Hello.
This is my first thread here but I've been lurking here for a while. I've never had any reason to post here before. However, that's now changed. I've only just discovered that the director of FFIX, my favorite in the series, has not worked on any FF game since the PS2 era. I didn't even know who he was before, as I thought FFIX was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi. I only found out about this man, Hiroyuki Ito, via surfing Final Fantasy Wikia and ending up on his page via reading up on FFIX.
According to his FF Wikia page, not only did he not work on the FFXIII trilogy, but he also isn't working on FFXIV: A Realm Reborn or FFXV. Can somebody explain to me why this is? Why has he stopped working on FF games? FFIX is Hironobu Sakaguchi's favorite and ideal view of what FF should be, so why has the director of the game been permanently put on the bench? It makes no sense. Also, back when LR FFXIII released, I was checking the scores of all the past FF games on Metacritic, and FFIX had the highest score of all. Why is the director of this game not getting any major work? It's seriously baffling.
Now that I know this man and what he's done, I'm eager to see him spearheading FFXVI. Do you think there's a chance it will happen or if he's even already making it behind the scenes?
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for your forthcoming replies.
This is my first thread here but I've been lurking here for a while. I've never had any reason to post here before. However, that's now changed. I've only just discovered that the director of FFIX, my favorite in the series, has not worked on any FF game since the PS2 era. I didn't even know who he was before, as I thought FFIX was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi. I only found out about this man, Hiroyuki Ito, via surfing Final Fantasy Wikia and ending up on his page via reading up on FFIX.
According to his FF Wikia page, not only did he not work on the FFXIII trilogy, but he also isn't working on FFXIV: A Realm Reborn or FFXV. Can somebody explain to me why this is? Why has he stopped working on FF games? FFIX is Hironobu Sakaguchi's favorite and ideal view of what FF should be, so why has the director of the game been permanently put on the bench? It makes no sense. Also, back when LR FFXIII released, I was checking the scores of all the past FF games on Metacritic, and FFIX had the highest score of all. Why is the director of this game not getting any major work? It's seriously baffling.
Now that I know this man and what he's done, I'm eager to see him spearheading FFXVI. Do you think there's a chance it will happen or if he's even already making it behind the scenes?
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for your forthcoming replies.