Final Fantasy VII and VIII had sci-fi settings, and many fans responded by saying they preferred a simple fantasy universe. They seem to have a fixed notion of what “fantasy” is, which is medieval European world…I wanted to expand their definition of what the word “fantasy” implied. Going back to a European world didn’t seem to help us advance, so when I was considering different world environments, [scenario writer Kazushige] Nojima proposed the idea of creating a world that incorporated Asian elements.
Final Fantasy X’s Producer Yoshinori Kitase on its Asian-influenced universe

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Question time! One year later: Favorite game logo?

Answers your fellow black mages gave to this question last year can be seen here.

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“Assault 2 Prototype,” Masashi Hamauzu - Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack PLUS

Masashi Hamauzu revealed in the liner notes for Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack PLUS that this early prototype of what ultimately became “Fang’s Theme” was based heavily on “Assault,” a track he composed for Final Fantasy X (which plays during the rescue scene in Bevelle).

“This was a demo track I created at the beginning of development, before I had a grasp on the game’s mood and setting. It was modeled on the structure of Final Fantasy X’s ”Assault” and titled “Assault 2”. I had still needed a drum part and some other things to bring it closer to the original song, but it ended up needing to be rearranged for the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra anyway (later turning into “Fang’s Theme”), and it never quite got there. It might be fun to try to create a dryer version like that sometime, though.”

-Masashi Hamauzu

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The shortest, whiniest party member in XIII grows up and creates a fal’Cie, becomes leader of the government, has a city’s entire female population throwing their panties at him, and builds a fucking planet.

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