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The History of Final Fantasy

Posted by Zonk on from the kupo-kupo dept.

Nerezza writes "A new site, Oscuro Destiny, has put up its first feature! Final Fantasy is a feature article series from an up and coming site." Includes info on the history of Squeenix and a look at the MMOG.

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  1. Give the man some credit by melekcrescent · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Yoshitaka Amano began character design for Squaresoft's FF series with FFIV; He went on to do work on a majority of final fantasy titles since (even if not necesarily on character design). He is the reason Cecil looked so damn cool and that the FFVI instruction booklet deserves to be framed.

    He invented moogles, for chrissake!

    Regardless of the other qualities of the feature, I have a question; Where is Yoshitaka Amano? While Nabuo gets extensive mention and a bio, I don't think I saw Amano's name more than twice the whole time; and only briefly in the two biographies! Ever since his first character designs on FFIV, I believe his illustrations have shaped the entire franchise into something extraordinary, giving the designers inspiration and providing a truly unique flavor to the series.

    The omission of his contributions isn't just bad; it should be immediately corrected. Here's some help.