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Kingdom Hearts made assembling Final Fantasy 10's dev team "difficult" after Tetsuya Nomura and other JRPG veterans were assigned to the Disney crossover, lead says

"Tetsuya Nomura and I worked on FF7 and FF8 together, but then he was assigned to Kingdom Hearts," says Yoshinori Kitase

GamesRadar · Jul 20

Final Fantasy 4 was nearly skipped entirely so the JRPG series could "beat" Dragon Quest: "It was kind of a brilliant idea"

"Game development was certainly changing, but the way games were being promoted was changing as well," says Takashi Tokita

GamesRadar · Jul 20

Final Fantasy 10 leaned into the fantasy genre after devs "learned that The Lord of the Rings was in production" and thought it would be "the next big global trend"

Peter Jackson's trilogy inspired a pivot away from Final Fantasy 7's sci-fi tone

GamesRadar · Jul 19

Final Fantasy 7 producer Yoshinori Kitase shares his top 3 Xbox games right now — as FF7 free demo hits Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC

Final Fantasy VII is finally coming to Xbox in a few weeks. To celebrate, Square Enix shared a video with us detailing some of the producer's favorite Xbox games.

Windows Central · Dec 17, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ending proved divisive, but the director of the original JRPG is "very satisfied" with Part 3's story and is confident you will be too

Yoshinori Kitase clearly has high hopes for the response to the next game

GamesRadar · Jan 23, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 won't be a PS6 exclusive and it's been in the works for "about nine months already"

Who knows if the PS6 will even be out by then?

GamesRadar · Jan 23, 2025

After 9 years staring at his face, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's favorite character is Cloud: "I don't think there was a time that I haven't seen him in front of me"

And Yoshinori Kitase chose Vincent for his horror influences

GamesRadar · Jan 8, 2025

With everything from Helldivers to Zelda getting the big screen treatment, OG Final Fantasy 7 director would "love" for the JRPG to get another movie

Yoshinori Kitase says lots of Hollywood names respect the game

Total Film · Jan 8, 2025

The Making of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic, but not exciting"

Feature | Edge Magazine: Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough – then the developers faced the difficult second entry.

GamesRadar · Jan 1, 2025

Square Enix: 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' "cannot be exclusive to one console," again implying an eventualXboxlaunch

Square Enix recently revealed during an interview with IGN that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cannot remain exclusive to one console if they wish sell it to a wider audience, which means we could see a potential Xbox port down the road.

Windows Central · Dec 29, 2024