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Final Fantasy And Chrono Trigger Veterans Believe Modern Developers Must Possess Skill To Take An Idea 'From 0 To 1' In The Age Of AI - Kotaku
Publisher description: Yoshinori Kitase and other Square Enix creatives also reflected on the SNES development of the Mana series
NewsAPI | Oct 26, 2026 | Alicia Haddick
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In an interview looking back on the development of early Final Fantasy and Mana games, Square Enix veterans Hiromichi Tanaka, Kouichi Ishii, and Yoshinori Kitase discussed the development of these franchises and working for Square during its illustrious SNES era, while also sharing the similarities between developing games in that era and doing so in today’s modern, increasingly AI-driven world of game development. And as they see it, AI could empower smaller teams to make games that might otherwise be beyond the scope of what they could achieve.
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