Final Fantasy’s creator adores Final Fantasy 14, and that’s why he “absolutely” does not want to work on the MMO

Final Fantasy's Sakaguchi takes the stage at Final Fantasy Fan Fest
(Image credit: Square Enix)

Final Fantasy's founding father, Hironobu Saওkaguchi, is a proud FF14 d༺evotee, and that's precisely why he doesn't want to work on any content for the critically acclaimed MMO. 

As part of Final Fantasy 14's European leg of Fan Fest, Sakaguchi takes part in a panel with produ🤡cer and di🍌rector Naoki Yoshida discussing his two years playing the MMO. 

The second part of that panel involves a question and answer session, with one fan asking if he would like to make a guest appearance on the MMO to create content. After all, industry veteran and once-Square Enix employee Yasumi Matsuno popped up to work on an Alliance raid scenario focusinꦐg on Final Fantasy 12 and Tactic's world Ivalice. Even Nier's Yoko Taro got involved in making a raid series for Shadowbringers. 

Sakaguchi, however, has no such interest. 

"Absolutely not! If I make this p😼art of my work, I'll know what's going on behind the scenes, so I won't be able to enjoy the content myself while I'm making it," 🍃he declares defiantly. "So, no offense, but no."

Following the answer, Yoshi-P says working with him would be fantastic, though he won't force it. Following a pop from the crowd, he teases that they could coax Sakaguchi in with smaller content. However, the founding father of Final Fantasy is having n🧸one of it.

"Of course, no."

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Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints a🐷t PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Edꦗitor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.