Hironobu Sakaguchi
Hironobu Sakaguchi (Japanese坂口博信Sakaguchi Hironobu; born November 25, 1962) is a Japanese game designer and producer. He is the creator of the Final Fantasy series.
With the founding of Square Co., Ltd.. in 1986 he was appointed "Director of Planning and Development ." In 1991 he was " Executive Vice President". Since joining, he led the development department. In 1995 he was appointed president of the newly formed U.S. subsidiary.
In 1987, Square was on the verge of bankruptcy and so put you all in hopes Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy project. With success, the first part sold over 600,000 copies, which was a huge success at this time and established the series (along with Enix's Dragon Quest series ) as the most successful RPG series in Japan.
In addition to the Final Fantasy series is one of the Chrono series among his most famous creations. In 2000 he was inducted for his achievements in the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences ' Hall of Fame.
His vision of a feature film with computer-created actors, he fulfilled with the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The failure of the film ensured that the company Square Pictures newly founded went bankrupt. Therefore, he was from the producer stepped down as Executive Producer and left Square Enix, around 2004 to form his own company Mistwalker, with others now also free Square Enix employees, such as Nobuo Uematsu.
Mistwalker has been videogames Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon for the Xbox 360 and ASH completed for the Nintendo DS. The latest work is The Last Story for Nintendo Wii.
Ludography
The ludography contains all the tracks from 1987 to 2011 inclusive:
- The Last Story (2011), Mistwalker
- A.S.H. - Archaic Sealed Heat ( 2007), Mistwalker
- Blue Dragon (2006), Mistwalker
- Final Fantasy XII ( 2006), Square Enix ( influences appear in the credits )
- Kingdom Hearts II ( 2005), Square Enix ( influences appear in the credits )
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003), Nintendo
- Final Fantasy X -2 ( 2003), Square Enix
- Kingdom Hearts (2002), Square Enix
- Final Fantasy Origins ( 2002), Square Co., Ltd.
- Driving Emotion Type-S (2001), Square Electronic Arts LLC
- Final Fantasy Chronicles (2001), Square Enix
- Final Fantasy X ( 2001), Square Co., Ltd..
- Bouncer, The ( 2000), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy IX ( 2000), Square Co., Ltd.
- Vagrant Story (2000), Square Enix, Ltd.
- Chocobo Racing ( 1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Chrono Cross (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Anthology (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy VIII ( 1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Front Mission 3 (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Parasite Eve II ( 1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Saga Frontier 2 (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Brave Fencer Musashi (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Bushido Blade 2 (1998), SCEI
- Chocobo 's Dungeon 2 (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Ambition: God Bless the Ring (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Parasite Eve (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Xenogears (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Bushido Blade ( 1997), Square Co., Ltd.
- Handed (1997), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Tactics (1997), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy VII (1997), Square Co., Ltd.
- Bahamut Lagoon ( 1996), Square Co., Ltd.
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996 ), Nintendo
- Tobal No.1 ( 1996), Square Co., Ltd.
- Chrono Trigger (1995), Square Co., Ltd.
- Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy VI (1994 ), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy V ( 1992), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy IV (1991 ), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy III (1991 ), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy II ( 1988), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy (1987 ), Square Co., Ltd.
- Rad Racer (1987 ), Nintendo