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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's GOTY pick, and not just because it features JRPG-inspired combat: "It gets all of the elements in it right"
News Naoki Hamaguchi's also a fan
Nintendo Switch 2's game-key cards are "part of a larger trend that we can't avoid," Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says, as physical media is becoming "less and less part of the industry"
News "The user, the fans, the customers on Switch 2 very much value what's good about physical media. So, for that platform in particular, it's going to be an even slower change."
Final Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"
News "Rest assured it's going well and we're working very hard on it"
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "however much AI might try and intrude and take part in the creative side of things," his team would want to be "good enough creators" that "we could do better than AI"
News Naoki Hamaguchi says that using AI for the creative side of development is "not something that I could really go ahead with"
The old-school garbage-themed JRPG love letter I've had my eye on for months "created by real janitors" finally has a release date
News The "SNES-styled" indie gem arrives next month
A year later, Persona 3 Reload gets a fresh update bringing back the PS2 JRPG's original vocalist: "I'm truly overjoyed and grateful to be reunited with everyone again"
News "Persona 3 is a treasure to me as well"
The physical Xbox edition of remastered JRPG darling Tales of Xillia seemingly canceled a week before release: "All preorders will be canceled and refunded"
news "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but it is beyond our control"
Final Fantasy Tactics director suggested new routes for The Ivalice Chronicles remake that let you save characters who die – but thinks if they could do that, they should just make a new game
News Including one who died in the game's first chapter
Square Enix is remaking Dragon Quest 7 next as "nowadays, players are much more accustomed to games with darker stories," and the JRPG is "often said to have more dark and sorrowful episodes"
News "We felt that the game’s unique atmosphere and tone would resonate especially well with players today"
