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Seriously, what is Hiroyuki Ito (FFVI, IX, XII director) doing in SE right now?
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Mobile is as big or bigger than console in japan?
Plus:
That's Deadman's Cross, a review from last month. 5 stars!!!
SatelliteOfLove
Member
One of those sacrificed for ARR maybe?
vainglorious
Member
He's working on the Final Fantasy 9 sequel he says he's always wanted to make.
SQUARE PLEASE.
SQUARE PLEASE.
AuthenticM
Member
Does he have a twitter or an email account? We should try contacting him to ask him if he's working on something at Square.
Lavitz Slambert
Banned
From what I have heard, he only created the Junction system, Triple Triad and Guardian Forces systems before being moved to work on IX. The draw system was done by Nakazawa. Nor would it matter much if he did, would be just a blemish on an otherwise stellar career.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Probably nothing. He's no doubt on the FFXII HD project, but outside of that? Sweet F.A, I'd imagine. Real shame since he directed the best mainline FF games. I want to see FFXII's systems evolved, dammit.
Yeah, that's Wikipedia being Wikipedia. Ito didn't do much before moving on to IX, his own FF project. Even the stuff he did do with VIII were the best parts of that game anyway (Triple Triad!)
Yeah, that's Wikipedia being Wikipedia. Ito didn't do much before moving on to IX, his own FF project. Even the stuff he did do with VIII were the best parts of that game anyway (Triple Triad!)
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
FFVIII is part of a stellar career in my eyes.
Moon_frogger
Member
came here to say this. Especially if he made triple triad. Wow.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Pretty sure Triple Triad was all him. He is also the creator of the Job system and ATB system. He's absolutely the best designer on the series, nobody else really comes close to him.
This was an interview with Hashimoto - producer of FF XV and KH3, where an interviewer asked him about Hiroyuki Ito.
RPG Site: I can see Nomura-san's crew need the room back for their next interview, so I'm going to wrap up by betraying my inner fan and ask a more specific talent question - Hiroyuki Ito, the creator of ATB, the director of FF9 - my favourite, which of course you produced - and FF12... Is he still at the company - and is he working on anything that we already know about?
Hashimoto: [laughs] You're a very unique journalist, asking about Ito-san! Yeah. He's still at Square Enix. He's been planning and doing some proposals for a new project at the moment, so... Really, he's the kind of guy that wants to challenge new things all the time, so, yeah. At the moment, he's doing... [laughs] He's putting some ideas together.
Source: http://www.rpgsite.net/interview/31...-with-final-fantasy-producer-shinji-hashimoto
if you google Hiroyuki Ito FF16, there is a thread posted by a user that speculates and believes that Ito is working on FF16.
RPG Site: I can see Nomura-san's crew need the room back for their next interview, so I'm going to wrap up by betraying my inner fan and ask a more specific talent question - Hiroyuki Ito, the creator of ATB, the director of FF9 - my favourite, which of course you produced - and FF12... Is he still at the company - and is he working on anything that we already know about?
Hashimoto: [laughs] You're a very unique journalist, asking about Ito-san! Yeah. He's still at Square Enix. He's been planning and doing some proposals for a new project at the moment, so... Really, he's the kind of guy that wants to challenge new things all the time, so, yeah. At the moment, he's doing... [laughs] He's putting some ideas together.
Source: http://www.rpgsite.net/interview/31...-with-final-fantasy-producer-shinji-hashimoto
if you google Hiroyuki Ito FF16, there is a thread posted by a user that speculates and believes that Ito is working on FF16.
I'm not that user but I truly believe it's him
AzureFlame
Member
He should be working on XVI, i really hope.
Drilbit777
Member
I really hope he's working on XVI and not locked up in a dungeon somewhere.
Newtype-001
Member
FF16 needs to be old school like FF9 please i need a breather.
HerroRygar
Member
http://www.mognetcentral.com/thread...i-director-is-secretly-working-on-ffxvi.2277/
Some of the arguments are silly, some are strong. Here's a really interesting one:
Article said:
Deadman's Cross is just a zombie variant of Guardian Cross. I think you're thinking of Bloodmasque instead? That's the Unreal Engine 3 game which they were recruiting for but was eventually cancelled in favor of a mobile title instead.
Ito probably didn't have much to do with either Cross games anyway. The actual credit he has on them is "planning concept" for Guardian Cross, and "battle concept" for Deadman's Cross. When you're credited with "concept" rather than the actual design or writing role, it usually means they took an idea someone had, and let someone else execute it. Like with FFXV now! (lol)
Night Hunter
Banned
If Ito is directing XVI I'll be making a blood offering to the gods. Ths needs to happen, I can't take another mainline Toriyama or Nomura game. Though I would like to see what Tabata can come up with by himself.
But still, Ito is by far the most intriguing potential director left at SE
But still, Ito is by far the most intriguing potential director left at SE
I think XVI will be really fast since it will likely use UE4. KH3 is going blazingly fast for SE standards so we should see XVI this gen. Since Nomura has been stretched thin and Toriyama has been banned from consoles, I can't think of a better person in SE's eyes than Ito. I love FFXII so FFXVI is my most hyped SE game.
As for the FFXV engine, I think it could be used for FFXVII since they can start development on that when the FFXV engine has all of the necessary features.
In any case, Final Fantasy seems to be in a transition phase and will certainly have much faster development times in the future. Thanks Wada.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
12 remaster
If you are talking about the IGN or Gamefaqs threads, that poster is known as a troll on the Gamefaqs boards. You shouldn't believe those posts because he was lying the whole time. Now, it may be likely that Ito is directing FF16, but those threads are not proof of it.
Sumio Mondo
Member
When they inevitably announce the XII remaster I do hope it gets Ito back in the limelight again. Dude deserves to see the light of day too, dammit.
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Deleted member 20920
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That's just a crazy gamefaqs fan. Who has been banned numerous times. It's best to just ignore him.
I think he has gone to the point of fabricating fake rumours also from nonexistent Japanese sources and whatnot.
Didn't Microsoft skip Windows 9 and went straight to 10?
At this point in time, I wouldn't even blink if XV died a horrible death in development hell and we went straight to XVI. It has to be Ito directing. This fucking series needs to shine again as the colossus that it was, which hasn't happened since 2006.
At this point in time, I wouldn't even blink if XV died a horrible death in development hell and we went straight to XVI. It has to be Ito directing. This fucking series needs to shine again as the colossus that it was, which hasn't happened since 2006.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
If a FFXVI is truly in production, it's called Final Fantasy VII remake.
It doesn't even have to be old school - I feel like there were quite a few ideas in Final Fantasy IX that he was responsible for or credited with that should be continued on in FF, really.
One of the most glaring absences in the more recent titles that he put forward is the ATE. I realize that larger parties becomes more of a development nightmare in today's day and age - it costs more to voice act, mo-cap, etc., with the more party members that you have - but the way that ATE basically let you split up the party while still learning more about them was fantastic. Such a charming way to learn more about how people were doing with recent events or their environment.
Granted, he probably really is just relegated to a desk job at this point. I sometimes wonder what exactly he must have done to get himself in this situation. Kawazu, too.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Maybe he is hired by Platinumgames and he is working on an exclusive jrpg with the Platinumgames crew.
YankeeDonB
Member
Either he's:
A: working on XII HD
B: working in VI remake
C: working on Tactics 2
D: working on XVI
E: working on some combo of A-D
Or:
F: he's had a serious mental breakdown and is no longer a functional human being,
Or
G: SE has really gone off the deep end.
A: working on XII HD
B: working in VI remake
C: working on Tactics 2
D: working on XVI
E: working on some combo of A-D
Or:
F: he's had a serious mental breakdown and is no longer a functional human being,
Or
G: SE has really gone off the deep end.
Seems like I remembered wrong then!
I stick with my theory that Ito is washing SaGa dishes in the basement!
JuanLatino
Member
Yabberwocky
Member
Ito + FFXVI would be a gift from the gods. Ito + FFXVI + Ivalice would be brain-breakingly good beyond puny human comprehension. (Yeah, that's not happening.)
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I'll bet they get the best results at Square Enix.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I'd like to see him as director again as well.
Hudo
Member
I am sorry to resurrect this thread from the depths of hell (Well, although I like being a necromancer in RPGs...) but I just came to the realisation that Hiroyuki Ito directed all the Final Fantasy games that I would consider to be in my top 3. FF6, FF12 and FF9. I did not know he directed FF6 (I thought it was Sakaguchi and Kitase) and FF9. Shame on me.
So, I'd like to ask the question again in a more contemporary context: What is he doing? I can't imagine him just chillin' at Square Enix' lounge all the time. Surely he must be working on something, right? The last news related to him were about the Ivalice stuff in FF14.
So, I'd like to ask the question again in a more contemporary context: What is he doing? I can't imagine him just chillin' at Square Enix' lounge all the time. Surely he must be working on something, right? The last news related to him were about the Ivalice stuff in FF14.
The Snake
Member
All these companies revisiting their roots, while SE tries its damndest to change and erase what made Final Fantasy popular in the first place.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
He probably just retired into mobile gaming.
TyphoonStruggle
Member
I've written off Square's final fantasy games, but if I'd be up for an Ito game.
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Hudo
Member
Yeah! I am even willing to sacrifice the setting of Agni's Philosophy for that.
Grinchy
Banned
Here's my guess of how they handle things over there:
They lock their creative directors up in a cage and feed them water and meat scraps for years. They let a bunch of writers, programmers and executives build random lore, assets, tools and DLC plans while advertising that the game is late in development. Then, in the last 9 months of development, they let the creative director out of his cage so he can scramble to put together anything he possibly can with all the fragmented pieces. And what releases is the best possible mess that could be achieved.
They lock their creative directors up in a cage and feed them water and meat scraps for years. They let a bunch of writers, programmers and executives build random lore, assets, tools and DLC plans while advertising that the game is late in development. Then, in the last 9 months of development, they let the creative director out of his cage so he can scramble to put together anything he possibly can with all the fragmented pieces. And what releases is the best possible mess that could be achieved.
Grandmaster Hash
Banned
Here you go. SE is a fucking shitshow basically
PhilipDoesMatter
Member
He is credited to VI and IX, aka the best in the series by a far margin! Take Nomura's budget and give him instead you fucking SE!!
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