Hironobu Sakaguchi

Hironobu Sakaguchi was born on November 14, 1962 in Japan . He is one of the great producers and directors  of video games, recognized worldwide for games such as  Lost Odyssey (2007) or Final Fantasy VII (1997). He is a Japanese video game designer, as well as a director, producer, writer, and film director. He is best known as the creator of the Final Fantasy series, who conceived the original concept for the first film title.also known as Final Fantasy and also directed several subsequent entries in the franchise. It has managed to have a long career in the area of ​​video games with more than 100 million units sold worldwide. He worked at Square Enix for a time , but eventually quit and founded a studio called Mistwalker in 2004.

Biography of Hironobu Sakaguchi

Sakaguchi was born in the city of Hitachi , Ibaraki, in Japan . He spent part of his life studying electrical engineering while at the same time attending Yokohama National University , but dropped out in 1983 mid-semester with Hiromichi Tanaka. After leaving university, Hironobu Sakaguchi became a part-time employee of the company called Square , which was a newly formed branch of Denyūsha Electric Company founded by Masafumi Miyamoto. When Square became an independent company in 1986, he became a full-time employee as Director of Planning and Development.. After working on several games for the Nintendo Entertainment System that fell short of major hits, Sakaguchi began to question whether he had chosen the right career path and was qualified to serve as a game writer. He then launched the concept of a role-playing video game called Final Fantasy , and assembled a small team to carry out this project. The game was released in Japan on December 18, 1987 , and was successful throughout Japan. Under Sakaguchi’s supervision, Final Fantasy grew into an expansive franchise. In 1991, after the release of Final Fantasy IV for the Super Nintendo , he managed to win the position of executive vice president.The last Final Fantasy game he directed was Final Fantasy V , becoming the producer of future installments in the franchise. In 1995, he acquired the position as president of Square’s North American division. Later he began working more as an executive producer on the series, as well as many of Square’s other games, such as Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve and Kingdom Hearts .

Style

Sakaguchi mainly focuses on the drama that circulates around his games. In many of his games, players take control of a group of adventurers .

Acknowledgments

In May 2000, Sakaguchi received the Hall of Fame Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences . He also received recognition at the Game Developers Conference , for his great contribution to the video game industry . He was also awarded the Legend Award at the Gamelab in 2012 in Barcelona, ​​an award that is awarded by the organization of the V edition of the National Awards for the Video Game Industry. His video game series called Final Fantasy also obtained an important recognition as the best game and he, as one of the people who has given more contributions to the industry.

Hironobu Sakaguchi video games

Some of its most relevant games are the following:

• Terra Battle 2
• Terra Battle
• Party wave
• The last story
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon
• Lost odyssey
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Final fantasy origins
• Driving Emotion Type-S
• Final Fantasy Chronicles
• Final fantasy x
• The bouncer
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final fantasy v
• Final fantasy iv
• Final fantasy iii
• Final fantasy ii
• Final fantasy

Hironobu Sakaguchi Films

Hironobu Sakaguchi’s film is titled Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which subtitled in Spanish means Final Fantasy: The inner strength : The spirit in us. This is a science fiction film that was released in 2001, and it was the first attempt to create photorealistic animated humans using computers . It was also one of the biggest box office flops in history , with losses of more than $ 120 million, leading to the bankruptcy of Square Pictures and the merger of Squaresoft with Enix.

Hironobu Sakaguchi quotes

Among his most recognized phrases are the following:

• Responding to your opinion on competing with Final Fantasy . I am looking forward to breaking it to pieces. Crush it under my own foot.
• I don’t think action games are my thing, I prefer to create stories.
• The most important thing is to create a story that involves the player , that when they turn off the console they keep thinking about the game.