that they had only enough money for one more game. Sakaguchi was told that he had to make said game and replied with "I don't think I have what it takes to make an action game. I think I'm better at telling a story." From that, Final Fantasy was made. Sakaguchi gave the game the name 'Final' (despite there eventually being dozens of Final Fantasy games) because he thought that it would be the final game he would make.
SquareSoft
During his time at Square Sakaguchi worked on over fifteen games as either director or producer and contributed to the development of more than ten other games. Sakaguchi became President of Square in 1995Directorial debut
Sakaguchi directed his first and most likely last film with Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, released in 2001. The film received mixed reviews from critics and never made a profit in cinemas losing over 120 million dollars. After the failure of the film Squares film division was closed down and the only other film created under Squares supervision was Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in 2005.Mistwalker
Sakaguchi left Square in 2002 due to reasons which today are still unclear. Some believe he was forced out of the company by the board of directors after losing Square over 100 millions dollars with the box officer failure of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.Sometime between 2002-2004 Sakaguchi formed Mistwalker where he stated working on Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. Blue Dragon was released in 2006 and Lost Odyssey was released in late 2007.
Hironobu Sakaguchi games
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Cry On |
X360 | Mistwalker Corporation, cavia inc. |
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Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyojuu |
DS | Mistwalker Corporation |
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ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat |
DS | Mistwalker Corporation, Racjin Co., Ltd. |
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Away: Shuffle Dungeon released on Oct. 29, 2008 |
DS | Artoon Co., Ltd., Mistwalker Corporation |
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Lost Odyssey released on Feb. 12, 2008 |
X360 | Mistwalker Corporation, Feel Plus |
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Blue Dragon released on Aug. 28, 2007 |
X360 | Artoon Co., Ltd., Mistwalker Corporation |
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Final Fantasy XI Online: Treasures of Aht Urhgan released on April 18, 2006 |
PC, PS2 | Square Enix |
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Final Fantasy XI Online: Chains of Promathia released on Sept. 20, 2004 |
PS2, PC | Square Enix |
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Final Fantasy X-2 released on Nov. 18, 2003 |
PS2 | Square Co., Ltd. |
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Final Fantasy XI Online: Rise of Zilart released on Oct. 28, 2003 |
PS2, PC | Square Enix |
| Full Name: | Hironobu Sakaguchi |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Nov. 25, 1962 |
| Death: | n/a |
| Credited In: | 45 games |
| 1st Game Credit: | Rad Racer |
| Currently Working For: | Mistwalker Corporation |
| Hometown: | Hitachi, Ibaraki |
| Country: | Japan |
| Website: | http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/index.html |
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Hironobu Sakaguchi
