The Last Story is a very Sakaguchi-like title, says FFXIII producer

The Last Story. Final Fantasy. Anybody see a pattern here? The similarities between the titles of Hironobu Sakaguchi’s new Wii-exclusive RPG and Square Enix’s giant franchise might have perked up the ears of some, but not the Final Fantasy XIII team.

The Last Story. Final Fantasy. Anybody see a pattern here? The similarities between the titles of Hironobu Sakaguchi’s new Wii-exclusive RPG and Square Enix’s giant franchise might have perked up the ears of some, but not the Final Fantasy XIII team.

“I had heard that Sakaguchi was thinking of a title like this so it wasn’t much of a surprise to me,” producer Yoshinori Kitase told Kotaku. “I don’t really feel like the name The Last Story really overlaps with Final Fantasy because Sakaguchi-san probably just wanted a simple straightforward title that Japanese users can pick up and understand.”

“It’s a very Sakaguchi-san-like title,” Kitase added. Sakaguchi was the brains behind the first Final Fantasy and went on to direct the next four entries in the series. He then moved on to producing before leaving Square and starting Mistwalker in 2004.

Via [Kotaku]