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

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. The interview, conducted by Famitsu to mark the 35th anniversary of the Mana series, saw the developers reminisce about their early work.